Audiobook Dictation: “If I can obtain it by…”

If I can obtain it by any merit I possess, I utilize that merit, providing always, that I can secure my object in the time, otherwise--"

Jika saya bisa memperolehnya dengan kelebihan apa pun yang saya miliki, saya memakai kelebihan itu, asalkan saya selalu bisa mencapai tujuan tepat waktu, kalau tidak--"

He shrugged his shoulders.

Ia mengangkat bahu.

"I see," she said, nodding her head quickly.

"Saya mengerti," katanya, mengangguk cepat.

"I suppose that is how blackmailers feel."

"Saya kira begitulah perasaan para pemeras."

"That is a word I never use, nor do I like to hear it employed," he said.

"Itu kata yang tak pernah saya pakai, dan saya pun tak suka mendengarnya dipakai," katanya.

"Blackmail suggests to me a vulgar attempt to obtain money."

"Pemerasan bagi saya menyiratkan upaya kasar untuk mendapatkan uang."

"Which is generally very badly wanted by the people who use it," said the girl, with a little smile, "and, according to your argument, they are also justified."

"Yang biasanya sangat dibutuhkan oleh orang-orang yang melakukannya," kata gadis itu dengan senyum tipis, "dan, menurut argumen Anda, mereka pun dibenarkan."

"It is a matter of plane," he said airily.

"Itu soal tingkatan," katanya dengan enteng.

"Viewed from my standpoint, they are sordid criminals--the sort of person that T. X. meets, I presume, in the course of his daily work.

"Dari sudut pandang saya, mereka penjahat rendahan--jenis orang yang ditemui T. X., saya kira, dalam pekerjaannya sehari-hari.

T. X.," he went on somewhat oracularly, "is a man for whom I have a great deal of respect.

T. X.," lanjutnya dengan nada agak bak peramal, "adalah orang yang sangat saya hormati.