Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
Once in a while sailors came down, Kunta thought, to carry sick men upstairs for treatment.
偶尔水手下来,孔塔猜想是把生病的人抬上去进行治疗。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.