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But what happened to the Nautilus? Did it withstand the Maelstrom's clutches? Is Captain Nemo alive? Is he still under the ocean pursuing his frightful program of revenge, or did he stop after that latest mass execution? Will the waves someday deliver that manuscript that contains his full life story? Will I finally learn the man's name? Will the nationality of the stricken warship tell us the nationality of Captain Nemo?
但“鸚鵡螺號”船只現在怎么樣？它能掙脫大漩流嗎？尼摩船長還活著嗎？他還會在海底繼續他那種可怕的復仇行為嗎？還是在那最后一次大屠殺后，他就洗手不干呢？水波會不會有一天把那本記載著他的全部生活經歷的手稿帶到人間呢？我最終會知道這個人的名字嗎？那艘沉沒的戰艦，能否通過說明它的國籍，來告訴我們尼摩船長的國籍呢？
I hope so. I likewise hope that his powerful submersible has defeated the sea inside its most dreadful whirlpool, that the Nautilus has survived where so many ships have perished! If this is the case and Captain Nemo still inhabits the ocean--his adopted country--may the hate be appeased in that fierce heart! May the contemplation of so many wonders extinguish the spirit of vengeance in him! May the executioner pass away, and the scientist continue his peaceful exploration of the seas! If his destiny is strange, it's also sublime. Haven't I encompassed it myself? Didn't I lead ten months of this otherworldly existence? Thus to that question asked 6,000 years ago in the Book of Ecclesiastes--"Who can fathom the soundless depths?"-- two men out of all humanity have now earned the right to reply. Captain Nemo and I.
我希望能。我也同樣希望在那最可怕的漩渦里，尼摩船長那強有力的船能戰勝大海，“鸚鵡螺號”船只能在那眾多船只葬身的地方幸存下來！如果事實真是如此，如果尼摩船長永遠生活在他寄居的祖國的海洋里，但愿仇恨在他那顆憤世嫉俗的心中平息！但愿靜觀那么多的奇觀能熄滅他心中的復仇之火！但愿判官逝去，而學者繼續在平靜的海底勘探！如果說尼摩船長的命運是離奇古怪，那他也是崇高的，難道我自己不了解他嗎？難道我不是親身經歷了10個月那種超自然的生活嗎？因此，對于6000年前，《圣經·傳道書》中提出的那個問題：“誰曾能探測深淵的深處呢？”現在，我相信人類中有兩個人有資格來回答這個問題。那就是我和尼摩船長。
