Bleak House — Page 7
Innumerable children have been born into the cause;
Innumerables niños han nacido en el pleito;
innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
innumerables jóvenes se han casado en él; innumerables ancianos han muerto fuera de él.
Scores of persons have deliriously found themselves made parties in Jarndyce and Jarndyce without knowing how or why; whole families have inherited legendary hatreds with the suit.
Decenas de personas se han encontrado deliriosamente convertidas en partes en Jarndyce contra Jarndyce sin saber cómo ni por qué; familias enteras han heredado odios legendarios con el litigio.
The little plaintiff or defendant who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world.
El pequeño demandante o demandado a quien se le prometió un nuevo caballito de madera cuando Jarndyce contra Jarndyce se resolviera ha crecido, se ha hecho con un caballo de verdad y ha trotado hacia el otro mundo.
Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality; there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a coffee-house in Chancery Lane; but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
Bellas pupilas del tribunal se han desvanecido convirtiéndose en madres y abuelas; una larga procesión de Cancilleres ha entrado y salido; la legión de escritos del litigio se ha transformado en meros registros de mortalidad; quizás no queden ya tres Jarndyce sobre la tierra desde que el viejo Tom Jarndyce se voló los sesos desesperado en una cafetería de Chancery Lane; pero Jarndyce contra Jarndyce sigue arrastrando su lúgubre extensión ante el tribunal, perennemente sin esperanza.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has passed into a joke.
Jarndyce contra Jarndyce se ha convertido en una broma.
That is the only good that has ever come of it.
Ese es el único bien que ha surgido de él.
It has been death to many, but it is a joke in the profession.
Ha sido la muerte para muchos, pero es una broma en la profesión.
Every master in Chancery has had a reference out of it.
Todo maestro en Cancillería ha tenido una consulta derivada de él.
Every Chancellor was "in it," for somebody or other, when he was counsel at the bar.
Todo Canciller estuvo "en él", en favor de alguien u otro, cuando era abogado en ejercicio.
Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall.
Cosas buenas se han dicho sobre él por parte de viejos magistrados de nariz azulada y zapatos abultados en selectas reuniones de vino de Oporto tras la cena en el salón.
Vocabulary
- Innumerables
- Too many to count; countless in number
- niños
- Young children; kids
- han
- Auxiliary verb 'have' used in perfect tenses
- nacido
- Born; having come into existence
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'on'
- el
- Definite article 'the' for masculine nouns
- pleito
- Lawsuit or legal dispute between parties
- innumerables
- Countless; too many to be numbered
- jóvenes
- Young people; youths
- se
- Reflexive pronoun used with reflexive verbs
- casado
- Married; having entered into matrimony
- él
- Third-person singular pronoun meaning 'he'
- ancianos
- Elderly people; old men or women
- muerto
- Dead; having died or passed away
- fuera
- Outside of; beyond a specified place or scope
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- Decenas
- Dozens; tens of people or things
- personas
- People; individual human beings
- encontrado
- Found; having discovered or encountered something
- deliriosamente
- Deliriously; in a frenzied or irrational manner
- convertidas
- Converted; transformed into something different
- partes
- Parties; sides in a legal case or dispute
- contra
- Against; opposing another party or force
- sin
- Without; lacking something
- saber
- To know facts or information
- cómo
- How; in what manner or way
- ni
- Neither; nor; not even
- por
- Preposition meaning 'by,' 'for,' or 'through'
- qué
- What; used in questions or exclamations
- familias
- Families; groups of related individuals
- enteras
- Entire; whole; complete without exception
- heredado
- Inherited; received from previous generations
- odios
- Hatreds; intense feelings of hostility
- legendarios
- Legendary; famous and celebrated in stories
- con
- Preposition meaning 'with'
- litigio
- Litigation; legal proceedings or lawsuit
- El
- Definite masculine article meaning 'the'
- pequeño
- Small; little in size or age
- demandante
- Plaintiff; person who initiates a lawsuit
- o
- Conjunction meaning 'or'
- demandado
- Defendant; person sued in a legal case
- a
- Preposition meaning 'to' or 'at'
- quien
- Who; whom; relative pronoun referring to person
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning 'him,' 'her,' 'you'
- prometió
- Promised; gave one's word to do something
- un
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- nuevo
- New; recently made or not used before
- caballito
- Small toy horse; hobby horse for children
- madera
- Wood; material made from trees
- cuando
- When; at the time that something happens
- resolviera
- Were resolved; subjunctive of 'resolver,' to solve
- ha
- Has; auxiliary verb in present perfect tense
- crecido
- Grown; increased in size or maturity
- hecho
- Made; done; past participle of 'hacer'
- caballo
- Horse; large domesticated riding animal
- verdad
- Truth; reality; also used as 'real' adjective
- y
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- trotado
- Trotted; moved at a brisk, steady pace
- hacia
- Toward; in the direction of something
- otro
- Another; other; a different one
- mundo
- World; the earth or a realm of existence
- Bellas
- Beautiful; lovely; feminine plural form
- pupilas
- Pupils; wards under legal guardianship
- del
- Contraction of 'de' and 'el' meaning 'of the'
- tribunal
- Court; legal tribunal where cases are heard
- desvanecido
- Faded away; vanished or become faint
- convirtiéndose
- Becoming; transforming oneself into something else
- madres
- Mothers; female parents
- abuelas
- Grandmothers; mothers' or fathers' mothers
- una
- Indefinite article 'a' for feminine nouns
- larga
- Long; extended in length or duration
- procesión
- Procession; long orderly sequence of people moving
- Cancilleres
- Lord Chancellors; high judicial or governmental officials
- entrado
- Entered; having come into a place
- salido
- Exited; having gone out or departed
- la
- Definite article 'the' for feminine nouns
- legión
- Legion; a vast multitude of people or things
- escritos
- Written documents; legal briefs or papers
- transformado
- Transformed; changed completely in form or nature
- meros
- Mere; nothing more than; only
- registros
- Records; official documented entries or archives
- mortalidad
- Mortality; the state of being subject to death
- quizás
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly
- no
- No; negation particle
- queden
- Remain; subjunctive of 'quedar,' to be left
- ya
- Already; now; no longer
- tres
- Three; the number 3
- sobre
- About; over; concerning
- tierra
- Earth; land; ground or soil
- desde
- Since; from a point in time or place
- que
- That; which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- viejo
- Old; aged; referring to an elderly person
- voló
- Flew; moved through the air rapidly
- los
- Definite article 'the' for masculine plural nouns
- sesos
- Brains; brain matter, often used colloquially
- desesperado
- Desperate; in a state of hopelessness
- cafetería
- Cafeteria or coffee shop; a dining establishment
- pero
- But; however; conjunction showing contrast
- sigue
- Continues; keeps on doing something
- arrastrando
- Dragging; pulling something along the ground
- su
- His, her, its, or your possessive pronoun
- lúgubre
- Gloomy; mournful; dismal in appearance or mood
- extensión
- Extent; stretch; expanse of something
- ante
- Before; in front of; in the presence of
- perennemente
- Perennially; endlessly; always recurring without stop
- esperanza
- Hope; expectation of something desired
- convertido
- Converted; changed into something different
- broma
- Joke; a prank or humorous remark
- Ese
- That; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- es
- Is; third-person singular of 'ser'
- único
- Only; sole; the single one of its kind
- bien
- Good; benefit; well or a positive outcome
- surgido
- Arisen; emerged or sprung up from something
- Ha
- Has; auxiliary verb in present perfect tense
- sido
- Been; past participle of 'ser'
- muerte
- Death; the end of life
- para
- For; in order to; intended for someone
- muchos
- Many; a large number of people or things
- profesión
- Profession; an occupation requiring specialized knowledge
- Todo
- Every; all; the whole of something
- maestro
- Master; teacher; an expert in a field
- Cancillería
- Chancery; the office or court of a chancellor
- tenido
- Had; past participle of 'tener'
- consulta
- Consultation; a meeting for advice or information
- derivada
- Derived; originating from a particular source
- Canciller
- Chancellor; a high-ranking judicial or government official
- estuvo
- Was; third-person past tense of 'estar'
- favor
- Favor; goodwill; approval or support
- alguien
- Someone; anybody; an unspecified person
- u
- Or; variant of 'o' used before 'o' sounds
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of 'ser'; also 'era'
- abogado
- Lawyer; attorney; legal professional
- ejercicio
- Exercise; practice; the carrying out of a profession
- Cosas
- Things; objects or matters of any kind
- buenas
- Good; favorable; positive in quality
- dicho
- Said; past participle of 'decir'
- parte
- Part; side; a portion or party involved
- viejos
- Old men; elderly people or things
- magistrados
- Magistrates; judges or judicial officers
- nariz
- Nose; the facial organ for smelling
- azulada
- Bluish; having a slightly blue tint or color
- zapatos
- Shoes; footwear worn on the feet
- abultados
- Bulging; swollen or protruding in shape
- selectas
- Select; choice; carefully chosen gatherings
- reuniones
- Meetings; gatherings of people for a purpose
- vino
- Wine; alcoholic drink made from grapes
- Oporto
- Port wine; fortified wine from Porto, Portugal
- tras
- After; behind; following in time or place
- cena
- Dinner; the evening meal
- salón
- Drawing room; large elegant room for socializing
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