'This is all pointless,' said Vanek, when Švejk was frightfully puzzled by what he had written and read it out aloud three times in succession:
-Hori guztia alferrikakoa da-esan zuen Vanekek, Xveikek, idatzitakoaz arras zurturik, hiru aldiz ozen irakurtzen zuen bitartean-, tentelkeria hutsak.