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So Luis, is this one of the specimens from Utah?
那么劉易斯，這是從猶他州運來的標本之一嗎？
Yes, it is.
是的，正是。
It looks like it's taking ages to extract this from the stony matrix that these bones built around it.
看起來要把這從堅硬的巖石中提取出來需花費幾年的時間。
Well, Erica's been working on this bone for several weeks. It will definitely take years for the entire skeleton to be prepared to be cleaned up.
但是，艾麗卡研究這塊骨化石已有幾周了。當然，要將這整個骨骼清理妥當絕對要花幾年的時間。
Do you have an idea at the moment what species of dinosaur this might be from?
那時你清楚這是什么類型的恐龍嗎？
Not entirely in terms of the species, but we know it's a camarasaurus.
就物種而言，不是很清楚，但我們知道它是圓頂龍。
Camarasaurus were a family of long-necked dinosaurs. We currently know 4 different species of them. But Luis is hopeful that he might have found a fifth.
圓頂龍屬于長頸恐龍家族。目前我們發現了四種不同的長頸龍。但是劉易斯相信很有可能發現第五種長頸龍。
So what features will you be looking at as their bones are cleaned up to help you refine your identification?
因此，在清理骨化石時，為了定義恐龍的身份你們會留意哪方面的特征？
Well, you'll be looking at the shape of the centrum here, the configuration of the different processes, the structs, these pines of the vertebrate. They are in general very diagnostic. They're very telling.
是的，你會去觀察這里的椎體形狀，觀察它的結構，脊椎動物的特性。這些特征對判斷很有價值，很能說明問題。
You must have to be an amazing anatomist. So you must have to know the anatomy of so many different dinosaurs to be able to work out what it is you're looking at.
你一定是一個了不起的解剖專家。你肯定精通許多種恐龍的解剖圖，這樣才能夠弄清楚你尋找的是什么。
Yes, but sometimes it's difficult. For example, here, we have two bones of one dinosaur. Can you figure out what they are?
是的，但是有時候很難。例如說，我們必須找到兩塊同一只恐龍的骨化石。你能弄清楚它們是什么嗎？
Well, I'm a human anatomist, so this is stretching my expertise so more as to identify dinosaur bones.
我是人類解剖學家，因此要辨別恐龍化石，我還得強化一下我的專業知識。
And these ones are not very well preserved, I'm sorry.
不過這些骨化石保存得不是很完好，不好意思。
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