如何成为福尔摩斯 第21期

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　　所以他们招募了英国最聪明的人来帮忙。

　　You, my dear brother, have been working for the Wilhelmstrasse.

　　你，我亲爱的弟弟，在为威尔海姆斯特拉工作。

　　"Am I going too fast for the best brain in England?"

　　"英国最聪明的人是不是听不懂了呢？"

　　So there's very definitely a very competitive streak² between the two of them.

　　很明显，这两人之间有强烈的竞争气息。

　　The woman who was brought to your house in the middle of the night, apparently³ fished out of the Thames, and apparently suffering from amnesia⁴, is in fact Ilse von Hoffmanstal, one of their most skilful⁵ agents.

　　那个半夜被带到你家，像是刚从泰晤士河里捞出来还失忆了的女人，其实是伊尔斯·范·霍夫曼斯特，是他们最优秀的特工之一。

　　Am I going too fast for the best brain in England?

　　英国最聪明的人是不是听不懂了呢？

　　And Mycroft is very sarcastic⁶, saying, "Now, this time, I'm the one who knows what's going on, not you."

　　麦考夫很讽刺他说："这次旁观者清的是我，不是你。"

　　They planted her on you quite neatly⁷, I must admit, so that you could lead them to their objective, the air pump. Very much like using a hog⁸ to find truffles.

　　我得承认，他们成功地把她安插到你身边，你就能带他们找到目标，气泵。就像用猪来寻找松露一样。

　　And now perhaps you'd care to join me.

　　现在你或许可以和我一起。

　　I'm expecting a certain royal personage from Balmoral.

　　我正要接待一位从巴尔莫勒来的皇室要人。

　　Christopher Lee plays it so brilliantly, I think. And it's a very touching⁹ performance because although he's sort of disdainful and kowtowing to royalty¹⁰ and everything, it's clear that he does care somewhere deep down in his icy heart.

　　我认为克里斯托弗·李演得非常出色，触动人心。尽管他有些恃才傲物，趋炎附势，但是在他冷漠的内心深处还是有爱的。

　　I think he just wants everything to be ordered. He just wants order.

　　我认为他只是想让大家安分守己，他只想要秩序。

　　I think really, genuinely, in our increasingly fragmented world, the reason that conspiracy¹¹ theories are so popular is because we all like to believe there is someone like Mycroft Holmes, because it's quite reassuring¹² to think, even if they're a dark presence, there is some kind of order. There is none.

　　我真的认为，在这个支离破碎的社会，阴谋论之所以能流行就是我们都愿意相信有麦考夫·福尔摩斯这样的人。因为这个想法很抚慰人心，即使混沌降临，也有规则秩序。事实却并非如此。

　　The early 1970s were awash with conspiracy theories.

　　20世纪70年代初，阴谋论泛滥。

　　This was bizarrely reflected in the letters sent by fans to 221B Baker¹³ Street, most of them asking for Holmes to solve a current crisis, like the Watergate scandal, or a plane hijacking¹⁴, or even rescue Patty Hearst!

　　这一现象很诡异的体现在影迷寄往贝克街221B的信中，他们请求福尔摩斯解决当下危机，如水门事件或者一次劫机，甚至拯救帕蒂·赫斯特。

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