Παρά τη μελανιά και τη γρατζουνιά, εκείνη πήγε κανονικά στη δουλειά.

In this sentence, παρά means despite or in spite of.

So:

Παρά τη μελανιά και τη γρατζουνιά
= Despite the bruise and the scratch

A very useful pattern is:

παρά + accusative noun = despite + noun

Because both nouns are feminine singular definite nouns in the accusative case:

• τη μελανιά = the bruise
• τη γρατζουνιά = the scratch

Greek often repeats the article with each noun in a list joined by και. That is very natural.

So τη μελανιά και τη γρατζουνιά is simply the bruise and the scratch.

They are all in the accusative singular.

Why?

• παρά takes the accusative here: παρά τη μελανιά
• στη comes from σε + τη, and σε also goes with the accusative: στη δουλειά

These nouns are feminine nouns ending in -ιά, and in the singular their nominative and accusative forms look the same:

• η μελανιά / τη μελανιά
• η γρατζουνιά / τη γρατζουνιά
• η δουλειά / τη δουλειά

The article shows the case more clearly than the noun ending does.

Yes — Greek often does omit subject pronouns.

The verb πήγε already tells you it means he/she/it went, so the sentence could simply be:

Παρά τη μελανιά και τη γρατζουνιά, πήγε κανονικά στη δουλειά.

Adding εκείνη makes the subject more explicit and often adds emphasis or contrast:

• she, in particular
• that woman / she
• as for her, she...

So here εκείνη is not required for grammar; it is there for emphasis or clarity.

It can function as either, depending on context.

• As a demonstrative, it can mean that one / that woman
• As a strong personal pronoun, it can mean she

In this sentence, it most naturally works as she, probably with a slightly emphatic feeling:

Despite the bruise and the scratch, she still went to work as usual.

Πήγε is the aorist form of πηγαίνω (to go), 3rd person singular.

Here it corresponds to the English simple past:

• πήγε = she went

The aorist is commonly used for a completed past action.

So:

εκείνη πήγε στη δουλειά
= she went to work

Κανονικά literally means normally, regularly, or in the usual way.

In this sentence, the natural English idea is something like:

• as usual
• normally
• anyway, as normal

So πήγε κανονικά στη δουλειά suggests that, despite the injuries, she still went to work in the normal way / without staying home.

Στη is the contracted form of σε τη.

• σε = to / at / in
• τη = feminine singular accusative article, the

So:

στη δουλειά = to work / at work

With a verb of motion like πήγε, it means to:

πήγε στη δουλειά = she went to work

This contraction is standard and very common in modern Greek.

Greek normally uses the article more often than English does.

English says:

• go to work

Greek usually says:

• πηγαίνω στη δουλειά
• literally: go to the work

That is simply the normal Greek way to express it.

Also, δουλειά is the everyday word for work/job here.

Not exactly.

• δουλειά is the everyday, common word for work or job
• εργασία is more formal and can also mean task, assignment, or piece of work

So in a natural everyday sentence like this one, στη δουλειά is exactly what you would expect.

This word order puts the contrast first.

Greek, like English, often places a phrase like despite... at the beginning to set up the situation:

Despite the bruise and the scratch, she went to work as usual.

Starting with Παρά... highlights the obstacle before telling you what happened anyway.

A natural translation would be:

Despite the bruise and the scratch, she went to work as usual.

Other good possibilities are:

• Despite the bruise and the scratch, she went to work anyway.
• In spite of the bruise and the scratch, she still went to work normally.

The core idea is that she had those injuries, but she still went to work in the usual way.