冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第261期:第十八章 赫德(7)

 　　Ninety thousand gold pieces, Littlefinger sighed. And we must not neglect the other costs. Robert will want a prodigious¹ feast.  一共九万金币。小指头叹道，还得加上其他开销。想也知道劳勃一定要大宴宾客。

　　That means cooks, carpenters, serving girls, singers, jugglers, fools. 也就是说我们需要厨师、木匠、女侍、歌手、戏子伶人和杂耍傻子…

　　Fools we have in plenty, Lord Renly said. 傻子我们倒是不愁找到。蓝礼公爵说。

　　Grand Maester Pycelle looked to Littlefinger and asked, Will the treasury² bear the expense? 派席尔总师看着小指头问：国库付得出这笔款子？

　　What treasury is that? Littlefinger replied with a twist of his mouth.  哪来的国库？小指头撇撇嘴，

　　Spare me the foolishness, Maester. You know as well as I that the treasury has been empty for years.  大学士您就别装蒜了，你我都很清楚国库已经空了好多年。

　　I shall have to borrow the money. No doubt the Lannisters will be accommodating.  还不是得伸手借钱，想必兰尼斯特家会很乐意支援。

　　We owe Lord Tywin some three million dragons at present, what matter another hundred thousand? 反正咱们已经欠了泰温大人三百多万金龙，再借个几十万算什么？

　　Ned was stunned³. Are you claiming that the Crown is three million gold pieces in debt? 奈德震惊无比。你说王室负债高达三百万金币？

　　The Crown is more than six million gold pieces in debt, Lord Stark⁴. The Lannisters are the biggest part of it,  史塔克大人，此刻王室负债总额超过六百万。兰尼斯特家是最大的债主，

　　but we have also borrowed from Lord Tyrell, the Iron Bank of Braavos, and several Tyroshi trading cartels.  但我们也向提利尔大人、布拉佛斯的铁金库，还有好些泰洛西商行借过款。

　　Of late I've had to turn to the Faith. The High Septon haggles⁵ worse than a Dornish fishmonger. 最近我不得不另辟财源，把主意动到了教会头上，总主教大人讨价还价的本领之高，连多恩的鱼贩都比不上。

　　Ned was aghast. Aerys Targaryen left a treasury flowing with gold. How could you let this happen? 奈德简直错愕到无以复加。伊里斯·坦格利安留下了堆积如山的金银财宝，你怎么会让它沦落到这步田地？

　　Littlefinger gave a shrug⁶. The master of coin finds the money. The king and the Hand spend it. 小指头耸肩：财政大臣只管找钱，花钱的是国王和首相。

1 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

2 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

4 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

5 haggles   

n.讨价还价( haggle的名词复数 )v.讨价还价( haggle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• An army of buyers haggles furiously with an army of salesmen. 一大群买主在和卖主拼命地讨价还价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He haggles over every ounce for everything. 他什么事都要斤斤计较。 来自互联网

6 shrug   

v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)

参考例句：

• With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
• I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。