The 10th-century warrior poet Egil was a well-known carver of runes.

10 世纪的战争诗人埃吉尔（Egil）是著名的如尼字雕刻家。

Juan Alfaro Bastidas, 75, is a carver, just as his father and grandfather were.

75岁的胡安·阿尔法罗·巴斯蒂达斯是一名雕工人，就像他的父亲和祖父一样。

Although they had no metal tools, they were expert carvers, creating elaborate objects out of bone, flint, and jade.

尽管他们没有金属工具，他们却是雕刻方面的专家，骨头、燧和碧玉雕刻出精美的作品。

Local carvers found a way to make beautiful objects from it.

当地雕刻家们找它制作美丽物品的方法。

So, the carvers had to keep them from floating away while they work.

所雕刻者在工作的时候要防止它们漂走。

But the stone carvers often do not sell much.

雕工人往往卖不多少钱。

To keep the crowds moving, Katz's is set up with multiple carvers at multiple counters.

为让人群保持流动，凯茨在多个柜台设置多个雕刻工。

For bigger projects, a head carver might even have a few apprentices to help out.

就更大的项目而言，首席雕刻师甚至可能有几个学徒来帮忙。

The most self-consciously modern of them all, Picasso, told a friend that no sculptor had ever bettered the Palaeolithic carvers.

其中最具有现代意识的那位，毕加索，曾告诉一个朋友，没有雕塑家可超越旧器时代的雕刻家们。

Most of the carvers have individual work areas at home, which provide them with some money.

大多数雕工人在家里都有单独的工作区，这为他们提供一些收入。

THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY HIS SELF-PORTRAIT -- WAS THE MICHELANGELO OF GERMAN WOOD CARVERS.

这应该是他的自画像——是德国木雕家的米开朗基罗。

The boy belonged to a wood carver's family, and had learned to whittle when he was just a little fellow.

他的家里是做雕刻的，弗朗茨还是个小家伙的时候就学会削木头。

Still, the stone carvers keep the old traditions alive.

尽管如此，雕工人们仍然保留着古老的传统。

Over time, he progressed from a wood chopper to a master wood carver.

随着时间的推移，他从一名伐木工成长为一名木雕大师。

His sensation was that of the skilful carver who feels his good blade sink into a tender joint.

他的感觉就像熟练的雕刻师感觉他的好刀片陷入柔软的关节。

The carvers are dying and their children generally do not want to take up the trade.

雕工人都快青黄不接，他们的孩子一般都不想从事这个行业。

Many people in the area use stone mortars and pestles made by the stone carvers.

该地区的许多人使雕工人制作的臼和研钵。

The desire to become a carver had come to him the summer before, and now everything connected with it had a new meaning.

去年夏天他就产生想当雕刻师的愿望，现在与之有关的一切都有新的意义。

Generations of stone carvers in Chimalhuacan also created much of the stonework found on buildings and parks in the capital's downtown.

奇马尔瓦坎的几代雕工人也创作首都市中心建筑物和公园上发现的大部分制品。

There were about 600 official stone carvers about 10 years ago.

大约10年前，官方的雕工人大约有600人。