1、The Tanka life on the water is disappearing, and it's also disappearing as a culture.
疍家這個水上生活，在消失。作為文化也是在消失。

2、Yet Tanka people rarely voiced regret for the passing of their old ways.
然而，疍家人很少對放棄過去的生活表示遺憾。

3、But the Tanka on their boats remain a people apart, an underclass in the region's economic boom.
但在船上生活的疍家人依然是一個與眾不同的民族，這個地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮起來，疍家人還是處在底層。

4、But the Tanka community here forms a tight web that spans the river and the shore.
但是這里的疍家人社區(qū)形成了一個涵蓋河流和岸邊的緊密網(wǎng)絡(luò)。