纪录片《冰冻星球》 第47期 极地之冬（7）

 

Operating delicate controls while wearing gloves is not easy.

戴着手套进行精密操作控制真不容易

A computer and joystick are needed to control the aerial camera

架设在直升机外面的空中摄影机

attached to the outside of the helicopter.

需要一台计算机和操纵杆来控制

It's actually warmed up to -38.'

气温真的上升到零下三十八度了

Michael would have to choose between dexterity¹ or warmth.

迈克尔必须在灵巧与温度间权衡

With their camera mounted on the nose,

摄像机准确就位

the aerial team could now fly hundreds of miles

空中摄制组现在可以飞几百公里

in search of the animals.

来寻找动物的踪迹

Jeff, meanwhile, is still on foot,

与此同时 杰夫仍旧步行

scouting² the other side of the national park.

探索国家公园的另一边

'I wonder what Jeff's getting on the ground?'

我真想知道地面有什么收获

Oh, man, it's cold!

伙计 很冷啊

With the wind today, it's about -37,

今天刮风 大约零下三十七度

so...we've got to keep these heaters in here,

所以我们得用取暖器

keep the camera running at these temperatures.

使摄像机能在这样的温度下运行

From 3,000 feet up,

从九百米的高空中

Chadden catches a glimpse of the elusive³ wolf pack.

查登瞥见了神出鬼没的狼群

Yeah. Come in.

好极了 来啊

'I can see wolves. I can see wolves near buffalo⁴.'

我看见了狼群 它们在牛附近

10, 15. There's a big pack.

10 15 这里有一大群

We've got a big pack of wolves here.

我们这里发现了一大群狼

The wolf pack turns out to number an extraordinary 25 individuals.

狼群多达罕见的二十五头

One of the largest ever filmed.

被拍到过的最大的一群

'There's two more walking in from the left.'

还有两只正从左边赶上去

It looks like they're already on the hunt.

似乎它们已经开始狩猎了

The helicopter allows the team

直升机使得摄制组

to shadow the wolf pack without disturbing them.

能够尾随狼群而不惊动它们

So, let's go back into that nice slow circle,

让我们回到那漂亮缓慢的环形圈

move around them.

围着它们转圈

1 dexterity   

n.(手的)灵巧，灵活

参考例句：

• You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
• I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧，我不如你。

2 scouting   

守候活动，童子军的活动

参考例句：

• I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
• Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分

3 elusive   

adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的

参考例句：

• Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
• Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

4 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。