The nest gatherers must go deep into the pitch-dark caves, where, with no machinery, gripping torches in their mouths, they hold themselves fast with one hand to weblike trellises of bamboo lashed together with vines, while with a special tool in their other hand they chisel the nests from the rock.
採燕者必須深入伸手不見五指的洞中，不借助器械，口叨火把，一手攀著他們以青竹和爬藤編成、如蛛網的天梯，一手以工具掏取燕窩。