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'But what is the use of that?' I asked.
“‘但是这又有什么用途呢？’我问道。”
'Use! Use!' he repeated, and laughed. 'I do not work for use, but for wonder.'
“‘用途！用途！’他重复说道，大笑起来，‘我并不是为用途而工作的，而是为了奇迹。’”
'It will be wonderful,' I said, 'when we dominate the Caribbean.'
“‘会很奇妙的！’我说道，‘当我们统治了加勒比海时。’”
'It is far more wonderful,' he said, 'to have made a blade of grass.'
“‘而制造一片草叶更加奇妙，’他说道。”
That I had to admit. But I added, 'You will return to your work now.'
“‘这个我承认。但我得加上一句，你现在该回到工作中去了。’”
And at that he laughed more wildly.
“听到这句话他笑得更狂野了。”
'No, now that I can do this,' he exclaimed. 'I am going on to make flowers.'
“‘不，既然我能做这个，”他大声说道，‘我准备继续制造花。’”
I examined his blade of grass, and he gave me every facility, showing me the entire process in his laboratory. The blade was perfect and was clearly alive, but he satisfied me that it was artificial. A marvelous man. It was a pity. But we responsible ministers cannot make threats that we do not carry out. I had threatened him with death, and he had to be executed..."
“我查看了他的草叶，他把每一个设备给我看，向我演示实验室中草叶制造的整个流程。草叶很完美，显然是活的，但他使我确信，它是人造的。多么了不起的人！可惜却不能为我们效力。但是我们尽责的部长们作出的威胁我们得执行。我已经向他发出死亡威胁，而他得被处死……”
"Whether it was that the stranger's tale was told," Jorkens concluded, putting down his glass, "or that the influence of the queer wine was over, he fell then to silent brooding, gazing, as it seemed, into the past at the grip that his country had lost on the Caribbean, perhaps on the world."
“不知道是因为这个陌生人的故事讲完了，”乔更斯最后放下杯子说道，“还是因为这种怪酒的效力消失了的缘故，这个陌生人睁着眼睛，陷入了对过去的沉思，似乎在想着，他们的国家失去了对加勒比海地区，或许是对整个世界的控制。”
