How could I answer?

我该怎么回答
How could it apply? "Nothing applies," I print with a

这又如何适用于我一切都不适用
magnetized IBM pencil. "What does apply?"

我用一支磁性铅笔写道有什么能适用
they ask later, as if the word "nothing" were

他们又问好像"一切"这个词很模糊
ambiguous, open to interpretation, a questionable fragment of an

可以有多种解释似的就像冰岛古文字
Icelandic rune. "There are only certain facts," I

令人生疑 "只有某些事实" 我说道
say, trying again to be an agreeable player of the game,

我努力使自己愉快地配合他们的提问
"certain facts, certain things that happened."

"某些事实某些发生过的事"
They will misread the facts, invent connections,

他们会误解这些事实编造出联系
will extrapolate reasons where none exist,

推测出根本不存在的理由
but, I told you, that is their business here.

但我说过这就是他们的工作
And I think it would be wonderful to end the semester with a strong

我想用一个响亮的女声结束这学期的学习