Hi,
I have just translated it into Hungarian, but I can't make out the proper meaning of the last sentence. Isn't it ... bad? I understand that there is something to do with spirits as alcoholic drink and spirits as ghosts. So, could you explain it to me, like to a child? My English is poor, my Hung a bit better, I hope it'd be a good transation. Maybe, I'll have other questions later.
the sentence is the following:
if a man turn sulky and drink by himself at Christmas time, he may make up his mind to be not a bit the better for it: let the spirits be never so good, or let them be even as many degrees beyond proof, as those which Gabriel Grub saw in the goblin's cavern.'
problem sold... er... solved. it took 2 days to think about 1 sentence but it wasn't in vain. i saw another translation lately. it had no sense. poor fellow, but not a bad trans, anyway. but mine is better. mainly if i steal his good solutions
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