如何成为福尔摩斯 第5期

 　　Right from the dawn of cinema, writers, directors and, above all, actors would more than embrace the character of Sherlock Holmes.

　　电影蓬勃发展的时代，编剧、导演，尤其是演员有机会与福尔摩斯这个角色近距离接触。

　　It has become one of the great parts to play, that relaxed control, and still be just leagues ahead of everybody else, never really in danger.

　　这成了当时最棒的角色之一，那种轻松甩你好远的感觉从不曾真正陷入险境。

　　There is a temperature and speed of thought and ferocity to him which I find difficult to change into.

　　他的气质，敏捷的思维和残忍，我觉得很难演好。

　　It's the thing I try to make look natural, but anyone who's worked with me on the show will tell you it's not!

　　我尽力演得自然，但剧组里的人都说不够自然。

　　Sherlock Holmes is two things.

　　夏洛克·福尔摩斯有两大特点。

　　He's a man of action and he's also a man of deep thought.

　　他行动力很强，却又喜欢思考。

　　And these are two things that actors love to latch¹ onto because when you play Sherlock Holmes, you can do all sorts of running and fighting, but then you've also got those moments of calculation, you've got those moments where the camera comes in towards the face of that brooding actor, where we get right into the thoughts of this man, and we get to see something mysterious flickering² across his eyes.

　　这两点是演员喜欢表现的，因为扮演夏洛克·福尔摩斯就可以随意奔跑、打斗，还能有思考的时候，有时当摄像机向演员的脸拉近镜头让观众进入他的思维，大家就能看到他眼里闪烁着思维的火花。

　　I think the screen, on the whole, has done it pretty well.

　　我觉得福尔摩斯的影视作品都还不错。

　　It's managed to find actors who are good actors and look rather alike. Because, after all, these stories were illustrated³, and by a good illustrator.

　　都找到了演技出众、形象相近的演员。因为好的画家已经用插画描绘了他的故事。

　　We know what Sherlock looks like, or should look like.

　　我们都知道夏洛克什么样或者说应该什么样。

　　It was the story's original illustrator, Sidney Paget, who created the first visual depiction⁴ of Sherlock Holmes.

　　这是原版插画作者西德尼·佩吉特，他是首个画出夏洛克·福尔摩斯形象的人。

　　It was Paget who gave Holmes his deerstalker hat and his inverness cape⁵, details that were never mentioned in Conan Doyle's stories.

　　佩吉特给了福尔摩斯一顶猎鹿帽和一件长披风，那些柯南·道尔书中没有的细节。

　　The Paget drawings are sort of ingrained. They just are.

　　佩吉特创造的形象根深蒂固，无法取代。

　　That silhouette⁶, and the image of the deerstalker. It's as iconic as any of the stories, really.

　　那个侧影，戴着猎鹿帽的形象和故事一样深入人心。

　　In drawing him so distinctly for a vast readership, Paget not only secured Holmes something approaching national emblem⁷ status - like John Bull, or even Britannia, but also provided a visual template for future actors playing the part.

　　小说里的插画广为流传，佩吉特不仅让福尔摩斯成为了英国的标志，像约翰牛，甚至大不列颠，还为将来的演员树立了标杆。

1 latch   

n.门闩，窗闩；弹簧锁

参考例句：

• She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。
• The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。

2 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

3 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

4 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。

5 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

6 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

7 emblem   

n.象征，标志；徽章

参考例句：

• Her shirt has the company emblem on it.她的衬衫印有公司的标记。
• The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.鹰是力量和勇气的象征。