福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第8集The Long Fuse（22）

 

This particular clump¹ caught my eye.

这个地方很有意思

I saw small, almost imperceptible indentations报纸的上边缘处有一行很小的along the upper fringe².

不易察觉的压痕

I don't see anything.

我啥也没看出来

You wouldn't.

你看不出的

Well, most people wouldn't, which is why

当然，很多人都看不出，因此

I traced over it.

我把它描了下来

The paper that was used

之前有人

in the bomb was beneath another piece

在另一张纸上写了字

of paper when someone wrote that word.

而这张报纸正好垫在下面

They pressed hard enough to make indentations.

笔力太重，于是在上面留下了痕迹

Now, I already checked it

我已经比对了

against Edgar Knowles's handwriting.

埃德加·诺尔斯的笔迹

It's not a match.

不吻合

All due respect, Holmes. So what?

福尔摩斯，这又怎样呢

Maybe he had help with the bomb.

也许他有帮凶呢

Maybe that person wrote some

也许是那个人在报纸上

weird³ note on top of the newspaper.

随便写了几个字而已

As I said previously⁴, I believe Edgar Knowles worked alone.

我之前说过，埃德加·诺尔斯是单干的

And as I said previously, I still like him

我之前也说过了，我还是认为

for the last bomb.

他是凶手

The threats against Vanowen S.C. were never made public,佛农收到的恐吓信从未公开which means, aside from the police,

也就是说，除了警察

the firm's employees were the only ones

公司员工是唯一

who were aware of them.

知情的人

1 clump   

n.树丛，草丛；vi.用沉重的脚步行走

参考例句：

• A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
• It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。

2 fringe   

n.边缘；（窗帘）缘饰，额前垂发；vt.饰...的边

参考例句：

• The girl wears her hair in a fringe.那女孩留着刘海。
• This is an enormous field of which l can touch only the fringe.这是一个很广阔的领域，我在这里只能谈个大概。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。