Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 14
About two o'clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every direction, vast and irregular plains of ice, which seemed to have no end.
Alrededor de las dos, la niebla se disipó, y contemplamos, extendidas en todas direcciones, vastas e irregulares llanuras de hielo, que parecían no tener fin.
Some of my comrades groaned, and my own mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts, when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation.
Algunos de mis compañeros gimieron, y mi propia mente comenzó a llenarse de pensamientos angustiosos, cuando una extraña visión atrajo de repente nuestra atención y desvió nuestra preocupación de nuestra propia situación.
We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.
Percibimos un carruaje bajo, fijado sobre un trineo y tirado por perros, que pasaba hacia el norte, a una distancia de media milla; un ser que tenía la forma de un hombre, pero aparentemente de estatura gigantesca, estaba sentado en el trineo y guiaba a los perros.
We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice.
Observamos el rápido avance del viajero con nuestros telescopios hasta que se perdió entre las lejanas irregularidades del hielo.
This appearance excited our unqualified wonder.
Esta aparición despertó en nosotros una admiración absoluta.
We were, as we believed, many hundred miles from any land; but this apparition seemed to denote that it was not, in reality, so distant as we had supposed.
Estábamos, según creíamos, a muchos cientos de millas de cualquier tierra; pero esta aparición parecía indicar que no estaba, en realidad, tan lejos como habíamos supuesto.
Shut in, however, by ice, it was impossible to follow his track, which we had observed with the greatest attention.
Encerrados, sin embargo, por el hielo, era imposible seguir su rastro, que habíamos observado con la mayor atención.
About two hours after this occurrence we heard the ground sea, and before night the ice broke and freed our ship.
Unas dos horas después de este suceso oímos el mar de fondo, y antes de que llegara la noche el hielo se rompió y liberó nuestro barco.
We, however, lay to until the morning, fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice.
Sin embargo, nos mantuvimos a la capa hasta la mañana, temiendo encontrarnos en la oscuridad con esas grandes masas sueltas que flotan después de la ruptura del hielo.
I profited of this time to rest for a few hours.
Aproveché este tiempo para descansar unas pocas horas.
Vocabulary
- Alrededor
- Around, approximately, in the vicinity of something
- niebla
- Fog, mist; thick atmospheric water vapor
- disipó
- Dissipated, dispersed, cleared away completely
- contemplamos
- We contemplated, gazed at something attentively
- extendidas
- Extended, spread out across a wide area
- direcciones
- Directions; the ways one can face or travel
- vastas
- Vast, immense, extremely large in extent
- irregulares
- Irregular, uneven, lacking a consistent pattern
- llanuras
- Plains, flatlands; wide stretches of level ground
- hielo
- Ice; frozen water
- parecían
- They seemed, appeared to be a certain way
- fin
- End, finish; the conclusion of something
- Algunos
- Some, a few; indefinite plural pronoun or adjective
- compañeros
- Companions, fellow members of a group
- gimieron
- They groaned, moaned in pain or distress
- propia
- Own; belonging specifically to oneself
- mente
- Mind; the seat of thought and consciousness
- comenzó
- Began, started doing something
- llenarse
- To fill up, become full of something
- pensamientos
- Thoughts, ideas passing through the mind
- angustiosos
- Anguishing, distressing, causing deep anxiety
- extraña
- Strange, unusual, foreign, odd
- visión
- Vision, sight; something seen or a mental image
- atrajo
- Attracted, drew toward; past tense of atraer
- repente
- Sudden; used in 'de repente' meaning suddenly
- atención
- Attention; the act of focusing one's mind
- desvió
- Diverted, turned away, redirected attention or path
- preocupación
- Worry, concern, anxiety about something
- situación
- Situation, circumstance, current state of affairs
- Percibimos
- We perceived, noticed, became aware of something
- carruaje
- Carriage; a horse-drawn or animal-drawn vehicle
- bajo
- Low, short, beneath; also preposition meaning under
- fijado
- Fixed, fastened, attached firmly in place
- trineo
- Sled, sleigh; vehicle that glides over ice or snow
- tirado
- Pulled, dragged; past participle of tirar
- perros
- Dogs; common domestic animals
- pasaba
- Was passing by, moving past a point
- hacia
- Toward, in the direction of something
- norte
- North; one of the four cardinal directions
- distancia
- Distance; the space between two points
- media
- Half, medium; feminine form of medio
- milla
- Mile; unit of distance approximately 1.6 kilometers
- forma
- Form, shape, appearance of something
- aparentemente
- Apparently, seemingly, on the surface
- estatura
- Stature, height of a person's body
- gigantesca
- Gigantic, enormous, of very great size
- sentado
- Seated, sitting down in a position
- guiaba
- Was guiding, steering, directing movement
- Observamos
- We observed, watched carefully with attention
- rápido
- Rapid, fast, quick in movement or action
- avance
- Advance, forward progress, movement ahead
- viajero
- Traveler, wayfarer, someone on a journey
- telescopios
- Telescopes; optical instruments for viewing distant objects
- hasta
- Until, as far as, up to a point
- perdió
- Lost, disappeared; past tense of perder
- entre
- Between, among; preposition indicating position
- lejanas
- Distant, far-off, remote in location
- irregularidades
- Irregularities, uneven features of a surface
- aparición
- Apparition, appearance, mysterious sudden sighting
- despertó
- Awakened, stirred, aroused a feeling or person
- admiración
- Admiration, wonder, feeling of awe
- absoluta
- Absolute, total, complete without reservation
- según
- According to, depending on a source or condition
- creíamos
- We believed, thought to be true at the time
- cientos
- Hundreds; plural of ciento, large quantities
- millas
- Miles; plural unit of distance measurement
- cualquier
- Any, whichever; indefinite adjective before nouns
- tierra
- Land, earth, ground; solid surface or soil
- parecía
- Seemed, appeared to be; imperfect of parecer
- indicar
- To indicate, show, suggest something
- realidad
- Reality, truth; the actual state of things
- lejos
- Far, distant; far away in space
- supuesto
- Supposed, assumed; past participle of suponer
- Encerrados
- Enclosed, trapped, shut in a confined space
- embargo
- Embargo; used in 'sin embargo' meaning however
- imposible
- Impossible, not able to be done
- seguir
- To follow, continue, keep doing something
- rastro
- Trail, track, trace left behind by someone
- observado
- Observed, watched; past participle of observar
- mayor
- Greater, larger, older; comparative adjective
- después
- After, afterward, later in time
- suceso
- Event, occurrence, happening, incident
- oímos
- We heard; past tense of oír
- mar
- Sea, ocean; large body of salt water
- fondo
- Bottom, background, depth of something
- antes
- Before, previously, earlier in time
- llegara
- Would arrive, reached; subjunctive of llegar
- rompió
- Broke, shattered; past tense of romper
- liberó
- Freed, liberated, released from confinement
- barco
- Ship, boat; a vessel that travels on water
- mantuvimos
- We stayed, remained, kept ourselves in place
- capa
- Layer, sheet, coat; a covering stratum
- temiendo
- Fearing, dreading; present participle of temer
- encontrarnos
- To find ourselves, encounter; reflexive infinitive
- oscuridad
- Darkness, obscurity; absence of light
- masas
- Masses, large bodies or chunks of material
- sueltas
- Loose, free, untethered, not fixed in place
- flotan
- Float, drift on a liquid surface
- ruptura
- Rupture, break, splitting apart of something
- Aproveché
- I took advantage of, made use of an opportunity
- descansar
- To rest, relax, take a break from activity
- pocas
- Few, not many; feminine plural form of poco
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