My dear B.J;-
    When I was faced with the same exact problem, I contacted a
"father" in the local Catholic College (in this case, Mount St Joseph
On the Ohio In Delhi Hills) which is really the name of the place.
The only person in this college who could do the translation (it was
from Pallas) was the music teacher, Father Di Pietro. I suggest you
find a nice Catholic College in the Wilmington area. You can
accomplish two things: One, you can locate a translator; and two, you
can get a nice priest interested in shells.
          Art