He is a wholesale merchant.

他是一个批发商
He's one of these people that's at the very top of my triangle there.

他是我画的三角形金字塔中位于顶端的那种人
Look, this guy's got this coat, too.

这个人同样也穿着这样的外套
This is early in the century. You can tell.

可以说这是在十九世纪早期
This is either the son-in-law or the would-be son-in-law.

他要么是女婿要么即将成为女婿
The bourgeoisie didn't kiss and hug a lot.

中产阶级是很少接吻和拥抱的
But he's got his hand draped rather daintily

他把手庄重地搭在年长男人的胳膊上
on the old guy's arm here,

而不是打算拥抱他
he's not about to embrace him and give him a big kiss on each cheek.

或者用力亲吻他两边的脸颊
One day all of this stuff will be his,

有朝一日这些都会归他所有
if he plays his cards right.

如果他没有做错什么的话
They still had arranged marriages.

他们仍然准备了婚礼