Now then, the tides aren't strong in the Pacific, and if you can't unballast the Nautilus, which seems impossible to me, I don't see how it will float off.

来，太平洋潮水上涨时是不高，如果您不把诺第留斯号浮起来—在看来这是不可—就看不到它有什么法子，够离开暗礁，重回大海。