海底兩萬里 第521期 第32章 海灣暖流(11)

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But my companions and I would be willing to safeguard this manuscript, and if you give us back our freedom...

“但我，我的同伴，我們隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備著保護(hù)這本手稿，如果您讓我們自由的話……”

Your freedom! Captain Nemo put in, standing up.

"Yes, sir, and that's the subject on which I wanted to confer with you. For seven months we've been aboard your vessel, and I ask you today, in the name of my companions as well as myself, if you intend to keep us here forever."

“是的，先生，我來正是想跟您談?wù)勥@個問題。我們在您的船上已經(jīng)呆了七個月，今天我以我和我的同伴的名義問您，您是否想永遠(yuǎn)把我們留在這里?！?/p>

Professor Aronnax, Captain Nemo said, "I'll answer you today just as I did seven months ago: whoever boards the Nautilus must never leave it."

“阿龍納斯教授，”尼摩船長說，“我今天的回答和我七個月前對您說過的那些話一樣：進(jìn)了‘鸚鵡螺號’，就再也不能出去?！?/p>

What you're inflicting on us is outright slavery!

“您正向我們施加奴隸制?！?/p>

Call it anything you like.

“隨便您怎么說好了?！?/p>

But every slave has the right to recover his freedom! By any worthwhile, available means!

“可奴隸有恢復(fù)自由的權(quán)利！不管以什么方式獲得自由，他都會認(rèn)為自己是對的！”

Who has denied you that right? Captain Nemo replied. "Did I ever try to bind you with your word of honor?"

“這個權(quán)利，”尼摩船長回答說，“誰說過您沒有？我有想過用誓言把你們約束住嗎？”

The captain stared at me, crossing his arms.

船長看著我，雙手交叉在胸前。

Sir, I told him, "to take up this subject a second time would be distasteful to both of us. So let's finish what we've started. I repeat: it isn't just for myself that I raise this issue. To me, research is a relief, a potent diversion, an enticement, a passion that can make me forget everything else. Like you, I'm a man neglected and unknown, living in the faint hope that someday I can pass on to future generations the fruits of my labors—figuratively speaking, by means of some contrivance left to the luck of winds and waves.

“先生，”我對他說，“我們第二次回到這個我本不想談您也不想談的問題上吧。既然我們已經(jīng)談到了，就讓我們說個痛快吧。我向您重復(fù)說一次，這是一個不僅僅涉及到我個人的問題。對于我來說，搞研究就是一種救助， 一種有效的消遣，一種動力，一種能讓我忘掉一切的情愫。我像您一樣，是一個不求人知，只求默默無聞地生活的人。我們都抱著一種微弱的希望，希望有朝一日把自己的工作成果放進(jìn)一個不可靠的小盒子，托付給風(fēng)浪，隨風(fēng)而去，留給后人。