This was the clean slate he had thought about on the boat coming over from America, This was the real annihilation of his past and of himself, Tom Ripley, who was made up of that past, and his rebirth as a completely new person.
Bere iraganaren benetako ezereztatzea zen hura, eta iragan horretaz egina zegoen Tom Ripleyren azkena ere bai, eta aldi berean birjaiotze bat, beste pertsona bat balitz bezala goitik hasi eta beheraino.