There's a natural dye called Tyrian purple.

有一种叫做泰尔红紫的天然染料。

However their most lucrative trading good was their purple dye known as Tyrian purple.

然而，最有利可图的交易商品是他们的紫色染料，被称为骨螺紫。

The production of the dye first began in Tyre during the Bronze Age, which is why it is known as " Tyrian purple" .

这种染料的生产最早始于青铜时代的提尔，这就是为什么它被称为“提尔紫”。

Tyrian purple was the most prized dye and made  exclusively from marine snails in Lebanon.

Tyrian 紫是最珍贵的染料，完全由黎巴嫩的海蜗牛制成。

A lot of work went into producing the dye as more than 10,000 snails were needed to create just one gram of tyrian purple.

制造染料耗费许多工程，光一克的泰尔紫就需要超过一万只蜗牛。

The favorite imperial color in Roman times, Tyrian purple, was a bright pigment made from the glands of sea snails, and it could take 12,000 snails to make just 2 grams of the color.

泰尔紫是罗马时代最受欢迎的帝王颜色，它是一种由海蜗牛腺体制成的明亮颜料， 需要 12, 000 只蜗牛才能制成 2 克这种颜色。