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Sant'Antioco, Sardinia is home to a rare artisan,
撒丁島的桑特安蒂奧科有一位杰出的工匠，
thought to be the only person left in the world to weave sea silk,
據說是當今世上唯一一個會織海絲的人，
a rare fiber harvested from the saliva of a species of endangered clams that live here on the ocean floor.
而海絲是從生活在海底的一種瀕危蛤蜊的唾液中提取出來的稀有纖維。
For more than a thousand years, the techniques of collecting and weaving sea silk have been passed down through her family,
一千多年來，收集和編織海絲的技術在她的家庭世代流傳，
making Chiara the 28th generation.
如今，基亞拉已經是第28代傳人了。
The ancient process of diving to harvest the silk from the clams is kept a secret for fear of environmental damage.
為了避免環境遭到破壞，通過潛水下去從蛤蜊身上采集絲綢的這一古老方法已經對外保密了。
Chiara uses a secret formula to soak the thread and uses her voice to activate the mixture,
浸泡絲線的時候基亞拉還有秘方，她會用聲音賦予溶液和絲線生命，
thus allowing it to shine like gold.
從而讓它像金子一樣閃耀。
Bound by a sacred sea oath, Chiara has vowed to never make any money from her work.
受到神圣海誓的約束，基亞拉發誓絕不用她的手藝牟利。
