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Is this the Captain of the Pequod? said I, advancing to the door of the tent.
您是不是船長？我問。
Supposing it be the captain of the Pequod, what dost thou want of him? he demanded.
是的話，你找我有什么事？
I was thinking of shipping.
我想當水手。
Thou wast, wast thou? I see thou art no Nantucketer,ever been in a stove boat?
你？不是南塔開特人吧？在救生艇上逃過生嗎？
No, Sir, I never have.
沒有，先生。
Dost know nothing at all about whaling, I dare say eh?
嗯，對捕鯨業是不是一無所知啊？
Nothing, Sir; but I have no doubt I shall soon learn. I've been several voyages in the merchant service, and I think that.
是的，先生。不過，我很快就能學會！我在商船上干過，我……
Merchant service be damned. Talk not that lingo to me. Dost see that leg?I'll take that leg away from thy stern, if ever thou talkest of the marchant service to me again.
商船？別跟我提什么狗屁商船！你還以為干過商船是一種榮譽嗎？再說商船我就劈開你的腿！
Marchant service indeed! I suppose now ye feel considerable proud of having served in those marchant ships.
好啦，我問你，你現在為什么要上捕鯨船？
But flukes! man, what makes thee want to go a whaling, eh?it looks a little suspicious, don't it, eh?
你現在為什么要來捕鯨？很值得懷疑啊！
Hast not been a pirate, hast thou?Didst not rob thy last Captain, didst thou?Dost not think of murdering the officers when thou gettest to sea?
你是不是當過海盜、搶劫過你的船長、謀殺過船上的大副？
