Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Watching the Orator at Work Translation

Now rise great speaker, to plead a case: every place in seat is occupied; the raised platform for the magistrate is full; every judge desiring to hear the word calls for silence . All eyes turn to this. Then many applauses, many praise. The speaker touches and hears the soul. Where to desire pity or to go to move fear, fear or pity to suppress to scare or they weep.
From the speaker, also if you sit and are not attentive to hear, but to catch sight of one look and to pass by, often judges are able to. You see the judge yawn, to speak with others, not never also to wander, to find out the time, the speaker neglects to speak by word. This speaker indeed is without cause, who is moved by the strong soul the judge speech. If however the judge is raised up by seeing, who concerning thing to teach to see or to suspend to hold, just as a song to some place bird, to recognize the sign true speaker and to work oratorical good to carry on.

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