《穿普拉达的女王》精讲 02 "女王"驾到

Details of your incompetence¹ do not interest me.

我对你无能的细节没兴趣

Tell Simone I'm not going to approve that girl that she sent me for the Brazilian layout.

告诉西蒙我不要她为巴西版选得女孩

I asked for clean, athletic², smiling. She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy.

我要的是干净，运动型，面带微笑的女孩。她挑的是肮脏，疲倦的肥婆

And R.S.V.P. Yes to the Michael Kors party.

回复麦克?克斯，我会去他的聚会

I want the driver to drop me off at 9:30 and pick me up at 9:45 sharp.

我要司机9点30送到那里 9点45分再来接我

9:45 sharp. -Call Natalie at Glorious Foods, tell her no for the 40th time.

9点45分正点。打电话给‘光荣食品’的纳塔莉。说了40遍不行

No, I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote.

我不要杏仁蛋白饼。我要大黄水果蛋糕

Then call my ex-husband and remind him the parent-teacher conference is at Dalton tonight.

再打电话给我前夫，提醒他今晚的家长会在达尔顿

Then call my husband, ask him to meet me for dinner at that place I went to with Massimo.

打给我丈夫，让他在我和马西莫去过的地方碰面吃晚餐

Tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers…

告诉理查德我看过他送来的女伞兵的照片

and they're all so deeply unattractive.

他们实在太难看了

Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender female paratrooper?

就不能找个可人又苗条的女伞兵？

No. -Am I reaching for the stars here? Not really.

当然能-我能接触星辰吗？当然不可能

Also, I need to see all the things that Nigel has pulled for Gwyneth's second cover try.

还有，我要看奈杰尔给格温妮丝挑的第二次封面试镜的衣服

I wonder if she's lost any of that weight yet. Who's that?

不知她瘦了多少。她是谁？

Nobody. Um, uh…

谁都不是，呃

Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, and I was preinterviewing her.

人力资源部送她来做助理，我刚给她面试

But she's hopeless and totally wrong for it.

她根本不行，完全不适应这里

Clearly I'm going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me…

显然我要自己来选，你上两次选的人

were completely inadequate³.

全都不合格

So send her in. That's all.

让她进来。就这样

Right.

1 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

2 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

3 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。