The sundial, he was banished in a sundial.

日晷，他被关在日晷里了？

'What papers? What sundial? ' he asked.

'什么文件？什么日晷仪？'他又问道。

The sundial gives the owner power to control time itself.

日晷给了拥有者控制时间的。

And sundials kind of automatically do this! But they have other… drawbacks.

日晷可以自动做到这一点！但它们也有其他的缺陷。

'Put the papers on the sundial, ' I read, peeping over his shoulder.

'把文件放在日晷仪上，'我从他肩膀背后望着信封念道。'

Any of y'all ever heard of the sundial of Kronos?

你们听说过克罗诺的日晷吗？

Get that sundial and we can control time with ease.

拿到日晷，然后我们就可以轻松控制时间。

More precise time-keeping, like sundials and mechanical clocks, eventually came along to put time in more convenient boxes.

后来出现了更精确的计时方法，比如日晷、机械钟，让计时变得更方便。

Zeus entrusted the sundial to Meg, and ordered it to sink in the Princess Academy to be kept safe.

宙信任，它藏在公主学院，保证安全。

Clocks and watches, and probably even sundials, were then unknown, so these divisions were marked by burning candles of equal lengths.

钟表，甚至日晷在当时也不为人所知，因此这三块时间是通过点燃相同长度的蜡烛表示的。

So a sundial may be as much as sixteen minutes ahead or fourteen minutes behind a regular clock.

所以太阳时间和时钟时间相比，可能会提前16钟，或是推迟14钟。

'What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.'

'我和日晷仪啦、文件啦，有什么关系？对这种无聊的事我不屑一顾。'

The princess looked at the sundial.

公主看着日晷。

There they found a circle of green lawn with a sundial in the center.

在那里他们发现了一圈绿色的草坪，中央有一个日晷。

Soon, the sundial told them it was time for sundown.

很快日规告诉他们已是日落时间了。

'The sundial in the garden. There is no other, ' said I; 'but the papers must be those that are destroyed.'

'花园里的日晷仪，别处没有，'我说，‘文件一定是被毁掉的那些。'

Over the years his creations included a new kind of plow and an improved type of sundial.

多年来，他的创作包括一种新型犁和一种改进型日晷。

16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more accurate sundials with which to regulate them.

16。机械计时器的发展促使人们寻求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。

Today he's buried under a sundial set to Daylight Saving Time with a Latin inscription says " I only count the sunny hours" .

现在他埋葬于夏时制的日晷下，上面用拉丁文写着" 我只计算阳光灿烂的时间" 。

'Some preposterous practical joke, ' said he. 'What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.'

‘一个荒唐的恶作剧，'他说，‘我和日晷仪啦、文件啦，有什么关系？对这种无聊的事我不屑一顾。’