美剧《失落的海盗王国（2021）》第一季第一集Part1-中英文对照(6)

私掠船
Sailors of fortune, funded by private money.
一群寻财的水手们 通过私人出资赞助
They then fight the Spanish under the Crown"s official license,
他们与西班牙人对抗 手里握着王室的正式许可
known as a letter of marque.
也就是所谓的"私掠许可证"
During the Spanish War of Succession,
在西班牙王位继承战争期间
1,622 letters of marque were given
英国皇家海事法院颁发了
by the English Royal Court of Admiralty.
1622份私掠许可证
That is 1,622 pieces of paper,
那可是整整1622张
which allowed a captain to go out and rob a Spanish vessel.
批准船长去抢劫西班牙船只的公文
The Crown gets a mercenary navy for nothing,
王室没花一分一毫便拥有了一支海军佣兵
and the privateers make big money robbing the Spanish.
私掠船员则靠抢劫西班牙人赚了个盆满钵满
Then, after 12 years, the war grinds to a halt.
接着 在12年后 战争渐渐地停止了下来
The cost of the war had reached crippling levels
此时战事所产生的花销
for all of the participants in the war.
已让参战各方不堪重负
The British came out the clear winner.
最后英国人成了明显的胜利者
They win, but King George I is broke