《天才少女》精讲 22抚养权争夺

Your Honor, my client Mrs Adler is the maternal¹ grandmother of the child

法官大人 我的当事人阿德勒夫人是这孩子的外婆

Her daughter, the girl's mother was a troubled woman who seven years ago sadly took her own life

她女儿 这女孩的母亲患有精神疾病 7年前很不幸的自杀了

It was at this time that Mr Adler preemptively and illegally took custody² of the girl

抢先而且是非法的占据了孩子的监护权 带她离开州境

and spirited her across state lines for the purpose of denying my client custody

以阻止我的当事人行使监护权

Now there is evidence that the child currently lives in unclean and unwholesome conditions

有证据表明 这孩子目前生活在不干净不健康的环境里

We petition the court to grant my client full custody of the child

我们请求法庭把孩子的监护权 完全判给我的当事人

so that she may be returned to the state of Massachusetts

使她能回到马萨诸塞州

and given the care to which she is entitled

得到她应得的照顾

My client took an infant under his wing for one reason only

我的当事人领养这孩子只有一个原因

It was his sister's desire that he do so

就是这是他姐姐的遗愿

My client has been her constant caregiver

我的当事人一直都是她的照顾者

And Your Honor, as far as the living conditions

法官大人 至于孩子的生活环境

I've been in this home. It's fine

我去过他的家 没有问题

I mean if we adopt standards based on

如果我们领养的标准

our northern friend's aversion to palmetto bugs³

建立在我们北方的朋友对大蟑螂的厌恶上

we won't have a child left south of Tallahassee

那么塔拉西河南部就不会有一个孩子了

All right. Last chance before this starts costing a lot more money

再给你们最后一次机会 否则要花大笔律师费了

1 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。

2 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》