纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第27期:自己掏腰包

Well, I eventually paid most of it out of pocket,

大部分都是我自己掏的腰包

we are still having a very, very minimal¹ funding level.

我们获得的资助还是非常非常少

Just out of your own wallet?

你自己掏的腰包

Yes, I've spent close to a million dollars

是的 我已经花费了近100万美元

on funding this research, because nobody believed me.

资助这个研究 因为没人相信我

That's a hell of a lot of money just to try and...

那可是一大笔钱

Well, because I know that I'm on the right track,

因为我知道我的研究方向是对的

so I will pursue this and bring it to the end.

我会坚持下去 走到最后

Now, people start to listen,

现在 人们开始听我说的了

and yes, now they are convinced.

没错 他们现在相信了

With something like this,

有了这样的支持声

as clear as you can hope you would get it.

你很清楚你会成功的

The scientific community may still be sceptical

科学界也许仍对斐迪曼·弗罗因德的

about Friedemann Freund's rock experiments,

岩石实验持怀疑态度

but his research has now been used in a commercial application

但是他的研究现在得到了一个商业化应用

QuakeFinder

震动探测仪

a device that measures electromagnetic

一种通过测量地面电磁变化

changes in the ground to sense if an earthquake is coming.

来预测地震发生的仪器

It's, er, basically, a computer system, er,

它从本质上来说是一种计算机系统

set of electronics² to process the data, a

一组处理数据的电子元件

simple hard drive from a laptop to record it,

由一个简单的手提电脑硬盘记录数据

a radio link to bring it into, er,

再由与之相连的无线电将数据

a farmer's house maybe 200, or 300 feet away,

传送到二三百英尺外的农居里

and then we have a satellite dish that takes the data

然后由那里的碟形卫星天线

and brings it through a satellite link up to

通过卫星线路把数据传送到帕罗奥多这里

our site here in Palo Alto.

我们现正所处的位置

1 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

2 electronics   

n.电子器件，电子学，电子技术

参考例句：

• About 45000 people worked in electronics in Scotland.苏格兰约有4.5万人在电子行业工作。
• He wants to brush up his knowledge of electronics.他想温习他的电子学知识。