Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
The news reached Felix and roused him from his dream of pleasure.
La noticia llegó a Félix y lo despertó de su sueño de placer.
His blind and aged father and his gentle sister lay in a noisome dungeon while he enjoyed the free air and the society of her whom he loved.
Su padre, ciego y anciano, y su dulce hermana yacían en un nauseabundo calabozo mientras él disfrutaba del aire libre y de la compañía de aquella a quien amaba.
This idea was torture to him.
Esta idea era una tortura para él.
He quickly arranged with the Turk that if the latter should find a favourable opportunity for escape before Felix could return to Italy, Safie should remain as a boarder at a convent at Leghorn; and then, quitting the lovely Arabian, he hastened to Paris and delivered himself up to the vengeance of the law, hoping to free De Lacey and Agatha by this proceeding.
Rápidamente acordó con el turco que, si este encontraba una oportunidad favorable para escapar antes de que Félix pudiera regresar a Italia, Safie permanecería como huésped en un convento de Liorna; y entonces, despidiéndose de la encantadora árabe, se apresuró a ir a París y se entregó a la venganza de la ley, esperando liberar a De Lacey y a Agatha mediante este procedimiento.
"He did not succeed.
«No lo consiguió.
They remained confined for five months before the trial took place, the result of which deprived them of their fortune and condemned them to a perpetual exile from their native country.
Permanecieron encerrados durante cinco meses antes de que tuviera lugar el juicio, cuyo resultado los privó de su fortuna y los condenó a un exilio perpetuo de su país natal.
"They found a miserable asylum in the cottage in Germany, where I discovered them.
«Encontraron un miserable refugio en la cabaña de Alemania donde yo los descubrí.
Felix soon learned that the treacherous Turk, for whom he and his family endured such unheard-of oppression, on discovering that his deliverer was thus reduced to poverty and ruin, became a traitor to good feeling and honour and had quitted Italy with his daughter, insultingly sending Felix a pittance of money to aid him, as he said, in some plan of future maintenance.
Félix pronto supo que el traicionero turco, por quien él y su familia habían soportado una opresión tan inaudita, al descubrir que su libertador había quedado reducido a la pobreza y la ruina, traicionó los buenos sentimientos y el honor, y había abandonado Italia con su hija, enviándole a Félix, de manera insultante, una miseria de dinero para ayudarlo, según dijo, en algún plan de sustento futuro.
"Such were the events that preyed on the heart of Felix and rendered him, when I first saw him, the most miserable of his family.
«Tales fueron los sucesos que atormentaban el corazón de Félix y que lo habían convertido, cuando lo vi por primera vez, en el más desgraciado de su familia.
Vocabulary
- noticia
- A piece of news or information received
- llegó
- Arrived or reached a place or person
- despertó
- Woke someone up from sleep
- sueño
- A dream or the state of sleep
- placer
- Pleasure or enjoyment derived from an experience
- padre
- Father; a male parent
- ciego
- Blind; unable to see
- anciano
- An elderly or very old person
- dulce
- Sweet in taste or gentle in manner
- hermana
- A female sibling; sister
- yacían
- Were lying down, often helplessly or still
- nauseabundo
- Causing nausea; disgusting or revolting
- calabozo
- A dungeon or jail cell underground
- mientras
- While; during the time that something occurs
- disfrutaba
- Was enjoying something pleasurable
- aire
- Air; the atmosphere or open outdoor space
- libre
- Free; not confined or restricted
- compañía
- Company; the presence of another person
- aquella
- That; demonstrative adjective referring to something distant
- amaba
- Loved someone deeply and affectionately
- idea
- An idea or thought in the mind
- tortura
- Torture; severe physical or mental suffering
- Rápidamente
- Quickly; in a fast or swift manner
- acordó
- Agreed or came to an arrangement with someone
- turco
- Turkish person; someone from Turkey
- encontraba
- Found or came across something or someone
- oportunidad
- An opportunity or favorable chance to act
- favorable
- Favorable; advantageous or likely to succeed
- escapar
- To escape or flee from confinement
- antes
- Before; earlier in time than something else
- pudiera
- Could; past subjunctive of 'poder' meaning to be able
- regresar
- To return or go back to a place
- permanecería
- Would remain or stay in a place
- huésped
- A guest or lodger staying somewhere temporarily
- convento
- A convent; a community of nuns or monks
- entonces
- Then; at that time or as a consequence
- despidiéndose
- Saying goodbye; taking leave of someone
- encantadora
- Charming or enchanting; very attractive and delightful
- árabe
- Arab; relating to Arabic people or culture
- apresuró
- Hurried or rushed to do something quickly
- ir
- To go; basic verb of movement
- entregó
- Handed over or surrendered something to someone
- venganza
- Vengeance or revenge against someone who wronged you
- ley
- Law; a legal rule enforced by authority
- esperando
- Hoping or waiting for something to happen
- liberar
- To free or release from captivity or constraint
- mediante
- By means of; through the use of something
- procedimiento
- A procedure or established method of doing something
- consiguió
- Managed to achieve or obtain something
- Permanecieron
- They remained or stayed in a place
- encerrados
- Locked up or confined in an enclosed space
- durante
- During; throughout a period of time
- meses
- Months; plural of 'mes'
- tuviera
- Had; past subjunctive of 'tener' meaning to have
- lugar
- Place; a location or spot
- juicio
- A trial or legal judgment in court
- cuyo
- Whose; relative possessive adjective
- resultado
- A result or outcome of an event
- privó
- Deprived someone of something they possessed
- fortuna
- Fortune; wealth or financial assets
- condenó
- Condemned or sentenced someone to punishment
- exilio
- Exile; forced removal from one's homeland
- perpetuo
- Perpetual; lasting forever or for a very long time
- país
- Country; a nation or homeland
- natal
- Native; relating to one's place of birth
- Encontraron
- They found or came across something
- miserable
- Miserable; wretched and very uncomfortable
- refugio
- A refuge or shelter offering safety from danger
- cabaña
- A cabin or small rustic dwelling
- donde
- Where; relative adverb indicating a place
- descubrí
- I discovered or found out something
- pronto
- Soon or quickly; in a short time
- supo
- Found out or learned something; past tense of 'saber'
- traicionero
- Treacherous; guilty of betrayal or deceit
- familia
- Family; a group of related people
- soportado
- Endured or put up with something difficult
- opresión
- Oppression; unjust use of power against others
- tan
- So or as; used in comparisons or intensification
- inaudita
- Unheard-of; unprecedented or shockingly unusual
- descubrir
- To discover or uncover something unknown
- libertador
- A liberator; one who frees others from oppression
- quedado
- Remained or ended up in a certain state
- reducido
- Reduced or brought down to a lesser state
- pobreza
- Poverty; the state of being very poor
- ruina
- Ruin; the state of total destruction or collapse
- traicionó
- Betrayed someone's trust or loyalty
- buenos
- Good; positive or morally admirable
- sentimientos
- Feelings or emotions experienced inwardly
- honor
- Honor; a strong sense of integrity and respect
- abandonado
- Abandoned; left behind or deserted
- hija
- Daughter; a female child of a parent
- enviándole
- Sending something to someone
- manera
- Manner or way of doing something
- insultante
- Insulting; offensive or disrespectful in nature
- miseria
- Misery; extreme poverty or wretchedness
- dinero
- Money; currency used for transactions
- ayudarlo
- To help him; to assist a specific male person
- según
- According to; as stated by someone
- dijo
- Said; past tense of 'decir' meaning to say
- algún
- Some; indefinite adjective indicating an unspecified one
- plan
- A plan or scheme for future action
- sustento
- Sustenance or livelihood; means of support
- futuro
- Future; the time yet to come
- Tales
- Such; of that kind or nature
- sucesos
- Events or occurrences that took place
- atormentaban
- Were tormenting or causing great distress to someone
- corazón
- Heart; the organ or seat of emotions
- convertido
- Converted or transformed into something different
- cuando
- When; at the time that something happened
- vi
- I saw; first-person past tense of 'ver'
- primera
- First; the ordinal number indicating position one
- vez
- Time or instance; an occurrence of something
- más
- More; to a greater degree or extent
- desgraciado
- Wretched or unfortunate; deeply unhappy or pitiful
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