然而，到18世纪末，随着英国橡木供应的稀缺，那里的造船厂转向柚木，并在其中找到了理想的替代品。

However, toward the end of the eighteenth century, as British oak supplies grew scarce, shipbuilders there turned to teak and found in it an ideal substitute.

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哈兰德与沃尔夫造船厂在顶峰时期雇员达35,000人，它制造的船舶帮助英国成就了帝国霸业，并在战时捍卫了帝国领土(还有命运多舛的泰坦尼克号)。

At its peak Harland and Wolff employed 35, 000 people to make the ships that linked Britain to its empire and defended it in wartime (as well as the doomed Titanic).

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哈兰德与沃尔夫造船厂在顶峰时期雇员达35,000人，它制造的船舶帮助英国成就了帝国霸业，并在战时捍卫了帝国领土(还有命运多舛的泰坦尼克号)。

At its peak Harland and Wolff employed 35,000 people to make the ships that linked Britain to its empire and defended it in wartime (as well as the doomed Titanic).

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