It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise, but admirably balanced mind.
No es que no sintiera ninguna emoción parecida al amor en el caso de Irene Adler. Todas las emociones, y esa en particular, eran aborrecibles para su fría, precisa, pero equilibrada mente digna de admiración.