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.
Um prisioneiro de semblante amarelado compareceu, sob custódia, pela meia dúzia de vezes para fazer um requerimento pessoal "para purgar o seu desacato", o que, sendo ele um executor solitário sobrevivente que caiu num estado de confusão acerca de contas das quais não se pretende que ele jamais tivesse qualquer conhecimento, não é de modo algum provável que venha a conseguir.
In the meantime his prospects in life are ended.
Entretanto, as suas perspetivas de vida chegaram ao fim.
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.
Outro requerente arruinado, que aparece periodicamente vindo de Shropshire e irrompe em esforços para se dirigir ao Chanceler no encerramento dos trabalhos do dia e que de modo algum pode ser levado a compreender que o Chanceler desconhece legalmente a sua existência depois de a ter tornado desolada por um quarto de século, instala-se num bom lugar e mantém os olhos no juiz, pronto a gritar "Meu Lorde!" com uma voz de sonora queixa no instante em que ele se levanta.
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.
Alguns escrivães de advogados e outros que conhecem este requerente de vista demoram-se na esperança de que ele proporcione alguma diversão e anime um pouco o tempo sombrio.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on.
Jarndyce e Jarndyce arrasta-se monotonamente.
This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.
Este espantalho de um processo tornou-se, com o passar do tempo, tão complicado que nenhum homem vivo sabe o 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.
As partes envolvidas são as que menos o entendem, mas tem-se observado que dois advogados da Chancelaria não conseguem falar sobre ele durante cinco minutos sem chegarem a um total desacordo quanto a todas as premissas.
Vocabulary
- prisioneiro
- pree-zee-oh-NAY-roo — A person confined in prison; prisoner
- semblante
- sem-BLAN-teh — A person's facial appearance or expression
- amarelado
- ah-mah-reh-LAH-doo — Having a yellowish or pale color
- compareceu
- kom-pah-reh-SEW — Appeared or showed up at a place
- sob
- sohb — Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'
- custódia
- koos-TOH-dee-ah — Legal supervision or guardianship over a person
- meia
- MAY-ah — Half; used before nouns to mean 'half a'
- dúzia
- DOO-zee-ah — A group of twelve items; a dozen
- vezes
- VAY-zesh — Times; instances of repetition or occurrence
- fazer
- fah-ZEHR — To do or to make something
- requerimento
- reh-keh-ree-MEN-too — A formal written request or petition
- pessoal
- peh-SWAHL — Relating to a specific individual; personal
- purgar
- poor-GAHR — To purge or clear oneself of an offense
- desacato
- deh-zah-KAH-too — Contempt or disrespect toward authority or court
- sendo
- SEN-doo — Being; gerund form of the verb 'ser'
- executor
- eh-zeh-koo-TOHR — Person who carries out or administers an estate
- solitário
- soh-lee-TAH-ree-oh — Alone; existing or living without companions
- sobrevivente
- soh-breh-vee-VEN-teh — A person who continues to live after hardship
- caiu
- kah-EEW — Fell; dropped into a condition or place
- estado
- es-TAH-doo — A condition or state of being
- confusão
- kon-foo-ZAHW — A state of disorder, bewilderment, or confusion
- acerca
- ah-SEHR-kah — Preposition meaning 'about' or 'concerning'
- contas
- KON-tahs — Accounts, bills, or financial reckonings
- quais
- kwahish — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' (plural)
- pretende
- preh-TEN-deh — Claims, intends, or purports to do something
- jamais
- zhah-MAHSH — Never; at no time whatsoever
- tivesse
- tee-VEH-seh — Past subjunctive of 'ter'; had (hypothetically)
- qualquer
- kwahl-KEHR — Any; whichever one among several options
- conhecimento
- koh-nyeh-see-MEN-too — Knowledge or awareness of something
- modo
- MOH-doo — Way, manner, or method of doing something
- algum
- ahl-GOONG — Some; any (masculine singular indefinite)
- provável
- proh-VAH-vel — Likely to happen; probable
- venha
- VEN-yah — Present subjunctive of 'vir'; may come
- conseguir
- kon-seh-GEER — To manage to do; to succeed in achieving
- Entretanto
- en-treh-TAN-too — Meanwhile; in the intervening time
- perspetivas
- pehr-speh-TEE-vahsh — Prospects or future possibilities for someone
- vida
- VEE-dah — Life; the state of being alive
- chegaram
- sheh-GAH-rahw — Arrived; came to a place or conclusion
- fim
- feeng — End; the conclusion or termination of something
- Outro
- OH-troo — Another; a different one of the same kind
- requerente
- reh-keh-REN-teh — A person who files a formal request; petitioner
- arruinado
- ah-rwee-NAH-doo — Ruined; financially or physically destroyed
- aparece
- ah-pah-REH-seh — Appears; shows up or becomes visible
- periodicamente
- peh-ree-oh-dee-kah-MEN-teh — At regular intervals; repeatedly over time
- vindo
- VEEN-doo — Coming; gerund of 'vir' meaning to come
- irrompe
- ee-RROM-peh — Bursts in; breaks into a place forcefully
- esforços
- esh-FOHR-soosh — Efforts; attempts made with energy or determination
- dirigir
- dee-ree-ZHEER — To direct, address, or steer toward something
- Chanceler
- shan-seh-LEHR — A high official, especially Lord Chancellor in court
- encerramento
- en-seh-rah-MEN-too — The closing or ending of proceedings or sessions
- trabalhos
- trah-BAH-lyoosh — Work, tasks, or proceedings being carried out
- levado
- leh-VAH-doo — Taken; brought or led to a place
- compreender
- kom-pree-en-DEHR — To understand or grasp the meaning of something
- desconhece
- desh-koh-NYEH-seh — Does not know; is unaware of something
- legalmente
- leh-gahl-MEN-teh — In a manner conforming to the law; legally
- existência
- eh-zees-TEN-see-ah — The state of existing; one's being or presence
- depois
- deh-POHSH — After; at a later time or following an event
- tornado
- tohr-NAH-doo — Become; past participle of 'tornar' meaning to become
- desolada
- deh-zoo-LAH-dah — Desolate; bleak, empty, or made sorrowful
- quarto
- KWAHR-too — A quarter; one fourth of a whole
- século
- SEH-koo-loo — A century; a period of one hundred years
- instala-se
- een-STAH-lah-seh — Settles or installs oneself in a place
- lugar
- loo-GAHR — A place or location
- mantém
- man-TENG — Keeps or maintains something in a state
- olhos
- OH-lyoosh — Eyes; the organs used for seeing
- juiz
- zhoo-EESH — A judge; official who presides over a court
- pronto
- PRON-too — Ready; prepared to act or respond immediately
- gritar
- gree-TAHR — To shout or cry out loudly
- Lorde
- LOHR-deh — A title of honor for a nobleman or judge
- voz
- vohsh — Voice; the sound produced when speaking
- sonora
- soh-NOH-rah — Resonant or loud-sounding; having a full sound
- queixa
- KAY-shah — A complaint or grievance formally expressed
- instante
- een-STAN-teh — An instant; a very brief moment in time
- levanta
- leh-VAN-tah — Raises or brings up; stands up
- Alguns
- ahl-GOONSH — Some; a few of a group (masculine plural)
- escrivães
- esh-kree-VAHYSH — Clerks or scribes who record official documents
- advogados
- ahd-voo-GAH-doosh — Lawyers or attorneys who represent clients legally
- conhecem
- koh-NYEH-seng — Know; are acquainted with someone or something
- vista
- VEES-tah — Sight; a recognizable figure or regular sight
- demoram-se
- deh-MOH-rahw-seh — Linger or delay; stay longer than expected
- esperança
- esh-peh-RAN-sah — Hope; expectation of something desired occurring
- proporcione
- proh-pohr-see-OH-neh — May provide or afford; subjunctive of 'proporcionar'
- alguma
- ahl-GOO-mah — Some; a certain (feminine singular indefinite)
- diversão
- dee-ver-ZAHW — Amusement or entertainment; something fun
- anime
- ah-NEE-meh — May liven up; subjunctive of 'animar'
- pouco
- POH-koo — A little; a small amount or degree
- tempo
- TEM-poo — Time; a duration or period
- sombrio
- som-BREE-oo — Gloomy, dark, or dismal in atmosphere
- arrasta-se
- ah-RRAHS-tah-seh — Drags itself along; proceeds slowly and tediously
- monotonamente
- moh-noh-toh-nah-MEN-teh — In a tedious, repetitive, and unchanging manner
- espantalho
- esh-pan-TAH-lyoo — A scarecrow; a figure used to frighten away
- processo
- proh-SEH-soo — A legal case or proceedings; a process
- tornou-se
- tohr-NOH-seh — Became; transformed into a different state
- passar
- pah-SAHR — To pass; to go by or beyond a point
- tão
- tahw — So; to such a great degree
- complicado
- kom-plee-KAH-doo — Complicated; difficult to understand or resolve
- nenhum
- neh-NYOONG — No; not any (masculine singular negative)
- homem
- OH-meng — Man; an adult male person
- vivo
- VEE-voo — Alive; living and not dead
- significa
- sig-nee-FEE-kah — Means; conveys a particular meaning or sense
- partes
- PAHR-tesh — Parties; groups involved in a legal dispute
- envolvidas
- en-vohl-VEE-dahsh — Involved; participating in or connected to something
- menos
- MEH-noosh — Less; to a smaller degree or extent
- entendem
- en-TEN-deng — Understand; comprehend the meaning of something
- observado
- ohb-sehr-VAH-doo — Observed; noticed or watched attentively
- Chancelaria
- shan-seh-lah-REE-ah — Chancery; a court of equity or chancellery
- falar
- fah-LAHR — To speak or talk about something
- sobre
- SOH-breh — About; on the subject of something
- durante
- doo-RAN-teh — During; throughout the course of a period
- sem
- seng — Without; lacking or in the absence of
- chegarem
- sheh-GAH-reng — Reaching or arriving at a conclusion (subjunctive)
- total
- toh-TAHL — Total; complete or absolute in degree
- desacordo
- deh-zah-KOHR-doo — Disagreement; a lack of consensus between parties
- quanto
- KWAN-too — As to; regarding; how much or to what extent
- premissas
- preh-MEE-sahsh — Premises; foundational assumptions of an argument
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