If convicted in a court there, on charges of robbery, ship hijacking, and attempted murder, they could potentially face the death sentence.

在那里的一家法庭，他们被诉犯有抢劫、劫持船只和谋杀未遂罪，如果罪名成立，他们可能面临死刑判决。

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Any one of them would have placed the ship and its crew in harm's way; together, they were a death sentence.

每一个小失误都会危及到这艘鳕鱼船和船员们安全；而综合到一起，就等于直接宣判了渔夫们的死刑。

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This life is the crossing of a sea, where we meet in the same narrow ship. In death we reach the shore and go to our different worlds.

生命是要渡过一个大海，在那个海上我们相遇在同一艘狭小的船上。当我们登岸的时候就是我们的死忘终点，然后各自走向不同的世界。

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Rather, he was there to write up the death certificates so the ship's owner could file his insurance claims.

WSJ: Human Transactions | Spirits of the Passage | Frazier History Museum | By Mark Yost