海底兩萬里 第173期 第12章 一切都用電(6)

I'm not so certain they'll find it, Captain Nemo replied icily. But be that as it may, you're already familiar with the first use I've found for this valuable force.

我不知道他們是不是總有一無能夠找到，尼摩船長冷淡地回答，不管怎樣，您已經看到了我用這種寶貴的原動力所做的第一次實際應用。

It lights us, and with a uniformity and continuity not even possessed by sunlight.

就是它，有太陽光所沒有的平均性、連續(xù)性，給我們照亮。

Now, look at that clock: it's electric, it runs with an accuracy rivaling the finestchronometers.

現在，您請看這座鐘，它是用電轉動的，走得十分準確，可跟最完善、最準確的鐘表比賽。

I've had it divided into twenty-four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me.

我把它分為二十四小時，像意大利制的鐘一樣;因為在我來說，既沒有白天和黑夜，也沒有太陽和月亮。

But only this artificial light that I import into the depths of the seas! See, right now it's ten o'clock in the morning.

只有我能一直把它帶到海底去的這種人造光!您看，現在是早晨十點。

That's perfect.

對的。

Another use for electricity:that dial hanging before our eyes indicates how fast the Nautilus is going.

下面是電的另一種用途。掛在我們面前的這個表盤，是用來指示諾第留斯號的速度的。

An electric wire puts it in contact with the patent log; this needle shows me the actual speed of my submersible.

一根電線把它跟測程器的螺旋槳連接起來，它上面的長針給我指出船行的實際快慢。

And...hold on...just now we're proceeding at the moderate pace of fifteen miles per hour.

請看，此刻我們是以每小時十五海里的中等速度行駛著。