Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 7
In doing this, I underwent a kind of rough usage, ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained.
Al hacer esto, sufrí una especie de trato brusco, poco apropiado para las heridas que mi mente había sufrido.
Ever since the fatal night, the end of my labours, and the beginning of my misfortunes, I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of natural philosophy.
Desde aquella noche fatal, el fin de mis trabajos y el comienzo de mis desgracias, había concebido una violenta antipatía incluso hacia el nombre de la filosofía natural.
When I was otherwise quite restored to health, the sight of a chemical instrument would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms.
Cuando por lo demás me había recuperado del todo, la vista de un instrumento químico renovaba toda la agonía de mis síntomas nerviosos.
Henry saw this, and had removed all my apparatus from my view.
Henry lo vio, y había retirado todos mis aparatos de mi vista.
He had also changed my apartment; for he perceived that I had acquired a dislike for the room which had previously been my laboratory.
También había cambiado mi habitación, pues se dio cuenta de que había adquirido aversión al cuarto que antes había sido mi laboratorio.
But these cares of Clerval were made of no avail when I visited the professors.
Pero estos cuidados de Clerval resultaron inútiles cuando visité a los profesores.
M. Waldman inflicted torture when he praised, with kindness and warmth, the astonishing progress I had made in the sciences.
El señor Waldman me infligió un tormento cuando elogió, con bondad y calidez, el asombroso progreso que había logrado en las ciencias.
He soon perceived that I disliked the subject; but not guessing the real cause, he attributed my feelings to modesty, and changed the subject from my improvement, to the science itself, with a desire, as I evidently saw, of drawing me out.
Pronto se percató de que el tema me desagradaba; pero sin adivinar la causa real, atribuyó mis sentimientos a la modestia, y cambió el tema de mis avances a la ciencia misma, con el deseo, como pude ver claramente, de hacerme hablar.
What could I do?
¿Qué podía hacer yo?
He meant to please, and he tormented me.
Pretendía complacerme, y me atormentaba.
I felt as if he had placed carefully, one by one, in my view those instruments which were to be afterwards used in putting me to a slow and cruel death.
Sentía como si hubiera colocado cuidadosamente, uno a uno, ante mis ojos aquellos instrumentos que habrían de ser utilizados después para darme una muerte lenta y cruel.
I writhed under his words, yet dared not exhibit the pain I felt.
Me retorcía bajo el peso de sus palabras, pero no me atrevía a mostrar el dolor que sentía.
Vocabulary
- hacer
- To do or to make something
- esto
- This; referring to something just mentioned
- sufrí
- I suffered; past tense of sufrir
- especie
- Kind, sort, or type of something
- trato
- Treatment or manner of dealing with someone
- brusco
- Rough, abrupt, or brusque in manner
- poco
- Little, few, or not much
- apropiado
- Appropriate or suitable for a situation
- heridas
- Wounds or injuries on the body or mind
- mente
- The mind or intellect of a person
- sufrido
- Suffered; past participle of sufrir
- Desde
- From or since a point in time
- aquella
- That (feminine); demonstrative adjective indicating distance
- noche
- Night; the period of darkness
- fatal
- Fatal, fateful, or disastrous in consequence
- fin
- End or conclusion of something
- trabajos
- Works, labors, or jobs undertaken by someone
- comienzo
- Beginning or start of something
- desgracias
- Misfortunes or unfortunate events in one's life
- concebido
- Conceived or formed in the mind
- violenta
- Violent or intense in nature
- antipatía
- Antipathy; strong feeling of dislike toward something
- incluso
- Even or including; used to add emphasis
- hacia
- Toward; preposition indicating direction or feeling
- nombre
- Name; word used to identify something
- filosofía
- Philosophy; study of fundamental questions and knowledge
- natural
- Natural; relating to nature or innate qualities
- Cuando
- When; conjunction introducing a time clause
- demás
- Rest, others, or remaining; used in phrases
- recuperado
- Recovered; past participle of recuperarse
- todo
- All, everything, or completely
- vista
- Sight or view; also past participle of ver
- instrumento
- Instrument or tool used for a purpose
- químico
- Chemical or relating to chemistry
- renovaba
- Renewed or revived; imperfect tense of renovar
- agonía
- Agony; intense physical or mental suffering
- síntomas
- Symptoms; signs indicating a condition or illness
- nerviosos
- Nervous; relating to nerves or anxiety
- vio
- Saw; third-person preterite of ver
- retirado
- Removed or withdrawn; past participle of retirar
- todos
- All or every; masculine plural of todo
- aparatos
- Apparatuses or devices used for scientific work
- También
- Also or too; additive adverb
- cambiado
- Changed; past participle of cambiar
- habitación
- Room; a space within a building for living
- pues
- Since, because, or well; causal conjunction
- dio
- Gave or realized; preterite of dar
- cuenta
- Account; used in 'darse cuenta' meaning to realize
- adquirido
- Acquired or developed; past participle of adquirir
- aversión
- Aversion; strong dislike or repugnance toward something
- cuarto
- Room or quarter; a space in a building
- antes
- Before; referring to a prior time or place
- laboratorio
- Laboratory; place for scientific experiments and research
- Pero
- But; adversative conjunction showing contrast
- estos
- These; masculine plural demonstrative adjective
- cuidados
- Cares or attentions given to help someone
- resultaron
- Resulted or turned out; preterite of resultar
- inútiles
- Useless or futile; serving no practical purpose
- cuando
- When; conjunction introducing a time clause
- visité
- I visited; preterite of visitar
- profesores
- Professors or teachers at an academic institution
- señor
- Mister or sir; formal title for a man
- infligió
- Inflicted; caused suffering or pain on someone
- tormento
- Torment; intense suffering or anguish
- elogió
- Praised; spoke highly of someone's achievements
- bondad
- Kindness or goodness in a person's character
- calidez
- Warmth; a quality of being friendly and caring
- asombroso
- Amazing or astonishing; causing wonder or surprise
- progreso
- Progress; forward movement or improvement over time
- logrado
- Achieved or accomplished; past participle of lograr
- ciencias
- Sciences; fields of systematic study and knowledge
- Pronto
- Soon or quickly; indicating nearness in time
- percató
- Noticed or became aware; preterite of percatarse
- tema
- Topic, theme, or subject of discussion
- desagradaba
- Displeased or was unpleasant; imperfect of desagradar
- pero
- But; conjunction showing contrast or exception
- sin
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- adivinar
- To guess or figure out something unknown
- causa
- Cause or reason behind an event or feeling
- real
- Real or true; relating to actual existence
- atribuyó
- Attributed; assigned a cause or quality to something
- sentimientos
- Feelings or emotions experienced by a person
- modestia
- Modesty; quality of not boasting about achievements
- cambió
- Changed or switched; preterite of cambiar
- avances
- Advances or progress made in a field
- ciencia
- Science; systematic study of the natural world
- misma
- Same or itself; feminine form of mismo
- deseo
- Desire or wish for something
- como
- As, like, or how; comparison conjunction
- pude
- I could; preterite of poder
- ver
- To see; to perceive with the eyes
- claramente
- Clearly; in a way that is easy to understand
- hablar
- To speak or talk
- Qué
- What; interrogative pronoun
- podía
- Could; first/third-person imperfect of poder
- Pretendía
- Intended or tried to; imperfect of pretender
- complacerme
- To please me; infinitive with direct object pronoun
- atormentaba
- Tormented; was causing suffering; imperfect of atormentar
- Sentía
- Felt; first/third-person imperfect of sentir
- si
- If; conditional conjunction used in hypothetical clauses
- hubiera
- Had; past subjunctive of haber used in conditionals
- colocado
- Placed or positioned; past participle of colocar
- cuidadosamente
- Carefully; in an attentive and cautious manner
- ante
- Before or in front of; preposition of position
- ojos
- Eyes; organs of vision in the face
- aquellos
- Those; masculine plural demonstrative adjective indicating distance
- instrumentos
- Instruments or tools used for scientific purposes
- habrían
- Would have; conditional of haber used in speculation
- ser
- To be; fundamental verb of identity or essence
- utilizados
- Used or employed; past participle of utilizar
- después
- After or afterward; indicating later time
- muerte
- Death; the end of life
- lenta
- Slow; feminine form of lento
- cruel
- Cruel; causing pain or suffering deliberately
- retorcía
- Writhed or twisted; imperfect of retorcerse
- bajo
- Under or beneath; preposition of position
- peso
- Weight or burden of something heavy
- palabras
- Words; units of spoken or written language
- atrevía
- Dared; imperfect of atreverse, to dare to do
- mostrar
- To show or display something to someone
- dolor
- Pain or grief; physical or emotional suffering
- sentía
- Felt; imperfect of sentir, to feel or sense
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