en	"That was an animal's voice," said the manager, remarkably quietly in comparison to the mother's cries.
it	"Era la voce di un animale", disse il procuratore, in tonosingolarmente basso, rispetto alle grida della madre.

en	"What's happened to me," he thought.
it	"Che mi è successo?"

en	She'd probably just gotten up out of bed now and hadn't even started to get dressed yet.
it	Si era certo alzata inquel momento e non aveva cominciato a vestirsi.

en	Gregor was still here and wasn't thinking at all about abandoning his family.
it	Gregorio era sempre lì e non pensava affatto di abbandonare lafamiglia.

en	Were all the employees then collectively, one and all, scoundrels?
it	Gli impiegatierano dunque tutti dei mascalzoni?

en	But to continue was difficult, particularly because he was so unusually wide.
it	Ma dopo cominciarono ledifficoltà, specialmente perché era così grosso.

en	I am speaking here in the name of your parents and your employer, and I am requesting you in all seriousness for an immediate and clear explanation.
it	Le parlo in nome deisuoi genitori e del suo principale, la prego formalmente dirispondere subito e chiaro.

en	Besides, now I'm setting out on my trip on the eight o'clock train; the few hours' rest have made me stronger.
it	Del resto, posso ancora partire col treno delle otto,qualche ora di riposo è bastata per rimettermi.

en	To the office?
it	In ditta?

en	Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these circumstances he confined himself to saying, "Yes, yes, thank you mother.
it	Gregorio avrebbe voluto dare una lunga risposta e spiegare tutto,ma, in quelle condizioni, si limitò a dire: "Sì, sì, grazie,mamma, sto già alzandomi".

en	"I'm coming right away," said Gregor slowly and deliberately and didn't move, so as not to lose one word of the conversation.
it	"Vengo subito", disse Gregorio lento e circospetto; ma non simosse, per non perdere una parola del dialogo.

en	For one moment everything remained still.
it	Per un momento, non sisentì niente.

en	Manager, don't leave without speaking a word telling me that you'll at least concede that I'm a little in the right!"
it	Signorprocuratore, non se ne vada senza avermi prima, in qualche modo,tranquillizzato che mi darà almeno un po' di ragione!"

en	The door was slammed shut with the cane, and finally it was quiet.
it	La portavenne chiusa con il bastone, e infine tutto fu silenzio.

en	Don't you want to be on your way?"
it	Non volevi partire?".

en	Originally I intended to mention all this to you privately, but since you are letting me waste my time here uselessly, I don't know why the matter shouldn't come to the attention of your parents.
it	Avevo intenzione di raccontarle ogni cosa a quattr'occhi,ma poiché lei mi fa perdere tempo senza inutilmente, non capiscoperché non debbano essere informati anche i suoi genitori.

en	"It's already seven o'clock" he told himself at the latest striking of the alarm clock, "already seven o'clock and still such a fog."
it	"Già le sette", sidisse a un nuovo segnale della sveglia, "già le sette e ancora unanebbia così".

en	Well then, what if he reported in sick?
it	E se si fossedato malato?

en	But that would be extremely embarrassing and suspicious, because during his five years' service Gregor hadn't been sick even once.
it	Sarebbe stato molto penoso e sospetto, perché incinque anni di servizio non era ancora stato malato nemmeno unavolta.

en	On the other hand, I must also say that we business people, luckily or unluckily, however one looks at it, very often simply have to overcome a slight indisposition for business reasons."
it	D'altraparte, debbo dire che noi, uomini d'affari, per nostra fortuna edisgrazia, come si vuole, dobbiamo spesso trascurare un leggeromalessere, per seguire le nostre faccende".

en	And besides, would the doctor in this case be totally wrong?
it	E nelsuo caso avrebbe poi avuto tutti i torti?

en	All right, people did not understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to him, clearer than previously, perhaps because his ears had gotten used to them.
it	Dunque, le sue parole nonerano più comprensibili, sebbene a lui fossero sembrate abbastanzachiare, anzi più chiare di prima, forse perché ci aveva fattol'orecchio.

en	At first he wanted to get of the bed with the lower part of his body, but this lower part (which he incidentally had not yet looked at and which he also couldn't picture clearly) proved itself too difficult to move.
it	Dapprima cercò di uscire dal letto con la parte inferiore delcorpo, ma questa parte, che non aveva ancora visto e che nonpoteva immaginare bene, era troppo difficile da muovere.

en	But people always think that they'll get over sickness without having to stay at home. Mr.
it	Uno spera sempre che ilmalessere passi, senza bisogno di restare a casa.

en	Will you report everything truthfully?
it	Riferirà tutto per filoe per segno?

en	It seemed to Gregor that it might be far more reasonable to leave him in peace at the moment, instead of disturbing him with crying and conversation.
it	Gregorio pensò che sarebbe stato molto più ragionevolese lo avessero lasciato in pace, invece di disturbarlo con piantie consigli.

en	"Something has fallen in there," said the manager in the next room on the left.
it	"Là dentro è caduto qualche cosa" disse il procuratore nellacamera di sinistra.

en	He was the boss's minion, without backbone or intelligence.
it	Era unacreatura del principale, senza volontà né cervello.

en	From the neighbouring room on the right the sister was whispering to inform Gregor: "Gregor, the manager is here."
it	Dalla camera di destra, la sorella sussurrò,per avvertire Gregorio: "Gregorio, c'è il procuratore!".

en	Gregor directed answers in both directions, "I'll be ready right away."
it	Gregorio rispose a entrambi: "Sono già pronto!"

en	But if they accepted everything quietly, then he would have no reason to get excited and, if he got a move on, could really be at the station around eight o'clock.
it	Se invece nonavessero dato a vedere nulla, anche in questo caso non avrebbeavuto ragione di inquietarsi e, se faceva in fretta, poteva esserein stazione per le otto.

en	For instance, when I come back to the inn during the course of the morning to write up the necessary orders, these gentlemen are just sitting down to breakfast.
it	Se unamattina mi succede, per esempio, di rientrare in albergo pertrascrivere le commissioni ricevute, quei signori si sono appenaseduti per la prima colazione.

en	My train leaves at five o'clock."
it	Ma intanto mi devoalzare, il treno parte alle cinque".

en	Besides, he also wants to speak to you personally.
it	Noi non sappiamo cosa dirgli, del resto vuole parlarepersonalmente con te.

en	But then he said to himself, "Before it strikes a quarter past seven, whatever happens I must be completely out of bed.
it	Ma poi si disse: "Prima delle sette e un quarto, devo averlasciato il letto ad ogni costo.

en	Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where at the slightest lapse someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion?
it	Maperché Gregorio era condannato a lavorare in una ditta dove laminima mancanza faceva nascere i più gravi sospetti?

en	Scarcely had this happened, when he felt for the first time that morning a general physical well being.
it	Immediatamente, e fu la prima volta, nella mattinata, provò unaspecie di benessere fisico.

en	But when he finally was successful in getting his head in front of the door opening, it became clear that his body was too wide to go through any further.
it	In ogni modo,quando fu arrivato di fronte alla porta aperta, si accorse che ilsuo corpo era troppo grosso per passare.

en	Because he wasn't getting up and wasn't letting the manager in; because he was in danger of losing his position, and because then his boss would badger his parents once again with the old demands?
it	Perché lui non si alzava e non faceva entrare il procuratore,perché rischiava di perdere il posto, perché in questo caso ilprincipale avrebbe ripreso a perseguitare i genitori con i vecchicrediti?

en	His room, a proper room for a human being, only somewhat too small, lay quietly between the four well-known walls.
it	La sua camera, unavera camera per esseri umani, anche se un po' piccola, stava benferma e tranquilla tra le sue quattro note pareti.

en	Samsa."
it	"Signor Samsa!"

en	First he wanted to stand up quietly and undisturbed, get dressed, above all have breakfast, and only then consider further action, for (he noticed this clearly) by thinking things over in bed he would not reach a reasonable conclusion.
it	Voleva alzarsi tranquillo e indisturbato, vestirsi, soprattuttofare colazione, e poi pensare al resto, perché si rendeva contoche, se fosse rimasto a meditare a letto, non sarebbe mai arrivatoa una conclusione ragionevole.

en	You are barricading yourself in your room, answer with only a yes and a no, are making serious and unnecessary troubles for your parents, and neglecting (I mention this only incidentally) your commercial duties in a truly unheard of manner.
it	Si barrica nella sua stanza, risponde soltanto condei sì e dei no, procura ai suoi genitori grosse, inutilipreoccupazioni e trascura, sia detto di sfuggita, i suoi doveriprofessionali in maniera veramente inaudita.

en	No matter how hard he threw himself onto his right side, he always rolled again onto his back.
it	Per quanta forza impiegasse nel cercare di buttarsisulla destra, ricadeva sempre sul dorso.

en	I thought I knew you as a calm, reasonable person, and now you appear suddenly to want to start parading around in weird moods.
it	Credevo diconoscerla come un uomo tranquillo, ragionevole, e ora sembraimprovvisamente che lei abbia intenzione di mettersi a fare lostravagante.

en	One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.
it	Gregorio Samsa, svegliandosi un mattino da sogni agitati, si trovòtrasformato, nel suo letto, in un enorme insetto immondo.

en	At the moment he was lying right there on the carpet, and no one who knew about his condition would've seriously demanded that he let the manager in.
it	Giaceva sul tappeto e nessuno, nel vederlo in quellacondizione, avrebbe potuto pretendere sul serio che facesseentrare il procuratore.

en	Thus, he tried to get his upper body out of the bed first and turned his head carefully toward the edge of the bed.
it	Cercò allora di portare fuori prima il tronco, e giròprudentemente la testa verso l'orlo del letto.

en	He will be good enough to forgive the mess in your room."
it	Apri la porta, avrà certo la bontà discusare il disordine della camera".

en	The breakfast dishes were standing piled around on the table, because for his father breakfast was the most important meal time in the day, which he prolonged for hours by reading various newspapers.
it	Piatti, vasetti,tazzine e altre cose coprivano ancora il tavolo; per il padre, laprima colazione era il pasto più importante della giornata e luilo faceva durare ore, leggendo diversi giornali.

en	Manager!
it	Signorprocuratore!

en	Have you heard Gregor speak yet?"
it	Hai sentito come parla?".

en	The young man has nothing in his head except business.
it	Quel ragazzo pensa solo alla ditta.

en	He managed to do this easily, and in spite of its width and weight his body mass at last slowly followed the turning of his head.
it	Questa manovrariuscì e la massa del corpo, nonostante la mole e il peso,accompagnò lentamente il movimento della testa.

en	"They aren't opening," Gregor said to himself, caught up in some absurd hope.
it	"Non aprono", si disse Gregorio, in preda a unasperanza irragionevole.

en	If only there hadn't been his father's unbearable hissing!
it	Se soltanto avesse smesso con quel sibilo intollerabile!

en	He must have tried it a hundred times, closing his eyes, so that he would not have to see the wriggling legs, and gave up only when he began to feel a light, dull pain in his side which he had never felt before.
it	Provò cento volte, chiusegli occhi per non vedere le sue zampine annaspanti e smise soloquando cominciò a sentire sul fianco un dolore leggero, sordo, maiprovato prima.

en	He felt himself included once again in the circle of humanity and was expecting from both the doctor and the locksmith, without differentiating between them with any real precision, splendid and surprising results.
it	Si sentiva di nuovo compreso nella cerchia umana;dall'intervento del medico e del fabbro insieme, senza troppodistinguere, sperava imprevisti, meravigliosi risultati.

en	Above the table, on which an unpacked collection of sample cloth goods was spread out (Samsa was a traveling salesman) hung the picture which he had cut out of an illustrated magazine a little while ago and set in a pretty gilt frame.
it	Sopra iltavolo, su cui era sparso un campionario di tessuti -Samsa eracommesso viaggiatore -era appesa un'immagine ritagliata, nonmolto tempo prima, da una rivista illustrata e collocata in unagraziosa cornice dorata.

en	I'm in a fix, but I'll work myself out of it again.
it	Sono nei guai ma me la caverò.

en	Apart from a really excessive drowsiness after the long sleep, Gregor in fact felt quite well and even had a really strong appetite.
it	Non fosse stato per unacerta sonnolenza, inspiegabile dopo un riposo così lungo, Gregoriosi sentiva proprio bene, provava perfino un ottimo appetito.

en	He remembered that he had already often felt a light pain or other in bed, perhaps the result of an awkward lying position, which later turned out to be purely imaginary when he stood up, and he was eager to see how his present fantasies would gradually dissipate.
it	Si ricordò che altre volte avevasentito, a letto, un leggero dolore, forse provocato da unaposizione scomoda, che poi, appena alzato, si era rivelato fruttod'immaginazione; e ora era curioso di vedere come le fantasiedella mattinata si sarebbero a poco a poco dileguate.

en	A person can be incapable of work momentarily, but that is precisely the best time to remember the earlier achievements and to consider that later, after the obstacles have been shoved aside, the person will work all the more keenly and intensely.
it	Una persona, a un certo punto, può essere incapace dilavorare, ma proprio allora gli altri dovrebbero ricordarsi dicome ha sempre lavorato; pensare che in seguito, eliminati gliostacoli, lavorerà con impegno e attenzione ancora maggiori.

en	The two young women were already running through the hall with swishing skirts (how had his sister dressed herself so quickly?)
it	In un gran fruscio di gonne le due ragazze corsero attraversol'anticamera -come aveva fatto, la sorella, a vestirsi tanto infretta?

en	Once I've got together the money to pay off the parents' debt to him--that should take another five or six years--I'll do it for sure.
it	Ma non è detta l'ultima parola: appena avròmesso da parte tanto denaro da pagargli il debito dei mieigenitori, forse occorrono ancora cinque o sei anni, -lo faròsenz'altro.

en	Between the alley and the stair well a strong draught came up, the curtains on the window flew around, the newspapers on the table swished, and individual sheets fluttered down over the floor.
it	Tra la sala e il pianerottolo delle scale ci fu unaforte corrente d'aria, le tende delle finestre volarono in alto, igiornali sul tavolo frusciarono e alcuni fogli volarono sulpavimento.

en	At that his mother screamed all over again, hurried from the table, and collapsed into the arms of his father, who was rushing towards her.
it	La mamma gettò un altro grido, lasciò di corsa il tavolo e caddetra le braccia del padre, che le era corso incontro.

en	But this was entirely impractical, for he was used to sleeping on his right side, and in his present state he couldn't get himself into this position.
it	pensò; ma la cosa eraimpossibile, perché abituato a dormire sul fianco destro, e nellostato in cui si trovava, non era in grado di assumere quellaposizione.

en	Right now he's been in the city eight days, but he's been at home every evening.
it	Quasi mi arrabbio, avedere che la sera non esce mai; è in città otto giorni, e èrimasto sempre in casa.

en	As Gregor was in the process of lifting himself half out of bed (the new method was more of a game than an effort; he needed only to rock with a constant rhythm) it struck him how easy all this would be if someone were to come to his aid.
it	Quando Gregorio ebbe una metà del corpo fuori del letto -il nuovosistema era più un gioco che una fatica, bastava dondolarsi conpiccole scosse -pensò quanto tutto sarebbe stato semplice sequalcuno lo avesse aiutato.

en	"Mother, mother," said Gregor quietly, and looked over towards her.
it	"Mamma, mamma", disse piano Gregorio, alzando gli occhi.

en	Gregor was startled when he heard his voice answering.
it	Gregorio si spaventò quando sentì la propriarisposta.

en	Perhaps his parents were sitting with the manager at the table and were whispering; perhaps they were all leaning against the door and listening.
it	Forse i genitorierano seduti accanto al tavolo col procuratore, e parlavano sottovoce, forse stavano con l'orecchio incollato alla porta, inascolto.

en	"That's someone from the office" he told himself, and he almost froze while his small limbs only danced around all the faster.
it	"E'qualcuno della ditta", si disse; e si sentì agghiacciare, mentrele zampine ballavano ancor più velocemente.

en	Of course, it's not the time of year to conduct exceptional business, we recognize that, but a time of year for conducting no business, there is no such thing at all, Mr. Samsa, and such a thing must never be."
it	Lastagione non è favorevole, d'accordo, ai grossi affari; ma nonesiste una stagione in cui non se ne combina nessuno, signorSamsa, non deve esistere".

en	Now, it's true he'd not slept quietly, but evidently he'd slept all the more deeply.
it	Nonaveva avuto un sonno tranquillo, ma forse per questo aveva dormitopiù pesantemente.

en	And even if he caught the train, there was no avoiding a blow up with the boss, because the firm's errand boy would've waited for the five o'clock train and reported the news of his absence long ago.
it	E anche se fosse riuscitoa prendere il treno, un rimprovero del principale era ormaiinevitabile: il fattorino lo aveva aspettato al treno delle cinquee da un pezzo doveva aver riferito sulla sua assenza.

en	The boss would certainly come with the doctor from the health insurance company and would reproach his parents for their lazy son and cut short all objections with the insurance doctor's comments; for him everyone was completely healthy but really lazy about work.
it	Il principale sarebbe venuto con il medico della mutua,avrebbe rimproverato ai genitori la pigrizia del figlio e tagliatocorto a tutte le obiezioni, rimettendosi al medico, per il quale,come si sa, esistono solo individui sanissimi, ma poltroni.

en	He had already got to the point where, with a stronger rocking, he maintained his equilibrium with difficulty, and very soon he would finally have to decide, for in five minutes it would be a quarter past seven.
it	La sua manovra era tanto avanzata che, con una oscillazione piùenergica, avrebbe definitivamente perso l'equilibrio; dovevadunque decidersi, perché entro cinque minuti sarebbe scaduto ilquarto.

en	However, it had to be tried.
it	Ma bisognavacorrere questo rischio.

en	You also know well enough that the traveling salesman who is outside the office almost the entire year can become so easily a victim of gossip, coincidences, and groundless complaints, against which it's impossible for him to defend himself, since for the most part he doesn't hear about them at all and only then when he's exhausted after finishing a trip, and gets to feel in his own body at home the nasty consequences, which can't be thoroughly explored back to their origins.
it	Lei sa che il viaggiatore, standosene lontano pertutto l'anno dalla ditta, è facile vittima di pettegolezzi, dicasi fortuiti, di lagnanze ingiustificate, e che non puòdifendersi perché, in genere, ignora tutto; e quando è di ritorno,stanchissimo, da un giro, sperimenta sulla sua pelle leconseguenze di cause ormai impossibili da ricostruire.

en	Anna!'
it	"Anna, Anna!"

en	Must the manager himself come, and in the process must it be demonstrated to the entire innocent family that the investigation of this suspicious circumstance could only be entrusted to the intelligence of the manager?
it	Non bastava mandare un garzone, se eraindispensabile mandare qualcuno; doveva venire il procuratore inpersona, per mostrare a tutta la famiglia, che era assolutamenteinnocente, che le indagini su un caso tanto sospetto potevanovenire affidate solo alla sua intelligenza?

en	If he let himself fall out of the bed in this way, his head, which in the course of the fall he intended to lift up sharply, would probably remain uninjured.
it	Se si lasciava cadere in questomodo, la testa, che nella caduta avrebbe cercato di teneresollevata, sarebbe rimasta illesa.

en	His back seemed to be hard; nothing would really happen to that as a result of the fall.
it	La schiena sembrava dura: cadendo sul tappeto, non le sarebbe successo niente.

en	Because of that Gregor totally lost his head.
it	AGregorio gli faceva proprio perdere la ragione.

en	That the change in his voice was nothing other than the onset of a real chill, an occupational illness of commercial travelers, of that he had not the slightest doubt.
it	Era convintoche il cambiamento di voce fosse soltanto il preavviso di un forteraffreddore, malattia professionale dei commessi viaggiatori.

en	Besides, by then someone from the office will arrive to inquire about me, because the office will open before seven o'clock."
it	Nel frattempo, sarà di certovenuto qualcuno della ditta a chiedere notizie, perché apronoprima delle sette.

en	But at the very moment when he lay on the floor rocking in a restrained manner quite close and directly across from his mother (apparently totally sunk into herself) she suddenly sprang right up with her arms spread far apart and her fingers extended and cried out, "Help, for God's sake, help!"
it	Mentre tuttofremente per la voglia di muoversi, rimaneva sul pavimento,proprio di fronte a sua madre, questa, che sembrava esanime, saltòd'un tratto in piedi, spalancò le braccia allargando le dita egridò: "Aiuto, per l'amor di Dio, aiuto!".

en	However, after a similar effort, while he lay there again sighing as before and once again saw his small limbs fighting one another, if anything worse than before, and didn't see any chance of imposing quiet and order on this arbitrary movement, he told himself again that he couldn't possibly remain in bed and that it might be the most reasonable thing to sacrifice everything if there was even the slightest hope of getting himself out of bed in the process.
it	Ma quando, dopo altrettanta fatica, si ritrovò ansimante nellaposizione di partenza e vide le zampine agitarsi le une contro lealtre in modo, se possibile, ancora più rabbioso, di fronteall'impossibilità di mettere ordine e calma in quella confusione,si disse ancora una volta che non poteva assolutamente restare aletto e che la cosa più ragionevole era quella di sacrificare ognicosa alla speranza, sia pure minima, di alzarsi.

en	"My dear lady, I cannot explain it to myself in any other way," said the manager; "I hope it is nothing serious.
it	"Neanche io, signora, posso spiegarmi la cosa in altro modo",disse il procuratore.

en	Directly across on the opposite wall hung a photograph of Gregor from the time of his military service; it was a picture of him as a lieutenant, as he, smiling and worry free, with his hand on his sword, demanded respect for his bearing and uniform.
it	Sulla parete difronte era appesa una fotografia di Gregorio, quando era militare: in uniforme di tenente, la mano sulla sciabola, sorrideva felice eincuteva, insieme, rispetto.

en	Over the long years, they had developed the conviction that Gregor was set up for life in his firm and, in addition, they had so much to do nowadays with their present troubles that all foresight was foreign to them.
it	Con il passare del tempo, si eranoconvinti che Gregorio era sistemato per tutta la vita; in quelmomento, poi, il loro smarrimento era così grande, che non eranocerto in grado di prevedere nulla.

en	As he was thinking all this over in the greatest haste, without being able to make the decision to get out of bed (the alarm clock was indicating exactly quarter to seven) there was a cautious knock on the door by the head of the bed.
it	Mentre pensava rapidamente a tutto questo, senza potersi deciderea lasciare il letto, la sveglia suonò le sei e tre quarti.

en	Gregor had no intention of opening the door, but congratulated himself on his precaution, acquired from traveling, of locking all doors during the night, even at home.
it	Ma Gregorio non ci pensò nemmeno, ad aprire, e si rallegrò anzidell'abitudine, presa durante i suoi viaggi, di chiudersi, lanotte, in camera, anche a casa.

en	He was still preoccupied with this difficult movement and had no time to pay attention to anything else, when he heard the manager exclaim a loud "Oh!"
it	Stava appunto compiendo, con grandecautela, questa manovra, quando sentì il procuratore emettere un"Oh!"

en	Please have the goodness to say that and to convey my respects to the Chief."
it	Non si trattenga,signor procuratore, io stesso sarò subito in ditta, abbia la bontàdi dirlo al principale, presentandogli i miei omaggi!"

en	Finally Gregor had no other option, for he noticed with horror that he did not understand yet how to maintain his direction going backwards.
it	Ma presto nongli restò altro da fare: con spavento si accorse che,indietreggiando, non sapeva mantenere la direzione.

en	Day in, day out on the road.
it	Tuttii santi giorni in viaggio.

en	The stresses of trade are much greater than the work going on at head office, and, in addition to that, I have to deal with the problems of traveling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, temporary and constantly changing human relationships which never come from the heart.
it	Le preoccupazioni sono maggiori diquando lavoravamo in proprio, in più c'è il tormento delviaggiare: l'affanno delle coincidenze, i pasti irregolari,cattivi, i rapporti con gli uomini sempre mutevoli, instabili, chenon arrivano mai a diventare duraturi, cordiali.

en	Then he made an effort to turn the key in the lock with his mouth.
it	Poi simise a girare, con la bocca, la chiave nella toppa.

en	How suddenly this can overcome someone!
it	Chi siaspettava una cosa simile, così all'improvviso?

en	The manager momentarily had disappeared completely from his mind; by contrast, at the sight of the flowing coffee he couldn't stop himself snapping his jaws in the air a few times .
it	Avevadimenticato il procuratore; ma, alla vista del caffè che scorreva,non poté impedirsi di far scattare più volte le mascelle a vuoto.

en	However, as if to give a rough answer to this question, the manager now took a few determined steps in the next room, with a squeak of his polished boots.
it	Ma quasi perribattere duramente a questa ipotesi, nella stanza vicina ilprocuratore fece alcuni passi risoluti, facendo scricchiolare lescarpe di vernice.

en	Manager, you have a better perspective on the interconnections than the other people, even, I tell you in total confidence, a better perspective than Mr. Chairman himself, who in his capacity as the employer may let his judgment make casual mistakes at the expense of an employee.
it	Malei, signor procuratore, lei sa meglio degli altri come stanno lecose; in confidenza, anzi, lo sa anche meglio del principale, che,considerata la sua posizione, può essere portato a giudicare maleun impiegato.

en	People don't like traveling salesmen.
it	Il viaggiatore non è amato, lo so.

en	And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers.
it	Diede un'occhiata alla sveglia, che ticchettava sul cassettone.

en	Breathing heavily he said to himself, "So I didn't need the locksmith," and he set his head against the door handle to open the door completely.
it	Conun respiro di sollievo, si disse: "Non ho avuto bisogno delfabbro", e posò la testa sulla maniglia, per tirare a sé l'uscio.

en	His mother (in spite of the presence of the manager she was standing here with her hair sticking up on end, still a mess from the night) with her hands clasped was looking at his father; she then went two steps towards Gregor and collapsed right in the middle of her skirts spreading out all around her, her face sunk on her breast, completely concealed.
it	La madre, ancora coi capellisciolti e arruffati, nonostante la presenza del procuratore,guardò a mani giunte il padre, fece due passi verso Gregorio, poisi afflosciò a terra in mezzo alle sottane che le si allargavanointorno, sprofondando il viso nel seno.

en	In the neighbouring room on the right the sister began to sob.
it	Nella stanza di sinistra subentrò un silenzio penoso, in quella didestra la sorella cominciò a singhiozzare.

en	Just yesterday evening everything was fine with me. My parents certainly know that.
it	Ieri sera stavobenissimo, i miei genitori lo sanno, o, per essere precisi,proprio ieri sera sentii qualcosina.

en	Gregor tried to imagine to himself whether anything similar to what was happening to him today could have also happened at some point to the manager.
it	Gregorio si chiese se un giorno non sarebbepotuto capitare anche al procuratore, quello che stava accadendo alui; in sé, la cosa poteva essere anche possibile.

en	Unfortunately it seemed that he had no real teeth.
it	Visto,purtroppo, che non aveva denti, come avrebbe potuto stringere lachiave?

en	He was already almost totally turned around, when, always with this hissing in his ear, he just made a mistake and turned himself back a little.
it	Si era quasicompletamente girato quando, frastornato da quel rumore, siconfuse, e ricominciò a girare in senso opposto.

en	His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors.
it	Soprattuttotemeva il rumore che avrebbe prodotto, l'apprensione, se non lospavento, che avrebbe destato dietro le porte.

en	It was clearly and unmistakably his earlier voice, but in it was intermingled, as if from below, an irrepressibly painful squeaking which left the words positively distinct only in the first moment and distorted them in the reverberation, so that one didn't know if one had heard correctly.
it	La voce, senza dubbio, era la sua di prima: ma ad essasi mischiava un pigolio lamentoso, incontenibile, che lasciavacapire le parole solo in un primo momento, ma subito ne alterava isuoni a un punto tale, da far dubitare di aver inteso bene.

en	"Gregor!"
it	"Gregorio!"

en	But at least people now thought that things were not all right with him and were prepared to help him.
it	Ma allora gli altri dovevano avere capito che qualcosanon andava, e lo avrebbero aiutato.

en	And more as a consequence of the excited state in which this idea put Gregor than as a result of an actual decision, he swung himself with all his might out of the bed.
it	Più per l'agitazionein cui questi pensieri lo avevano messo che di proposito, Gregoriosi slanciò, con tutte le sue forze, fuori dal letto.

en	Was there then among them no truly devoted person who, if he failed to use just a couple of hours in the morning for office work, would become abnormal from pangs of conscience and really be in no state to get out of bed?
it	Non poteva esserci tra loro unapersona fidata, devota, che, per avere sottratto qualche ora alladitta, impazziva dal rimorso, fino a non essere più in grado dialzarsi dal letto?

en	Things are not going so well as I thought.
it	Non sto ancora come speravo, ma va già meglio.

en	However, the sister whispered, "Gregor, open the door, I beg you."
it	Il padre tornò alla sua colazione,ma la sorella sussurrò: "Gregorio, apri, ti scongiuro!".

en	But at Gregor's first words the manager had already turned away, and now he looked back at Gregor over his twitching shoulders with pursed lips.
it	Ma già alle prime parole il procuratore si era girato, econsiderava Gregorio, scuotendo le spalle, con la faccia scura.

en	But as he finally raised his head outside the bed in the open air, he became anxious about moving forward any further in this manner, for if he allowed himself eventually to fall by this process, it would take a miracle to prevent his head from getting injured.
it	Quando però lasporse fuori dal letto, ebbe paura a spingersi ancora avanti: sefosse caduto così, infatti, si sarebbe fracassato la testa, a menodi un miracolo.

en	and yanked open the doors of the apartment.
it	-e spalancarono la porta d'ingresso.

en	How weird it is to sit up at the desk and talk down to the employee from way up there.
it	Che strano modo,poi, di sedere sullo scrittoio e parlare da lì agli impiegati,specie se si considera che, sordo com'è, quelli devono andargliproprio sotto il naso.

en	The Chief indicated to me earlier this very day a possible explanation for your neglect--it concerned the collection of cash entrusted to you a short while ago--but in truth I almost gave him my word of honour that this explanation could not be correct.
it	Il principale, stamattina, ha accennato a unaspiegazione per la sua assenza, a un certo incasso consegnatolepoco tempo fa, ma io ho dato la mia parola d'onore che tra i duefatti non c'era nessun rapporto.

en	He first had to turn himself slowly around the edge of the door, very carefully, of course, if he did not want to fall awkwardly on his back right at the entrance into the room.
it	Doveva girare adagio, facendo molta attenzione, intornoall'imposta aperta, se proprio sulla soglia non voleva caderemalamente sulla schiena.

en	But to make up for that his jaws were naturally very strong; with their help he managed to get the key really moving, and he did not notice that he was obviously inflicting some damage on himself, for a brown fluid came out of his mouth, flowed over the key, and dripped onto the floor.
it	Gli venne in mente che disponeva di robustissime mascelle: con il loro aiuto, riuscì a girare la chiave, senza accorgersi diessersi, in qualche modo, ferito, se non quando dalla bocca unliquido scuro cominciò a colare sulla chiave, gocciolando poi sulpavimento.

en	But Gregor wouldn't be casually dismissed right way because of this small discourtesy, for which he would find an easy and suitable excuse later on.
it	Non potevano licenziarlo in tronco per unapiccola scortesia, che si sarebbe potuta facilmente giustificarein seguito.

en	It was half past six, and the hands were going quietly on.
it	Erano le sei e mezzo, e le lancetteproseguivano tranquillamente il loro cammino, anzi la mezza eragià passata, erano ormai i tre quarti.

en	If Gregor only had been allowed to turn himself around, he would have been in his room right away, but he was afraid to make his father impatient by the time-consuming process of turning around, and each moment he faced the threat of a mortal blow on his back or his head from the cane in his father's hand.
it	Se si fossepotuto girare, avrebbe raggiunto subito la camera, ma, perdendotempo con quella manovra, temeva di spazientire il padre, mentre,d'altra parte, aveva paura per un colpo di bastone, che sarebbestato fatale per la sua schiena o per la sua testa.

en	He turned his head, irritated and in pain, and rubbed it on the carpet.
it	Pieno di stizza e di dolore, la girò e la strofinòsul tappeto.

en	She sat erect there, lifting up in the direction of the viewer a solid fur muff into which her entire forearm disappeared.
it	Raffigurava una donna che, in boa eberretto di pelle, sedeva ben dritta con il busto, alzando versol'osservatore un pesante manicotto di pelliccia in cui scomparivatutto l'avambraccio.

en	Gregor realized that he must not under any circumstances allow the manager to go away in this frame of mind, especially if his position in the firm was not to be placed in the greatest danger.
it	Gregorio comprese che non poteva lasciarlo andare in quel modo, segli stava a cuore il posto nella ditta.

en	If he wanted to bend one of them, then it was the first to extend itself, and if he finally succeeded doing with this limb what he wanted, in the meantime all the others, as if left free, moved around in an excessively painful agitation.
it	Se provava a piegarne una, gli capitava, al contrario,di allungarla; quando riusciva infine a fare con essa ciò chevoleva, le altre, quasi fossero senza controllo, si muovevano conun'altissima e dolorosa intensità.

en	And your position is not at all the most secure.
it	Immagino saprà che la sua posizione non è moltosolida.

en	And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to re-emerge out of the complete stillness.
it	Per un po' rimase immobile, respirando appena, comese aspettasse dall'immobilità assoluta il ritorno alla vitanormale.

en	A man must have his sleep.
it	L'uomo deve avere il suosonno.

en	In order to get as clear a voice as possible for the critical conversation which was imminent, he coughed a little, and certainly took the trouble to do this in a really subdued way, since it was possible that even this noise sounded like something different from a human cough.
it	Per avere una voce quanto più chiara possibile nelle prossime,decisive conversazioni, tossicchiò, raschiandosi la gola, ma condiscrezione, perché era probabile -da solo non si sentiva didirlo con certezza -che essa non suonasse come una tosse umana.

en	Your productivity has also been very unsatisfactory recently.
it	Il suolavoro, in questi ultimi tempi, ha lasciato molto a desiderare.

en	Don't make things more difficult for me than they already are.
it	Lei,per favore, non mi renda la cosa più difficile di quanto è. Inditta, mi difenda!

en	But of course then, as usual, the servant girl with her firm tread went to the door and opened it. Gregor needed to hear only the visitor's first word of greeting to recognize immediately who it was, the manager himself.
it	AGregorio bastò sentire la prima parola di saluto del visitatore,per capire di chi si trattava: il procuratore in persona.

en	Because of the wooden door the change in Gregor's voice was not really noticeable outside, so his mother calmed down with this explanation and shuffled off.
it	Attraverso la porta, la voce non dovésembrare diversa dal solito, perché la mamma fu tranquillizzatadalla spiegazione e si allontanò ciabattando.

en	While Gregor was quickly blurting all this out, hardly aware of what he was saying, he had moved close to the chest of drawers without effort, probably as a result of the practice he had already had in bed, and now he was trying to raise himself up on it. Actually, he wanted to open the door; he really wanted to let himself be seen by and to speak with the manager.
it	Mentre buttava fuori a precipizio tutte queste parole, senzasapere quello che diceva, Gregorio si era avvicinato agevolmenteal cassettone, grazie alla pratica fatta sul letto, e cercava didrizzarsi appoggiandosi al mobile.

en	To hell with it all!"
it	"Per l'amor di Dio!"

en	The rain was still coming down, but only in large individual drops visibly and firmly thrown down one by one onto the ground.
it	La pioggianon aveva smesso di cadere, c'erano ancora grosse gocce bendistinte che finivano a terra una per una.

en	"Gregor," a voice called (it was his mother!)
it	chiamava una voce, quella della mamma.

en	His father clenched his fist with a hostile expression, as if he wished to push Gregor back into his room, then looked uncertainly around the living room, covered his eyes with his hands, and cried so that his mighty breast shook.
it	Il padre strinse i pugnicon aria minacciosa, quasi volesse ricacciare Gregorio nella suastanza, poi si guardò intorno smarrito, si mise le mani davantiagli occhi, e scoppiò in singhiozzi.

en	Perhaps his father noticed his good intentions, for he did not disrupt Gregor in this motion, but with the tip of the cane from a distance he even directed here and there Gregor's rotating movement.
it	Forse il padre capì la sua buona volontà perchéinvece di disturbarlo, si mise a dirigere, da lontano, ilmovimento, aiutandolo anzi, ogni tanto, con la punta del bastone.

en	She had already cried while Gregor was still lying quietly on his back.
it	Se almeno ci fosse stata la sorella: leicapiva, aveva già pianto quando ancora Gregorio se ne stava nellasua stanza, tranquillamente coricato sulla schiena.

en	The door to the hall was ajar, and since the door to the apartment was also open, one saw out into the landing of the apartment and the start of the staircase going down.
it	Attraverso la porta dell'anticamera equella dell'ingresso, si vedeva il pianerottolo e un primo pezzodi scale.

en	I'm still lying in bed right now.
it	Sonoancora a letto, ma sarò subito a posto.

en	If they were startled, then Gregor had no more responsibility and could be calm.
it	Se si fossero spaventati, allora poteva staretranquillo, era libero da ogni responsabilità.

en	But things are all right.
it	"Non sta bene!"

en	Then his father gave him one really strong liberating push from behind, and he scurried, bleeding severely, far into the interior of his room.
it	In quel momento il padre glidiede il colpo di grazia di grazia e lui, con un gran volo,perdendo sangue abbondantemente, finì nella sua camera.

en	And so he began, amid constantly anxious sideways glances in his father's direction, to turn himself around as quickly as possible (although in truth this was only very slowly).
it	Continuando alanciare al babbo occhiate piene di angoscia, cominciò a eseguirela conversione con la maggiore rapidità possibile, e cioè conestrema lentezza.

en	Without thinking that as yet he didn't know anything about his present ability to move and without thinking that his speech possibly (indeed probably) had once again not been understood, he left the wing of the door, pushed himself through the opening, and wanted to go over to the manager, who was already holding tight onto the handrail with both hands on the landing in a ridiculous way.
it	Senza pensare a come avrebbe potuto spostarsi,nelle condizioni in cui era, né se il suo discorso era statocompreso -probabilmente no -abbandonò il suo sostegno e siaffacciò oltre la soglia per raggiungere il procuratore, mentrequello si aggrappava in modo grottesco alla balaustra delle scale;ma perse l'equilibrio e, con un debole grido, cadde sulle zampine.

en	At such moments, he directed his gaze as precisely as he could toward the window, but unfortunately there was little confident cheer to be had from a glance at the morning mist, which concealed even the other side of the narrow street.
it	In quei momenti, di solito, glicapitava di fissare la finestra, ma questa volta la foschiamattutina, che nascondeva perfino le case all'altro lato dellastretta strada, poté ben poco sul suo umore.

en	In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea.
it	A questopensiero, nonostante le difficoltà, non poté trattenere unsorriso.

en	"For God's sake," cried the mother already in tears, "perhaps he's very ill and we're upsetting him.
it	"Forse stamalissimo, e noi lo tormentiamo.

en	Meanwhile in the next room it had become really quiet.
it	Nella stanza accanto, non si sentiva più niente.

en	And he made an effort then to rock his entire body length out of the bed with a uniform motion.
it	Si accinse a buttarsi fuori del letto di uncolpo solo, con tutto il corpo.

en	Now he let himself fall against the back of a nearby chair, on the edge of which he braced himself with his thin limbs.
it	Si lasciò andare contro la spalliera di unasedia vicina e ad essa si aggrappò con le sue zampine.

en	Now it was really no longer a joke, and Gregor forced himself, come what might, into the door.
it	Ora c'era poco da scherzare; e Gregorio rischiò il tuttoper tutto.

en	The manager must be held back, calmed down, convinced, and finally won over.
it	Dovevano fermare il procuratore, calmarlo,convincerlo, infine conquistarlo: ne andava del futuro di Gregorioe della sua famiglia!

en	Perhaps you have not read the latest orders which I shipped.
it	Tutti irimproveri che lei mi ha fatto sono infondati: nessuno ne ha maifatto parola con me. Forse non ha letto le ultime ordinazioni cheho spedito.

en	But Gregor had no time right now for his parents: the manager was already on the staircase.
it	Ma Gregorionon aveva più tempo per i genitori: il procuratore era sulla scalae, con il mento sulla ringhiera, guardava per l'ultima voltaall'indietro.

en	Manager come in to see you now" asked his father impatiently and knocked once again on the door.
it	chiese il padreimpaziente, picchiando ancora alla porta.

en	He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections.
it	Giacevasulla schiena, dura come una corazza e, sollevando un po' latesta, vide un addome arcuato, scuro, attraversato da numerosenervature.

en	But the manager must have suspected something, because he made a leap down over a few stairs and disappeared, still shouting "Huh!"
it	Gregorio prese la rincorsa, per cercare diraggiungerlo, ma il procuratore dovette intuire qualche cosa,perché con un salto superò diversi gradini e scomparve con un"Uh!"

en	He slowly pushed himself on his back closer to the bed post so that he could lift his head more easily, found the itchy part, which was entirely covered with small white spots (he did not know what to make of them), and wanted to feel the place with a leg.
it	Sentì un lieve prurito sul ventre; restando supino sitirò adagio verso il capezzale, per poter alzare meglio la testa,e trovò il punto che prudeva coperto da macchioline bianche che lolasciarono perplesso; provò a sfiorare il punto con una zampa, mala ritirò subito, perché il contatto gli provocò un brivido.

en	Manager," called Gregor, beside himself and in his agitation forgetting everything else, "I'm opening the door immediately, this very moment.
it	gridò Gregorio fuori di sé, dimenticando,per l'agitazione, tutto il resto.

en	Standing out clearly from the other side of the street was a part of the endless gray-black house situated opposite (it was a hospital) with its severe regular windows breaking up the facade.
it	Intanto, si era fatto molto piùchiaro; dalla finestra si vedeva benissimo un pezzo del lungofabbricato di fronte, un ospedale di colore grigioferro, con lesue finestre tutte uguali ritagliate sulla facciata.

en	"Gregor," his father now said from the neighbouring room on the left, "Mr.
it	"Gregorio", disse il padre dalla stanza di sinistra, "il signorprocuratore è venuto a sentire perché non sei partito con il trenodell'alba.

en	He needed only to push himself up a little, and it fell by itself.
it	Buttare via la coperta fu una cosa da nulla: gli bastò gonfiarsiun poco e quella cadde da sola.

en	It's quite a diversion for him if he busies himself with fretwork.
it	Per distrarsi, glibastano i suoi lavori di intaglio.

en	"He is not well," said his mother to the manager, while his father was still talking at the door, "He is not well, believe me, Mr.
it	diceva la madre al procuratore, mentre il padrecontinuava a parlare accanto alla porta.

en	Then there was a ring at the door of the apartment.
it	In quel momento suonò il campanello d'ingresso.

en	When, having become almost frantic, he finally hurled himself forward with all his force and without thinking, he chose his direction incorrectly, and he hit the lower bedpost hard.
it	Esasperato per la lentezza dell'operazione, raccolse tutte le sueforze e si slanciò in avanti, ma, avendo calcolato male ladistanza, picchiò contro il fondo del letto.

en	The sound echoed throughout the entire stairwell.
it	che risuonò per le scale.

en	At the same moment, however, he didn't forget to remind himself from time to time of the fact that calm (indeed the calmest) reflection might be better than the most confused decisions.
it	Nello stessotempo, si disse che una calma, tranquilla riflessione era megliodi una decisione disperata.

en	The sample collection wasn't packed up yet, and he really didn't feel particularly fresh and active.
it	Il treno successivo partivaalle sette; per riuscire a prenderlo, avrebbe dovuto correre comeun matto, e il campionario non era ancora pronto, mentre lui, poi,non si sentiva troppo fresco e in forze.

en	I would've gone to the boss and told him just what I think from the bottom of my heart.
it	Non fosse per i genitori, mi sarei licenziato da un pezzo, sareiandato dal principale e gli avrei detto quello che penso, dalla aalla zeta!