The King in Yellow — Page 7
No definite principles had been violated in those wicked pages, no doctrine promulgated, no convictions outraged.
Nessun principio preciso era stato violato in quelle pagine malvagie, nessuna dottrina promulgata, nessuna convinzione oltraggiata.
It could not be judged by any known standard, yet, although it was acknowledged that the supreme note of art had been struck in _The King in Yellow_, all felt that human nature could not bear the strain, nor thrive on words in which the essence of purest poison lurked.
Non poteva essere giudicato secondo alcun criterio conosciuto, eppure, sebbene fosse riconosciuto che la nota suprema dell'arte era stata raggiunta ne _Il Re in Giallo_, tutti sentivano che la natura umana non poteva sopportare tale tensione, né prosperare su parole in cui si celava l'essenza del veleno più puro.
The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect.
La stessa banalità e innocenza del primo atto non fece che permettere al colpo di abbattersi in seguito con un effetto ancora più terribile.
It was, I remember, the 13th day of April, 1920, that the first Government Lethal Chamber was established on the south side of Washington Square, between Wooster Street and South Fifth Avenue.
Era, ricordo, il 13 aprile 1920, quando la prima Camera Letale Governativa fu istituita sul lato sud di Washington Square, tra Wooster Street e South Fifth Avenue.
The block which had formerly consisted of a lot of shabby old buildings, used as cafés and restaurants for foreigners, had been acquired by the Government in the winter of 1898.
L'isolato che in precedenza era composto da un insieme di vecchi edifici fatiscenti, usati come caffè e ristoranti per stranieri, era stato acquisito dal Governo nell'inverno del 1898.
The French and Italian cafés and restaurants were torn down; the whole block was enclosed by a gilded iron railing, and converted into a lovely garden with lawns, flowers and fountains.
I caffè e i ristoranti francesi e italiani furono demoliti; l'intero isolato fu recintato da una ringhiera di ferro dorato e trasformato in un grazioso giardino con prati, fiori e fontane.
In the centre of the garden stood a small, white building, severely classical in architecture, and surrounded by thickets of flowers.
Al centro del giardino si ergeva un piccolo edificio bianco, rigorosamente classico nell'architettura, e circondato da fitti cespugli di fiori.
Six Ionic columns supported the roof, and the single door was of bronze.
Sei colonne ioniche sostenevano il tetto, e l'unica porta era di bronzo.
A splendid marble group of the "Fates" stood before the door, the work of a young American sculptor, Boris Yvain, who had died in Paris when only twenty-three years old.
Uno splendido gruppo marmoreo delle "Parche" si trovava davanti alla porta, opera di un giovane scultore americano, Boris Yvain, morto a Parigi a soli ventitré anni.
Vocabulary
- Nessun
- No, not a single; none whatsoever
- principio
- Principle, fundamental rule or law
- preciso
- Precise, exact, accurate, specific
- era
- Was; imperfect tense of essere
- stato
- State, condition; past participle of essere
- violato
- Violated, broken, infringed upon
- in
- In, inside, within a location
- quelle
- Those (feminine plural); that, which
- pagine
- Pages; plural of pagina
- malvagie
- Wicked, evil, malevolent (feminine plural)
- nessuna
- No, not one, none (feminine singular)
- dottrina
- Doctrine, teaching, body of principles
- promulgata
- Promulgated, officially announced or established
- convinzione
- Conviction, belief, firm persuasion
- oltraggiata
- Insulted, offended, outraged (feminine)
- Non
- Not, negation particle in Italian
- poteva
- Could, was able to; imperfect of potere
- essere
- To be; infinitive form of copula verb
- giudicato
- Judged, tried, assessed or evaluated
- secondo
- According to, second, following in order
- alcun
- Any, some; used in negative contexts
- criterio
- Criterion, standard, measure of judgment
- conosciuto
- Known, recognized, acquainted with something
- eppure
- Yet, still, however; nevertheless despite that
- sebbene
- Although, even though, despite the fact
- fosse
- Were; imperfect subjunctive of essere
- riconosciuto
- Recognized, acknowledged, admitted as true
- che
- That, which; relative pronoun connector
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- nota
- Note, tone, distinctive characteristic or feature
- suprema
- Supreme, highest, ultimate in rank
- dell
- Of the; contraction of di and il
- arte
- Art, craft, skill in making things
- stata
- Was; feminine past participle of essere
- raggiunta
- Reached, attained, achieved (feminine)
- ne
- Of it, from it; partitive or locative
- Il
- The; masculine singular definite article
- Re
- King, sovereign ruler of a nation
- Giallo
- Yellow; also Italian thriller/mystery genre
- tutti
- All, everyone, everybody without exception
- sentivano
- Felt, perceived, experienced sense impression
- natura
- Nature, essence, fundamental character
- umana
- Human, relating to humankind (feminine)
- non
- Not, negation particle in Italian
- sopportare
- To bear, endure, tolerate something
- tale
- Such, like that, of that kind
- tensione
- Tension, strain, state of stress
- né
- Nor, and not; negative conjunction
- prosperare
- To prosper, thrive, succeed or flourish
- su
- On, upon, over; preposition of position
- parole
- Words, speech, utterances of language
- cui
- Whom, which, that; relative pronoun
- si
- Oneself, reflexive pronoun or particle
- celava
- Hid, concealed, kept secret from view
- essenza
- Essence, fundamental nature or substance
- veleno
- Poison, toxic substance that harms
- più
- More, additional amount; most superlative
- puro
- Pure, clean, unmixed, unadulterated
- La
- The; feminine singular definite article
- stessa
- Same, identical, the very (feminine)
- banalità
- Banality, triteness, something lacking originality
- innocenza
- Innocence, state of being innocent
- primo
- First, initial, before all others
- atto
- Act, deed, action; stage division
- fece
- Made, did; past tense of fare
- permettere
- To permit, allow, let happen
- al
- To the; contraction of a and il
- colpo
- Blow, hit, stroke, sudden action
- di
- Of, from; preposition indicating possession
- abbattersi
- To strike down, fall, collapse
- seguito
- Followed, continued, accompanied; suite
- con
- With, together with, accompanied by
- un
- A, an; indefinite article singular
- effetto
- Effect, result, consequence of action
- ancora
- Still, yet, again; also anchor
- terribile
- Terrible, dreadful, causing great fear
- Era
- Was; imperfect tense of essere
- ricordo
- Memory, remembrance, or souvenir object
- il
- The; masculine singular definite article
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