Crime and Punishment — Page 5
It looks absurd and that makes it noticeable....
Parece absurdo y eso lo hace llamativo....
With my rags I ought to wear a cap, any sort of old pancake, but not this grotesque thing.
Con mis harapos debería llevar una gorra, cualquier viejo sombrero aplastado, pero no esta cosa grotesca.
Nobody wears such a hat, it would be noticed a mile off, it would be remembered....
Nadie lleva semejante sombrero, se notaría a una milla de distancia, se recordaría....
What matters is that people would remember it, and that would give them a clue.
Lo que importa es que la gente lo recordaría, y eso les daría una pista.
For this business one should be as little conspicuous as possible....
Para este asunto uno debería ser lo menos llamativo posible....
Trifles, trifles are what matter!
¡Las pequeñeces, las pequeñeces son lo que importa!
Why, it's just such trifles that always ruin everything....
Vaya, son precisamente esas pequeñeces las que siempre lo arruinan todo....
He had not far to go; he knew indeed how many steps it was from the gate of his lodging house: exactly seven hundred and thirty.
No tenía mucho camino por recorrer; sabía de hecho cuántos pasos había desde la puerta de su casa de huéspedes: exactamente setecientos treinta.
He had counted them once when he had been lost in dreams.
Los había contado una vez cuando se había perdido en sueños.
At the time he had put no faith in those dreams and was only tantalising himself by their hideous but daring recklessness.
En aquel entonces no había depositado ninguna fe en esos sueños y solo se atormentaba a sí mismo con su horrible pero audaz temeridad.
Now, a month later, he had begun to look upon them differently, and, in spite of the monologues in which he jeered at his own impotence and indecision, he had involuntarily come to regard this "hideous" dream as an exploit to be attempted, although he still did not realise this himself.
Ahora, un mes después, había comenzado a verlos de manera diferente, y, a pesar de los monólogos en los que se burlaba de su propia impotencia e indecisión, había llegado involuntariamente a considerar este sueño «horrible» como una hazaña que debía intentarse, aunque él mismo todavía no se daba cuenta de ello.
He was positively going now for a "rehearsal" of his project, and at every step his excitement grew more and more violent.
Iba ahora decididamente a un «ensayo» de su proyecto, y con cada paso su agitación crecía más y más intensa.
With a sinking heart and a nervous tremor, he went up to a huge house which on one side looked on to the canal, and on the other into the street.
Con el corazón encogido y un temblor nervioso, se acercó a una enorme casa que por un lado daba al canal y por el otro a la calle.
Vocabulary
- Parece
- Seems, appears to be the case
- absurdo
- Absurd, ridiculous, completely unreasonable
- eso
- That, that thing or matter
- lo
- It, direct object pronoun (masculine)
- hace
- Makes, does, causes to happen
- llamativo
- Striking, eye-catching, attention-grabbing
- Con
- With, accompanying or in the company of
- mis
- My, possessive adjective (plural)
- debería
- Should, ought to, conditional obligation
- llevar
- Wear, carry, transport from place to place
- una
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- cualquier
- Any, whichever or whoever one chooses
- viejo
- Old, aged, worn out with time
- sombrero
- Hat, head covering worn for protection
- pero
- But, used to contrast two ideas
- no
- Not, negation of statement or action
- esta
- This, demonstrative adjective (feminine)
- cosa
- Thing, object or matter in general
- Nadie
- Nobody, not a single person at all
- semejante
- Similar, alike, such or of that kind
- se
- Oneself, reflexive pronoun (third person)
- notaría
- Would notice, would perceive or observe
- de
- Of, from, belonging to possession
- distancia
- Distance, the space between two points
- recordaría
- Would remember, would recall to mind
- Lo
- The (neuter article), direct object pronoun
- que
- That, which, what (relative pronoun)
- importa
- Matters, is important or significant
- es
- Is, present tense of ser
- la
- The (feminine), direct object pronoun
- gente
- People, persons or folk in general
- les
- Them, indirect object pronoun (third person)
- daría
- Would give, would provide or grant
- pista
- Clue, hint or track to follow
- Para
- For, in order to or toward
- este
- This, demonstrative adjective (masculine)
- asunto
- Matter, subject or issue in question
- uno
- One, the number or indefinite pronoun
- ser
- To be, permanent state or identity
- menos
- Less, smaller in amount or degree
- posible
- Possible, capable of occurring or existing
- Las
- The (feminine plural), direct object pronoun
- son
- Are, second person plural of ser
- Vaya
- Go, imperative form or expression
- precisamente
- Precisely, exactly or right at that
- esas
- Those, demonstrative pronoun (feminine plural)
- siempre
- Always, at all times continuously
- arruinan
- Ruin, destroy or damage completely
- todo
- Everything, all or the whole
- No
- Not, negation of statement or action
- tenía
- Had, possessed in the past tense
- mucho
- Much, a large amount or quantity
- camino
- Road, path or way to travel
- por
- By, per, through, along or around
- recorrer
- Travel, traverse distance from place to place
- sabía
- Knew, possessed knowledge or information
- hecho
- Fact, event or deed that happened
- cuántos
- How many, what quantity of things
- pasos
- Steps, footsteps or paces in walking
- había
- Had, auxiliary in past perfect tense
- desde
- From, starting point in space or time
- puerta
- Door, entrance or exit to building
- su
- His, her, your (formal) possessive adjective
- casa
- House, home or dwelling place
- exactamente
- Exactly, precisely in every detail
- treinta
- Thirty, the number 30
- Los
- The (masculine plural), direct object pronoun
- vez
- Time, instance or occasion when
- cuando
- When, at what time or during
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