书记员用钢笔挠了挠鼻子。

The Clerk scratched his nose with his pen.

书记员把在法庭上所有的话都记录在案。

Clerks transcribe everything that is said in court.

书记员问陪审团主席是不是陪审员们已作出了全体一致的裁决。

The foreman was asked by the clerk whether the jurors had reached verdicts on which they all agreed.

“所以你最好凑个整数，二十年吧，这样比较保险。”书记员总结道。

"So you had better make it a round twenty years and be on the safe side," concluded the Clerk.