At the Palace of Westminster, its resident clockmakers are responsible for maintaining this tradition.

在威宫，当地的钟表匠负责保持这传统。

Because my dad was a clock maker.

因为我爹曾是个钟表匠。

Really? I imagine the finest watchmakers in the world come from Europe.

你是做哪行的? - 我是个钟表匠。

Anyway, in an agency, when we reach a point like this...

真的吗? 我以为最棒的钟表匠都在欧洲。

Her father, Casper, was a watchmaker who ran the business from their own home, the Beje house.

她的父亲卡帕是名钟表匠，在自己家（Beje house）经营生意。

That was the year a 22-year-old German watchmaker named Stephan Farffler built the world's first self-propelling wheelchair.

就在这年，位22岁的德国钟表匠蒂芬·法夫勒制造世界上第辆自动推进的轮椅。

To which Corrie replied, " In God's eyes, one 'half-wit' might be worth more than a watchmaker or a Lieutenant."

“在上帝的眼中，个‘笨蛋’可能比个钟表匠或个中尉更有价值。”

This is a story that connects clock makers, astronomers, sailors, mathematicians, kings and queens, space satellites, and even smart bombs.

这是个将钟表匠、天文学家、水手、数学家、国王和王后、太空卫星联系在起的故事，甚至还有智能炸弹。

Ian Westworth and Alex Jeffrey are part of a small team of clockmakers at the Palace of Westminster in London.

Ian Westworth 和 Alex Jeffrey 是伦敦威宫钟表匠小组的员。

Yes, there's a sort of watchmaker aspect to it.

是的，这有点像钟表匠的质。

So, in 1886, he started a mail order company, the RW Sears Watch Company, and eventually hired a watchmaker Alva C. Roebuck.

因此，1886年，他创家邮购公司——RW Sears手表公司，并最终雇佣名钟表匠Alva C. Roebuck。

We've just spotted our first blue plaque the  old Sheriff's Office, home to three generations of clockmakers named Tom Williams.

我们刚刚发现第个蓝牌，位于老治安官公室，这里是三代名叫汤姆·威廉的钟表匠的家。

(globe crushing) This is a story that connects clock makers, astronomers, sailors, mathematicians, kings and queens, space satellites, and even smart bombs.

（碾压地球）这是个将钟表匠、天文学家、水手、数学家、国王与王后、太空卫星，乃至智能炸弹串联起来的故事。

Alex Jeffrey, one of three clockmakers at the Palace of Westminster, said the clock had been transported to Cumbria, in northwestern England, to be taken apart and put back together.

威宫的三位钟表匠之亚历克·杰弗里说，这座钟已被运往英格兰西北部的坎布里亚郡进行拆卸和重建。

Mark had contacts in Paris, and he sent Isambard to be apprenticed to an engineer and watchmaker, Louis Breguet, the famous brand of watchmakers that still exists.

马克在巴黎有关系， 他安排伊桑巴德去给位工程师兼钟表匠路易·布雷盖当学徒。路易·布雷盖创立如今依然存在的著名钟表品牌。

We'll travel to the United Kingdom now to meet a small group of clockmakers who have a big job of making sure everything is working on time, especially when it comes to the time change.

现在，我们将前往英国，会见小群钟表匠，他们有项艰巨的工作，那就是确保切准时进行，尤其是在时间改变的时候。

And when the boy asked the watchmaker how he sets the great clock, the watchmaker said, " I set it to the noonday cannon! " The way we tell time isn't so different today.

当男孩问钟表匠如何设定大钟时，钟表匠回答说：“我把它设定在正午的炮声上！ ” 今天我们报时的方式并没有太大的不同。

When he had finished all the engraving on hand he would dawdle around the front of the store with the watchmaker and the salesgirl or wander out to some soda fountain to drink a Coca-Cola.

当他完成手头的所有雕刻后，他会和钟表匠和女售货员在商店前面闲逛，或者闲逛到某个汽水柜喝可口可乐。