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English → Spanish CHAPTER I Level 9/10

Well may the court be dim, with wasting candles here and there; well may the fog hang heavy in it, as if it would never get out; well may the stained-glass windows lose their colour and admit no light of day into the place; well may the uninitiated from the streets, who peep in through the glass panes in the door, be deterred from entrance by its owlish aspect and by the drawl, languidly echoing to the roof from the padded dais where the Lord High Chancellor looks into the lantern that has no light in it and where the attendant wigs are all stuck in a fog-bank!

Bien puede estar el tribunal en penumbra, con velas que se consumen aquí y allá; bien puede pesar la niebla en él, como si nunca fuera a disiparse; bien pueden las vidrieras perder su color y no dejar entrar la luz del día en el lugar; bien pueden los profanos de la calle, que espían a través de los cristales de la puerta, verse disuadidos de entrar por su aspecto de búho y por el arrastre monótono de las voces, que resuenan lánguidamente hasta el techo desde el estrado acolchado donde el Lord Alto Canciller mira la linterna que no tiene luz y donde las pelucas de los asistentes están todas sumidas en un banco de niebla.

This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire, which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead in every churchyard, which has its ruined suitor with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress borrowing and begging through the round of every man's acquaintance, which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does not often give—the warning, "Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!

Este es el Tribunal de Cancillería, que tiene sus casas en ruinas y sus tierras marchitas en cada condado, que tiene su lunático agotado en cada manicomio y sus muertos en cada cementerio, que tiene a su litigante arruinado con sus tacones desgastados y su ropa raída pidiendo prestado y mendigando en el círculo de conocidos de cada hombre, que otorga a los poderosos del dinero los medios abundantes para agotar al que tiene razón, que consume de tal modo las finanzas, la paciencia, el valor y la esperanza, que trastorna la mente y rompe el corazón, de suerte que no hay un hombre honrado entre sus practicantes que no daría —que no da a menudo— la advertencia: «¡Sufre cualquier agravio que te puedan hacer antes que venir aquí!

Vocabulary

Bien
Well; in a good manner or to a satisfactory degree.
puede
Can or is able to; third person singular of poder.
estar
To be; to exist or be located in a place.
el
The; masculine singular definite article.
tribunal
Court; a place where justice is administered.
en
In; preposition indicating location or position.
con
With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
velas
Candles; wax lights used for illumination.
que
That; relative pronoun or conjunction.
se
Reflexive pronoun; used with reflexive verbs.
consumen
Consume or are consumed; third person plural of consumir.
aquí
Here; in this place or location.
allá
There; in that place or location.
pesar
Weight; or to weigh; heaviness or burden.
la
The; feminine singular definite article.
niebla
Fog; thick cloud or mist near ground.
él
He; masculine singular personal pronoun.
como
Like or as; preposition indicating similarity.
si
If; conditional conjunction.
nunca
Never; at no time; negation of always.
fuera
Were; conditional form of ser or estar.
pueden
Can or are able to; third person plural of poder.
las
The; feminine plural definite article.
perder
To lose; to no longer have or possess.
su
His, her, its, their; possessive adjective.
color
Color; visual property of objects perceived by light.
no
No or not; negation particle.
dejar
To leave or allow; to permit or abandon.
entrar
To enter or come in; to go into.
luz
Light; electromagnetic radiation visible to human eye.
del
Of the; contraction of de and el.
día
Day; twenty-four hour period or daytime.
lugar
Place or location; a particular area or spot.
los
The; masculine plural definite article.
de
Of or from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
calle
Street; public road or thoroughfare in a city.
espían
Spy or observe; third person plural of espiar.
través
Through or across; by way of or by means.
cristales
Crystals or glass panes; transparent glass pieces.
puerta
Door; entrance or exit of a room or building.
verse
To be seen or appear; reflexive form of ver.
por
By or for; preposition indicating agent or cause.
aspecto
Aspect or appearance; way something looks or seems.
búho
Owl; nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes.
monótono
Monotonous; lacking variation or dull in sound.
voces
Voices or cries; sounds produced by speaking.
hasta
Until or up to; preposition indicating extent.
techo
Ceiling or roof; upper interior surface of room.
desde
From; preposition indicating starting point or origin.
donde
Where; relative adverb indicating location.
Lord
Lord; English title of nobility or authority.
Alto
High or tall; of great height or elevation.
mira
Looks or watches; third person singular of mirar.
linterna
Lantern; portable light source with protective frame.
tiene
Has or possesses; third person singular of tener.
pelucas
Wigs; hairpieces worn for style or disguise.
asistentes
Assistants or attendants; people who help or support.
están
Are; third person plural of estar.
todas
All; every one without exception (feminine plural).
un
A or one; masculine singular indefinite article.
banco
Bench or bank; long seat or financial institution.
Este
This; demonstrative adjective or pronoun.
es
Is; third person singular of ser.
Tribunal
Court; place where justice is administered.
sus
His, her, its, their; possessive adjective plural.
casas
Houses; buildings where people live or dwell.
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