英译汉翻译赏析176段（103）

Although fish do not produce sound the same way that humans do, they are by no means silent. When scientists brought listening devices down under the sea, they heard a large collection of whistles, beeps, and grunts. Poets who spoke of the silence under the seas did not realize that the underwater world is quite noisy.

　　尽管鱼类不像人类一样发声，可它们绝不是默不作声的。当科学家把收听设备装到海底，他们听到了大量各种各样的口哨声、嘟嘟声和哼哼声。诗人们在描述海底的宁静时并没有意识到水下世界其实是很喧哗的。