Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 2
They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings, that sometimes raised me to ecstasy, but more frequently sunk me into the lowest dejection.
Produjeron en mí una infinidad de nuevas imágenes y sentimientos, que a veces me elevaban al éxtasis, pero con más frecuencia me hundían en la más profunda abatimiento.
In the _Sorrows of Werter_, besides the interest of its simple and affecting story, so many opinions are canvassed and so many lights thrown upon what had hitherto been to me obscure subjects that I found in it a never-ending source of speculation and astonishment.
En las _Penas del joven Werther_, además del interés de su sencilla y conmovedora historia, se debaten tantas opiniones y se arrojan tantas luces sobre lo que hasta entonces habían sido para mí temas oscuros, que encontré en él una fuente inagotable de especulación y asombro.
The gentle and domestic manners it described, combined with lofty sentiments and feelings, which had for their object something out of self, accorded well with my experience among my protectors and with the wants which were for ever alive in my own bosom.
Los suaves y domésticos modales que describía, combinados con elevados sentimientos y emociones, que tenían por objeto algo más allá del yo, concordaban bien con mi experiencia entre mis protectores y con los anhelos que vivían eternamente en mi propio pecho.
But I thought Werter himself a more divine being than I had ever beheld or imagined; his character contained no pretension, but it sank deep.
Pero yo consideraba al propio Werther un ser más divino que cualquiera que hubiera visto o imaginado; su carácter no contenía pretensión alguna, pero calaba hondo.
The disquisitions upon death and suicide were calculated to fill me with wonder.
Las disquisiciones sobre la muerte y el suicidio estaban calculadas para llenarme de asombro.
I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case, yet I inclined towards the opinions of the hero, whose extinction I wept, without precisely understanding it.
No pretendía entrar en los méritos del asunto, pero me inclinaba hacia las opiniones del héroe, cuya extinción lloré, sin comprenderla con exactitud.
"As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition.
"Sin embargo, al leer, apliqué mucho personalmente a mis propios sentimientos y condición.
I found myself similar yet at the same time strangely unlike to the beings concerning whom I read and to whose conversation I was a listener.
Me encontré semejante y al mismo tiempo extrañamente distinto a los seres sobre quienes leía y a cuyas conversaciones era oyente.
I sympathised with and partly understood them, but I was unformed in mind; I was dependent on none and related to none.
Simpatizaba con ellos y en parte los comprendía, pero mi mente estaba sin formar; no dependía de nadie ni estaba relacionado con nadie.
Vocabulary
- Produjeron
- They produced or generated something in someone
- infinidad
- An infinite or countless number of things
- imágenes
- Mental or visual pictures; images or impressions
- sentimientos
- Emotions or feelings experienced internally
- veces
- Times; used in 'a veces' meaning sometimes
- elevaban
- They lifted or raised someone to a higher state
- éxtasis
- A state of overwhelming joy or ecstasy
- frecuencia
- How often something occurs; frequency
- hundían
- They sank or plunged someone into a state
- profunda
- Adjective meaning deep or profound (feminine)
- abatimiento
- A state of dejection, despondency, or low spirits
- _Penas
- Sorrows or sufferings; part of a book title
- joven
- Adjective or noun meaning young or youth
- además
- Adverb meaning furthermore, besides, or in addition
- interés
- Curiosity or attention drawn toward something
- sencilla
- Simple, plain, or straightforward (feminine adjective)
- conmovedora
- Deeply moving or emotionally touching (feminine adjective)
- historia
- A story, narrative, or historical account
- debaten
- They debate or argue over various opinions
- tantas
- So many (feminine plural form of tanto)
- opiniones
- Views or opinions held on a subject
- arrojan
- They throw or cast light on something
- luces
- Lights; metaphorically clarity or illumination on topics
- hasta
- Preposition meaning until, up to, or even
- entonces
- Adverb meaning then or at that time
- temas
- Topics, themes, or subjects of discussion
- oscuros
- Dark, obscure, or difficult to understand (plural)
- encontré
- I found or came across something
- fuente
- A source, fountain, or origin of something
- inagotable
- Inexhaustible; impossible to use up or deplete
- especulación
- Thinking or reasoning beyond established facts; speculation
- asombro
- A feeling of amazement or wonder at something
- suaves
- Gentle, soft, or mild in manner (plural)
- domésticos
- Relating to home or household life (plural)
- modales
- Manners or social behaviors of a person
- describía
- He or she was describing something in detail
- combinados
- Combined or joined together (masculine plural adjective)
- elevados
- Elevated, lofty, or high-minded (masculine plural adjective)
- emociones
- Emotions or strong feelings experienced by someone
- objeto
- Object, goal, or purpose of an action
- allá
- Adverb meaning over there or beyond
- concordaban
- They agreed with or matched something else well
- experiencia
- Personal experience or practical knowledge gained
- entre
- Preposition meaning between, among, or within
- protectores
- Protectors or guardians who look after someone
- anhelos
- Deep longings or yearnings for something desired
- eternamente
- Adverb meaning eternally or forever without end
- propio
- One's own; belonging to oneself (adjective)
- pecho
- Chest or breast; metaphorically one's inner self
- consideraba
- I or he considered or regarded someone as something
- ser
- To be; also a noun meaning being or entity
- divino
- Divine or godlike in nature or quality
- cualquiera
- Anyone, whoever, or any one at all
- hubiera
- Past subjunctive of haber meaning had (hypothetical)
- imaginado
- Past participle of imaginar meaning imagined or envisioned
- carácter
- Character, personality, or moral nature of a person
- contenía
- It contained or held something within itself
- pretensión
- Pretension, claim, or affected sense of importance
- calaba
- It penetrated deeply or soaked into something thoroughly
- hondo
- Deep or profound; used with calar meaning deeply
- disquisiciones
- Lengthy analytical discussions or detailed written examinations
- muerte
- Death or the end of life
- suicidio
- The act of intentionally ending one's own life
- calculadas
- Calculated or deliberately designed to produce an effect
- llenarme
- To fill me up with something, such as feelings
- pretendía
- He or I intended, claimed, or aimed to do
- entrar
- To enter or get into a place or discussion
- méritos
- Merits, worth, or qualities deserving praise
- asunto
- A matter, subject, or issue being discussed
- inclinaba
- Leaned toward or was inclined to favor something
- hacia
- Preposition meaning toward or in the direction of
- héroe
- A hero or main protagonist of a story
- cuya
- Relative possessive adjective meaning whose (feminine)
- extinción
- Extinction or complete end of existence or life
- lloré
- I cried or wept over something or someone
- sin
- Preposition meaning without
- comprenderla
- To understand it or her (infinitive with pronoun)
- exactitud
- Accuracy, exactness, or precision in understanding something
- embargo
- Used in 'sin embargo' meaning nevertheless or however
- leer
- To read written text or literature
- apliqué
- I applied or related something to myself personally
- personalmente
- Personally or in a personal and direct way
- propios
- One's own (masculine plural possessive adjective)
- condición
- Condition, situation, or state of being
- semejante
- Similar or alike; resembling something or someone else
- mismo
- Same or self; used for emphasis or identity
- tiempo
- Time or weather; at the same time (al mismo tiempo)
- extrañamente
- Strangely or in an unusual and odd manner
- distinto
- Different or distinct from something or someone else
- seres
- Beings or living entities (plural of ser)
- quienes
- Relative pronoun meaning who or whom (plural)
- leía
- I was reading or used to read (imperfect)
- cuyas
- Whose (feminine plural relative possessive adjective)
- conversaciones
- Conversations or spoken exchanges between people
- oyente
- A listener or someone who listens to others
- Simpatizaba
- I sympathized with or felt affinity toward someone
- parte
- Part, portion, or section of a whole
- comprendía
- I understood or comprehended something (imperfect tense)
- mente
- Mind or intellect; the thinking faculty
- formar
- To form, shape, or develop something or someone
- dependía
- I or it depended on something or someone
- nadie
- Nobody or no one (negative indefinite pronoun)
- ni
- Conjunction meaning nor or not even
- relacionado
- Related to or connected with something or someone
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