This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labor camp.(9)” This shows how the totalitarian government tried to obtain complete control over the lives of people.
Гэта не было незаконна (нічога не было незаконна, бо ніякіх законаў ужо не існавала), але калі б пра гэта нехта даведаўся, Ўінстана, без сумнення, чакала б смерць або, прынамсі, дваццаць пяць гадоў лагера прымусовай працы.