诚实的律师

鸭绒25（译）

2024年8月1日

一位投资顾问独自在行业里打拼。她精明勤奋，生意越做越大。很快，她就意识到自己需要一位常设法律顾问。因此，她开始面谈一些年轻律师。

“我相信你能理解。”她从第一批申请者中的某位求职者开始，“在这样的企业里，我们的个人诚信必须是确定无疑的。”

她向前倾了倾身：“彼得森先生，你是一个‘诚实’的律师吗？”

“诚实？”求职者回答，“我可以告诉你什么是诚实。为什么我认为我很诚实？那是因为我父亲曾借给我15000美元读大学。我在审理我的第一个案件时，立刻一分不少地就把钱还清了。”

“令人佩服……那是个什么案件？”

律师在座位上尴尬地承认：“他告我不还钱。”

原文： An Honest Lawyer

An investment counsellor went out on her own。She was shrewd and diligent，so business kept coming in，and pretty soon she realised she needed an in-house counsel，so she began interviewing young lawyers。

“As I'm sure you can understand。”she started off with one of the first applicants，“in a business like this，our personal integrity must be beyond question。”She leaned forward，“Mr. Peterson，are you an ‘honest’ lawyer？”

“Honest？”replied the job prospect，“Let me tell you something about honesty。Why，I'm so honest that my father lent me fifteen thousand dollars for my education and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my very first case。”

“Impressive……And what sort of case was that？”

The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted：“He sued me for the money。”