福尔摩斯：基本演绎法 第一季第11集 Dirty Laundry（19）

珀塞尔先生 我们有搜查令

We have a warrant to search your home, Mr. Purcell.

根据什么

Based on what

根据你们的秘密录像

Based on your secret videos

你老婆给她的客户们录的影像

that your wife made with her "Globally relevant" Guests.

起初我认为她是拿这些录像来勒索

At first I thought she was using them

为什么她会在她的酒店里

as blackmail-- why else would she

安排卖淫行为

facilitate a prostitution ring in her own hotel

而她自己分文未取

and collect none of the profits

现在我找到了答案

Now I have the answer.

那些陪同服务使她的酒店在

The escorts made the hotel popular

国际权力掮客 外籍商人

amongst international power brokers¹,

和外交官当中非常受欢迎

foreign businessmen, diplomats² visiting the nearby UN--

如果泰瑞想录下的

only it wasn't their bad behavior

不是他们的不雅行为

that Teri wanted caught on tape,

那便是他们留下的情报

it was their information.

我料想当她在酒店

I imagine that while she was

收集情报的时候 你也同样地在你的

collecting intelligence from her place of business,

金融咨询公司收集情报

you were doing the same at your financial consulting firm

-我几个月前就被解雇了 -你是辞职的

- I was fired months ago. - No. You resigned.

你的公司最近和国防部

Your firm recently signed

签订了一份协议

a contract with the Department of Defense³.

国防部要对公司全员的背景

The DOD would have required a thorough

进行彻查

background check on everyone that worked at the company.

在如此级别的审查下

You knew your legend wouldn't hold up

你知道你的伟绩很快就会败露

to that level of scrutiny⁴.

伟绩

"Legend"

你的俄罗斯间谍组织

The elaborate and utterly⁵ false identities

煞费苦心包装的假身份

provided by your Russian spymasters

用来伪装你和你老婆成为美国市民

for you and your wife to pass as American citizens.

我不仅仅是个间谍 还是个俄国间谍

Oh, so now I'm not only a spy, I'm a Russian spy

前几天你在握手的时候

You made a point of stepping out

往前走了两步

to shake hands the other day.

在俄国文化里在门拱下握手

It's bad form in Russian culture

是非常忌讳的

to shake hands beneath the arch

是不是

of a doorway⁶, is it not Then there were

还有你老婆留在她办公室里的硬币

the coins that your wife left lying around in her office.

在俄国民俗里

In Russian folklore⁷, money goes to money.

留下硬币是

Leaving coins out is a

给你的生活带来好运的一种方式

way of inviting⁸ good fortune into your life.

不过没给她带来什么好运

Didn't quite work out for her, though, did it

1 brokers   

n.（股票、外币等）经纪人( broker的名词复数 )；中间人；代理商；（订合同的）中人v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的第三人称单数 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• The firm in question was Alsbery & Co., whiskey brokers. 那家公司叫阿尔斯伯里公司，经销威士忌。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• From time to time a telephone would ring in the brokers' offices. 那两排经纪人房间里不时响着叮令的电话。 来自子夜部分

2 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

5 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

6 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

7 folklore   

n.民间信仰，民间传说，民俗

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。

8 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。