1.Even so, by July 2022, local friers were finding it harder and harder to balance their books.

即便如此，到2022年7月，当地鱼薯条商发现越来越难实现收支平衡。

2.As the price of gas and electricity threatened to double, then triple, through 2022, friers were opening their energy bills with gritted teeth.

到2022年，天然气和电力价格可会翻一番，然后再翻两倍，油商贩正咬着牙打开他源账单。

3.An experienced frier will tend their bubbling fillets compulsively, using a metal strainer to turn and tease the food as the batter flares and hardens, basting with twitches of the wrist.

经验丰富油师傅会忍不住处理冒着泡鱼片，突然变硬之际，他会用金属滤网转动、分离食物，扭动手腕浇上卤汁。

4.By now I'd spent enough time in the East Neuk to notice that whenever friers complained about each other, there was one family – the Wyses of Pittenweem – they exempted from criticism.

到目前为止，我东纽克待了足够久了。我注意到，每当油师傅互相抱怨时，总有一个家庭--佩恩斯维尔怀斯一家--不会受到批评。

5.In every corner of the country there are friers who fret about their nearest rivals, hourly remaking the same dish until they are tweaking it minutely, improving the batter-cling, the chip-give, vying to be thought of as number one.

这个国家每一个角落，都有为他最接近竞争对手而烦恼油师傅，他每小时都重新制作同样菜肴，直到精密地调整菜肴，提高黏性、薯条量，争相成为顾客心中第一。