But it also means that, in the words of a port chaplain I once met, the average seafarer you're going to find on a container ship is either tired or exhausted, because the pace of modern shipping is quite punishing for what the shipping calls its human element, a strange phrase which they don't seem to realize sounds a little bit inhuman.
但是这也意味着， 用我曾经碰到的一个港口的牧师的话来说， 集装箱货运船上的一个普通的海员 通常都非常疲惫，甚至精疲力尽， 因为现代海运的节奏 牺牲了海运行业称之为”人性要素”的东西， 牺牲了海运行业称之为”人性要素”的东西， 他们似乎没有认识到“人性要素”这个奇怪的字眼 听上去其实有点不人性。