Dracula — Page 1
How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them.
Cómo estos documentos han sido ordenados en secuencia quedará manifiesto en su lectura.
All needless matters have been eliminated, so that a history almost at variance with the possibilities of later-day belief may stand forth as simple fact.
Todos los asuntos innecesarios han sido eliminados, de modo que una historia casi en contradicción con las posibilidades de la creencia contemporánea pueda presentarse como un hecho simple.
There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them.
No hay en todo el texto ninguna declaración sobre hechos pasados en la que la memoria pueda errar, pues todos los registros elegidos son exactamente contemporáneos, ofrecidos desde los puntos de vista y dentro del alcance del conocimiento de quienes los realizaron.
Vocabulary
- Cómo
- How; in what manner or way.
- estos
- These; plural demonstrative pronoun or adjective.
- documentos
- Documents; written or printed papers containing information.
- han
- Have; third person plural present perfect auxiliary verb.
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser, indicating state or condition.
- ordenados
- Ordered; arranged in a particular sequence or pattern.
- en
- In; preposition indicating location, position, or time.
- secuencia
- Sequence; a series of things following in order.
- quedará
- Will remain; future tense of quedar, to stay or remain.
- manifiesto
- Manifest; clear, obvious, or evident to the eye.
- su
- His, her, its, or their; possessive adjective.
- lectura
- Reading; the act of reading or material for reading.
- Todos
- All; every one of a group or category.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- asuntos
- Matters; subjects of concern or business topics.
- innecesarios
- Unnecessary; not required or not essential.
- eliminados
- Eliminated; removed or deleted from a collection.
- de
- Of; preposition indicating possession or relationship.
- modo
- Mode; manner, method, or way of doing something.
- que
- That; conjunction linking clauses or introducing statements.
- una
- A or an; feminine singular indefinite article.
- historia
- History; account of past events and developments.
- casi
- Almost; nearly or approximately; close to.
- contradicción
- Contradiction; statement or claim that opposes another.
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or association.
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article.
- posibilidades
- Possibilities; things that could potentially happen.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- creencia
- Belief; conviction or faith in something.
- contemporánea
- Contemporary; existing or occurring at the same time.
- pueda
- Can; subjunctive form of poder, expressing possibility.
- presentarse
- To present oneself; to appear or be shown.
- como
- As; in the capacity or role of something.
- un
- A or an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- hecho
- Fact; thing that is known to be true.
- simple
- Simple; uncomplicated or easy to understand.
- No
- No; negation or refusal of something.
- hay
- There is or are; present tense of haber.
- todo
- All; the whole of something without exception.
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- texto
- Text; written words forming a document or passage.
- ninguna
- None; not one or not any of something.
- declaración
- Declaration; formal statement or announcement of something.
- sobre
- On; about; concerning or relating to something.
- hechos
- Facts; things that are known to be true.
- pasados
- Past; events or time that has already occurred.
- memoria
- Memory; ability to recall information or experiences.
- errar
- To err; to make a mistake or be wrong.
- pues
- Well; then; used to introduce explanation or consequence.
- todos
- All; every one without exception or remainder.
- registros
- Records; documents or entries containing factual information.
- elegidos
- Chosen; selected or picked from a group.
- son
- Are; present tense plural of ser.
- exactamente
- Exactly; precisely or in an accurate manner.
- contemporáneos
- Contemporary; existing or happening at the same time.
- ofrecidos
- Offered; presented or made available to someone.
- desde
- From; preposition indicating starting point or origin.
- puntos
- Points; specific locations or aspects of something.
- vista
- View; perspective or way of looking at something.
- dentro
- Inside; within the limits or interior of something.
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el.
- alcance
- Reach; extent or distance that something can extend.
- conocimiento
- Knowledge; information or understanding of something.
- quienes
- Who; referring to people or plural persons.
- realizaron
- Realized; carried out or accomplished something.
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