Crime and Punishment — Page 5
It looks absurd and that makes it noticeable....
Sembra assurdo e questo lo rende appariscente....
With my rags I ought to wear a cap, any sort of old pancake, but not this grotesque thing.
Con i miei stracci dovrei portare un berretto, qualsiasi vecchio cencio, ma non questa cosa grottesca.
Nobody wears such a hat, it would be noticed a mile off, it would be remembered....
Nessuno porta un cappello simile, si noterebbe a un miglio di distanza, verrebbe ricordato....
What matters is that people would remember it, and that would give them a clue.
Ciò che conta è che la gente se ne ricorderebbe, e questo darebbe loro un indizio.
For this business one should be as little conspicuous as possible....
Per questa faccenda si dovrebbe essere il meno appariscenti possibile....
Trifles, trifles are what matter!
Le inezie, le inezie sono ciò che conta!
Why, it's just such trifles that always ruin everything....
Già, sono proprio queste inezie che rovinano sempre tutto....
He had not far to go; he knew indeed how many steps it was from the gate of his lodging house: exactly seven hundred and thirty.
Non aveva molta strada da fare; sapeva infatti quanti passi ci fossero dal cancello della sua pensione: esattamente settecento trenta.
He had counted them once when he had been lost in dreams.
Li aveva contati una volta quando si era perso nei sogni.
At the time he had put no faith in those dreams and was only tantalising himself by their hideous but daring recklessness.
A quel tempo non aveva riposto alcuna fiducia in quei sogni e si tormentava soltanto con la loro orribile ma audace temerarietà.
Now, a month later, he had begun to look upon them differently, and, in spite of the monologues in which he jeered at his own impotence and indecision, he had involuntarily come to regard this "hideous" dream as an exploit to be attempted, although he still did not realise this himself.
Ora, un mese dopo, aveva cominciato a vederli diversamente, e, nonostante i monologhi in cui si beffava della propria impotenza e indecisione, era giunto involontariamente a considerare questo sogno "orribile" come un'impresa da tentare, sebbene non se ne rendesse ancora conto lui stesso.
He was positively going now for a "rehearsal" of his project, and at every step his excitement grew more and more violent.
Stava andando adesso positivamente per una "prova" del suo progetto, e a ogni passo la sua agitazione cresceva sempre più intensa.
With a sinking heart and a nervous tremor, he went up to a huge house which on one side looked on to the canal, and on the other into the street.
Con il cuore in gola e un tremito nervoso, si avvicinò a un enorme palazzo che da un lato dava sul canale e dall'altro sulla strada.
Vocabulary
- Sembra
- Seems, appears to be
- assurdo
- Absurd, ridiculous, nonsensical
- questo
- This, this one
- lo
- It, him (direct object pronoun)
- rende
- Makes, renders, causes to be
- appariscente
- Showy, conspicuous, eye-catching
- Con
- With, together with
- miei
- My, mine (plural)
- stracci
- Rags, tattered clothes, scraps
- dovrei
- Should, ought to (conditional)
- portare
- To carry, wear, bring
- un
- A, an (masculine singular)
- berretto
- Cap, hat, beret
- qualsiasi
- Any, whatever, whichever
- vecchio
- Old, aged, ancient
- cencio
- Rag, tattered cloth, scrap
- ma
- But, yet, however
- non
- Not, no negation
- questa
- This, this one (feminine)
- cosa
- Thing, matter, issue
- grottesca
- Grotesque, bizarre, absurd
- Nessuno
- No one, nobody, not anyone
- porta
- Wears, carries; door
- cappello
- Hat, cap headwear
- simile
- Similar, like, alike
- si
- Oneself, reflexive pronoun
- noterebbe
- Would notice, would be noticed
- miglio
- Mile, distance measurement
- di
- Of, from, by
- distanza
- Distance, space between
- verrebbe
- Would come, would be
- ricordato
- Remembered, recalled, retained
- Ciò
- That, this, what
- che
- That, which, who
- conta
- Counts, matters, is important
- la
- The, her, it (feminine)
- gente
- People, folk, persons
- se
- If, whether, oneself
- ne
- Of it, about it, some
- ricorderebbe
- Would remember, would recall
- darebbe
- Would give, would provide
- loro
- Them, their, theirs
- indizio
- Clue, hint, sign
- Per
- For, in order to, per
- faccenda
- Matter, business, affair
- dovrebbe
- Should, ought to (conditional)
- essere
- To be, exist
- il
- The (masculine singular)
- meno
- Less, least, minimum
- appariscenti
- Showy, conspicuous, eye-catching
- possibile
- Possible, feasible, potential
- Le
- The, them (feminine plural)
- le
- Them, the (feminine plural)
- sono
- Are, is (I am/they are)
- ciò
- That, this, what
- Già
- Already, certainly, indeed
- proprio
- Own, very, exactly
- queste
- These, these ones (feminine)
- rovinano
- Ruin, spoil, destroy
- sempre
- Always, ever, constantly
- tutto
- Everything, all, whole
- aveva
- Had, possessed (imperfect)
- molta
- Much, a lot (feminine)
- strada
- Street, road, way
- da
- From, by, to, since
- fare
- To do, make, perform
- sapeva
- Knew, was aware (imperfect)
- infatti
- Indeed, in fact, actually
- quanti
- How many, how much
- passi
- Steps, paces, passages
- ci
- There, us, ourselves
- fossero
- Were, would be (subjunctive)
- dal
- From the, by the
- cancello
- Gate, barrier, entrance
- della
- Of the, from the (feminine)
- sua
- His, her, its, your
- pensione
- Guest house, pension, boarding house
- esattamente
- Exactly, precisely, accurately
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