Project Umbrella Translation
NO. 09 TRICELL
TRICELL is a conglomerate of three main departments, "Shipping", "Resource Development" and "Pharmaceuticals."
The history of TRICELL dates back to an era known as the Age of Exploration.
TRICELL's previous incarnation was "Travis Trading Enterprises" operated by wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis.
Travis Trading Enterprises made immense profits from trade with Asia, laying the foundation of today's TRICELL Shipping Department. Entering the 19th century, Travis Trading Enterprises steadily developed as a seaborne shipping and trading company.
In the 19th century, Henry Travis, the youngest of seven brothers in the Travis family, cast his personal fortune aside to embark on exploring Africa.
In those days, articles about the African expeditions of David Livingstone, etc. were all over the newspapers.
The African expeditions he inspired would later shape the fate of Travis Trading Enterprises.
Henry conducted his expeditions in Africa five times for the entire continent. Since he was backed by the Travis family's ample financial resources, time and time again, he never returned to his native country even after several interruptions, preferring to settle in cities along the African coast in preparation for his next expeditions.
For that reason, he's said to have only returned home after finishing his fifth expedition, as long as 34 years after he first left his home country.
He compiled the records of his considerable expeditions, spanning 72 volumes, as a chronicle called the "Natural History Conspectus."
This book had not only naturalistic content such as the animals, plants, insects, minerals, geology, etc. of Africa, but also ethnological elements detailing the lives of peoples residing in Africa, such as their cultures, customs, histories, etc., one could also call the contents an encyclopedia of Africa at that time.
Although all volumes of this Natural History Conspectus were published however, the public perceived its overly detailed contents to be Henry's fictional creation, with only a small number of copies being published as a kind of novelty book perused only by select bibliophiles.
Henry died in despair over this situation in the summer of the second year after his return.
It's now said the head of Travis Trading Enterprises at the time (Henry's eldest brother) deliberately spread a rumor that his youngest brother's book was fiction.
Why did he do something like that?
It was because Travis Trading Enterprises feared others would make use of this information.
They placed particular importance on eight books, Vol.17 to Vol.24, outlining geological elements.
Based on this information, Travis Trading Enterprises set out to exploit Africa's mineral resources by the end of the 19th century.
This led Travis Trading Enterprises to discover and exploit many rare metal deposits, oil fields, natural gas fields, etc. all over Africa, gaining them vast profits.
This was the beginning of the TRICELL Resource Development Department.
Having established a firm foothold in Africa, Travis Trading Enterprises also actively began collecting animals, plants, insects and so on from the mid-20th century.
Needless to say, they extensively consulted the Natural History Conspectus in these collection efforts.
They developed drugs based on these harvested raw materials, then commercialized them. This led to the founding of today's Pharmaceutical Department.
The "Shipping Department" built the foundation of Travis Trading Enterprises.
The "Resource Development Department" was established based on the Natural History Conspectus written by Henry.
Then the "Pharmaceuticals Department" developed its own products based on raw materials extracted from African flora and fauna.
Once the three main departments were in place, in the 1960s, Travis Trading Enterprises changed its corporate name to "TRICELL", indicating it was a conglomerate of the three departments, giving rise to the TRICELL of today.
Furthermore, the Travis family weren't the only ones who took notice of Henry's Natural History Conspectus.
Oswell E. Spencer, founder of Umbrella, also took an interest in the the book's ethnographic aspects.
He's said to have predicted the Progenitor flower's existence based on descriptions of an Ndipaya tribe ritual, which led to the discovery of the Progenitor Virus.
TRICELL is a conglomerate of three main departments, "Shipping", "Resource Development" and "Pharmaceuticals."
The history of TRICELL dates back to an era known as the Age of Exploration.
TRICELL's previous incarnation was "Travis Trading Enterprises" operated by wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis.
Travis Trading Enterprises made immense profits from trade with Asia, laying the foundation of today's TRICELL Shipping Department. Entering the 19th century, Travis Trading Enterprises steadily developed as a seaborne shipping and trading company.
In the 19th century, Henry Travis, the youngest of seven brothers in the Travis family, cast his personal fortune aside to embark on exploring Africa.
In those days, articles about the African expeditions of David Livingstone, etc. were all over the newspapers.
The African expeditions he inspired would later shape the fate of Travis Trading Enterprises.
Henry conducted his expeditions in Africa five times for the entire continent. Since he was backed by the Travis family's ample financial resources, time and time again, he never returned to his native country even after several interruptions, preferring to settle in cities along the African coast in preparation for his next expeditions.
For that reason, he's said to have only returned home after finishing his fifth expedition, as long as 34 years after he first left his home country.
He compiled the records of his considerable expeditions, spanning 72 volumes, as a chronicle called the "Natural History Conspectus."
This book had not only naturalistic content such as the animals, plants, insects, minerals, geology, etc. of Africa, but also ethnological elements detailing the lives of peoples residing in Africa, such as their cultures, customs, histories, etc., one could also call the contents an encyclopedia of Africa at that time.
Although all volumes of this Natural History Conspectus were published however, the public perceived its overly detailed contents to be Henry's fictional creation, with only a small number of copies being published as a kind of novelty book perused only by select bibliophiles.
Henry died in despair over this situation in the summer of the second year after his return.
It's now said the head of Travis Trading Enterprises at the time (Henry's eldest brother) deliberately spread a rumor that his youngest brother's book was fiction.
Why did he do something like that?
It was because Travis Trading Enterprises feared others would make use of this information.
They placed particular importance on eight books, Vol.17 to Vol.24, outlining geological elements.
Based on this information, Travis Trading Enterprises set out to exploit Africa's mineral resources by the end of the 19th century.
This led Travis Trading Enterprises to discover and exploit many rare metal deposits, oil fields, natural gas fields, etc. all over Africa, gaining them vast profits.
This was the beginning of the TRICELL Resource Development Department.
Having established a firm foothold in Africa, Travis Trading Enterprises also actively began collecting animals, plants, insects and so on from the mid-20th century.
Needless to say, they extensively consulted the Natural History Conspectus in these collection efforts.
They developed drugs based on these harvested raw materials, then commercialized them. This led to the founding of today's Pharmaceutical Department.
The "Shipping Department" built the foundation of Travis Trading Enterprises.
The "Resource Development Department" was established based on the Natural History Conspectus written by Henry.
Then the "Pharmaceuticals Department" developed its own products based on raw materials extracted from African flora and fauna.
Once the three main departments were in place, in the 1960s, Travis Trading Enterprises changed its corporate name to "TRICELL", indicating it was a conglomerate of the three departments, giving rise to the TRICELL of today.
Furthermore, the Travis family weren't the only ones who took notice of Henry's Natural History Conspectus.
Oswell E. Spencer, founder of Umbrella, also took an interest in the the book's ethnographic aspects.
He's said to have predicted the Progenitor flower's existence based on descriptions of an Ndipaya tribe ritual, which led to the discovery of the Progenitor Virus.
Official Japanese Transcript
NO. 09 TRICELL
トライセルとは、「海運」「資源開発」「製薬」の3部門を主軸とする複合企業体である。
トライセルの歴史は、大航海時代と呼ばれている時代までさかのぼる。
欧州の豪商であったトーマス·トラヴィス、彼が経営する「トラヴィス商会」がトライセルの前身である。
トラヴィス商会はアジア方面との貿易で莫大な利益を上げ、今日のトライセル海運部門の基礎を築いた。トラヴィス商会は海運貿易会社として順調に発展し、19世紀を迎える。
19世紀、トラヴィス家の7人兄弟の末子であった「ヘンリー·トラヴィス」は、私財をなげうってアフリカ探検へと出発した。
当時は、デヴィッド·リヴィングストン等のアフリカ探検に関する記事が新聞紙面を賑わしていた時代である。
それに触発された形のアフリカ探検であったが、それがその後のトラヴィス商会の運命を決めることになる。
ヘンリーのアフリカ探検は大陸全域を対象とし、五度にわたり実施された。彼の探検はトラヴィス家の豊富な資金力に支えられていたため、幾度かの中断の際も本国に帰ることはなく、アフリカ沿岸の街に居を構えて次の探検の準備をするスタイルをとっていた。
そのため、彼が帰国したのは五度目の探検が終了した後、実に本国を出発してから34年もの歳月が経過していたと言われている。
そして彼の探検の記録は「博物総覧」と言う全72巻に及ぶ大探検史として編纂されたのである。
この本は、アフリカの動物、植物、昆虫、鉱物、地質などの博物学的な内容だけではなく、アフリカに住む人々の生活、文化、習慣、歴史などにも言及した民俗学的な要素も併せ持っており、さながら当時のアフリカ百科事典とも言える内容であった。
だが、この博物総覧は全巻が出版されたものの、その緻密すぎる内容から世間からはヘンリーの創作として受け止められたため、一部の好事家が愛読するだけの珍奇本の類として小部数が出版されるにとどまった。
この事態に絶望したヘンリーは、帰国後2年目の夏、失意の内に他界する。
現在では、これは当時のトラヴィス商会の当主（ヘンリーの長兄に当たる）が、末弟の本をフィクションだという噂を故意に流したためと言われている。
なぜそのようなことをしたのか？
それは、トラヴィス商会が、この情報を他者に利用されることを恐れたためである。
彼らが特に重要視したのは、地質学的な要素をまとめた第17巻から第24巻の8冊である。
この情報を基に、トラヴィス商会は19世紀末、アフリカの鉱物資源開発に乗り出す。
これによりトラヴィス商会は、アフリカ各地にいくつものレアメタル採掘鉱山、油田、天然ガス田等を発見、開発し、莫大な 利益を上げていった。
これが卜ライセルの資源開発部門の起源である。
また、アフリカに確固たる足場を築いたトラヴィス商会は、20世紀中ごろより動植物、昆虫などを積極的に採取し始める。
この採取の際も、博物総覧が積極的に活用されたことは言うまでもない。
採取された素材を基に薬品開発を行い、それを事業化。今日の製薬部門の設立となった。
トラヴィス商会の基礎を築いた「海運部門」。
ヘンリーが記した博物総覧に基づき開発が進められた「資源開発部門」。
そして、アフリカの動植物から採取された素材を基に独自の開発を行う「製薬部門」。
主要3部門が揃った1960年代、トラヴィス商会は企業名を3部門の複合企業体であることを示す「トライセル」に改称し、今日の卜ライセルが誕生した。
なお、ヘンリーが記した博物総覧に目をつけたのは、トラヴィス家だけではなかった。
アンブレラの創始者であるオズウェル·E·スペンサーもまた、この本の民俗学的側面に着目。
ンディパヤ族の儀式に関する記述から、始祖花の存在を予測し、それが始祖ウィルスの発見に繋がったとされている。
トライセルとは、「海運」「資源開発」「製薬」の3部門を主軸とする複合企業体である。
トライセルの歴史は、大航海時代と呼ばれている時代までさかのぼる。
欧州の豪商であったトーマス·トラヴィス、彼が経営する「トラヴィス商会」がトライセルの前身である。
トラヴィス商会はアジア方面との貿易で莫大な利益を上げ、今日のトライセル海運部門の基礎を築いた。トラヴィス商会は海運貿易会社として順調に発展し、19世紀を迎える。
19世紀、トラヴィス家の7人兄弟の末子であった「ヘンリー·トラヴィス」は、私財をなげうってアフリカ探検へと出発した。
当時は、デヴィッド·リヴィングストン等のアフリカ探検に関する記事が新聞紙面を賑わしていた時代である。
それに触発された形のアフリカ探検であったが、それがその後のトラヴィス商会の運命を決めることになる。
ヘンリーのアフリカ探検は大陸全域を対象とし、五度にわたり実施された。彼の探検はトラヴィス家の豊富な資金力に支えられていたため、幾度かの中断の際も本国に帰ることはなく、アフリカ沿岸の街に居を構えて次の探検の準備をするスタイルをとっていた。
そのため、彼が帰国したのは五度目の探検が終了した後、実に本国を出発してから34年もの歳月が経過していたと言われている。
そして彼の探検の記録は「博物総覧」と言う全72巻に及ぶ大探検史として編纂されたのである。
この本は、アフリカの動物、植物、昆虫、鉱物、地質などの博物学的な内容だけではなく、アフリカに住む人々の生活、文化、習慣、歴史などにも言及した民俗学的な要素も併せ持っており、さながら当時のアフリカ百科事典とも言える内容であった。
だが、この博物総覧は全巻が出版されたものの、その緻密すぎる内容から世間からはヘンリーの創作として受け止められたため、一部の好事家が愛読するだけの珍奇本の類として小部数が出版されるにとどまった。
この事態に絶望したヘンリーは、帰国後2年目の夏、失意の内に他界する。
現在では、これは当時のトラヴィス商会の当主（ヘンリーの長兄に当たる）が、末弟の本をフィクションだという噂を故意に流したためと言われている。
なぜそのようなことをしたのか？
それは、トラヴィス商会が、この情報を他者に利用されることを恐れたためである。
彼らが特に重要視したのは、地質学的な要素をまとめた第17巻から第24巻の8冊である。
この情報を基に、トラヴィス商会は19世紀末、アフリカの鉱物資源開発に乗り出す。
これによりトラヴィス商会は、アフリカ各地にいくつものレアメタル採掘鉱山、油田、天然ガス田等を発見、開発し、莫大な 利益を上げていった。
これが卜ライセルの資源開発部門の起源である。
また、アフリカに確固たる足場を築いたトラヴィス商会は、20世紀中ごろより動植物、昆虫などを積極的に採取し始める。
この採取の際も、博物総覧が積極的に活用されたことは言うまでもない。
採取された素材を基に薬品開発を行い、それを事業化。今日の製薬部門の設立となった。
トラヴィス商会の基礎を築いた「海運部門」。
ヘンリーが記した博物総覧に基づき開発が進められた「資源開発部門」。
そして、アフリカの動植物から採取された素材を基に独自の開発を行う「製薬部門」。
主要3部門が揃った1960年代、トラヴィス商会は企業名を3部門の複合企業体であることを示す「トライセル」に改称し、今日の卜ライセルが誕生した。
なお、ヘンリーが記した博物総覧に目をつけたのは、トラヴィス家だけではなかった。
アンブレラの創始者であるオズウェル·E·スペンサーもまた、この本の民俗学的側面に着目。
ンディパヤ族の儀式に関する記述から、始祖花の存在を予測し、それが始祖ウィルスの発見に繋がったとされている。
Official English Transcript
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TRICELL
Tricell is a conglomerate organization comprised of shipping, natural resources development, and pharmaceuticals divisions.
Tricell's history dates back to the period known as the Age of Exploration. The forbearer to Tricell was Travis Trading, a company owned by the wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis.
This company profited greatly from expansive trading with the Orient, and laid the groundwork for what would become Tricell's shipping division.
Travis Trading entered the 19th century as a profitable trading venture.
In the 1800's, Henry Travis, the youngest of seven siblings, invested much of his own fortune into the exploration of Africa.
During this period, the exploits of explorers like David Livingstone were creating quite a stir in the newspapers of the day. Henry's expedition was inspired by these accounts, and his decision was to have a great impact on Travis Trading's future.
Henry made five expeditions to the African continent in order to explore all of its regions. The extensive funds of the Travis family allowed him to continue his research into Africa even through times when results were not forthcoming.
After his fifth and final expedition in Africa, Henry Travis returned to his home country a full 34 years after he had first left it.
Henry compiled the records of his expeditions into an impressive 72-volume set entitled "Survey of Natural History." These books covered everything from animals, plants, insects, minerals, and topography to the native inhabitants and their cultures, histories, and traditions. These books also contained extensive records detailing the folklore of various peoples throughout the continent. These tomes were a veritable encyclopedia of the African continent.
Henry's survey was published in its entirety, but his meticulous details were viewed as products of creative license and an overzealous imagination. The books were ultimately discredited by the scientific community. Considered to be a novelty item, only a few copies of the entire series were ever published.
The shock of being shunned by the scientific community sent Henry into a deep state of depression. He passed away only two years after his return from Africa.
It is now believed that the head of Travis Trading at that time (Henry's eldest brother) purposely spread the rumor that Henry's books were nothing more than fiction.
The thought being that he did this because he wanted Travis Trading to be the only company that could exploit the information contained within those books.
Of particular interest was the topographical information contained in volumes 17 through 24.
By the end of the 19th Century, Travis Trading had begun to exploit the mineral resources of Africa. All over the continent, the company was mining for precious metals and discovering/developing oil and natural gas fields. Meanwhile, the company's profits continued to soar. These operations formed the basis of Tricell's natural resources development division.
Travis Trading built a firm foothold in Africa, and beginning in the mid-20th century, they had begun to actively collect samples of plants, animals, and insects.
Henry's books were instrumental in guiding these endeavors.
The collected specimens were used in pharmaceutical research, and before long that research brought commercial success and the subsequent founding of Tricell's pharmaceuticals division. Travis Trading was the basis for the shipping division.
The natural resources development division was born from the information contained in Henry's journals.
The specimens obtained from the African fauna were used to create the independent pharmaceuticals division.
By the 1960's, these three divisions of Travis Trading were firmly established, and they formed a conglomerate under the name Tricell.
The Travis family, however, were not the only ones privy to the knowledge of Henry's journals.
Umbrella's founder, Ozwell E. Spencer, was interested in them for the folklore recorded therein. Of particular interest were the accounts of the Ndipaya's rituals. Spencer hypothesized that the flower used in their rituals held significance, and this ultimately led to the discovery of the Progenitor virus.
TRICELL
Tricell is a conglomerate organization comprised of shipping, natural resources development, and pharmaceuticals divisions.
Tricell's history dates back to the period known as the Age of Exploration. The forbearer to Tricell was Travis Trading, a company owned by the wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis.
This company profited greatly from expansive trading with the Orient, and laid the groundwork for what would become Tricell's shipping division.
Travis Trading entered the 19th century as a profitable trading venture.
In the 1800's, Henry Travis, the youngest of seven siblings, invested much of his own fortune into the exploration of Africa.
During this period, the exploits of explorers like David Livingstone were creating quite a stir in the newspapers of the day. Henry's expedition was inspired by these accounts, and his decision was to have a great impact on Travis Trading's future.
Henry made five expeditions to the African continent in order to explore all of its regions. The extensive funds of the Travis family allowed him to continue his research into Africa even through times when results were not forthcoming.
After his fifth and final expedition in Africa, Henry Travis returned to his home country a full 34 years after he had first left it.
Henry compiled the records of his expeditions into an impressive 72-volume set entitled "Survey of Natural History." These books covered everything from animals, plants, insects, minerals, and topography to the native inhabitants and their cultures, histories, and traditions. These books also contained extensive records detailing the folklore of various peoples throughout the continent. These tomes were a veritable encyclopedia of the African continent.
Henry's survey was published in its entirety, but his meticulous details were viewed as products of creative license and an overzealous imagination. The books were ultimately discredited by the scientific community. Considered to be a novelty item, only a few copies of the entire series were ever published.
The shock of being shunned by the scientific community sent Henry into a deep state of depression. He passed away only two years after his return from Africa.
It is now believed that the head of Travis Trading at that time (Henry's eldest brother) purposely spread the rumor that Henry's books were nothing more than fiction.
The thought being that he did this because he wanted Travis Trading to be the only company that could exploit the information contained within those books.
Of particular interest was the topographical information contained in volumes 17 through 24.
By the end of the 19th Century, Travis Trading had begun to exploit the mineral resources of Africa. All over the continent, the company was mining for precious metals and discovering/developing oil and natural gas fields. Meanwhile, the company's profits continued to soar. These operations formed the basis of Tricell's natural resources development division.
Travis Trading built a firm foothold in Africa, and beginning in the mid-20th century, they had begun to actively collect samples of plants, animals, and insects.
Henry's books were instrumental in guiding these endeavors.
The collected specimens were used in pharmaceutical research, and before long that research brought commercial success and the subsequent founding of Tricell's pharmaceuticals division. Travis Trading was the basis for the shipping division.
The natural resources development division was born from the information contained in Henry's journals.
The specimens obtained from the African fauna were used to create the independent pharmaceuticals division.
By the 1960's, these three divisions of Travis Trading were firmly established, and they formed a conglomerate under the name Tricell.
The Travis family, however, were not the only ones privy to the knowledge of Henry's journals.
Umbrella's founder, Ozwell E. Spencer, was interested in them for the folklore recorded therein. Of particular interest were the accounts of the Ndipaya's rituals. Spencer hypothesized that the flower used in their rituals held significance, and this ultimately led to the discovery of the Progenitor virus.