Lex, your friends give me the creeps.

莱克斯，你的这些朋友直让我起鸡皮疙瘩

 

Prison is a creepy place, Kitty.

监狱是个令人毛骨悚然的地方，基蒂

 

One needs to make creepy friends in order to survive.

一个人要想在里面活下去就不得不交几个狐朋狗友

 

Even a man with my vast talents is worthless inside…

即便像我这么智慧超凡的人在里面也是废物一个

 

…than a carton（硬纸盒，纸板箱） of cigarettes and a sharp piece of metal in your pocket.

反倒是一盒烟，一片藏在你口袋的锋利金属片更有用

 

Do you know the story of Prometheus? No, of course you don’t.

你知道普罗米修斯的故事吗？ 算了，你当然不知道了

 

Prometheus was a god who stole the power of fire from the other gods…

普罗米修斯曾是一位天神，他从其他神明手中盗走了火种

 

。。。and gave control of it to mortals（凡人，人类）.

并且把火种给人类并教他们使用

 

In essence, he gave us technology. He gave us power.

从本质上来说，他给了我们技术和力量

 

So we’re stealing fire? In the Arctic.

那你的意思是我们从北极。。。盗取火种？

 

Actually, sort of. You see, whoever controls technology controls the world.

老实说，差不多吧。无论是谁掌握了技术，谁就能主宰世界

 

The Roman Empire ruled the world because they built roads.

罗马帝国之所以能统治了世界，是因为他们修建了道路

 

The British Empire ruled the world because they built ships.

日不落帝国之所以能主宰世界，则是因为他们打造了帝国舰队

 

America, the atom bomb, and so on and so forth.

而美国则造出了原子弹等等等等

 

I just want what Prometheus wanted.

我的追求和普罗米修斯一样

 

Sounds great, Lex, but you’re not a god.

听起来真了不起，莱克斯，但你却不是神明

 

Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes（斗篷，海角）…

神都是自私的，他们穿着红色披风飞来飞去

 

And don’t share their power with mankind.

却不愿与人类分享他们的神力

 

Hi,boss. We found something.

老板，有新发现了

 

No, I don’t wanna be a god.  I just wanna bring fire to the people.

不，我可不想成仙.我只想将火种送到人间

 

And I want my cut.

得到我应得的那一份

 

Was this his house?

这是他家吗

 

You might think so. Most would.

你大抵这样认为，打多数人也会这么想

 

This is more of a monument to a long dead…

这里不仅仅只是一个镌刻着那个早已毁灭

 

And extremely powerful civilization.

高度发达的文明所有事迹的纪念碑

 

This is where he learned who he was.

在这儿，他不仅解开了自己的身世之谜

 

This is where he came for guidance.

这里也是他寻求指引的地方

 

Possibilities. Endless possibilities.

可能性.无穷的可能性。

 

You act like you’ve been here before.

看上去你像是曾经到过这里

 

I’m Joe-Al. Your father. By now, I will have been dead many thousands of your years.

现在你看到的我，已经在很早以前就死去了

 

He thinks I’m his son. You are the only survivor of Krypton.

他认为我是他儿子。 你是氪星球的唯一幸存者

 

Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature…

在你面前的水晶里凝聚了众多文明的物种