柯南·道尔一共写了四篇中篇、56篇短篇的福尔摩斯系列小说。开始写的两篇分别是1887年毕顿圣诞年刊的《血字的研究》，以及1890年理本科特月刊登出的《四签名》。而1891年开始在斯特兰德杂志(The Strand)上的一系列短篇小说连载，共包括《冒险史》、《回忆录》正续使福尔摩斯的受欢迎程度爆炸性的水涨船高。但直到1927年，柯南·道尔先生才再写出续集《归来记》、《新探案》等。
绝大多数的故事，是以福尔摩斯的朋友及传记作家约翰·H·华生医师的角度叙述的。只有两篇是由福尔摩斯亲自叙述、两篇是由第三人称角度撰写。
斯坦弗给我们介绍说："这位是华生医生，这位是福尔摩斯先生。"
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"Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Stamford, introducing us.
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"您好。"福尔摩斯热诚地说，一边使劲握住我的手。我简直不能相信他会有这样大的力气。
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"How are you?" he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit.
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"我看得出来，您到过阿富汗。"
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"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."
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我吃惊地问道："您怎么知道的？"
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"How on earth did you know that?" I asked in astonishment.
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"这没有什么，"他格格地笑了笑，"现在要谈的是血色蛋白质的问题。
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"Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself. "The question now is about haemoglobin.
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没有问题，您一定会看出我这发现的重要性了吧？
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No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?
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我回答说："从化学上来说，无疑地这是很有意思的，但是在实用方面..."
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"It is interesting, chemically, no doubt," I answered, "but practically..."
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怎么，先生，这是近年来实用法医学上最重大的发现了。
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Why, man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years.
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难道您还看不出来这种试剂能使我们在鉴别血迹上百无一失吗？请到这边来！
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Don’t you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains? Come over here now!
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他急忙拉住我的袖口，把我拖到他原来工作的那张桌子的前面。
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He seized me by the coat-sleeve in his eagerness, and drew me over to the table at which he had been working.
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"咱们弄点鲜血，"他说着，用一根长针刺破自己的手指，
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"Let us have some fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger,
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再用一支吸管吸了那滴血。
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and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.
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现在把这一点儿鲜血放到一公升水里去。
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Now, I add this small quantity of blood to a litre of water.
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您看，这种混合液与清水无异。
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You perceive that the resulting mixture has the appearance of pure water.
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血在这种溶液中所占的成分还不到百万分之一。
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The proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million.
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虽然如此，我确信咱们还是能够得到一种特定的反应。
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I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to obtain the characteristic reaction.
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说着他就把几粒白色结晶放进这个容器里，然后又加上几滴透明的液体。
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As he spoke, he threw into the vessel a few white crystals, and then added some drops of a transparent fluid.
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不一会儿，这溶液就现出暗红色了，一些棕色颗粒渐渐沉淀到瓶底上。
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In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
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"哈！哈！"他拍着手，象小孩子拿到新玩具似地那样兴高采烈地喊道，"您看怎么样？"
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"Ha! ha!" he cried, clapping his hands, and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. "What do you think of that?"
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我说："看来这倒是一种非常精密的实验。"
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"It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked.
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妙极了！简直妙极了！过去用愈创木液试验的方法，既难作又不准确。
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Beautiful! beautiful! The old guaiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain.
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用显微镜检验血球的方法也同样不好。如果血迹已干了几个钟头以后，再用显微镜来检验就不起作用了。
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So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old.
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现在，不论血迹新旧，这种新试剂看来都一样会发生作用。
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Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new.
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假如这个试验方法能早些发现，那么，现在世界上数以百计的逍遥法外的罪人早就受到法律的制裁了。
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Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.
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我喃喃地说道："确是这样！""许多刑事犯罪案件往往取决于这一点。
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"Indeed!" I murmured. "Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point.
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也许罪行发生后几个月才能查出一个嫌疑犯。
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A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed.
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检查了他的衬衣或者其他衣物后，发现上面有褐色斑点。
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His linen or clothes are examined and brownish stains discovered upon them.
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这些斑点究竟是血迹呢，还是泥迹，是铁锈还是果汁的痕迹呢，还是其他什么东西？
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Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they?
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这是一个使许多专家都感到为难的问题，可是为什么呢？就是因为没有可靠的检验方法。
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That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why? Because there was no reliable test.
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现在，我们有了歇洛克·福尔摩斯检验法，以后就不会有任何困难了。
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Now we have the Sherlock Holmes’s test, and there will no longer be any difficulty.
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他说话的时候，两眼显得炯炯有神。他把一只手按在胸前，鞠了一躬，好象是在对许多想象之中正在鼓掌的观众致谢似的。
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His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.
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我看到他那兴奋的样子很觉惊奇，我说："我向你祝贺。"
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"You are to be congratulated," I remarked, considerably surprised at his enthusiasm.
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去年在法兰克福地方发生过冯·彼少夫一案。如果当时就有这个检验方法的话，那么，他一定早就被绞死了。
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There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
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此外还有布莱德弗地方的梅森；臭名昭著的摩勒；茂姆培利耶的洛菲沃以及新奥尔良的赛姆森。
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Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of New Orleans.
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我可以举出二十多个案件，在这些案件里，用这个方法都会起决定性的作用。
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I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive.
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Holmes [həʊmz] |
n.霍姆斯或福尔摩斯(人名) |
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cordial [’kɔːdiəl] |
n.兴奋剂;补品 |
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Afghanistan [æf’ɡænɪstæn] |
n.阿富汗【亚洲】 |
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astonishment [ə’stɒnɪʃmənt] |
n.惊讶;令人惊讶的事物 |
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haemoglobin [ˌhiːmə’ɡləʊbɪn] |
n.血色素;血红蛋白(英). |
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stain [steɪn] |
n.污点;瑕疵;着色剂;染料 |
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eagerness [’iːgənɪs] |
n.渴望;热心 |
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bodkin [’bɒdkɪn] |
n.锥子;大眼粗针;挤在两人中间的人 |
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litre [’liːtə(r)] |
n.公升. |
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transparent [træns’pærənt] |
adj.透明的;明显的;清晰的 |
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precipitate [prɪ’sɪpɪteɪt] |
vt. 猛抛；猛然扔下；使...突然陷入(某种形势或状态); |
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clap [klæp] |
v.拍手;轻拍;鼓掌;啪地关上 |
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clumsy [’klʌmzi] |
adj.笨拙的;不得体的;笨重的 |
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hinge [hɪndʒ] |
n.铰链;关键 |
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Sherlock [’ʃɜːlɒk] |
n. 善于识破奥秘的人; |
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conjure [’kʌndʒə] |
v.变戏法;恳求;唤起;以咒文召唤 |
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congratulate [kən’grætjʊˌleɪt] |
vt.祝贺;庆祝 |
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Frankfort [ˈfræŋkfət] |
n.法兰克福(德国城市;美国印第安纳州中部城市) |
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Samson [sæmsn] |
n.大力士 |
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