I travelled to Islay to talk with Mairead Mackechnie — a local historian and Gaelic speaker.

我来到艾莱岛，与当地的历史学家和盖尔语者 Mairead Mackechnie 交谈。

And if you look at that, you'll realise that Islay is in the middle.

如果你仔细看，你会发现艾莱岛在中间。

Linguistic evidence now reveals the Vikings stayed on Islay for much longer than previously thought.

语言证据现在显示维京人在艾莱岛停留的时间比以前想象的要长得多。

This surprised local historians, because until recently many believed that the Viking's time on Islay was fleeting.

这让当地历史学家大吃一惊，因为直到最近，许多人还认为维京人在艾莱岛的时间转瞬即逝。

Intriguingly, recent linguistic and DNA evidence means some historians here are rethinking the very identity and ancestry of Islay's inhabitants.

令人好奇的是，最近的语言和 DNA 证据表明，这里的一些历史学家正在重新思考艾莱岛居民的身份和祖先。

In the Rhins of Islay we have Conisby which comes from Old Norse Konungsbyr, the King s farm.

在艾莱岛的莱茵河畔，我们有康尼斯比（Conisby），它来自古挪威语 Konungsbyr，即国王的农场。

In Islay, a tiny island off the West coast of Scotland, you're only considered an Islander if your family has been there for generations.

在苏格兰西海岸的一个小岛伊斯莱，只有当你的家人已经在那里生活了几代人，你才被认为是岛民。

Alan Macniven is an expert on the activities of the Norse in Scotland and has a particular interest in the origin of place names on Islay.

艾伦·麦克尼温是研究苏格兰北欧人活动的专家，尤其对艾莱岛地名的起源感兴趣。

Alan's findings point to lasting Viking influence on Islay, but another tell-tale source gives an even clearer indication of the fate of the original islanders, the bloodline of Islay's descendants.

艾伦的研究结果表明，维京人对艾莱岛的影响经久不衰，但另一个蛛丝马迹更清楚地表明了最初岛民的命运，即艾莱岛后裔的血统。