“唔，我想是因为，要不这么叫大家就会觉得它们有些古怪。我想是老刷希巴开始这么叫的。他说它们来自它们来的地方然后去了它们去的地方这是鲍伯的旨意没别的。”
‘Well, I think because otherwise people might think it was a bit odd. I think Old Thrashbarg called them that. He says that they come from where they come from and they go to where they go to and that it’s Bob’s will and that’s all there is to it.’
“谁……”
‘Who…’
“你不会想知道的。”
‘Just don’t even ask.’
“好吧，你看起来气色不错。”
‘Well, you look well on it.’
“我感觉挺不错。你看来也很好。”
‘I feel well. You look well.’
“没错，好极了。”
‘I’m well. I’m very well.’
“嗯，这很好。”
‘Well, that’s good.’
“没错。”
‘Yes.’
“对。”
‘Good.’
“对。”
‘Good.’
“很高兴你能顺道过来。”
‘Nice of you to drop in.’
“谢谢。”
‘Thanks.’
分开这么久，你真的很难再找到什么话可说了。
hard it was to think of anything to say to someone after all this time.
“我猜你在想我是怎么找到你的。”崔莉恩说。
‘I expect you’re wondering how I found you,’ said Trillian.
“没错！”阿瑟道，“我想的就是这个。你怎么找到我的？”
‘Yes!’ said Arthur. ‘I was wondering exactly that. How did you find me?’
“恩，不知道你听没听说，我现在为那家亚以太传媒网工作——”
‘Well, as you may or may not know, I now work for one of the big Sub-Etha broadcasting networks that—’
“我还真的知道。”阿瑟突然想起来，“没错，你干得很好，棒极了。非常令人激动。干得漂亮。肯定特别有意思。”
‘I did know that,’ said Arthur, suddenly remembering. ‘Yes, you’ve done very well. That’s terrific. Very exciting. Well done. Must be a lot of fun.’
“累得要命。”
‘Exhausting.’