Jeff Bezos is best known for sitting at the helm of Amazon.
杰夫·貝佐斯因執掌亞馬遜而廣為人知。
The e-commerce giant is slowly but surely establishing full control over the entire world.
作為電商巨頭,它正在掌控全球市場的步伐中前進,雖然速度緩慢但志在必得。
In a few millennia, though, we may know Bezos for something else: his role in building a 10,000-year clock.
而幾千年后,貝佐斯可能以其他事情著稱:他在建造萬年鐘中所起的作用。
The executive has invested $42 million in this project.
他已經在這個項目中投資了4200萬美元。
It's now being built inside a mountain in West Texas.
現在正在德克薩斯州西部的山中建造它。

Standing 500 feet tall and deriving its power from the Earth's thermal cycles,
該鐘高500英尺,以地球的熱循環為動力,
Bezos said in a tweet the 10 millenium clock is meant as a "symbol for long-term thinking."
貝佐斯發布推文稱萬年鐘是“長期思考的象征”。
Installation of the impressive piece of hardware has only just begun.
令人贊嘆的硬件安裝才剛剛開始。
But the concept is actually quite well-established.
但該概念實際上由來已久。
In fact, the project was initially conceptualized nearly three decades ago.
事實上,該項目在近30年前就已初步概念化了。