But in the end we got the hang of it. "They discovered that folding the metal in the same direction each time produced a pattern of long stripes; twisting it before each set of hammer blows would produce a swirl pattern; while twisting and folding would produce a pattern like stars. The more times the process was repeated, the finer the pattern became.
他們不斷摸索後發現，不斷同方向折疊地打，會出現長條的紋路；扭個勁兒打，會出現漩渦；扭完再折，會出現星星一樣的花紋；打的次數多，紋路就會變細。