This invisible barrier weaves its way through the entire Malay Archipelago, the largest collection of islands on the planet.

这道无形的屏障在世界最大的群岛——马来群岛中交织着。

That concept came to Wallace in a literal fever dream as he lay bedridden with malaria during part of his eight-year trip around the Malay Archipelago.

这个概念在华莱士的字面上的梦中出现，当时他因为疟疾而躺在床上，这是他在马来群岛八年旅行期间的一部分。

And studies have shown the Malay Archipelago to be one of the most complex tectonic regions in the world, a meeting point of multiple plates all jostling for space.

而研究表明，马来群岛是世界上最复杂的构造之一，他是多个互相争夺空间的板块的交汇点。

At the time, much of the Malay Archipelago was in the hands of the Srivijayan empire, an entity that could certainly have sent expeditions across the Indian Ocean, had it so willed.

那一时期，马来群岛中的大多数岛屿都被一个名为Srivijayan的帝国所掌控，该帝国只要愿意，就完全有可能派出远征队穿越印度洋。

The Malay Archipelago is one of the richest regions in organic beings; yet if all the species were to be collected which have ever lived there, how imperfectly would they represent the natural history of the world!

马来群岛是有机生物最丰富的地区之一。然而，如果要收集曾经生活在那里的所有物种，它们将多么不完美地代表世界的自然历史！

I fully agree with Mr. Godwin-Austen, that the present condition of the Malay Archipelago, with its numerous large islands separated by wide and shallow seas, probably represents the former state of Europe, while most of our formations were accumulating.

我完全同意戈德温-奥斯汀先生的看法， 马来群岛的现状，众多的大岛被宽阔的浅海隔开，可能代表了欧洲以前的状态， 而我们的大部分编队都在积累。