The uniform had not been new to start with, but as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but peaceful.
Horrela uniformea, lehen ere berria ez izaki, segituan ajatu zen, nahiz eta arreba zein ama zaintzen gogotik saiatu. hori bai: mantxaz betea, baina beti ere botoi doratuak distiratsu zirela, eta haren barrenan aita oso deseroso, baina lasai, lo.