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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)
罪恶有痕 3  
“开枪的那两个人, 你看得清楚吗?”
刘明天问。		 “The two gun men, did you have a good look at them? “
Asked Liu Mingtian.
“ kāiqiāng de nà liăng gèrén, nĭ kàn dé qīngchu ma?”
Liú míngtiān wèn。		  
“指挥的那个很清楚,
 白车里的那个不太清楚。
他带着帽子, 而且行动很快。”		 “Yes for the one in charge,
not much so for the one in the white car.
He wore a hat and was moving around in a quick fashion.”
“ zhĭhuī de nàge hěn qīngchu,
báichē lĭ de nàge bù tài qīngchu。
tā dài zhe màozi, érqiě xíngdòng hěn kuài。”		  
“没关系, 慢慢来, 请尽量回忆. “
说到这, 刘明天站了起来,
指了指坐在一幅画架旁的微胖的中年男子, 		“No worries, take your time and try your best.”
By saying that, Liu Mingtian stood up.
He gestured to a plump middle aged man who was sitting beside a sketching easel.
“ méi guānxi, mànmàn lái, qĭng jìnliàng huíyì. “
shuō dào zhè, Liú míngtiān zhàn le qilai,
zhĭ le zhĭ zuò zài yī fú huàjià páng de wēi pàng de zhōngnián nánzĭ, 		 
“这位是我们这儿出名的画师, 老曾.
你把开枪人的模样详细描述给他听,
他就能照你说的画出来.”		 “This is our famous drawing artist, Zeng.
You can describe the gun men’s looks to him,
and he will draw them out for you.”
“ zhèwèi shì wŏmen zhèr chūmíng de huà shī, lăo céng.
nĭ bă kāiqiāng rén de múyàng xiángxì miáoshù gěi tā tīng,
tā jiù néng zhào nĭ shuō de huà chūlái.”		  
女人看向”画师”老曾. 她一脸疑惑.
从没听说公安局里也有画师.
不过她想,
自己记忆里的形象要是能用笔墨生动地勾画出来,
那真是一件绝妙的事情!		 The woman looked at Mr. Zeng. Her look was full of doubts.
She had never heard of an artist working in a police station.
She thought however,
if the images in her memory could be vividly drawn out with pen and ink,
it would be awesome!
nǚrén kàn xiàng” huà shī” lăo céng. tā yī liăn yíhuò.
cóngméi tīngshuō gōng’ānjú lĭ yě yŏu huà shī.
bùguò tā xiăng,
zìjĭ jìyì lĭ de xíngxiàng yàoshi néng yòng bĭmò shēngdòng de gōuhuà chūlái,
nà zhēnshi yī jiàn juémiào de shìqing!		  
老曾面善, 不象刘明天看起来严肃.
女人稍稍松了口气,
端起桌上的可乐拉罐,
痛快地喝了一大口.		 Mr. Zeng looked friendly, not as formidable as Liu Mingtian.
The woman relaxed a little
and picked up the Coke can on the table
and drank a big amount of coke in one gulp.
lăo céng miàn shàn, bù xiàng Liú míngtiān kànqĭlái yánsù.
nǚrén shāoshāo sōng le kŏuqì,
duān qĭ zhuō shàng de kělè lā guàn,
tòngkuài de hē le yī dàkŏu.		  
“那我们先从指挥抢劫的那个开始吧 … ”
老曾扶了扶眼镜, 拿起一只素描笔,
开始用一问一答的方式,
引导女人一点一滴地回忆抢劫犯的身高, 长相,
肢体语言和穿着.		 “What about we start with the one in charge …”
Mr. Zeng nudged his glasses up, picked up a sketching pen,
and started to exchange questions and answers.
That’s his way to help her recall the robbers’ size, look,
body language and clothing, bit by bit.
“ nà wŏmen xiān cóng zhĭhuī qiăngjié de nàge kāishĭ ba … ”
lăo céng fú le fú yănjìng, náqĭ yī zhĭ sùmiáo bĭ,
kāishĭ yòng yī wèn yī dá de fāngshì,
yĭndăo nǚrén yīdiănyīdī de huíyì qiăngjié fàn de shēngāo, zhăngxiàng,
zhītĭ yŭyán hé chuānzhuó.		  
女人记不清和老曾聊了多长时间,
两个小时? 三个小时?
她只觉得画师平易近人, 兴趣广泛,
既谈案情, 也谈一些和案情无关的话题.
不知不觉中,
画师已经把两个嫌犯的画像都画完了.		 The woman couldn’t remember how long she had been chatting with Mr. Zeng.
Two hours? Or three hours?
All she remembered was that the artist was amiable with broad interests.
He chat not only about the case, but also about other unrelated topics.
Without her noticing,
the artist had finished his portraits.
nǚrén jì bùqīng hé lăo céng liáo le duō cháng shíjiān,
liăng gè xiăoshí? sān gè xiăoshí?
tā zhĭ juéde huà shī píngyìjìnrén, xìngqù guăngfàn,
jì tán ànqíng, yě tán yīxiē hé ànqíng wúguān de huàtí.
bùzhībùjué zhōng,
huà shī yĭjīng bă liăng gè xiánfàn de huàxiàng dōu huà wán le.		  
“我现在给你同时看四幅画像,
你看你能不能一眼认出指挥抢劫的那个家伙.”
老曾推了推鼻梁上的眼镜,
眼带笑意地对女人说.		 “Now I’ll show you four portraits all together.
You see if you can recognize the robber in charge right away.”
Mr. Zeng pushed up his glasses and said with a smile.
“ wŏ xiànzài gěi nĭ tóngshí kàn sì fú huàxiàng,
nĭ kàn nĭ néng bùnéng yīyăn rènchū zhĭhuī qiăngjié de nàge jiā huŏ.”
lăo céng tuī le tuī bíliáng shàng de yănjìng,
yăn dài xiàoyì de duì nǚrén shuō.		  
女人心里七上八下的,
已经放松了的心情又紧张了起来.
凭我那些支离破碎的描述,
老曾会画出一幅什么样的图画呢?		 The woman was unsettled. Her already relaxed mood became nervous again.
Based on those scattered memories of mine,
what kind of portrait Mr. Zeng could make?
nǚrén xīn lĭ qīshàngbāxià de,
yĭjīng fàngsōng le de xīnqíng yòu jĭnzhāng le qilai.
píng wŏ nàxiē zhīlípòsuì de miáoshù,
lăo céng huì huà chū yī fú shénme yàng de túhuà ne?		  
四幅黑白画像被同时翻了过来.
女人刚用眼浏览了一遍, 就惊恐地捂住嘴.
画像中有这么一张脸,
只看了一眼就让女人倒吸了一口凉气.
空气里也突然凭添了一种杀气.		 Four portraits in black and white were turned over at the same time.
Upon one glimpse, the woman covered her mouth in horror.
With only one quick peek,
that one face among the portraits made her hold her breath.
A murderous spirit filled up the air.
sì fú hēibái huàxiàng bèi tóngshí fān le guòlái.
nǚrén gāng yòng yăn liúlăn le yībiàn, jiù jīngkŏng de wŭzhù zuĭ.
huàxiàng zhōng yŏu zhème yī zhāng liăn,
zhĭ kàn le yīyăn jiù ràng nǚrén dăo xī le yīkŏu liáng qì.
kōngqì lĭ yě tūrán píng tiān le yīzhŏng shāqì.		  
“砰! 砰!” – 枪声在女人的耳际回旋. “Bang! Bang!” – The gunshots rang in her ears.
“ pēng! pēng!” – qiāngshēng zài nǚrén de ěr jì huíxuán.  
“就是他!” 女人颤抖地伸出手,
指了指其中的一幅画像.		 “It’s him!” She raised her hand in a shiver of fear
and pointed it to one portrait among the four.
“ jiùshì tā!” nǚrén chàndŏu de shēnchū shŏu,
zhĭ le zhĭ qízhōng de yī fú huàxiàng.		  
罪恶有痕 4  
“一号嫌疑人比较靠谱,
二号嫌疑人没有一号画得成功.
因为目击者的印象不够清晰,
所以只能尽力而为了.”		 “Portrait of suspect one is quite good.
The one for suspect two is not as good
since the impression left with the witness was not clear enough.
That’s the best we could do.”
“ yīhào xiányírén bĭjiào kàopŭ,
èrhào xiányírén méiyŏu yīhào huà dé chénggōng.
yīnwèi mùjīzhě de yìnxiàng bùgòu qīngxī,
suŏyĭ zhĭnéng jìnlì ér wèile.”		  
刘明天和另几个刑警来看画像时,
老曾特意做了说明.		 Mr. Zeng explained specifically when Liu Mingtian
and other detectives came to see the portraits.
Liú míngtiān hé lìng jĭge xíngjĭng láikàn huàxiàng shí,
lăo céng tèyì zuò le shuōmíng.		  
“我看二号画得也不错嘛,
好象看起来还有点眼熟呢.”
同事们七嘴八舌地调侃起来.		 “In my humble opinion, the portrait for suspect two is not bad,
it looks actually a bit familiar.”
His colleagues started chit-chat about the drawings.
“ wŏ kàn èrhào huà de yě bùcuò ma,
hăoxiàng kànqĭlái háiyŏu diăn yănshú ne.”
tóngshì men qīzuĭbāshé de tiáokăn qilai.		  
刘明天问老曾,
“这两幅画像能不能公布?”
老曾又认真看了看自己的作品, 说,
“我看可以, 公布吧, 		Liu Mingtian asked Mr. Zeng,
”Do you feel OK to release these two portraits?”
Mr. Zeng had a careful look at his own drawings once again and said,
”Yes, let’s release them.
Liú míngtiān wèn lăo céng,
“ zhè liăng fú huàxiàng néng bùnéng gōngbù?”
lăo céng yòu rènzhēn kàn le kàn zìjĭ de zuòpĭn, shuō,
“ wŏ kàn kěyĭ, gōngbù ba, 		 
一号这张把目击证人自己都给吓到了,
她说太像了.
但愿她的记忆是准确的.”		 The one for suspect one even scared the witness herself.
She said that it resembled the man a lot,
I hope her memory is good.”
yīhào zhè zhāng bă mùjī zhèngrén zìjĭ dōu gěi xià dàoliăo,
tā shuō tài xiàng le.
dànyuàn tā de jìyì shì zhŭnquè de.”		  
当晚的电视新闻中,
老曾的嫌疑人画像,
在千家万户的屏幕上被反复播放.		 That night, via the evening TV news,
Mr. Zeng’s suspects’ portraits
appeared on the screens of million of families.
dàngwăn de diànshì xīnwén zhōng,
lăo céng de xiányírén huàxiàng,
zài qiānjiāwànhù de píngmù shàng bèi fănfù bōfàng.		  
“妈妈, 那个画上的人好象哥哥啊!” “Mom, the man in the picture looks just like my brother!”
“ māma, nàge huà shàng de rén hăoxiàng gēge ā!”  
正在厨房里洗碗的中年女子,
用袖子抹了抹脸上的汗,
歪着头瞟了一眼客厅里的电视,
又转头对女儿无奈地笑笑,		 The middle aged woman who was washing dishes in the kitchen
wiped her sweat off with her sleeve,
and then turned her head around to have a peek on the TV screen in the living room.
She then turned back to her daughter, smiling,
zhèngzài chúfáng lĭ xĭwăn de zhōngnián nǚzĭ,
yòng xiùzi mò le mò liăn shàng de hàn,
wāi zhe tóu piăo le yīyăn kètīng lĭ de diànshì,
yòu zhuăntóu duì nǚ’ér wúnài de xiào xiào,		  
”佳佳, 快做你的作业!
你哥咋能象那个人呢?
那是抢劫犯, 是大坏蛋!
不懂不要瞎说.”		 “Jiajia, mind your own homework please.
How could your brother look like that guy?
He’s a robber, a scoundrel!
For things you don’t understand, please think before you talk.”
” jiā jiā, kuài zuò nĭ de zuòyè!
nĭ gē ză néng xiàng nàgèrén ne?
nàshi qiăngjié fàn, shì dàhuàidàn!
bùdŏng bùyào xiāshuō.”		  
   
她麻利地把手在围裙上擦干,
走过来关了电视.
慈爱地抚摸着女儿的小脑袋.
“是不是想哥哥了?”		 She wiped her hands on her apron in an agile manner
and walked over to turn off the TV.
Then she stroked her daughter’s head affectionately and asked,
“Do you miss your brother?”
tā máli de băshŏu zài wéiqún shàng cāgān,
zŏuguò lái guān le diànshì.
cí’ài de fŭmō zhe nǚ’ér de xiăo năodài.
“ shìbùshì xiăng gēge le?”		  
“嗯.” 女儿委屈地撅起小嘴. “Yes.” Her daughter felt upset and put up a pouting face.
“ èn.” nǚ’ér wěiqu de juē qĭ xiăo zuĭ.  
“那过两天妈叫哥过来吃饭?” “What about I invite your brother to have dinner with us in a few days?”
“ nà guò liăng tiān mā jiào gē guòlái chīfàn?”  
“好啊, 好啊!”
女孩仰视母亲的小脸,
立时笑成了一朵花.		 “Yes, yes!”
The girl’s little face looked up at her Mom,
blossomed into a flower instantly.
“ hăo ā, hăo ā!”
nǚhái yăng shì mŭqīn de xiăo liăn,
lìshí xiào chéngle yī duŏ huā.		  
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