《新福尔摩斯》精讲 43

So these numbers, it's a cipher¹?

这些数字 是密码吗

Exactly.

正是

And each pair of numbers is a word?

一对数字就是一个单词吗

How did you know that?

你怎么知道

Well, two words have already been translated. Here.

这两个词不是已经被破译了吗

John.

约翰

John, look at this.

约翰 来看这个

Soo Lin at the museum, she started to translate the code for us.

素琳在博物馆已经破译了一些密码

We didn't see it.

我们没注意到

Nine mill.

九 百万

Does that mean millions?

百万是指钱吗

Nine million quid. For what?

九百万英镑 拿来做什么

We need to know the end of this sentence.

我们得破译出后面的意思

Where are you going?

你去哪儿

To the museum, to the restoration room.

去博物馆 修护室

We must have been staring right at it.

我们一定看到过

At what?

看到过什么

The book, John. The book. The key to cracking the cipher.

书啊 约翰 破译密码用的书

Soo Lin used it to do this.

素琳就是用那书破译的密码

Whilst we were running around the gallery,

我们在陈列室一筹莫展的时候

She started to translate the code.

她就开始破译了

It must be on her desk.

一定在她桌上

1 cipher   

n.零；无影响力的人；密码

参考例句：

• All important plans were sent to the police in cipher.所有重要计划均以密码送往警方。
• He's a mere cipher in the company.他在公司里是个无足轻重的小人物。