It wouldn't be fair to give Merian all the credit.
把功劳都归给梅里安是不公平的。
Merian noted how the ants took the leaves below ground to their young.
梅里安注意到了蚂蚁是如何把地下的树叶带到它们的后代那里的。
Merian started raising insects at home, mostly butterflies and caterpillars.
梅里安开始在家里饲养昆虫，主要饲养蝴蝶和毛毛虫。
In the same plate, Merian depicted and described leaf-cutter ants for the first time.
在同一幅插图中，梅里安首次描绘了切叶蚁。
Some criticized this detail later, saying there was just one tongue, but Merian wasn't wrong.
后来有人批评这个细节，说只有一条舌头，但梅里安并没有错。
Merian was correct about the giant bird-eating spiders, ants building bridges with their bodies and other details.
梅里安对巨型食鸟蜘蛛、蚂蚁用身体搭建桥梁以及其他细节的看法是正确的。
Henry Walter Bates, a friend of Charles Darwin, observed it and put it in book in 1863, proving Merian was correct.
查尔斯·达尔文的朋友亨利·沃尔特·贝茨观察到了这个现象，并在1863年将此记入书中，证明了梅里安是正确的。
Three hundred years after her death, Merian will be celebrated at an international symposium in Amsterdam this June.
在梅里安去世三百年后，今年6月将在阿姆斯特丹举行的国际研讨会上赞颂她。
Merian also made note of the help she received from the natives of Suriname, as well as slaves or servants that assisted her.
梅里安还记下了她从苏里南当地人那里得到的帮助，以及协助她的奴隶或仆人。
He credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her.
他称赞梅里安在南美探险记录中描述了一只青蛙，并以她的名字给这只小树蛙命名。
Before writing Metamorphosis, Merian spent decades documenting European plants and insects that she published in a series of books.
在写《苏里南昆虫变态图谱》之前，梅里安花了几十年的时间记录欧洲的植物和昆虫，并出版了一系列书籍。
At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and insects that were not previously known.
在那时，自然史是很有价值的探索工具，梅里安发现了有关植物和昆虫的真相，这些真相从未为人所知。
It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.
描绘一只巨大蜘蛛吞食蜂鸟的画面，可能不太符合淑女形象，但令人惊讶的是，当梅里安在18世纪之交这样做的时候，没有人对此提出反对。
On board Christoph Merian, I dine while floating along the borders between three nations.
在克里斯多福·梅利安号上，我一边用餐，一边在河流上漂越三个国家。
On board Christoph Merian, I dine while floating along the borders between three nations.
在克里斯多福·梅利安号上，我一边用餐，一边在河流上漂越三个国家。
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