Bleak House — Page 4
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!
Bem pode o tribunal estar sombrio, com velas se consumindo aqui e ali; bem pode a névoa pesar sobre ele, como se nunca fosse dissipar-se; bem podem os vitrais perder sua cor e não deixar entrar nenhuma luz do dia no lugar; bem podem os não iniciados das ruas, que espiam pelas vidraças da porta, ser dissuadidos de entrar por seu aspecto soturno e pela voz arrastada, que ecoa languidamente até o teto a partir do estrado acolchoado onde o Lorde Alto Chanceler olha para a lanterna que não tem luz alguma e onde as perucas dos assistentes estão todas presas num banco de névoa!
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 é o Tribunal da Chancelaria, que tem suas casas em ruínas e suas terras arrasadas em cada condado, que tem seu lunático esgotado em cada hospício e seus mortos em cada cemitério, que tem seu litigante arruinado com seus calcanhares descuidados e suas roupas surradas pedindo emprestado e mendigando por toda a roda de conhecidos de cada homem, que dá ao poder do dinheiro os meios abundantes de esgotar o direito, que tanto exaure as finanças, a paciência, a coragem, a esperança, que tanto destrói a mente e parte o coração, que não há um homem honrado entre seus praticantes que não daria — que não dá frequentemente — o aviso: "Suporte qualquer injustiça que possa ser feita a você antes de vir aqui!
Vocabulary
- Bem
- Well; good; properly or correctly.
- pode
- Can; is able to; may or might.
- tribunal
- Court; judicial building or legal institution.
- estar
- To be; to exist; to remain in location.
- sombrio
- Dark; gloomy; somber or shadowy.
- com
- With; accompanied by; in company of.
- velas
- Candles; sails of a ship or vessel.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; conditional if.
- consumindo
- Consuming; burning away; wasting gradually.
- aqui
- Here; in this place or location.
- ali
- There; in that place; over there.
- névoa
- Fog; mist; haze or cloudy vapor.
- pesar
- Regret; sorrow; to weigh something down.
- sobre
- On; over; about; concerning or regarding.
- ele
- He; him; masculine third-person pronoun.
- como
- How; like; as; in the manner of.
- nunca
- Never; not ever; at no time.
- fosse
- Were; subjunctive past of ser or estar.
- dissipar
- Dissipate; disperse; scatter or dispel.
- podem
- Can; are able to; may or might.
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- vitrais
- Stained glass windows; colored glass panes.
- perder
- Lose; to misplace; to be deprived of.
- sua
- His; her; its; possessive adjective.
- cor
- Color; hue; shade or pigmentation.
- não
- Not; no; negation or denial.
- deixar
- Leave; allow; let or permit to.
- entrar
- Enter; go in; come inside or arrive.
- nenhuma
- None; no; not any feminine singular.
- luz
- Light; illumination; brightness or radiance.
- do
- Of the; contraction of de and o.
- dia
- Day; daytime; period of twenty-four hours.
- no
- In the; contraction of em and o.
- lugar
- Place; location; spot or area.
- iniciados
- Initiated; begun; started or commenced.
- das
- Of the; feminine plural contraction.
- ruas
- Streets; roads; urban pathways or thoroughfares.
- que
- That; which; who or what.
- espiam
- Spy; peer; watch or observe secretly.
- pelas
- By the; through the feminine plural.
- vidraças
- Glass panes; windows; glass panels in doors.
- porta
- Door; gate; entrance or opening.
- ser
- To be; to exist; essence or nature.
- por
- For; by; through; per or each.
- aspecto
- Aspect; appearance; look or seeming.
- pela
- By the; through the feminine singular.
- voz
- Voice; sound; utterance or speech.
- ecoa
- Echo; resounds; reverberates or rings out.
- até
- Until; up to; to or towards.
- teto
- Ceiling; roof; top interior surface.
- partir
- Depart; leave; set out or break.
- onde
- Where; in which; at what place.
- Lorde
- Lord; nobleman; titled or high-ranking person.
- Alto
- High; tall; of great height.
- olha
- Looks; gazes; observes or watches.
- para
- For; to; towards or in order to.
- lanterna
- Lantern; lamp; light-producing device or fixture.
- tem
- Has; have; possesses or owns.
- alguma
- Some; any; a certain feminine singular.
- as
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- perucas
- Wigs; hairpieces; artificial hair coverings.
- assistentes
- Assistants; attendants; helpers or supporters.
- estão
- Are; exist; remain in state.
- todas
- All; every; entire feminine plural.
- presas
- Caught; trapped; fastened or secured.
- num
- In a; contraction of em and um.
- banco
- Bank; bench; seat or financial institution.
- Este
- This; masculine singular demonstrative pronoun.
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