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first translation:
The fact that Uso so often shuttled between his brothers Sabro and Rizgo was considered a pretty normal occurrence. No one else found these fights strange. Sabro and Rizgo had both married and moved into their own homes. After their father had died, Uso moved in with their mother to the small room off of the courtyard of the church. When Zangoch Zifkar died Uso was appointed to the position that had been left empty and was thereby entrusted with executing all of the duties of the church in the best and most appropriate manner according to the directors’ council. When the Armenian community saw how faithfully he was carrying out the council’s decisions, they thought they had “killed two birds with one stone”. In the first place they had put an end to further fights between brothers that they feared could one day end with blood, knives, sickles or sledgehammers by ending Uno’s career as a blacksmith bellow stoker at the ripe age of forty. Secondly, and more importantly, in order to thwart him from clanging bells and making noise to his heart’s content whenever he wanted to, this new post would require him to strike a bell at appointed times…not to mention the job required him to stay in the church and so would prevent children from following after him in the streets and making fun of him, or from anyone hearing his vulgar retorts….
first edit:
Nobody paid much mind to the fact that Uso so
often shuttled between his brothers Sabro and Rizgo nor of their constant
fighting.
Sabro and Rizgo had both married and moved into
their own homes. After their father had died, Uso moved in with their mother to
the small room off of the courtyard of the church. When Zangoch Zifkar died Uso
was appointed to the vacant position and was thereby entrusted with carrying
out work in the church according to the dictates of the directors’ council.
When the Armenian community saw how faithfully he was carrying out the
council’s decisions, they thought they had “killed two birds with one stone”. First
of all by ending Uno’s career as a blacksmith bellow stoker at the ripe age of
forty, they had put an end to any further fighting between brothers they feared
could one day have come to a bloody end with the brandishing of knives, sickles
or sledgehammers. Secondly, and more importantly, in order to prevent him from
clanging bells and making noise to his heart’s content, this new post would
require him to strike a bell at appointed times. Not only that, the job
required him to stay put in the church. This would be sure to stop the children
from following after him in the streets making fun of him, and to stop anyone
from having to hear his vulgar comebacks….
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