Bleak House — Page 8
Articled clerks have been in the habit of fleshing their legal wit upon it.
I praticanti di studio legale hanno avuto l'abitudine di affilare il loro ingegno giuridico su di essa.
The last Lord Chancellor handled it neatly, when, correcting Mr. Blowers, the eminent silk gown who said that such a thing might happen when the sky rained potatoes, he observed, "or when we get through Jarndyce and Jarndyce, Mr. Blowers"—a pleasantry that particularly tickled the maces, bags, and purses.
L'ultimo Lord Cancelliere la maneggiò con eleganza, quando, correggendo il signor Blowers, l'illustre avvocato che aveva detto che una tale cosa sarebbe potuta accadere quando il cielo avesse fatto piovere patate, osservò: «o quando avremo finito con Jarndyce contro Jarndyce, signor Blowers» — una battuta che fece particolarmente ridere le mazze, le borse e i borsellini.
How many people out of the suit Jarndyce and Jarndyce has stretched forth its unwholesome hand to spoil and corrupt would be a very wide question.
Quante persone estranee alla causa Jarndyce contro Jarndyce abbiano subito il contatto della sua malsana mano che corrompe e rovina sarebbe una questione assai vasta.
From the master upon whose impaling files reams of dusty warrants in Jarndyce and Jarndyce have grimly writhed into many shapes, down to the copying-clerk in the Six Clerks' Office who has copied his tens of thousands of Chancery folio-pages under that eternal heading, no man's nature has been made better by it.
Dal cancelliere sui cui aguzzi archivi risme di polverosi atti di Jarndyce contro Jarndyce si sono contorte cupamente in mille forme, fino al copista dell'Ufficio dei Sei Cancellieri che ha trascritto le sue decine di migliaia di pagine in folio della Cancelleria sotto quella dicitura eterna, la natura di nessun uomo ne è stata migliorata.
In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.
Nell'inganno, nell'evasione, nella procrastinazione, nella spoliazione, nel fastidio, sotto false pretese di ogni sorta, vi sono influenze che non possono mai portare a nulla di buono.
The very solicitors' boys who have kept the wretched suitors at bay, by protesting time out of mind that Mr. Chizzle, Mizzle, or otherwise was particularly engaged and had appointments until dinner, may have got an extra moral twist and shuffle into themselves out of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.
Perfino i fattorini degli avvocati che hanno tenuto a bada i miserabili litiganti, dichiarando da tempo immemorabile che il signor Chizzle, Mizzle, o chiunque altro era particolarmente impegnato e aveva appuntamenti fino all'ora di cena, potrebbero aver acquisito da Jarndyce contro Jarndyce una torsione e un'ambiguità morale in più.
The receiver in the cause has acquired a goodly sum of money by it but has acquired too a distrust of his own mother and a contempt for his own kind.
Il curatore della causa ha guadagnato una bella somma di denaro grazie ad essa, ma ha acquisito anche una sfiducia verso la propria madre e un disprezzo per il proprio genere.
Vocabulary
- praticanti
- pra-ti-KAN-ti — Trainees or apprentices, especially in a profession
- studio
- STU-dyo — Office, study, or professional firm
- legale
- le-GA-le — Relating to law; legal
- abitudine
- a-bi-TU-di-ne — Habit or customary practice
- affilare
- af-fi-LA-re — To sharpen a blade or whet one's mind
- ingegno
- in-JEN-yo — Wit, intellect, or mental sharpness
- giuridico
- ju-RI-di-ko — Juridical; relating to law or legal matters
- L'ultimo
- lul-TI-mo — The last one; the final person or thing
- Cancelliere
- kan-chel-LYE-re — Chancellor; high-ranking legal or government official
- maneggiò
- ma-ned-JO — He/she handled or managed something skillfully
- eleganza
- e-le-GAN-tsa — Elegance; graceful and refined style
- correggendo
- kor-red-JEN-do — Gerund of 'correggere'; correcting or reprimanding someone
- illustre
- il-LUS-tre — Illustrious; distinguished and highly respected
- avvocato
- av-vo-KA-to — Lawyer or attorney who pleads in court
- tale
- TA-le — Such; of that kind or nature
- sarebbe
- sa-REB-be — Conditional form of 'essere'; would be
- accadere
- ak-ka-DE-re — To happen or occur; to come about
- cielo
- CHYE-lo — Sky or heaven; also used in exclamations
- avesse
- a-VES-se — Third person singular imperfect subjunctive of 'avere'
- piovere
- PYO-ve-re — To rain; to fall from the sky like rain
- patate
- pa-TA-te — Potatoes; common edible root vegetables
- osservò
- os-ser-VO — He/she observed or remarked upon something
- contro
- KON-tro — Preposition meaning 'against' or 'versus'
- battuta
- bat-TU-ta — A witty remark, joke, or clever quip
- particolarmente
- par-ti-ko-lar-MEN-te — Particularly; especially or in a special manner
- ridere
- RI-de-re — To laugh; to express amusement audibly
- mazze
- MAT-tse — Maces or clubs; heavy stick-like objects
- borse
- BOR-se — Bags or purses; containers for carrying belongings
- borsellini
- bor-sel-LI-ni — Small wallets or coin purses
- estranee
- es-TRA-ne-e — Unrelated or uninvolved; foreign to the matter
- causa
- KAU-za — Legal case or lawsuit; also a cause or reason
- abbiano
- AB-bya-no — Third person plural present subjunctive of 'avere'
- subito
- SU-bi-to — Immediately; also past participle of 'subire', suffered
- contatto
- kon-TAT-to — Contact; a touch or connection with someone
- malsana
- mal-SA-na — Unhealthy, unwholesome, or corrupt in nature
- corrompe
- kor-ROM-pe — Corrupts; morally or physically taints something
- rovina
- ro-VI-na — Ruin; destruction or downfall of something
- questione
- kwes-TYO-ne — Question or issue; a matter under discussion
- assai
- as-SAI — Very; quite a lot, greatly (archaic/literary)
- vasta
- VAS-ta — Vast; very large or extensive in scope
- cancelliere
- kan-chel-LYE-re — Chancellor; senior legal or governmental authority figure
- cui
- KUI — Relative pronoun meaning 'whose', 'of which', 'whom'
- aguzzi
- a-GUT-tsi — Sharp or pointed; keen and piercing
- archivi
- ar-KI-vi — Archives; collections of historical records and documents
- risme
- RIZ-me — Reams; large quantities of paper sheets
- polverosi
- pol-ve-RO-zi — Dusty; covered in or full of dust
- atti
- AT-ti — Acts or official documents; legal records
- contorte
- kon-TOR-te — Twisted or contorted; bent into complex shapes
- cupamente
- ku-pa-MEN-te — Gloomily; darkly or in a sullen manner
- forme
- FOR-me — Forms or shapes; appearances or configurations
- fino
- FI-no — Until; as far as; fine or delicate
- copista
- ko-PIS-ta — A copyist; person who copies documents by hand
- Ufficio
- uf-FI-cho — Office; an official place of work or administration
- Cancellieri
- kan-chel-LYE-ri — Chancellors; plural of 'cancelliere', senior legal officials
- trascritto
- tras-KRIT-to — Past participle of 'trascrivere'; transcribed or copied
- decine
- de-CHI-ne — Tens; groups of ten, dozens of something
- migliaia
- mi-LYA-ya — Thousands; plural of 'migliaio'
- folio
- FO-lyo — Folio; large-format document or page size
- Cancelleria
- kan-chel-le-RI-a — Chancery; the office or court of a chancellor
- sotto
- SOT-to — Under or below; beneath something
- dicitura
- di-chi-TU-ra — Wording or inscription; the way something is phrased
- eterna
- e-TER-na — Eternal; lasting forever without end
- natura
- na-TU-ra — Nature; the inherent character of something
- nessun
- nes-SUN — No one; no (masculine before consonant)
- ne
- ne — Pronoun meaning 'of it', 'of them', 'from there'
- migliorata
- mi-lyo-RA-ta — Improved; made better (feminine past participle)
- inganno
- in-GAN-no — Deceit or deception; a trick or fraud
- evasione
- e-va-ZYO-ne — Evasion; avoidance of responsibility or the truth
- procrastinazione
- pro-kras-ti-na-TSYO-ne — Procrastination; habitual delaying of necessary actions
- spoliazione
- spo-lya-TSYO-ne — Despoilment; the act of robbing or stripping someone
- fastidio
- fas-TI-dyo — Annoyance or nuisance; something that irritates
- false
- FAL-se — False; untrue or deliberately misleading (feminine plural)
- pretese
- pre-TE-ze — Pretenses or claims; false or unwarranted demands
- ogni
- ON-yi — Every or each; referring to all members of a group
- sorta
- SOR-ta — Sort or kind; a type or variety
- vi
- vi — Pronoun meaning 'you' (plural) or 'there'
- influenze
- in-flu-EN-tse — Influences; forces affecting behavior or outcomes
- mai
- mai — Never; or ever (in questions); not at any time
- portare
- por-TA-re — To bring or carry; to lead to a result
- nulla
- NUL-la — Nothing; not anything at all
- Perfino
- per-FI-no — Even; used for emphasis, meaning 'as far as'
- fattorini
- fat-to-RI-ni — Errand boys or messengers; junior office runners
- avvocati
- av-vo-KA-ti — Lawyers; plural of 'avvocato'
- tenuto
- te-NU-to — Past participle of 'tenere'; held or kept
- bada
- BA-da — Watch; in 'tenere a bada' means to hold at bay
- miserabili
- mi-ze-RA-bi-li — Miserable or wretched; in desperate or pitiable condition
- litiganti
- li-ti-GAN-ti — Litigants; parties involved in a lawsuit
- dichiarando
- di-kya-RAN-do — Declaring; announcing or stating something officially
- immemorabile
- im-me-mo-RA-bi-le — Immemorial; beyond the reach of memory or record
- chiunque
- kyun-KWE — Whoever; anyone at all, regardless of identity
- impegnato
- im-pen-YA-to — Engaged or committed; occupied with something
- appuntamenti
- ap-pun-ta-MEN-ti — Appointments; scheduled meetings or engagements
- cena
- CHE-na — Dinner; the evening meal
- potrebbero
- po-TREB-be-ro — Third person plural conditional of 'potere'; they could
- acquisito
- ak-kwi-ZI-to — Past participle of 'acquisire'; acquired or obtained
- torsione
- tor-ZYO-ne — Torsion or twisting; a distortion or warping
- ambiguità
- am-bi-gwi-TA — Ambiguity; uncertainty or double meaning in expression
- morale
- mo-RA-le — Moral; relating to ethics or right conduct
- curatore
- ku-ra-TO-re — Curator or trustee; legal guardian of an estate
- guadagnato
- gwa-dan-YA-to — Earned or gained; obtained through work or effort
- somma
- SOM-ma — Sum; a total amount of money
- denaro
- de-NA-ro — Money; currency used for transactions
- grazie
- GRA-tsye — Thanks; gratitude, also 'thanks to' (grazie a)
- sfiducia
- sfi-DU-cha — Distrust or mistrust; lack of confidence in someone
- verso
- VER-so — Toward; in the direction of someone or something
- propria
- PRO-prya — Own (feminine); belonging to oneself
- disprezzo
- dis-PRET-tso — Contempt or scorn; deep disrespect for someone
- proprio
- PRO-pryo — Own (masculine); belonging to oneself
- genere
- JE-ne-re — Gender or kind; type or category of things
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