如今的他，每日都担心着天空的崩塌和大地的坍圮，乃至茶饭不思，惶惶不可终日。

At present, he was wracked by anxiety, to the point of losing his appetite, over the notion that the heavens would fall and the earth would collapse.

I am waiting for Helen on her fiftieth birthday. On the table, there’s a crystal drinking glass and a vase with rare orchids; I can’t tell if the flowers are genuine or not. Faint piano notes and a cold scent drift in the air.

我在等待海伦，为她庆祝五十岁生日。面前是一杯水，一瓶花。杯子是水晶杯，花是垂着头的兰花，不知道是真是假。

Aqui jaz a rainha, gigante e imóvel, cada um de seus seis braços caídos e abertos, curvados, tomados de leves espasmos, como se esquecesse de que não estava mais viva.

Here lies the queen, giant and still, each of her six arms sprawled, open, curved, twitching like she forgot she no longer breathed.

For as far as his memory could take him back in time, these small animals were always a permanent presence in that house and therefore in his life.

Per quanto riusciva a risalire all’indietro nel tempo con la memoria, la presenza di quegli animaletti era da sempre una costante, in quella casa, e quindi nella sua vita.

Even before the Time Era, longevity was a problem. Unevenly distributed as it was, it provided a rather accurate reflection of social, racial and economic inequalities.

Avant même l’ère du temps, la question de la longévité était un problème. Mal distribuée, elle reflétait assez justement les inégalités sociales, raciales et économiques dans le monde.