Bleak House — Page 7
Innumerable children have been born into the cause;
Innumerevoli bambini sono nati nella causa;
innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
innumerevoli giovani vi si sono sposati; innumerevoli anziani ne sono morti.
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.
Decine di persone si sono ritrovate freneticamente coinvolte come parti in Jarndyce contro Jarndyce senza sapere come o perché; intere famiglie hanno ereditato odi leggendari insieme alla causa.
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.
Il piccolo attore o convenuto al quale era stato promesso un cavallo a dondolo nuovo quando Jarndyce contro Jarndyce si fosse concluso è cresciuto, si è procurato un vero cavallo, e se n'è andato trottando nell'altro mondo.
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.
Graziose pupille del tribunale sono svanite trasformandosi in madri e nonne; una lunga processione di Lord Cancellieri è entrata e uscita di scena; la legione di atti della causa si è trasformata in meri registri di morte; non restano forse più di tre Jarndyce sulla terra da quando il vecchio Tom Jarndyce si fece saltare le cervella per la disperazione in un caffè di Chancery Lane; eppure Jarndyce contro Jarndyce trascina ancora la sua lugubre lunghezza davanti al tribunale, perennemente senza speranza.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has passed into a joke.
Jarndyce contro Jarndyce è diventato una barzelletta.
That is the only good that has ever come of it.
È l'unico bene che ne sia mai derivato.
It has been death to many, but it is a joke in the profession.
Ha significato la morte per molti, ma è una barzelletta nella professione.
Every master in Chancery has had a reference out of it.
Ogni cancelliere ha ricevuto un incarico da essa.
Every Chancellor was "in it," for somebody or other, when he was counsel at the bar.
Ogni Lord Cancelliere vi era "coinvolto", per qualcuno o per un altro, quando era avvocato al foro.
Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall.
Cose argute ne sono state dette da vecchi giudici dal naso bluastro e dalle scarpe panciute in esclusivi comitati del porto dopo cena in sala.
Vocabulary
- Innumerevoli
- Countless, very many in number or quantity.
- bambini
- Children, young human beings not yet adults.
- sono
- Am, are; first and third person singular present tense.
- nati
- Born, having come into existence or life.
- nella
- In the, feminine singular contraction of in la.
- causa
- Cause, reason, lawsuit, or legal case.
- giovani
- Young people, youth; adjective meaning young.
- vi
- You (formal plural); there, in that place.
- si
- Oneself, reflexive pronoun; themselves.
- sposati
- Married, having entered into marriage.
- anziani
- Elderly people, aged individuals; the old.
- ne
- Of it, of them; partitive and locative pronoun.
- morti
- Dead people, deceased; deaths or fatalities.
- Decine
- Tens, groups of approximately ten items.
- di
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- persone
- People, persons, human individuals.
- ritrovate
- Found, discovered, located again.
- freneticamente
- Frantically, feverishly, in a hectic manner.
- coinvolte
- Involved, implicated, engaged in something.
- come
- As, like, how; comparative or interrogative word.
- parti
- Parties, sides; parts, portions, or roles.
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction.
- contro
- Against, opposed to; preposition of opposition.
- senza
- Without, lacking; preposition of negation or absence.
- sapere
- To know, to be aware; knowledge.
- perché
- Why, because; interrogative or causal conjunction.
- intere
- Entire, whole, complete.
- famiglie
- Families, groups of relatives living together.
- hanno
- Have, possess; third person plural present indicative.
- ereditato
- Inherited, received property or traits from ancestors.
- odi
- Hates, dislikes intensely; hatred.
- leggendari
- Legendary, famous in stories or tradition.
- insieme
- Together, jointly, united; at the same time.
- alla
- To the, feminine singular contraction of a la.
- Il
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- piccolo
- Small, little, tiny.
- attore
- Actor, performer in theatrical productions.
- convenuto
- Summoned, called upon; defendant in law.
- al
- To the, masculine singular contraction of a il.
- quale
- Which, that; relative pronoun for persons.
- era
- Was; third person singular imperfect tense.
- stato
- Been, past participle of essere; state.
- promesso
- Promised, pledged; past participle of promettere.
- un
- A, an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- cavallo
- Horse, equine animal.
- dondolo
- Rocking horse, swing; swaying motion.
- nuovo
- New, recently made or acquired.
- quando
- When, at what time; conditional conjunction.
- fosse
- Were, subjunctive past of essere; pit or grave.
- concluso
- Concluded, finished, ended; resolved.
- cresciuto
- Grown, raised, increased in size.
- procurato
- Procured, obtained; procurator or solicitor.
- vero
- True, genuine, real.
- se
- If, whether; reflexive pronoun oneself.
- andato
- Gone, departed; past participle of andare.
- nell
- In the; contraction of in nel or in nella.
- altro
- Other, different, another.
- mondo
- World, earth, realm, or domain.
- Graziose
- Graceful, elegant, charming or pleasant.
- pupille
- Pupils, wards, charges; pupils of eyes.
- del
- Of the; masculine singular contraction of di il.
- tribunale
- Court, tribunal; judicial building or institution.
- svanite
- Vanished, disappeared, faded away.
- trasformandosi
- Transforming oneself, changing into something else.
- madri
- Mothers, female parents.
- nonne
- Grandmothers, mothers of one's parents.
- una
- A, an; feminine singular indefinite article.
- lunga
- Long, extended in length or duration.
- processione
- Procession, parade or ceremonial march.
- entrata
- Entrance, entry way; income or revenue.
- uscita
- Exit, way out; departure or spending.
- scena
- Scene, stage; view or spectacle.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- legione
- Legion, large military or organized group.
- atti
- Acts, deeds; documents or records.
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