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

Ljós rafmagnssporvagnsins lá föl hér og þar í loftinu og á hærri hlutum húsgagnanna 

but down at Gregor’s level it was dark

en niðri á hæð Gregors var myrkur 

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

Hann ýtti sér hægt að dyrunum til að sjá hvað hafði gerst þar 

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

hann var enn klaufalegur með þreifingar, sem hann lærði fyrst að meta 

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

Vinstri hlið hans virtist vera með eitt langt, óþægilega þröngt ör 

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

og hann varð bókstaflega að haltra á tveimur fótaröðunum sínum 

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

Tilviljun hafði annar fóturinn slasast alvarlega í atvikum morgunsins 

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

það var nánast kraftaverk að aðeins annar fótur hans slasaðist 

and he dragged his leg lifelessly

og hann dró fótinn líflausan 

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

Fyrst þegar hann kom að dyrunum áttaði hann sig á því hvað hafði raunverulega tælt hann þangað 

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

það var lyktin af einhverju ætilegu sem hafði tælt hann þangað