The Metamorphosis / Forvandlingen

The light of the electric tram lay pale here and there on the ceiling and on the higher parts of the furniture

Lyset fra den elektriske sporvogn lå blegt hist og her på loftet og på de højere dele af møblerne

but down at Gregor's level it was dark

men nede på Gregors niveau var det mørkt

He slowly pushed himself towards the door to see what had happened there

Han pressede sig langsomt hen mod døren for at se, hvad der var sket der

he was still clumsy with his feelers, which he only now learned to appreciate

han var stadig klodset med sine følehorn, som han først nu lærte at sætte pris på

His left side seemed to have one long, unpleasantly tight scar

Hans venstre side så ud til at have et langt, ubehageligt stramt ar

and he had to literally limp on his two rows of legs

og han måtte bogstaveligt talt halte på sine to rækker ben

Incidentally, one of the legs had been seriously injured during the morning's incidents

Det ene ben var i øvrigt kommet alvorligt til skade under formiddagens hændelser

it was almost a miracle that only one of his legs was injured

det var nærmest et mirakel, at kun hans ene ben blev såret

and he dragged his leg lifelessly

og han slæbte sit ben livløst

Only when he reached the door did he realize what had actually lured him there

Først da han nåede døren indså han, hvad der egentlig havde lokket ham derhen

it was the smell of something edible that had lured him there

det var lugten af noget spiseligt, der havde lokket ham derhen