《复仇》第5集 第17期:心有余悸

 I hope everything's okay? 贵司最近还顺利吧

Why wouldn't it be? 怎么会这么问呢

In my experience, 以我的经验

when a simple request gets an outsized response, 当一个简单要求得到过度的回应时

either something's wrong or I've won something. 不是出问题了就是我说中了什么

Have I won something? 我是不是真说中了什么

Let's see what we're playing for, shall we? 先看看我们说的是什么吧

Please, sit. 请坐

I understand you're looking for information about David Clarke. 我知道你在打听大卫·克拉克的相关信息

Yes. I need to corroborate¹ his initial terms of employment 是的  我需要确认他在格雷森国际集团

at Grayson Global. 开始工作的时间

I hope you can understand the sensitivity 希望你能理解

we still feel over the unfortunate association 他对我们公司的所作所为

this company has with such a man. 至今仍令我们心有余悸

Yes. I imagine it can be quite tricky². 是  我能想象那种微妙感觉

Tell me, 告诉我

what do the terms of Mr. Clarke's employment 克拉克先生在某华尔街投资公司的在职时间

at a Wall Street investment firm 和诺氏企业这种技术公司

have to do with a tech company like Nolcorp? 有什么关系

I wanted to make sure 我想确认一下

that when Nolcorp invested in Grayson Global years ago 以前诺氏企业投资格雷森国际的时候

that David Clarke wasn't on the account. 大卫·克拉克没有牵涉在其中

It wouldn't do to have a terrorist handling our finances, 没人想让恐怖分子掌管财务

would it? 对吧

I'll look into it and get back to you. 我会查一下  然后通知你

And much obliged. 非常感谢你

 

1 corroborate   

v.支持，证实，确定

参考例句：

• He looked at me anxiously,as if he hoped I'd corroborate this.他神色不安地看着我，仿佛他希望我证实地的话。
• It appeared that what he said went to corroborate my account.看来他所说的和我叙述的相符。

2 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。