Translation examples
His eyes, preternaturally pale in his smoke-blackened face, were shards of light.
Seine Augen wirkten heller denn je in dem rauchgeschwärzten Gesicht, wie Lichtscherben.
THE INTERIOR of the shanty Tristão’s mother occupied was here and there pierced by bright shards of light leaked between sheets of zinc overhead and the pieces of painted wood and printed cardboard that composed the walls.
Das Innere der Hütte, in der Tristãos Mutter lebte, war von grellen Lichtscherben gefleckt, die zwischen dem Zinkblech über den Köpfen und den Stücken von buntbemaltem Holz und bedrucktem Karton hereindrangen, aus denen die Seitenwände bestanden.
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