A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick — Page 11
Secondly, The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and help to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown.
En segundo lugar, los inquilinos más pobres tendrán algo valioso propio, que por ley podrá ser sujeto a embargo, y ayudará a pagar la renta de su arrendador, estando ya confiscados su grano y su ganado, y siendo el dinero algo desconocido.
Thirdly, Whereas the maintainance of a hundred thousand children, from two years old, and upwards, cannot be computed at less than ten shillings a piece per annum, the nation's stock will be thereby encreased fifty thousand pounds per annum, besides the profit of a new dish, introduced to the tables of all gentlemen of fortune in the kingdom, who have any refinement in taste.
En tercer lugar, dado que el mantenimiento de cien mil niños, de dos años en adelante, no puede calcularse en menos de diez chelines por cabeza al año, el capital de la nación aumentará así en cincuenta mil libras anuales, además de la ganancia de un nuevo plato, introducido en las mesas de todos los caballeros de fortuna del reino que tengan algún refinamiento en el gusto.
And the money will circulate among our selves, the goods being entirely of our own growth and manufacture.
Y el dinero circulará entre nosotros mismos, siendo los bienes enteramente de nuestra propia producción y manufactura.
Fourthly, The constant breeders, besides the gain of eight shillings sterling per annum by the sale of their children, will be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.
En cuarto lugar, los criadores habituales, además de la ganancia de ocho chelines esterlinos anuales por la venta de sus hijos, se verán libres de la carga de mantenerlos después del primer año.
Fifthly, This food would likewise bring great custom to taverns, where the vintners will certainly be so prudent as to procure the best receipts for dressing it to perfection; and consequently have their houses frequented by all the fine gentlemen, who justly value themselves upon their knowledge in good eating; and a skilful cook, who understands how to oblige his guests, will contrive to make it as expensive as they please.
En quinto lugar, este alimento traería igualmente una gran clientela a las tabernas, donde los taberneros serán sin duda tan prudentes como para procurarse las mejores recetas para prepararlo a la perfección; y consecuentemente tendrán sus establecimientos frecuentados por todos los distinguidos caballeros, quienes con razón se precian de su conocimiento en el buen comer; y un cocinero hábil, que sepa cómo complacer a sus invitados, se las ingeniará para hacerlo tan costoso como ellos deseen.
Sixthly, This would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards, or enforced by laws and penalties.
En sexto lugar, esto sería un gran incentivo para el matrimonio, que todas las naciones sabias han fomentado ya sea mediante recompensas, o impuesto mediante leyes y sanciones.
Vocabulary
- segundo
- Second in order or sequence
- lugar
- Place, location, or position in a sequence
- inquilinos
- Tenants who rent property from a landlord
- más
- More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree
- pobres
- Poor people lacking financial resources
- tendrán
- They will have; future tense of tener
- algo
- Something; an unspecified thing or matter
- valioso
- Valuable, worth a great deal
- propio
- Own; belonging to oneself
- por
- By or through; preposition indicating means
- ley
- Law; a rule established by authority
- podrá
- Will be able to; future tense of poder
- ser
- To be; fundamental Spanish linking verb
- sujeto
- Subject to; liable or exposed to something
- embargo
- Seizure of property as legal enforcement
- ayudará
- Will help; future tense of ayudar
- pagar
- To pay; to give money owed
- renta
- Rent; regular payment for use of property
- arrendador
- Landlord; person who leases property to tenants
- estando
- Being; gerund of estar indicating a state
- ya
- Already; adverb indicating something has occurred
- confiscados
- Confiscated; seized by authority
- grano
- Grain; cereal crop used as food
- ganado
- Livestock; farm animals raised for use
- siendo
- Being; gerund of ser indicating identity
- dinero
- Money; currency used for transactions
- desconocido
- Unknown; not recognized or familiar
- tercer
- Third; ordinal number preceding fourth
- dado
- Given; past participle of dar
- mantenimiento
- Maintenance; upkeep or support of someone
- cien
- One hundred; the number 100
- mil
- One thousand; the number 1000
- niños
- Children; young boys or kids
- años
- Years; units of time equal to twelve months
- adelante
- Forward or onward; ahead in time or space
- puede
- Can or is able to; present tense of poder
- calcularse
- To be calculated; estimated or computed
- menos
- Less; fewer; comparative of little
- diez
- Ten; the number 10
- chelines
- Shillings; old British currency units
- cabeza
- Head; top part of body, or per person
- año
- Year; twelve-month period of time
- capital
- Capital; wealth or financial resources of a nation
- nación
- Nation; a country or sovereign state
- aumentará
- Will increase; future tense of aumentar
- así
- Thus or in this way; manner adverb
- cincuenta
- Fifty; the number 50
- libras
- Pounds; British currency or unit of weight
- anuales
- Annual; occurring or calculated every year
- además
- Furthermore; in addition to something else
- ganancia
- Gain or profit; financial benefit obtained
- nuevo
- New; recently made or introduced
- plato
- Dish; a plate or prepared food item
- introducido
- Introduced; brought in or presented for first time
- mesas
- Tables; flat surfaces used for dining
- todos
- All; every one without exception
- caballeros
- Gentlemen; men of high social standing
- fortuna
- Fortune; great wealth or luck
- reino
- Kingdom; territory ruled by a monarch
- tengan
- May have; subjunctive present of tener
- algún
- Some; any; indefinite adjective before masculine noun
- refinamiento
- Refinement; cultivated elegance or sophistication
- gusto
- Taste; sense of aesthetic preference
- circulará
- Will circulate; move around within a system
- entre
- Between or among; preposition of position
- nosotros
- Us or we; first-person plural pronoun
- mismos
- Ourselves; same; emphatic reflexive pronoun
- bienes
- Goods; possessions or material wealth
- enteramente
- Entirely; completely without exception
- nuestra
- Our; first-person plural possessive feminine adjective
- propia
- Own; belonging to oneself, feminine form
- producción
- Production; process of making or manufacturing goods
- manufactura
- Manufacture; making of goods by hand or machine
- cuarto
- Fourth; ordinal number following third
- criadores
- Breeders; people who raise animals
- habituales
- Habitual; regular or customary
- ocho
- Eight; the number 8
- esterlinos
- Sterling; British pounds of currency
- venta
- Sale; act of selling goods or services
- hijos
- Children or sons; one's offspring
- verán
- Will see or find themselves; future of ver
- libres
- Free; not bound or burdened
- carga
- Burden; a heavy load or responsibility
- mantenerlos
- To maintain them; to support or sustain them
- después
- After; later in time or sequence
- primer
- First; ordinal number before second
- quinto
- Fifth; ordinal number following fourth
- este
- This; demonstrative adjective for nearby thing
- alimento
- Food; nourishment consumed for sustenance
- traería
- Would bring; conditional tense of traer
- igualmente
- Equally; likewise; in the same manner
- gran
- Great; large in size or importance
- clientela
- Clientele; regular customers of a business
- tabernas
- Taverns; establishments serving food and drink
- donde
- Where; relative adverb indicating place
- taberneros
- Tavern keepers; owners of drinking establishments
- serán
- Will be; future tense of ser
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence
- duda
- Doubt; uncertainty about something
- tan
- So or as; adverb of degree
- prudentes
- Prudent; showing careful and wise judgment
- como
- As or like; comparison conjunction
- para
- For or in order to; purpose preposition
- procurarse
- To obtain for oneself; to acquire or secure
- mejores
- Better or best; comparative of bueno
- recetas
- Recipes; instructions for preparing food
- prepararlo
- To prepare it; to make it ready
- perfección
- Perfection; the highest possible standard
- consecuentemente
- Consequently; as a result of something
- establecimientos
- Establishments; businesses or institutions
- frecuentados
- Frequented; regularly visited by people
- distinguidos
- Distinguished; notable or refined in character
- quienes
- Who; relative pronoun referring to people
- razón
- Reason; logical justification or cause
- precian
- Pride themselves on; value or esteem highly
- conocimiento
- Knowledge; understanding or awareness of something
- buen
- Good; of high quality or standard
- comer
- To eat; to consume food
- cocinero
- Cook; person who prepares food professionally
- hábil
- Skilled; having ability or expertise
- sepa
- May know; present subjunctive of saber
- cómo
- How; interrogative or exclamatory adverb
- complacer
- To please; to satisfy or gratify someone
- invitados
- Guests; people invited to an event
- ingeniará
- Will devise; will ingeniously figure out a way
- hacerlo
- To do it; to make or prepare it
- costoso
- Costly; expensive or elaborate
- ellos
- They; third-person plural subject pronoun
- deseen
- May wish or desire; subjunctive of desear
- sexto
- Sixth; ordinal number following fifth
- esto
- This; neutral demonstrative pronoun
- sería
- Would be; conditional tense of ser
- incentivo
- Incentive; something that motivates action
- matrimonio
- Marriage; legal union between partners
- todas
- All; every one, feminine plural form
- naciones
- Nations; sovereign countries or states
- sabias
- Wise; having or showing great knowledge
- han
- Have; auxiliary verb for perfect tenses
- fomentado
- Promoted or encouraged; past participle of fomentar
- sea
- Be; present subjunctive of ser
- mediante
- By means of; through a particular method
- recompensas
- Rewards; something given in recognition
- impuesto
- Tax; mandatory financial charge by government
- leyes
- Laws; rules established by governing authority
- sanciones
- Sanctions; penalties imposed for breaking rules
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