Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 2
There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.
Ali, Margaret, o sol é eternamente visível, seu amplo disco apenas roçando o horizonte e difundindo um esplendor perpétuo.
There—for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators—there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.
Ali — pois, com sua licença, minha irmã, depositarei alguma confiança nos navegadores que me precederam — ali a neve e a geada são banidas; e, navegando por um mar calmo, poderemos ser levados a uma terra que supera em maravilhas e em beleza todas as regiões até agora descobertas no globo habitável.
Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes.
Suas produções e características podem ser sem igual, assim como os fenômenos dos corpos celestes indubitavelmente o são naquelas solidões inexploradas.
What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?
O que não se pode esperar num país de luz eterna?
I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever.
Posso ali descobrir o poder maravilhoso que atrai a agulha e regular mil observações celestes que requerem apenas esta viagem para tornar suas aparentes excentricidades consistentes para sempre.
I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.
Saciarei minha ardente curiosidade com a visão de uma parte do mundo nunca antes visitada, e poderei pisar uma terra nunca antes marcada pelo pé do homem.
These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river.
Estes são meus atrativos, e são suficientes para vencer todo o medo do perigo ou da morte e para me induzir a iniciar esta árdua viagem com a alegria que uma criança sente quando embarca num pequeno barco, com seus companheiros de férias, numa expedição de descoberta pelo seu rio natal.
Vocabulary
- Ali
- There; in that place or location.
- sol
- Sun; the star at Earth's center.
- eternamente
- Eternally; forever without end.
- visível
- Visible; able to be seen.
- seu
- His, her, its, your (formal).
- amplo
- Ample; wide, broad, or spacious.
- disco
- Disk; a flat circular object.
- apenas
- Only; merely or just.
- roçando
- Brushing; touching lightly or grazing.
- horizonte
- Horizon; where sky meets earth.
- difundindo
- Diffusing; spreading widely or broadcasting.
- um
- A, an; the number one.
- esplendor
- Splendor; magnificence or brilliant display.
- perpétuo
- Perpetual; lasting forever or always.
- pois
- Therefore; for, because, or thus.
- com
- With; accompanied by or having.
- sua
- His, her, its, your (feminine).
- licença
- License; permission or leave from duty.
- minha
- My; belonging to me (feminine).
- irmã
- Sister; female sibling or nun.
- depositarei
- Will deposit; shall place or entrust.
- alguma
- Some; a certain amount or part.
- confiança
- Confidence; trust or reliance in someone.
- nos
- In the; in us or those.
- navegadores
- Navigators; those who navigate or sail.
- que
- That; which or who (relative).
- me
- Me; to me or myself.
- precederam
- Preceded; came before in time.
- neve
- Snow; frozen precipitation from clouds.
- geada
- Frost; frozen dew on ground.
- são
- Are; third person plural of ser.
- banidas
- Banished; exiled or forbidden from place.
- navegando
- Navigating; sailing or steering a vessel.
- por
- By; through or for (preposition).
- mar
- Sea; large body of salt water.
- calmo
- Calm; peaceful, quiet, or undisturbed.
- poderemos
- We will be able; shall have power.
- ser
- To be; to exist or occur.
- levados
- Carried; transported or taken somewhere.
- terra
- Land; earth, soil, or country.
- supera
- Surpasses; exceeds or is superior to.
- maravilhas
- Wonders; amazing or miraculous things.
- beleza
- Beauty; quality of being attractive.
- todas
- All; the complete number or extent.
- regiões
- Regions; areas or districts of place.
- até
- Until; up to a point.
- agora
- Now; at the present time.
- descobertas
- Discovered; found or revealed previously.
- globo
- Globe; spherical representation of Earth.
- habitável
- Habitable; suitable for living in.
- Suas
- Their; belonging to them (plural).
- produções
- Productions; items produced or manufactured.
- características
- Characteristics; distinctive features or qualities.
- sem
- Without; lacking or deprived of.
- igual
- Equal; same in quantity or quality.
- assim
- Thus; in this way or manner.
- como
- Like, as; in the way that.
- os
- The; definite article (masculine plural).
- fenômenos
- Phenomena; observable facts or occurrences.
- dos
- Of the; contractions of de+os.
- corpos
- Bodies; physical forms or masses.
- celestes
- Celestial; relating to the sky.
- indubitavelmente
- Undoubtedly; without doubt or question.
- naquelas
- In those; in those places (feminine).
- solidões
- Solitudes; states of being alone.
- inexploradas
- Unexplored; not yet investigated or examined.
- não
- Not; negation or denial particle.
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun or impersonal.
- pode
- Can; is able to or possible.
- esperar
- To expect; to wait for something.
- num
- In a; contraction of em+um.
- país
- Country; nation with defined borders.
- de
- Of; from or belonging to.
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