Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, the charwoman was here.
Pero incluso si la hermana, agotada por su trabajo, estaba ya harta de cuidar de Gregorio como antes, tampoco la madre tenía que sustituirla y no era necesario que Gregorio hubiese sido abandonado, porque para eso estaba la asistenta.