Cultured pearls date all the way back to around 500 AD in China.

养殖珍珠的历史可以追溯到公元500年左右的中国。

Today, Mikimoto is widely considered the grandfather of cultured pearls.

如今，御木本是公认的养殖珍珠鼻祖。

The vast majority of pearls on the market are cultured pearls.

市场上绝大多数珍珠都是养殖珍珠。

On Mikimoto's website, this strand of South Sea cultured pearls is selling for $32,000.

在御木本网站上，这串南海养殖珍珠的售价为3.2万美元。

But just because you can grow a cultured pearl doesn't mean it's an easy process.

但是，能够养殖珍珠这并不意味着其培育过程并不繁琐。

Cultured pearls are formed by the same process, but instead of the irritant entering the shell accidentally, it's put there intentionally by a human.

养殖珍珠的形成过程与之相同，不过刺激物不是偶然进入贝壳的，而是人类有意放进去的。

By the 1920s, cultured pearls became more commercially available, which made them more affordable and accessible to people who weren't royalty.

到了 20 世纪 20 年代，养殖珍珠的商业化程度越来越高，这使得非皇室成员也能买得起、用得上珍珠。

A cultured pearl, on the other hand, is like an orange, with a large center and a thinner layer of pearl growth around that.

另一边，养殖珍珠，则像一个橙子，中心较大，但周围的珍珠生长层较薄。

Beside Isabel, in black silk, with a string of cultured pearls round her neck and in a very smart hat, she looked cheap and dowdy.

在伊莎贝尔旁边， 她穿着黑色丝绸， 脖子上挂着一串养殖珍珠， 戴着一顶非常漂亮的帽子， 看起来既廉价又邋遢。

Another very interesting influence is when a pearl is cultured, there is a donor tissue used from another living mollusk, and depending on the color of that tissue, it will influence the color of the final cultured pearl.

另一个非常有趣的影响因素是，在养殖珍珠时，会使用来自其他活体软体动物的供体组织，该组织的颜色会影响最终养殖珍珠的颜色。