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原文
I have sympathy for the butler in The Big Sleep. Marlowe detects him in a contradiction and asks him aggressively, “You made a mistake, didn't you?” To which the man replies, sadly and sweetly, “I make many mistakes, sir.” And so do I. I am, by instinct and training, a very specific writer, and so my errors arenumerous. Recent ones include misspelling Geoffrey Madan's name —I phoned the printers with a correction but my page had already gone to press — andcrediting Richard Tauber with Donald Peers's signature-tune, “By a babbling brook” (Tauber's, of course, was “You are my heart's delight”). I apologise for these mistakes, and for others in the past, and for those to come.
官方参考译文
我同情《长眠》这部影片中的男管家。马洛探长发现了他讲话前后有矛盾，就逼问道：“你犯了一个错，对不？”管家伤感而乖巧地答曰：“我犯下的错可多去啦，先生。” 我又何尝不是如此呢？我有点灵气并且训练有素，写起东西来旁征博引，力求翔实，自然就言多语失喽。最近犯下的错误包括把杰弗瑞·马丹的名字拼写错了——我给印厂打了个电话，把更正告诉他们，可是我的那页已经开印了；我把唐纳德·皮尔斯的信号曲“在潺潺的小溪旁”安到了理查德·陶波的头上（陶波的信号曲自然是“你是我心中的喜悦”。）对于这些错误，以及过去犯的错误和今后会犯的错误，在下这厢有礼啦。
单词解析
第一句：I have sympathy for the butler in The Big Sleep.
我同情《长眠》这部影片中的男管家。
1. Have sympathy for是一个固定表达，含义是“同情”，注意介词是for，如金融时报例句：
Even state-controlled media have sympathy for the coal bosses.
就连国有媒体也对煤老板们表示同情。
2. Butler [ˈbʌtlər] 男管家。
3. The Big Sleep 电影《长眠》。
第二句：Marlowe detects him in a contradiction and asks him aggressively, “You made a mistake, didn't you?”
马洛探长发现了他讲话前后有矛盾，就逼问道：“你犯了一个错，对不？”
1. Detect [dɪˈtekt] 发现；查明；侦察出，觉察；发觉，文中取义发现，如金融时报例句：
The mistake is detected in a meaningless problem designed solely to elicit the mistake.
在一个毫无意义的问题中发现错误，而设计这个问题的唯一目的就是诱发错误。
2. Contradiction [ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn] 矛盾；反驳；冰火相容；矛盾关系。
3. Aggressively [ˌəˈɡres.ɪv.li] 侵略地；攻击地；有闯劲地；积极地；进取地；有进取心地，ask sb aggressively可以翻译为逼问。
第三句：To which the man replies, sadly and sweetly, “I make many mistakes, sir.”
管家伤感而乖巧地答曰：“我犯下的错可多去啦，先生。”
1. Which指的是前一句的问题“You made a mistake, didn't you?”，因为reply之后的介词是to，所以前面是to which。
2. Sweetly [ˈswiːtli] 令人愉快地；可爱地；气味芬芳地；顺利地；顺顺当当地。
3.Make mistakes 犯错，如汉英大词典例句：
We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry.
忙中不免出错。
第四、五句：And so do I. I am, by instinct and training, a very specific writer, and so my errors are numerous.
我又何尝不是如此呢？我有点灵气并且训练有素，写起东西来旁征博引，力求翔实，自然就言多语失喽。
1. By instinct 出于本能，引申为有灵气。
2. By training 训练有素，如经济学人例句：
She is a sociologist by training.
她是一位训练有素的社会学家。
3. A very specific writer直译的话就是“一个很具体的作家”，但是我们不会说某个作家很具体，这里的意思是“作家写东西很具体，很详尽”，所以意译为“写起东西来旁征博引，力求翔实”。
4. Numerous [ˈnuːmərəs] 众多的；许多的。
第六句：Recent ones include misspelling Geoffrey Madan's name —I phoned the printers with a correction but my page had already gone to press — and crediting Richard Tauber with Donald Peers's signature-tune, “By a babbling brook” (Tauber's, of course, was “You are my heart's delight”).
最近犯下的错误包括把杰弗瑞·马丹的名字拼写错了——我给印厂打了个电话，把更正告诉他们，可是我的那页已经开印了；我把唐纳德·皮尔斯的信号曲“在潺潺的小溪旁”安到了理查德·陶波的头上（陶波的信号曲自然是“你是我心中的喜悦”。）
1. Recent ones include misspelling Geoffrey Madan's name这里的ones指代的是前面提到的errors，英语不喜欢重复，所以用ones代替，翻译的时候具体化翻译为“错误”。
2. Misspelling [ˌmɪsˈspelɪŋ] 拼错；错拼。
3. Printer [ˈprɪntər] 打印机（尤指与计算机相连的）；印刷商；印刷工人；印刷公司；印刷厂，文中指的是印刷厂。
4. Go to press 付印；开印。
5. Signature-tune 经典曲调，信号曲。
6. Credit [ˈkredɪt] （给银行账户）存入金额；把…记入贷方；贷记（银行账户）；认为是…的功劳；把…归于；认为…有（良好的品质或特点），文中是credit sb with sth的用法，取义认为是…的功劳，如柯林斯词典例句：
The staff are crediting him with having saved Hythe's life.
职员们称赞他救了海丝的命。
第七句：I apologise for these mistakes, and for others in the past, and for those to come.
对于这些错误，以及过去犯的错误和今后会犯的错误，在下这厢有礼啦。
1. Apologise for是一个固定表达，也可以写作apologize for，含义是“为……道歉”，如柯林斯词典例句：
We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.
我们为维修期间造成的任何不便道歉。
2. In the past 过去。
3. Others相当于other mistakes。
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