Well, maybe it is a trick. I know Wozzeck's got a few pretty good-sized cultivated pearls.

怎么说呢，也许算是一个花招吧。沃采克有几颗个儿不小人工养。

Cultured pearls date all the way back to around 500 AD in China.

养历史可以追溯到公元500年左右中国。

But just because you can grow a cultured pearl doesn't mean it's an easy process.

但是，能够养这并不意味着其培育过程并不繁琐。

Since 2005, one company has been cultivating pearls commercially, the first such modern operation of its kind in the Gulf.

自2005年起，有一个公司开始商业性养，在海湾地区，这还是第一次进行现代化操作。

On Mikimoto's website, this strand of South Sea cultured pearls is selling for $32,000.

在御木本网站上，这串南海养售价为3.2万美元。

The vast majority of pearls on the market are cultured pearls.

市场上绝大多数都是养。

By the 1920s, cultured pearls became more commercially available, which made them more affordable and accessible to people who weren't royalty.

到了 20 世纪 20 年代，养商业化程度越来越高，这使得非皇室成员也能买得起、用得上。

Today, Mikimoto is widely considered the grandfather of cultured pearls.

如今，御木本是公认养鼻祖。

He used Akoya pearls, which are the traditional white round pearls you're probably familiar with.

他使用是日本养，也就是你可能比较熟悉传统白色圆形。

Cultured pearls are formed by the same process, but instead of the irritant entering the shell accidentally, it's put there intentionally by a human.

养形成过程与之相同，不过刺激物不是偶然进入贝壳，而是人类有意放进去。

A cultured pearl, on the other hand, is like an orange, with a large center and a thinner layer of pearl growth around that.

另一边，养，则像一个橙子，中心较大，但周围生长层较薄。

Pearl farmers insert a piece of mollusk tissue, which is called donor tissue, into the shell of the oyster where they want the pearl to grow.

养者将一块软体动物组织，（称为供体组织）植入进希望生长牡蛎壳中。

The untouched quality of this protected ecosystem has allowed him to see a faster span of production time than he had seen in Japan, the birthplace of the industry.

“这个不可接触受保护生态系统使他养时间比在日本见到时间要短。日本是养业发源地。”

Beside Isabel, in black silk, with a string of cultured pearls round her neck and in a very smart hat, she looked cheap and dowdy.

在伊莎贝尔旁边， 她穿着黑色丝绸， 脖子上挂着一串养， 戴着一顶非常漂亮帽子， 看起来既廉价又邋遢。

For example, Akoya pearls can only grow to about 9 or 10 millimeters in diameter, but South Sea pearls and black Tahitian pearls can reach a diameter of around 15 or 16 millimeters.

比方说，日本养直径只能长到 9 或 10 毫米左右，而南海和大溪地黑直径可达 15 或 16 毫米左右。

And on the day that I visited, the owner of these ponds was surprised that anyone outside of her town, let alone the pearl farming business, would want to know more about these ponds.

在访问那天，这些池塘主人很惊讶， 因为她镇以外任何人， 更不用说养业者， 都想了解更多关于这些池塘信息。

Another very interesting influence is when a pearl is cultured, there is a donor tissue used from another living mollusk, and depending on the color of that tissue, it will influence the color of the final cultured pearl.

另一个非常有趣影响因素是，在养时，会使用来自其他活体软体动物供体组织，该组织颜色会影响最终养颜色。