| Chapter 1 | Poglavlje 1 |
| In the year 1775, there stood upon the borders of Epping Forest, at a distance of about twelve miles from London—measuring from the Standard in Cornhill,’ or rather from the spot on or near to which the Standard used to be in days of yore—a house of public entertainment called the Maypole; which fact was demonstrated to all such travellers as could neither read nor write (and at that time a vast number both of travellers and stay-at-homes were in this condition) by the emblem reared on the roadside over against the house, which, if not of those goodly proportions that Maypoles were wont to present in olden times, was a fair young ash, thirty feet in height, and straight as any arrow that ever English yeoman drew. | U godini 1775, tamo je stajao na granicama Epping Forest, na udaljenosti od oko dvanaest milja od Londona mjerenje iz Standarda u Cornhill, 'odnosno od točke na ili u blizini koji standard koristi se u danima davno-kuća javnu zabavu pod nazivom motka oko koje se igra na dan Prvog maja, što je činjenica koja je pokazala da sve takve putnike, kao ni mogli pročitati ni pisati (i na to vrijeme velik broj oba putnika i ostati-at-kuće su u ovom stanju) po grbu uzgajane na cesti preko protiv kuće, koja je, ako ne i od onih dragocjenostima razmjere da Maypoles su običaj prisutan u prošlim vremenima, bio pošten mladi jasen, trideset metara u visinu, i ravno kao bilo strelicu koja je ikad Engleski maloposjednik nacrtao. |
| The Maypole—by which term from henceforth is meant the house, and not its sign—the Maypole was an old building, with more gable ends than a lazy man would care to count on a sunny day; huge zig-zag chimneys, out of which it seemed as though even smoke could not choose but come in more than naturally fantastic shapes, imparted to it in its tortuous progress; and vast stables, gloomy, ruinous, and empty. ..... | Motka oko koje se igra na dan Prvog maja-a koji je rok odsada je značilo kuću, a ne njegova prijava motka oko koje se igra na dan Prvog maja je stara zgrada, sa više Zabat završava nego lijen čovjek bi stalo računati na sunčan dan, veliki cik-cak dimnjake, od što se činilo kao da ni dim nije mogao birati, ali dolaze u više od prirodno fantastičnih oblika, dala za njega u svojoj krivudav tijeku, a ogromne staje, tmurno, ruševnih i prazna. ..... |
In the year 1775, there stood upon the borders of Epping Forest, at a distance of about twelve miles from London—measuring from the Standard in Cornhill,’ or rather from the spot on or near to which the Standard used to be in days of yore—a house of public entertainment called the Maypole; which fact was demonstrated to all such travellers as could neither read nor write (and at that time a vast number both of travellers and stay-at-homes were in this condition) by the emblem reared on the roadside over against the house, which, if not of those goodly proportions that Maypoles were wont to present in olden times, was a fair young ash, thirty feet in height, and straight as any arrow that ever English yeoman drew.
stood = part. od "stand" = stajati
upon = na (prijedlog)
border = granica; rub
at distance = na udaljenosti
about = oko; distance of about 12 miles = udaljenost od nekih 12 milja
wont = uobičavati
ash = jasen (bot.)
Godine 1775., stajala je na granici Epping Foresta, na udaljenosti od nekih dvanaest milja od Londona - mjereno od Standarda u Cornhillu, ili bolje rečeno, od ili blizu točke na kojoj se Standard nekoć nalazio - kuća za javnu zabavu zvana Maypole ("majsko drvo", op. prev.); tu je činjenicu svima onim putnicima koji nisu znali ni čitati ni pisati (a u to doba je bio velik broj putnika i onih koji su ostajali kod kuće bio u toj kategoriji) pokazivao stup koji se je uzdizao na uličnoj strani preko puta kuće, koji je, mada nije bio onih proporcija kakvih su majska drva bila u stara vremena, ipak bio solidan mladi jasen, visine trideset stopa, i ravan kao najbolja strijela koju je ikad izrezao engleski sobodni seljak.
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