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La normativa ginebrina sobre el aparcamiento era una mezcla de bizantinismo y de rigor.
Geneva’s parking rules were both byzantine and strict, but the vehicle was clearly improperly parked.
—Y aun si suponemos un motivo que desconocemos, ¿por qué habría de caer en semejante bizantinismo o inventar una historia tan disparatada?
“Even granting some motive we don’t suspect, why would he go to such Byzantine lengths, or invent such a wild cover story?
—Debo aclarar, en defensa del pastor Merrill, que no siempre hablaba con tan farragoso bizantinismo, pero estaba tan exaltado por la partida de mi madre y la mía de su iglesia que daba sus opiniones como si estuviese hablando desde el púlpito.
I must add, in Pastor MerrilFs defense, that he didn't always speak with such Byzantine muddiness, but he was sufficiently worked up about my mother's and my own departure from his church to offer his opinions as if he were speaking from the pulpit.
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