Going to his vice-bench, the carpenter for convenience sake and general reference, now transferringly measured on it the exact length the coffin was to be, and then made the transfer permanent by cutting two notches at its extremities.

这时，木匠回到自己的老虎钳工作台边，为了方便和总体规划，把要做的棺材的精确长度转录在上面，然后在工作台两端砍了两道印子，把转录的长度固定下来。