When he was talking in this way his speech was usually wrapped up in some kind of dialect which seemed to K. to have nothing to do with Italian but which the director not only understood but also spoke, although K. ought to have foreseen this as the Italian came from the south of his country where the director had also spent several years.
Mintzatzerakoan, ordea, dialektoren batekin nahasten zen askotan, K.ren ustez italieratik ezertxo ere ez zeukana, baina zuzendariak ulertu ezezik hitz egin ere egiten zuena, K.k espero ahal izan zezakeen gauza, zeren italiarrak hego Italian zuen sorlekua, eta zuzendaria ere zenbait urtez bertan izana zen.