كَانَتْwasتِلْكَthatالأَشْغَالُworkبَطِيئَةًslowوَمُضْنِيَةً،and exhausting,فَغَالِبًاfor oftenمَاwhatكَانَwasيَجُرُّdraggingصَخْرَةًa rockواحِدَةًoneحَتَّىuntilقِمَّةَthe topالمَقْلَعِthe quarryيَسْتَغْرِقُtakesيَوْمًاa dayكَامِلًاfullمِنْofالْعَمَلِworkالْمُجْهِدِ،exhausting,بَلْbutكَانَتْwereأَحْيَانًاsometimesلَاnotتَتَكَبَّرُbreakعِندَمَاwhenتَصْطَدِمُcollideبِالْأَرْضِ .with the ground.
The work was slow and exhausting, for often dragging a single rock to the top of the quarry took a whole day of strenuous labor, and sometimes they did not break when they hit the ground.
وَلَوْلَاAnd if it were not forقُوَةُthe strengthبُوكْسَرِ»Boxer'الَّذِيwhoتَسَاوَىequal toقُوَّتَهُhis strengthبَقِيَّةُthe rest ofالأَجْنَاسِthe speciesالْحَيَوَانِيَّةِanimalمُجْتَمِعَةً،collectively,لَمَاthey would not have been able toاسْتَطَاعَتْachieveتَحْقِيقَto achieveشَيْءٍanythingعِندَمَاwhenتَبْدَأُthe blockكُتْلَةًthe blockالْحَجَرِof stoneفِيinالْاِنْزِلاَقِslippingوَتَتْبَعُهَاand the animals follow itالْحَيَوَانَاتُthe animalsعَلَىonمَنْحَدَرِthe slopeالتَّلِّ،the hill,وَتَبْدَأُand they beginفِيtoالصُّرَاخِscreamingخَوْفًاin fearمِنَofالْمَوْتِdeathيَكُونُhe is.دَائِمًاalwaysمِنْwhoيَوقِفُهَاstops themفِيatالْوَقْتِthe right time,المُنَاسِبِ،appropriate,وَهُوَand heيَزْفُرُpantsبِكُلِّwith allجِسْمِهِ.of his body.
And if it were not for Boxer’s strength, which equals the combined strength of the other animal species, they would not have been able to achieve anything when the block of stone started to slip and the animals followed it down the slope of the hill, and they began to scream in fear of death; it was always he who stopped them at the right moment, panting with his whole body.
وَكُلُّAnd allالْحَيَوَانَاتُthe animalsكَانَتْwereمُعْجَبَةًadmiringوَهِيَas theyتَرَىsawيَجْهَدُhe strainedنَفْسَهُ،himself,وَشَيْئًاand graduallyفَشَيْئًاgraduallyكَانَhe wasيَتَقَدَّمُadvancingوَهُوَwhile heيَلْهَثُ،was panting,وَخَاصَّةًand his sidesحَوَافِرَهُhis hoovesتَتَشَبَّثُclungبِقُوَّةٍfirmlyبِالأَرْضِto the groundكَانَتْthere wasكِلَوفَرُ»Clover”أَحْيَانًاsometimesتُحَذِّرُهُwarned himبِأَنْthat heلَاshould notيُرْهِقَstressنَفْسَهُhimselfبِهَذِهِin thisالطَّرِيقَةِ،way,لَكِنَّهُbut heلَاdid notيُرِيدُwantسَمَاعَto hearأَيَّةَanythingشَيْءٍ.thing.
And all the animals were admiring as they saw him straining himself, and gradually he was advancing while panting, and his sides were drenched with sweat, and his hooves clung firmly to the ground; there was Clover who sometimes warned him that he should not overexert himself in this way, but he did not want to hear anything.
وَيَبْدُوAnd it seemsأَنَّthatشِعَارَهُhis mottoهُوَisسَوْفَI willأَعْمَلُworkبِجِدٍّ»hard"وَand«نَابُولِيُونNapoleonلَاdoes notيُخْطِئُerrأَبَدًا»ever"
And it seems that his motto is: "I will work hard" and "Napoleon does not err ever" forming a convincing answer to all questions.
كَمَاAsأَنَّهُhe hadاَتَّفَقَagreedالدِّيكُthe roosterالشَّابُّyoungكَيْtoيُوقِظَهُwake himقَبْلَbeforeالمَوْعِدِthe timeبِرُبْعِby a quarterسَاعَةٍof an hourبَدَلًاinsteadنِصْفِhalfسَاعَةٍ.an hour.
As he had agreed with the young rooster to wake him up a quarter of an hour earlier than half an hour.
بِالِإِضَافَةِIn additionإِلَىtoأَنَّهُheفِيinهَذِهِtheseالْلَّحَظَاتِmomentsالضَّائِعَةِlostالَّتِيthatلَمْhas notيُعَدَّbeen accountedيَمْتَلِكُهَا،he possessed,يَزُورُhe visitsالمَقْلَعَthe quarryلِجَلْبِto bringمِنْهَاfrom itعَرَبَةًa cartمَلِيئَةًfull ofبِالْأَحْجَارِwith stonesيَجُرُّهَاhe drags itوَحْدَهُby himselfإِلَىtoمَوْضِعِthe locationبِنَاءِconstructionالطَّاحُونَةِ.the mill.
In addition to that, in those lost moments that he has not accounted for, he visits the quarry to bring a cart full of stones, which he drags by himself to the construction site of the mill.
مَعَDespiteرَغْمَdespiteالْعَمَلِthe hard work,الْمُضْنِيِّ،the exhausting,لَمْthe animals did notتَشْعُرُواfeelبِالْعَنَاءِthe toilطِيلَةَallالصَّيْفِ.the summer.
Despite the exhausting hard work, the animals did not feel the toil throughout the summer.
وَإِذَاAnd ifكَانَتْit wasسَيِّئَةًbadlyالإِطْعَامِfedفِيduringزَمَنِthe timeجُونْزَ،Jones,إِلَّاbutأَنَّthatوَضْعَهَاits situationالْجَديدَnewلَيْسَis notأَسْوَأَworse thanمِمَّاthan whatكَانَتْit wasعَلَيْهِ،before,لَكِنَّbutمِيزَةًthe advantageأَنْthat itتَأْمِينِsatisfyingحَاجِيَّاتِهَاits needsالْخَاصَّةِpersonalبِهَاwith itفَقَطonlyوَلَيْسَand notحَاجِيَّاتِthe needsالْغَرِيبَةِstrangeلِخَمْسٍfor fiveاعتَقَدَتْthoughtالْحَيَوَانَاتُthe animals
And if it was badly fed during Jones's time, its new situation is not worse than what it was before, but the advantage is that it satisfies its own personal needs only and not the strange needs for the five.