希腊翻译（8）

“I have asked Mr. Melas to step across,” said he. “He lodges¹ on the floor above me, and I have some slight acquaintance with him, which led him to come to me in his perplexity. Mr. Melas is a Greek by extraction, as I understand, and he is a remarkable² linguist³. He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting⁴ as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels. I think I will leave him to tell his very remarkable experience in his own fashion.”

A few minutes later we were joined by a short, stout⁵ man whose olive face and coal-black hair proclaimed his Southern origin, though his speech was that of an educated Englishman. He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he understood that the specialist was anxious to hear his story.

“I do not believe that the police credit me—on my word, I do not,” said he in a wailing⁶ voice. “Just because they have never heard of it before, they think that such a thing cannot be. But I know that I shall never be easy in my mind until I know what has become of my poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face.”

“I am all attention,” said Sherlock Holmes.

“我已经叫人去请梅拉斯先生到这里来了。”迈克罗夫特说道，“他就住在我楼上，我和他有点熟，他在遇到疑难时，便来找我。据我所知，梅拉斯先生是希腊血统，一精一通数国语言。他的生活来源，一半是靠在法院充当译员，一半是靠给那些住在诺森伯兰街旅馆的阔绰的东方人作向导。我看还是让他自己把他的奇怪的的遭遇告诉你们吧。”

过了几分钟，来了一个敌胖粗一壮的人，他那橄榄色的脸庞和漆黑的头发说明他是南方人，可是他讲起话来，却象是一个受过教育的英国人。他热情地同歇洛克．福尔摩斯握手。听说这位专家愿意听他的奇遇，他那一双黑色的眼睛闪烁出喜悦的光芒。

“我所说的事，恐怕警察不会相信，”他悲戚地说道，“正因为他们以前没有听过这样的事。可是我知道，除非我弄清那个脸上贴橡皮膏的可怜的结果如何，我的心里是决不会轻松的。”

“我洗耳恭听，”歇洛克．福尔摩斯说道。

1 lodges   

v.存放( lodge的第三人称单数 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• But I forget, if I ever heard, where he lodges in Liverpool. 可是我记不得有没有听他说过他在利物浦的住址。 来自辞典例句
• My friend lodges in my uncle's house. 我朋友寄居在我叔叔家。 来自辞典例句

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 linguist   

n.语言学家；精通数种外国语言者

参考例句：

• I used to be a linguist till I become a writer.过去我是个语言学家，后来成了作家。
• Professor Cui has a high reputation as a linguist.崔教授作为语言学家名声很高。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

6 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。