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

养殖珍珠的历史可以追溯到元500年左右的中国。

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

但，能够养殖珍珠这并不意味着其培育过程并不繁琐。

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

在御木网站上，这串南海养殖珍珠的售价为3.2万美元。

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

如今，御木认的养殖珍珠鼻祖。

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

市场上绝大多数珍珠都养殖珍珠。

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

怎么说呢，也许算一个花招吧。我知道沃采有颗个儿不小的人工养殖的珍珠。

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

他使用的日养殖珍珠，也就你可能比较熟悉的传统白色圆形珍珠。

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，养殖珍珠的商业化程度越来越高，这使得非皇室成员也能买得起、用得上珍珠。

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.

养殖珍珠的形成过程与之相同，不过刺激物不偶然进入贝壳的，而人类有意放进去的。

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，养殖珍珠，则像一个橙子，中心较大，但周围的珍珠生长层较薄。

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， 脖子上挂着一串养殖珍珠， 戴着一顶非常漂亮的帽子， 看起来既廉价又邋遢。

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.

珍珠养殖者将一块软体动物组织，（称为供体组织）植入进希望生长珍珠的牡蛎壳中。

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，日养殖珍珠的直径只能长到 9 或 10 毫米左右，而南海珍珠和大溪地黑珍珠的直径可达 15 或 16 毫米左右。

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.

另一个非常有趣的影响因素，在养殖珍珠时，会使用来自其他活体软体动物的供体组织，该组织的颜色会影响最终养殖珍珠的颜色。

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.

在我访问的那天，这些池塘的主人很惊讶， 因为她镇以外的任何人， 更不用说珍珠养殖业者， 都想了解更多关于这些池塘的信息。