Portuguese–English parallel text
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · retold (A2)
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Opening the reader…
A História da Porta
The Story of the Door
O Sr. Utterson era advogado: ele ajudava as pessoas com a lei e guardava seus documentos importantes. Ele era alto e magro, com um rosto duro e sério. Ele quase nunca sorria e não falava muito. Mas as pessoas gostavam dele mesmo assim.
Mr Utterson was a lawyer: he helped people with the law and kept their important papers. He was tall and thin, with a hard, serious face. He almost never smiled, and he did not talk much. But people liked him all the same.
Com amigos, depois de um bom jantar, seus olhos ficavam calorosos e gentis. Ele nunca mostrava esse calor em suas palavras. Ele mostrava nas coisas que fazia. Ele era rigoroso consigo mesmo e vivia uma vida quieta e simples. Mas ele nunca era rigoroso com outras pessoas.
With friends, after a good dinner, his eyes became warm and kind. He never showed this warmth in his words. He showed it in the things he did. He was strict with himself and lived a quiet, simple life. But he was never strict with other people.
Quando seus amigos faziam algo errado, o Sr. Utterson não os julgava. Ele tentava ajudá-los. “Meu irmão pode ir para o diabo do seu próprio jeito”, ele dizia frequentemente. Ele queria dizer: eu não o impeço e não o culpo. Então, ele era frequentemente o último bom amigo na vida de um homem em apuros. Esses homens podiam sempre visitá-lo, e ele os tratava da mesma forma que antes.
When his friends did something wrong, Mr Utterson did not judge them. He tried to help them. “My brother can go to the devil in his own way,” he often said. He meant: I don’t stop him, and I don’t blame him. So he was often the last good friend in the life of a man in trouble. Those men could always visit him, and he treated them the same as before.
Seus amigos eram pessoas da sua própria família ou pessoas que ele conhecia há muito tempo. Um deles era o Sr. Richard Enfield, um primo mais novo. Enfield era bem conhecido em Londres, um homem animado que ia a muitas festas.
His friends were people from his own family or people he knew from long ago. One of them was Mr Richard Enfield, a younger cousin. Enfield was well known in London, a lively man who went to many parties.
Muitas pessoas se perguntavam sobre esses dois homens. O que eles tinham em comum? Sobre o que eles conversavam? Todo domingo eles saíam para uma longa caminhada juntos. As pessoas que os encontravam nessas caminhadas diziam a mesma coisa: “Eles não dizem uma palavra e parecem entediados.” Quando um amigo aparecia, os dois homens pareciam felizes em ver alguém novo.
Many people wondered about these two men. What did they have in common? What did they talk about? Every Sunday they went for a long walk together. People who met them on these walks said the same thing: “They don’t say a word, and they look bored.” When a friend came along, the two men seemed happy to see somebody new.
Mas Utterson e Enfield adoravam suas caminhadas de domingo. Para ambos, a caminhada era a melhor parte da semana. Eles diziam não para festas por causa dela, e até mesmo para o trabalho.
But Utterson and Enfield loved their Sunday walks. For both of them, the walk was the best part of the week. They said no to parties for it, and even to work.
Em um domingo, a caminhada os levou por uma rua lateral em uma parte movimentada de Londres. Era uma rua pequena, mas fazia bons negócios durante a semana. As lojas tinham pintura fresca e janelas brilhantes, e tudo estava limpo. Mesmo em um domingo tranquilo, a rua parecia brilhante e feliz perto das ruas escuras e sujas ao redor.
One Sunday their walk took them down a side street in a busy part of London. It was a small street, but it did good business in the week. The shops had fresh paint and shining windows, and everything was clean. Even on a quiet Sunday, the street looked bright and happy next to the dark, dirty streets around it.
Perto de uma esquina, havia uma abertura na fileira de casas. Era a entrada para um pátio, um pequeno espaço quadrado entre prédios. Bem ali ficava um prédio estranho e escuro. Ele tinha dois andares de altura e não tinha janelas para a rua. Havia apenas uma porta embaixo e, acima dela, uma parede sem nenhuma janela.
Near one corner, there was an opening in the line of houses. It was the entrance to a court, a small square space between buildings. Just there stood a strange, dark building. It was two floors high, and it had no windows on the street. There was only a door below, and above it a wall with no windows at all.
A porta não tinha campainha e nada com que bater. Sua pintura era velha e quebrada, e estava suja. Homens pobres sem casa sentavam na frente dela e acendiam seus fósforos nela. Crianças brincavam nos degraus, e estudantes cortavam a madeira com suas facas. Por muitos anos, ninguém saía para mandar esses visitantes embora ou para consertar a porta.
The door had no bell and nothing to knock with. Its paint was old and broken, and it was dirty. Poor men without a home sat in front of it and lit their matches on it. Children played on the steps, and schoolboys cut the wood with their knives. For many years nobody came out to send these visitors away or to repair the door.
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