I kept quiet, with good reason.

我故意不回答。

What was the use of debating such a proposition, when superior force can wipe out the best arguments?

因为碰到蛮不讲理的时候,再来讨论这类题目还有什么意义呢?

It took me a good while to decide, the commander went on. Nothing obliged me to grant you hospitality.

我犹豫了很久，船长又说，我没有任何义务接待你们。

If I were to part company with you, I'd have no personal interest in ever seeing you again.

如果我要撇开你们，我就不想再来看你们了。

I could put you back on the platform of this ship that has served as your refuge.

我会把际们重新放在曾经作为你们避难所的这只船的平台上，

I could sink under the sea, and I could forget you ever existed. Wouldn't that be my right?

就当你们没有存在一样，只管潜入海中。难道我没有这样的权利吗?

Perhaps it would be the right of a savage, I replied. But not that of a civilized man.

这也许是野蛮人的权利，我答，而不是文明人的权利。

Professor, the commander replied swiftly, I'm not what you term a civilized man!

教授先生，船长很激动地回答，我不是你们所说的文明人，

I've severed all ties with society, for reasons that I alone have the right to appreciate.

为了我个人才能感觉到的理由，我跟整个人类社会断绝了关系。

Therefore I obey none of its regulations, and I insist that you never invoke them in front of me!

所以我不服从人类社会的法规。希望您以后不要再在我面前提这些东西了。