Mr McCrum was vindicated: due reward for over half a decade of digging.

McCrum 先生被证明是正确的：对超过五年的挖掘工作应有的回报。

This response slowed Mr McCrum down, at one point causing a damning article to be spiked for fear of an injunction.

这种回应让麦克拉姆先生放慢了脚步，一度因担心禁令而导致一篇该死的文章被飙升。

Wirecard might still be one of Europe's most feted tech firms, were it not for a small band of sceptics—including Dan McCrum.

如果不是一小群怀疑论者（包括 Dan McCrum），Wirecard 可能仍然是欧洲最受欢迎的科技公司之一。

Lawyers from another practice, alleges Mr McCrum, " played the part of the waiter carrying the tray, taking no view on whether its client had poisoned the drinks" .

McCrum 先生称， 另一家律师事务所的律师“扮演了端着托盘的侍者的角色， 对客户是否在饮料中下毒不予理会” 。

At one point, according to an ex-policeman the author interviewed, Wirecard had more than 30 private detectives " running round London" and trying to dig up dirt on Mr McCrum, ft colleagues and the short-sellers.

据笔者采访过的一名前警察称，Wirecard 曾有 30 多名私家侦探“在伦敦四处奔波” ，试图挖掘麦克拉姆先生、同事和卖空者的丑闻。

This induced paranoia: Mr McCrum took to keeping his notebooks in a safe with six-inch steel walls, and jumping off Tube trains just as the doors were closing, in case he was being tailed.

这引发了偏执狂：McCrum 先生把他的笔记本放在一个有 6 英寸钢壁的保险箱里，并在门关闭时跳下地铁， 以防他被尾随。