Bleak House — Page 6
A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half-dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do.
Un pálido prisionero ha comparecido, bajo custodia, por sexta vez para presentar una solicitud personal «a fin de purgar su desacato», lo cual, siendo un albacea sobreviviente en solitario que ha caído en un estado de confusión respecto a unas cuentas de las que nadie pretende que haya tenido jamás conocimiento alguno, es muy poco probable que logre hacer nunca.
In the meantime his prospects in life are ended.
Mientras tanto, sus perspectivas en la vida han llegado a su fin.
Another ruined suitor, who periodically appears from Shropshire and breaks out into efforts to address the Chancellor at the close of the day's business and who can by no means be made to understand that the Chancellor is legally ignorant of his existence after making it desolate for a quarter of a century, plants himself in a good place and keeps an eye on the judge, ready to call out "My Lord!" in a voice of sonorous complaint on the instant of his rising.
Otro litigante arruinado, que aparece periódicamente desde Shropshire y hace denodados esfuerzos por dirigirse al Canciller al término de la jornada, y a quien de ninguna manera se le puede hacer entender que el Canciller ignora legalmente su existencia después de haberla arruinado durante un cuarto de siglo, se planta en un buen lugar y no pierde de vista al juez, dispuesto a gritar «¡Milord!» con voz de sonora queja en el instante en que este se levante.
A few lawyers' clerks and others who know this suitor by sight linger on the chance of his furnishing some fun and enlivening the dismal weather a little.
Unos pocos escribientes de abogados y otras personas que conocen a este litigante de vista se quedan rezagados con la esperanza de que les proporcione algo de diversión y anime un poco el sombrío ambiente.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on.
Jarndyce contra Jarndyce sigue zumbando.
This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.
Este espantapájaros de pleito se ha vuelto, con el tiempo, tan complicado que ningún hombre vivo sabe lo que significa.
The parties to it understand it least, but it has been observed that no two Chancery lawyers can talk about it for five minutes without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises.
Las partes implicadas son quienes menos lo entienden, pero se ha observado que no hay dos abogados de la Cancillería que puedan hablar de él durante cinco minutos sin llegar a un desacuerdo total respecto a todas las premisas.
Vocabulary
- Un
- Indefinite article; a or an in English.
- pálido
- Pale; lacking color or brightness.
- prisionero
- Prisoner; person held in captivity.
- ha
- Has; auxiliary verb for present perfect tense.
- comparecido
- Appeared; showed up in court or formally.
- bajo
- Under; beneath or subject to control.
- custodia
- Custody; care or guardianship of person.
- por
- By or for; preposition indicating agent or reason.
- sexta
- Sixth; ordinal number after fifth.
- vez
- Time; occasion or instance of something.
- para
- For or in order to; preposition of purpose.
- presentar
- Present; to show or introduce formally.
- una
- A or an; feminine indefinite article.
- solicitud
- Request; formal application or petition.
- personal
- Personal; relating to individual or private matters.
- fin
- End; purpose or objective of something.
- de
- Of or from; preposition showing possession or origin.
- purgar
- Purge; to cleanse or serve sentence.
- su
- His, her, or their; possessive adjective.
- desacato
- Contempt; disrespect for authority or court.
- lo
- It; direct object pronoun, neuter article.
- cual
- Which; relative pronoun for things.
- siendo
- Being; present participle of ser.
- sobreviviente
- Survivor; person who survives an event.
- en
- In or on; preposition of location.
- solitario
- Solitary; alone or isolated from others.
- que
- That or which; relative pronoun.
- caído
- Fallen; having dropped or declined.
- estado
- State; condition or status of something.
- confusión
- Confusion; state of being unclear or bewildered.
- respecto
- Regarding; concerning or with respect to.
- unas
- Some; feminine plural indefinite article.
- cuentas
- Accounts; financial records or calculations.
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- nadie
- Nobody; no person or anyone.
- pretende
- Pretends or claims; asserts falsely or truly.
- haya
- May have; subjunctive of haber.
- tenido
- Had; past participle of tener.
- jamás
- Never; not ever under any circumstances.
- conocimiento
- Knowledge; understanding or awareness of something.
- alguno
- Some or any; indefinite pronoun or adjective.
- es
- Is; third person singular of ser.
- muy
- Very; adverb indicating high degree.
- poco
- Little or few; small in quantity.
- probable
- Probable; likely to occur or happen.
- logre
- Achieve; may succeed in doing something.
- hacer
- Do or make; fundamental verb of action.
- nunca
- Never; at no time in future.
- Mientras
- Meanwhile or while; during the time that.
- tanto
- So much or as much; quantity.
- sus
- His, her, their; plural possessive adjective.
- perspectivas
- Prospects or perspectives; future outlook or views.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- vida
- Life; state of living organisms.
- han
- Have; third person plural of haber.
- llegado
- Arrived; past participle of llegar.
- Otro
- Another or other; different from first.
- arruinado
- Ruined; destroyed or financially bankrupt.
- aparece
- Appears; comes into view or sight.
- desde
- From or since; preposition of origin.
- hace
- Makes or does; third person singular hacer.
- esfuerzos
- Efforts; attempts or exertions to achieve.
- dirigirse
- Address or direct toward; go to.
- al
- To the; contraction of a and el.
- término
- Term or end; period or limit.
- jornada
- Day or journey; working day or trip.
- quien
- Who; relative pronoun for persons.
- ninguna
- No or not one; negative indefinite adjective.
- manera
- Way or manner; method or fashion.
- se
- Oneself or himself; reflexive pronoun.
- le
- Him or her; indirect object pronoun.
- puede
- Can or may; third person singular poder.
- entender
- Understand; comprehend or grasp meaning.
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