--’That is,’ replied the jeweller, ’I offered 40,000 francs .’

‘我出的价钱，’珠宝商回答说，‘是四万法郎。’

’In order to save Major Cavalcanti the trouble of drawing on his banker, I send him a draft for 2,000 francs to defray his travelling expenses, and credit on you for the further sum of 48,000 francs, which you still owe me.’

“‘为了不麻烦卡瓦尔康蒂少校从他的银行提款，我送了他一张两千法郎的支票给他用作旅费，另外再请他向你提取你欠我的那笔四万八千法郎。’

“Ah,” said the count, “I see that M. Danglars is accustomed to play at gaining or losing 300,000 francs in a day; he must be enormously rich.”

“啊，”伯爵说道，“我看腾格拉尔先生在一天中输赢三十万法郎是件平常事，他一定很有钱了。”

“And fifteen francs in addition for preliminary expenses,” added the man’s voice

“并且另外要十五法郎，做刚接过手时的一切费用,”男子的声音又说。

No, I have for the end of the month these bills which have been assigned to us by the house of Pascal, and the house of Wild & Turner of Marseilles, amounting to nearly 55,000 francs

“不，本月底还有这些期票，是巴斯卡商行和马赛威都商行转让给我们银行的，一共大约是五万五千法郎，这样，总数是二十八万七千五百法郎。”

No, mother,--capital 3,000 francs

“不，妈，三千法郎。

Just so; and now here are 32,500 francs payable shortly

“不错，这儿还有三万二千五百法郎是最近付款的。

When I no longer require them, Bertuccio will sell them, and he expects to realize thirty or forty thousand francs by the sale.

“当我不再需要它们的时候，贝尔图乔会把它们卖掉的，他预计可以卖到三四万法郎。”

“Two hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred francs ,” repeated he

“二十八万七千五百法郎!”他喃喃地重复了一遍。

“Madame,” said Villefort, “believe me, a fortune of 900,000 francs is not so easily renounced.”

“夫人，”维尔福说，“相信我好了，一笔九十万法郎的财产可不是就这样轻易地被放弃的。”

“Yet,” stammered Dants, wiping the perspiration from his brow,--“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”

“可是，”唐太斯擦了一把额头上的冷汗，嗫嚅地说，--“可是三个月前我临走的时候给你留下过两百法郎呀。”

“By the way,” said the major, “you know I have only the 2,000 francs which the Abb Busoni sent me; this sum I have expended upon travelling expenses, and”--

“慢着点儿，”少校说，“您知道我只有布沙尼神甫送给我的那两千法郎，这笔款子我已经花在旅费上了，所以”

“No matter,” replied De Boville, in supreme good-humor at the certainty of recovering his two hundred thousand francs ,--“no matter, I can fancy it.”

“没关系，”波维里先生因为已确定他那二十万法郎可以收回，所以答话极其轻松幽默，“没关系，我可以想象得出的。”

Meanwhile you will raise my monthly allowance to five hundred francs , my little fellow?

“目前，你可以把我的月薪提高到五百法郎吧，我的小家伙?

He is a millionaire--his income is 500,000 francs .

“那么，家父真的很有钱吗，阁下?”

So that you will remit to me these 48,000 francs ?

“那么您可以把这四万八千里弗付给我的了?”

“Well,” pursued Caderousse, “can you without expending one sou, put me in the way of getting fifteen thousand francs ?

“嗯，”卡德鲁斯说，“你能不花一个子儿就使我得到一万五千法郎吗?

Don’t alarm yourself, my little Benedetto, but just point out to me some means of gaining those thirty thousand francs without your assistance, and I will contrive it.

“你不要急，我的小贝尼代托，我并不要你帮我去弄那五万法郎，而只要你给我说明一些情形，我自能设法。”

You receive 1,500 francs per annum for your services here--more than many a brave subaltern, who continually risks his life for his country, obtains

“你在这儿服务每年可得到一千五百法朗。这比许多勇敢的下级军官，那些经常为国家去冒生命危险的人拿得还多。

Shall you be able to pay M. Cavalcanti the five hundred thousand francs you promise for my dowry?

“您能够答应我签订婚约后就给那五十万法郎嫁资付给卡瓦尔康蒂先生吗?”

Yes; we have an instance here; it was by always offering a million of francs to the governor for his liberty that an abb became mad, who was in this chamber before you.

“是的，就会发疯的，疯子一开始的时候，就是这样的，我们这里就有这样一个例子,有一个神甫先前就在这个牢房里，他也是总跟典狱长说，要求得到自由，他就是这样开始发疯的。”

because instead of expecting two hundred wretched francs , you expect five or six thousand, perhaps ten, perhaps even twelve, for you take care not to let any one know the utmost

“是的，因为你所等待的不只是区区两百法郎，而是五六千，或许一万，一万二千，因为你是个狡猾的家伙。

’I, El-Kobbir, a slave-merchant, and purveyor of the harem of his highness, acknowledge having received for transmission to the sublime emperor, from the French lord, the Count of Monte Cristo, an emerald valued at eight hundred thousand francs

“我，艾尔考柏，一个奴隶商人，皇帝陛下的纳妃使者，承认代皇帝陛下从自由贵族基督山伯爵手里收到一颗价值二千袋钱中的绿宝石，作为一个十一岁的幼年基督徒奴隶的赎金。

I am very sure no nabob would have sent me a pair of horses worth 32,000 francs , wearing on their heads four diamonds valued at 5,000 francs each.

“我敢绝对肯定没有哪一个印度王公会送我一对价值三万法郎的马，还给马头戴上四颗每颗价值五千法郎的钻石。”

“I have 1,060,000 francs remaining,” he said

“我还有一百零六万，”他说。

“It is 40,000 francs which I now owe you,” said Monte Cristo

“现在我只欠您四万法郎了。”基督山说。

If I took them, and were detected, I should lose my place, which is worth two thousand francs a year; so that I should be a great fool to run such a risk for three hundred.

“要是我听了你的话，信被人搜出来，我这个饭碗就保不住了，我在这里一年可挣一千里弗，为了三百里弗去冒这个险，我不成了个大傻瓜了。”

“At another time,” added be, “I should have said, Give them, besides, two hundred francs over as a present;but times are changed, and the little money that remains to me is not my own.”

“要是在别的时候，”他又说，“我本来会说，另外再给他们两百法算是奖金的，但时代不同罗，我现在仅有的一点钱也不是我自己的了。”

One hundred and nine francs fifteen sous

“一百○九个法郎十五个苏。

But you only asked 100,000 francs for a fowl!

“一只鸡你要我十万法郎呀!”

gold francs

金法郎

Swiss francs

瑞士法郎

French Francs

法国法郎

french gold francs

n.法国金法郎

change francs into renminbi

n.把法郎兑换成人民币