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Full text: Japanese translation and original English

The young man says that he has come to Baker Street for help as well as advice. He first heard about Holmes’s work through an acquaintance. Their conversation before the fire turns to the kinds of problems the detective has handled, while the visitor waits for Holmes’s reply and prepares to explain his own request.

"I have come for advice."「助言を頂きに来ました」
"That is easily got."「それなら簡単です」
"And help."「それに、お力添えも」
"That is not always so easy."「それは必ずしも簡単ではありませんね」
"I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes.「ホームズさんのおうわさは聞いております。
I heard from Major Prendergast how you saved him in the Tankerville Club scandal."タンカーヴィル・クラブの醜聞で救っていただいたと、プレンダーガスト少佐から伺いました」
"Ah, of course.「ああ、もちろんです。
He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards."トランプでいかさまをしたと、無実の罪を着せられた方ですね」
"He said that you could solve anything."「あの方は、あなたなら何でも解決できるとおっしゃっていました」
"He said too much."「それは言いすぎです」
"That you are never beaten."「決して負けたことがないとも」
"I have been beaten four times—three times by men, and once by a woman."「四回負けています。男性に三回、女性に一回です」