来自《布达佩斯大饭店 第0集》

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  in the Arabian baths,
  阿拉伯浴室
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  and onboard the Colonnade Funicular.
  以及石廊缆车里
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  We were a very reserved group, it seemed,
  我们看上去都非常拘谨
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  and, without exception, solitary.
  且毫无例外地 都是孤身一人
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  Perhaps as a result of this general silence,
  也许正是因为这种沉默
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  I had established a casual and bantering familiarity
  我与饭店的礼宾员 一个西欧人
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  with the hotel's concierge, a West-continental
  在不经意间熟络起来
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  known only as Monsieur Jean,
  他叫让先生
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  who struck one as being, at once,
  一接触就让人觉得
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  both lazy and, really, quite accommodating.
  他是个懒散又很随和的人
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  I expect he was not well paid.
  我猜他的工资应该不怎么高
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  In any case, one evening,
  总之 一天晚上