초반 보고 있는데, 어렵네

the evacuees are taken in lots, by elevator—a moving wood scaffold open on all sides, hoisted by old tarry ropes and cast-iron pulleys whose spokes are shaped like Ss. At each brown floor, passengers move on and off. . .


여기서 scaffold가 단순한 발판인지, 교수대란 상징적 의미인지 잘 몰?루겠네

일역본에서 괜히 교수대 같은이라고 번역해서...