来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第11集 第11集》

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  That name, "Ambrose His Mark," is a reference to Moby-Dick.
  书名《安伯罗斯他的胎记》取材自《白鲸》
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  In Moby-Dick, when Queequeg signs on to the
  在《白鲸》中 魁魁格要给
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  Pequod, he makes a mark, because he is illiterate,
  皮阔德钱卖身契 但他不识字
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  in place of writing his name, signing his name, and in the novel
  所以他用一个记号代替了名字
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  it says "Queequeg, his mark."
  小说称之为"魁魁格他的标记"
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  That's what's written underneath it on the contract.
  他就在合同上画下了这个标记
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  With that mark Queequeg signs on to the whole trajectory of Ahab's mad
  魁魁格正是凭着这个标记参与了阿哈的
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  pursuit of the whale.
  疯狂捕鲸之旅
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  We can think of that in another way, as well, though.
  当然我们也可以这样看
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  With that mark, Queequeg signs on to the whole
  凭着这个标记 魁魁格得以跻身
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  trajectory of the nineteenth-century novel,
  整个十九世纪小说前列
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  that whole narrative excess that Melville offers,
  而梅尔维尔的这一表述