《新福尔摩斯》精讲 150

Mr Crayhill, can wen have your first witness?

请把第一位证人传上法庭。

Your honour, we’re not calling any witnesses.

法官大人，我们没有证人。

I don’t follow. You’ve entered a plea of not guilty.

我不懂。你们不是辩方么？

Nevertheless,my client is offering no evidence. The defence rests.

可我的当事人并未提供任何证据。被告陈述完毕。

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, James Moriarty stands accused of several counts of attempted burglary.

陪审团的各位，莫里亚蒂被控告和多起盗窃未遂案有关，

Crimes which, if he’s found guilty will elicit¹ a very long custodial² sentence,

若他罪名成立将被监禁多年，

and yet, his legal team has chosen to offer no evidence whatsoever³ to support their plea.

而他的法律团队却不提供任何证据来为他进行辩护。

I find myself in the unusual position of recommending a verdict wholeheartedly,

这不寻常，但出于公正，我给陪审团一个裁决建议

you must find him guilty. guilty.

你们必须判他有罪。

you must find him guilty.

你们必须判他有罪。

They’re coming back. - That’s six minutes.

开庭了。 - 才过了六分钟。

Surprised it took them that long, to be honest. There’s queue for the loo.

说实话，居然用了这么久。厕所排队的人真多。

Have you reached a verdict on which you all agree?

请陪审团宣布你们一致通过的裁决。

Not guilty, they found him not guilty. No defence and Moriarty’s walked free.

罪名不成立！他们居然判他无罪！没有辩护，莫里亚蒂无罪释放。

Sherlock? Are you listening? He’s out, you know he’ll be coming after you. Sherl…

夏洛克？你在听吗？他出来了。你知道他会找上你的，夏……

1 elicit   

v.引出,抽出,引起

参考例句：

• It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
• Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。

2 custodial   

adj.监护的，照管的

参考例句：

• The teenagers were convicted of manslaughter and given a two-year custodial sentence. 这些青少年被判过失杀人罪，及二年的监禁（拘留）刑罚。
• This article interrogates the cultural experience of being a non custodial mother. 本文审视一位无监护权的母亲所感受到的文化体验。

3 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。