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era se come dio stesso sorridesse al mondo.
it seemed that god was smiling to the world through this pope.

non ti è mai sembrato infatti che qualcuno ti sorridesse con la voglia di morderti? e tu non hai mai sorriso a qualcuno con lo stesso desiderio?
did you ever feel that people were smiling at you on the outside but, on the inside, they really wanted to bite? did you ever smile at anyone willing to do the same? indeed, the challenge is much deeper.

a me sembrò che sorridesse in modo ambiguo. non sapevo se era la brava zia mille che mi voleva bene, o quella terribile persona a cui la notte avevo fatto una promessa.
it seemed to me that she smiled rather slyly. i did not know if it was the kindly aunty mille, who loved me, or the terrible one to whom i had made the promise the night before.

«che c’è che non va?» aveva l’espressione di un vecchio medico benevolo, ma mi sembrava che sorridesse segretamente compiaciuto.
"you look terrible, doctor," he said. "what's wrong with you?" he had a face like a kindly old gp, but it seemed to me like he was smiling with some sort of secret pleasure.