the sign is so beautiful from the 1890s that they left it there;

这个十九世纪九十年代的标志如此的漂亮
that company hasn't been there since World War I.

那家公司第一次世界大战后就不在那里了
But that's where emile worked,

那是埃米尔工作过的地方
but he lost his job after he was arrested and then released.

他被捕又被释放后失去了这份工作
He bounced between bad jobs,

糟糕的工作不断更换
once working as an apprentice and unpaid watchmaker

有一份工作室作为无薪水的制表匠的学徒
in order to perhaps work on timing

可能是为了学会炸弹
mechanisms for bombs.

定时技术
In 1892--and he always got very good

在1892年他时来运转
employers loved him because he was very smart.

雇主非常欣赏他的精明
He served as an accountant,

他成了一名会计
he penned letters and that kind of stuff.

做一些写信等等相关的事情