Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 4
She instructed her daughter in the tenets of her religion and taught her to aspire to higher powers of intellect and an independence of spirit forbidden to the female followers of Muhammad.
Ella instruyó a su hija en los principios de su religión y le enseñó a aspirar a mayores capacidades intelectuales y a una independencia de espíritu prohibida para las seguidoras femeninas de Mahoma.
This lady died, but her lessons were indelibly impressed on the mind of Safie, who sickened at the prospect of again returning to Asia and being immured within the walls of a harem, allowed only to occupy herself with infantile amusements, ill-suited to the temper of her soul, now accustomed to grand ideas and a noble emulation for virtue.
Esta dama murió, pero sus lecciones quedaron indeleblemente grabadas en la mente de Safie, quien se horrorizaba ante la perspectiva de regresar a Asia y quedar encerrada entre los muros de un harén, permitiéndosele únicamente entretenerse con diversiones infantiles, poco adecuadas al temperamento de su alma, ya acostumbrada a grandes ideas y a una noble emulación de la virtud.
The prospect of marrying a Christian and remaining in a country where women were allowed to take a rank in society was enchanting to her.
La perspectiva de casarse con un cristiano y permanecer en un país donde las mujeres podían ocupar un lugar en la sociedad le resultaba encantadora.
"The day for the execution of the Turk was fixed, but on the night previous to it he quitted his prison and before morning was distant many leagues from Paris.
«El día para la ejecución del turco fue fijado, pero en la noche anterior a ella abandonó su prisión y antes del amanecer se encontraba a muchas leguas de París.
Felix had procured passports in the name of his father, sister, and himself.
Félix había conseguido pasaportes a nombre de su padre, su hermana y él mismo.
He had previously communicated his plan to the former, who aided the deceit by quitting his house, under the pretence of a journey and concealed himself, with his daughter, in an obscure part of Paris.
Previamente había comunicado su plan al primero, quien colaboró en el engaño abandonando su casa con el pretexto de un viaje, y se ocultó, junto con su hija, en una parte apartada de París.
"Felix conducted the fugitives through France to Lyons and across Mont Cenis to Leghorn, where the merchant had decided to wait a favourable opportunity of passing into some part of the Turkish dominions.
«Félix condujo a los fugitivos a través de Francia hasta Lyon y, cruzando el Mont Cenis, hasta Liorna, donde el mercader había decidido aguardar una oportunidad favorable para adentrarse en alguna parte de los dominios turcos.
Vocabulary
- instruyó
- Past tense of instruir; taught or instructed someone
- hija
- Female child; daughter
- principios
- Fundamental beliefs or rules; principles
- religión
- System of faith and worship; religion
- enseñó
- Past tense of enseñar; taught or showed someone
- aspirar
- To aim for or desire something greater
- mayores
- Comparative adjective meaning greater or larger
- capacidades
- Abilities or skills one possesses; capacities
- intelectuales
- Related to the intellect or mental abilities
- independencia
- State of being free from control; independence
- espíritu
- Non-physical essence of a person; spirit
- prohibida
- Forbidden or not allowed; prohibited
- seguidoras
- Female followers or adherents of a belief
- femeninas
- Relating to women or femininity; feminine
- Mahoma
- The prophet and founder of Islam; Muhammad
- dama
- A refined or noble woman; lady
- murió
- Past tense of morir; passed away or died
- lecciones
- Units of teaching or learning; lessons
- quedaron
- Past tense of quedar; remained or stayed behind
- indeleblemente
- In a way that cannot be erased; indelibly
- grabadas
- Engraved or deeply imprinted onto something
- mente
- The seat of thoughts and consciousness; mind
- horrorizaba
- Imperfect tense of horrorizar; was horrified by
- ante
- Preposition meaning before or faced with
- perspectiva
- A point of view or anticipated outlook; perspective
- regresar
- To return to a previous place or state
- quedar
- To remain, stay, or end up somewhere
- encerrada
- Locked in or confined within a space
- muros
- Thick walls of a building or enclosure
- harén
- Secluded quarters for women in some Muslim households
- permitiéndosele
- Gerund form; allowing her to do something
- únicamente
- Only or exclusively; solely
- entretenerse
- To amuse or occupy oneself; to be entertained
- diversiones
- Activities done for fun; amusements or entertainments
- infantiles
- Relating to or suited for children; childish
- adecuadas
- Suitable or appropriate for a purpose
- temperamento
- A person's natural disposition or character; temperament
- alma
- The spiritual or immaterial part of a person; soul
- acostumbrada
- Accustomed or habituated to something over time
- ideas
- Thoughts or concepts formed in the mind
- noble
- Having high moral qualities or aristocratic rank
- emulación
- The effort to match or surpass another; emulation
- virtud
- A morally good quality or behavior; virtue
- casarse
- Reflexive verb meaning to get married
- cristiano
- A person who follows Christianity; Christian
- permanecer
- To stay or remain in a place or state
- país
- A nation or territory; country
- mujeres
- Adult female human beings; women
- ocupar
- To take up or fill a position or space
- lugar
- A specific position or spot; place
- sociedad
- The community of people living together; society
- resultaba
- Imperfect tense of resultar; turned out or seemed
- encantadora
- Delightful or charming in a pleasing way
- ejecución
- The carrying out of a death sentence; execution
- turco
- A person from Turkey or of Turkish origin
- fijado
- Past participle of fijar; fixed or set officially
- noche
- The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
- anterior
- Coming before in time or position; previous
- abandonó
- Past tense of abandonar; left or deserted a place
- prisión
- A place where people are confined; prison
- amanecer
- The time when daylight first appears; dawn
- leguas
- Old unit of distance roughly equal to three miles
- conseguido
- Past participle of conseguir; obtained or managed to get
- pasaportes
- Official documents allowing travel between countries; passports
- nombre
- A word used to identify a person; name
- padre
- A male parent; father
- hermana
- A female sibling; sister
- Previamente
- Adverb meaning beforehand or previously
- comunicado
- Past participle of comunicar; communicated or informed
- plan
- A scheme or intended course of action; plan
- colaboró
- Past tense of colaborar; cooperated or worked together
- engaño
- An act of deceiving someone; deception or trick
- abandonando
- Gerund of abandonar; leaving or deserting a place
- casa
- A building used as a home; house
- pretexto
- A false reason given to hide true motive; pretext
- viaje
- A journey or trip to another place
- ocultó
- Past tense of ocultar; hid or concealed something
- parte
- A section or portion of a whole; part
- apartada
- Remote or isolated from others; secluded
- condujo
- Past tense of conducir; led or drove someone
- fugitivos
- People fleeing from danger or authority; fugitives
- través
- Used in phrase a través de, meaning through or across
- cruzando
- Gerund of cruzar; crossing over a border or obstacle
- mercader
- A person who trades goods; merchant or trader
- decidido
- Past participle of decidir; determined or resolved to act
- aguardar
- To wait for or await an opportunity or person
- oportunidad
- A favorable set of circumstances; opportunity
- favorable
- Advantageous or giving a positive outcome; favorable
- adentrarse
- To go deep into or penetrate a territory
- dominios
- Territories under the control of a ruler; domains
- turcos
- Plural noun referring to people from Turkey
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