哈德森太太：晚上好，華生先生。外面的雨真大，但愿你沒(méi)有被淋濕。夏洛克先生已經(jīng)在書房呆了一天了，你不用管他，讓我為你倒杯熱茶吧。

Good evening, Mr. Watson. it's raining cats and dogs outside. I hope you didn't get wet. Mr. Sherlock has been in his room all day. well, don't mind him. let me make you a cup of tea.

夏洛克：華生先生?。ㄎ輧?nèi)喊）

Sherlock：Mr. Watson！

哈德森太太：他要見(jiàn)你，我等下把茶端給你們。

Mrs. Hudson: He wants to meet you. I'll bring you the tea later.

夏洛克：你終于來(lái)了，華生先生。我知道你剛從阿富汗回來(lái)，正在尋找住所。你可以住在我這兒。

Sherlock: You're finally here, Mr. Watson. I know you've just returned from Afghanistan and looking for lodgings. You can take up your quarters here with me.

夏洛克：我怎么知道的？這不重要?，F(xiàn)在我要說(shuō)的是血紅蛋白，相信你一定明白這項(xiàng)發(fā)明的偉大意義吧。

Sherlock: How do I know that? Never Mind. The question now is about h?moglobin. No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?

夏洛克：你錯(cuò)了，華生。這種試劑可是近年來(lái)最實(shí)用的法醫(yī)學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)，用它來(lái)鑒別血跡能保證萬(wàn)無(wú)一失。過(guò)去用愈創(chuàng)木脂鑒別法，既難操作又不準(zhǔn)確；用顯微鏡檢測(cè)血球的方法也有同樣的問(wèn)題，血跡一旦干了幾個(gè)小時(shí)，顯微鏡根本派不上用場(chǎng)?，F(xiàn)在好了，不管血跡是干的還是濕的，這種試劑都管用。要是早些發(fā)現(xiàn)它，成百上千的罪犯恐怕早就進(jìn)了大牢，哪會(huì)讓他們逍遙法外。

Sherlock: You don’t get it, Watson. it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years.It gives us an infallible test for blood stains.The old Guiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain. So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old. Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.

夏洛克：去年，法蘭克福發(fā)生的馮·比紹夫殺人案，要是當(dāng)時(shí)有這種鑒別法，兇手早就上絞刑架了。還有布拉德福德的梅森案、臭名昭著的馬勒案、蒙彼利埃的勒菲弗爾案、新奧爾良的薩姆森案，這種鑒別法都能在其中發(fā)揮關(guān)鍵作用。我還可以隨便舉出二十多例諸如此類的案件。

Sherlock:?There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of new Orleans. I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive.

哈德森太太：你們的茶好了

Mrs. Hudson: Your tea's ready.

夏洛克：謝謝你，哈德森太太。華生先生，抱歉我還有個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)要做。你先隨便坐坐，享用你的茶，書架上的書可以隨便看，上面可能有些灰塵，因?yàn)槲覐膩?lái)不看這些沒(méi)用的書籍。

Sherlock:?Thank you, Mrs Hudson. I'm sorry I have an experiment to do, Mr. Watson. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy your tea. And feel free to read the books on the shelves, which are probably have some dust on them. I never read these useless books.?

夏洛克：抱歉讓你久等了 華生先生。你會(huì)下國(guó)際象棋嗎？

Sherlock:?Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr Watson. Do you know how to play chess?

夏洛克：太好了！我們來(lái)下一盤吧。這是我為數(shù)不多的愛(ài)好。

Sherlock:?Excellent. Let's play one. It's one of my few pastimes.

夏洛克：說(shuō)說(shuō)你剛才看了什么書？

Sherlock:?Tell me what book you have just read

夏洛克：好吧，我只是問(wèn)問(wèn)，我根本不關(guān)心哥白尼寫了什么，他的學(xué)說(shuō)我也一概不清楚，就算知道這點(diǎn)知識(shí)，我也會(huì)盡量忘掉。

Sherlock:?Well, I'm just asking. I don't care what Copernicus wrote. I don't know anything about his doctrine. Even if I did know that much, I’ll try to forget it.

夏洛克：沒(méi)錯(cuò)，我認(rèn)為，人類的大腦原本像一間小小的空閣樓，為閣樓添置家具應(yīng)該有所選擇。只有傻子才會(huì)把各種雜貨一股腦兒全塞進(jìn)去，這么一來(lái)，有用的知識(shí)反而給擠了出來(lái)；即便留在腦袋里，也只能同其他東西亂糟糟地?fù)诫s在一起，需要取用時(shí)無(wú)處下手。而聰明人一定會(huì)小心謹(jǐn)慎、精挑細(xì)選，他的小閣樓里只容納對(duì)工作有幫助的工具，這些工具一應(yīng)俱全，并且安排得井然有序。有人以為小閣樓的墻壁富有彈性，可以隨意伸縮，其實(shí)不然?？傆幸惶?，閣樓容量達(dá)到極限，往里面添加新知識(shí)的時(shí)候，以前掌握的知識(shí)就會(huì)被遺忘。所以，不能讓無(wú)用的雜貨擠掉有用的工具，這一點(diǎn)非常重要。

Sherlock:?You see. I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

夏洛克：跟我有什么關(guān)系？你說(shuō)地球繞著太陽(yáng)轉(zhuǎn)，即使是繞著月亮轉(zhuǎn) 跟我的工作都沒(méi)有半毛錢的關(guān)系

Sherlock:?What the deuce is it to me? you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.

夏洛克：華生，你下的太慢了。

Sherlock: Watson, you're playing too slow.

夏洛克：好的，我閉嘴。

Sherlock: Allright. I’m done talking.

房東太太：夏洛特先生 你有一封來(lái)信

Mrs. Hudson: Mr. Sherlock. Here is a letter for you.

夏洛克：謝謝你，哈爾森太太。

Sherlock: Thank you. Mrs. Hubson.

夏洛克：我今天還在感嘆無(wú)案可查，看來(lái)言之過(guò)早。這個(gè)案子很不尋常，一起來(lái)瞧瞧。

Sherlock: I said just now that there were no criminals. It appears that I am wrong—look at this!

夏洛克：是托比亞斯格雷格森警探的來(lái)信。昨夜，勞里斯頓花園街3號(hào)（近布利克斯頓路）發(fā)生命案。案發(fā)地是一座空屋，凌晨?jī)牲c(diǎn)左右，巡警看見(jiàn)屋內(nèi)有亮光，懷疑有狀況。他發(fā)現(xiàn)屋門大開，前廳沒(méi)有家具，里面發(fā)現(xiàn)一名死者，衣著整齊，口袋裝有名片，上面印著“美國(guó)，俄亥俄州，克里夫蘭市，伊諾克·J. 德雷伯”。死者未遭搶劫，死亡原因不明。室內(nèi)有多處血跡，但尸體上并無(wú)任何傷痕。

Sherlock: A letter from Scotland Yarder Tobias Gregson: “There has been a bad business during the night at 3, Lauriston Gardens, off the Brixton Road. Our man on the beat saw a light there about two in the morning, and as the house was an empty one, suspected that something was amiss.

?He found the door open, and in the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of ‘Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.’ There had been no robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death. There are marks of blood in the room, but there is no wound upon his person.?

夏洛克：格雷格森是倫敦警察廳最能干的警探，他和萊斯特雷德都還算出類拔萃，比其他那些愚蠢的警察強(qiáng)多了。他們機(jī)警敏捷、精力充沛，但破案手法總是老一套，絲毫不懂得變通。這兩位各逞心機(jī)、明爭(zhēng)暗斗，活像一對(duì)喜歡爭(zhēng)風(fēng)吃醋的交際花。如果他們倆都插手這樁案子，那確實(shí)有好戲看了。

Sherlock: Tobias Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders. he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional—shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties. There will be some fun over this case if they are both put upon the scent.

夏洛克：我還沒(méi)決定去不去呢。我是個(gè)無(wú)可救藥的大懶鬼。當(dāng)然，懶勁不發(fā)作的時(shí)候，本人是個(gè)干勁十足的勤快人。

Sherlock: I’m not sure about whether I shall go. I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times

夏洛克：老兄，這事跟我有什么關(guān)系？你瞧著吧，就算我破了案，格雷格森和萊斯特雷德那幫人肯定會(huì)把功勞全部占為己有，像我這樣的非官方人士只能靠邊站。對(duì)了，我告訴過(guò)你我喜歡拉小提琴?zèng)]，那也是我的愛(ài)好，讓我為你演奏一首

Sherlock: My dear Mr. Watson , what does it matter to me. Supposing I unravel the whole matter, you may be sure that Gregson and Lestrade will pocket all the credit. That comes of being an unofficial personage. Did I tell you that I like to play the violin? That's my hobby too. Let me play a song for you.

夏洛克：好了，別用那個(gè)眼神看我，我知道你在想什么。是的，他們那些警探知道我更勝一籌，當(dāng)著我的面他們也會(huì)承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn)?？梢怯械谌咴趫?chǎng)，他們寧可割掉舌頭也不愿承認(rèn)。話雖如此，我們還是去瞧瞧吧。我自己?jiǎn)胃梢材芷瓢?，哪怕得不到什么好處，至少可以拿他們?dāng)笑柄嘲弄一番。走吧！

Sherlock: Okay, don't give me that look, I know what you're thinking. Yes. He knows that I am his superior, and acknowledges it to me; but he would cut his tongue out before he would own it to any third person. However, we may as well go and have a look. I shall work it out on my own hook. I may have a laugh at them if I have nothing else. Come on!

夏洛克：如果沒(méi)弄錯(cuò)，這里就是布利克斯頓路，那棟房子就是案發(fā)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。我們還沒(méi)有掌握任何線索，在證據(jù)不全的情況下盲目進(jìn)行理論推測(cè)，這可是個(gè)致命的錯(cuò)誤，將會(huì)造成判斷失誤，致使案件偵破產(chǎn)生偏差。我們走吧。

Sherlock: this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if I am not very much mistaken. We got no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment. Let’s go Watson.