Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 3
I do, in the next place, complain of my own great want of judgment, in being prevailed upon by the entreaties and false reasoning of you and some others, very much against my own opinion, to suffer my travels to be published.
Me quejo, en segundo lugar, de mi propia gran falta de juicio, al haberme dejado convencer por los ruegos y los falsos razonamientos de usted y de algunos otros, muy en contra de mi propia opinión, para permitir que mis viajes fueran publicados.
Pray bring to your mind how often I desired you to consider, when you insisted on the motive of public good, that the _Yahoos_ were a species of animals utterly incapable of amendment by precept or example: and so it has proved;
Le ruego que recuerde con qué frecuencia le pedí que considerara, cuando usted insistía en el motivo del bien público, que los _Yahoos_ eran una especie de animales absolutamente incapaces de enmienda por medio de preceptos o ejemplos: y así ha resultado ser;
for, instead of seeing a full stop put to all abuses and corruptions, at least in this little island, as I had reason to expect;
pues, en lugar de ver puesto un punto final a todos los abusos y corrupciones, al menos en esta pequeña isla, como tenía razones para esperar;
behold, after above six months warning, I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to my intentions.
he aquí que, tras más de seis meses de advertencia, no puedo saber que mi libro haya producido un solo efecto conforme a mis intenciones.
I desired you would let me know, by a letter, when party and faction were extinguished; judges learned and upright; pleaders honest and modest, with some tincture of common sense, and Smithfield blazing with pyramids of law books;
Le pedí que me hiciera saber, por carta, cuándo los partidos y las facciones se hubieran extinguido; los jueces fueran instruidos y rectos; los abogados honestos y modestos, con algún tinte de sentido común, y Smithfield ardiendo con pirámides de libros de leyes;
the young nobility's education entirely changed; the physicians banished; the female _Yahoos_ abounding in virtue, honour, truth, and good sense;
la educación de la joven nobleza completamente transformada; los médicos desterrados; las _Yahoos_ femeninas rebosantes de virtud, honor, verdad y buen juicio;
courts and levees of great ministers thoroughly weeded and swept; wit, merit, and learning rewarded;
las cortes y los salones de los grandes ministros completamente purgados y barridos; el ingenio, el mérito y el saber recompensados;
all disgracers of the press in prose and verse condemned to eat nothing but their own cotton, and quench their thirst with their own ink.
todos los deshonradores de la prensa en prosa y verso condenados a no comer nada más que su propio algodón, y a apagar su sed con su propia tinta.
Vocabulary
- quejo
- First person singular of 'quejarse', meaning to complain
- segundo
- Ordinal adjective meaning 'second' in a sequence
- lugar
- Noun meaning 'place', 'location', or 'position'
- propia
- Adjective meaning 'own', emphasizing personal ownership
- gran
- Adjective meaning 'great' or 'large', used before nouns
- falta
- Noun meaning 'lack', 'fault', or 'mistake'
- juicio
- Noun meaning 'judgment', 'trial', or 'wisdom'
- haberme
- Infinitive 'haber' with reflexive pronoun, meaning 'having myself'
- dejado
- Past participle of 'dejar', meaning 'allowed' or 'left'
- convencer
- Verb meaning 'to convince' or 'to persuade'
- ruegos
- Noun meaning 'pleas', 'requests', or 'entreaties'
- falsos
- Adjective meaning 'false', 'fake', or 'deceitful'
- razonamientos
- Noun meaning 'reasonings' or 'arguments' used to justify
- usted
- Formal second person singular pronoun meaning 'you'
- algunos
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- otros
- Pronoun or adjective meaning 'others' or 'other ones'
- contra
- Preposition meaning 'against', indicating opposition
- opinión
- Noun meaning 'opinion' or 'personal viewpoint'
- permitir
- Verb meaning 'to allow' or 'to permit' something
- viajes
- Noun meaning 'trips', 'travels', or 'journeys'
- fueran
- Subjunctive imperfect of 'ser/ir', meaning 'were' or 'went'
- publicados
- Past participle meaning 'published', made available to public
- ruego
- Verb meaning 'I beg' or 'I request' formally
- recuerde
- Subjunctive/imperative of 'recordar', meaning 'remember'
- frecuencia
- Noun meaning 'frequency', how often something occurs
- pedí
- Preterite of 'pedir', meaning 'I asked' or 'I requested'
- considerara
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'considerar', meaning 'to consider'
- insistía
- Imperfect of 'insistir', meaning 'was insisting' repeatedly
- motivo
- Noun meaning 'motive', 'reason', or 'cause'
- bien
- Noun or adverb meaning 'good', 'well', or 'benefit'
- público
- Adjective or noun meaning 'public' or 'the public'
- eran
- Imperfect of 'ser', meaning 'they were' (description/state)
- especie
- Noun meaning 'species', 'kind', or 'type'
- animales
- Noun meaning 'animals' or 'creatures'
- absolutamente
- Adverb meaning 'absolutely' or 'completely', emphasizing totality
- incapaces
- Adjective meaning 'incapable' or 'unable' to do something
- enmienda
- Noun meaning 'amendment', 'correction', or 'reform'
- medio
- Noun or adjective meaning 'means', 'medium', or 'half'
- preceptos
- Noun meaning 'precepts', 'rules', or 'moral guidelines'
- ejemplos
- Noun meaning 'examples' or 'models' to follow
- así
- Adverb meaning 'thus', 'so', or 'in this way'
- resultado
- Noun or past participle meaning 'result' or 'turned out'
- ser
- Infinitive meaning 'to be', indicating permanent characteristics
- pues
- Conjunction meaning 'since', 'well', or 'therefore'
- ver
- Infinitive meaning 'to see' or 'to observe'
- puesto
- Past participle of 'poner', meaning 'put' or 'placed'
- punto
- Noun meaning 'point', 'dot', or 'full stop'
- final
- Adjective or noun meaning 'final', 'end', or 'last'
- todos
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'
- abusos
- Noun meaning 'abuses' or 'misuses' of power or authority
- corrupciones
- Noun meaning 'corruptions' or 'acts of corrupt behavior'
- menos
- Adverb or preposition meaning 'less', 'fewer', or 'except'
- pequeña
- Adjective meaning 'small' or 'little' for feminine nouns
- isla
- Noun meaning 'island', a landmass surrounded by water
- tenía
- Imperfect of 'tener', meaning 'had' or 'used to have'
- razones
- Noun meaning 'reasons' or 'grounds' for a belief
- esperar
- Verb meaning 'to hope', 'to wait', or 'to expect'
- aquí
- Adverb meaning 'here', indicating a nearby location
- tras
- Preposition meaning 'after', 'behind', or 'following'
- más
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most', indicating greater degree
- seis
- Number meaning 'six', the cardinal number after five
- meses
- Noun meaning 'months', units of time in a calendar
- advertencia
- Noun meaning 'warning' or 'notice' alerting to danger
- puedo
- First person singular of 'poder', meaning 'I can'
- saber
- Verb meaning 'to know' facts or information
- libro
- Noun meaning 'book', a written or printed publication
- haya
- Present subjunctive of 'haber', meaning 'has' in subjunctive
- producido
- Past participle of 'producir', meaning 'produced' or 'caused'
- solo
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'only', 'alone', or 'single'
- efecto
- Noun meaning 'effect' or 'result' of an action
- conforme
- Adjective or conjunction meaning 'in accordance with' or 'as'
- intenciones
- Noun meaning 'intentions' or 'purposes' behind an action
- hiciera
- Imperfect subjunctive of 'hacer', meaning 'would do/make'
- carta
- Noun meaning 'letter', a written personal correspondence
- cuándo
- Interrogative adverb meaning 'when', asking about time
- partidos
- Noun meaning 'parties' (political) or 'matches' (sports)
- facciones
- Noun meaning 'factions', groups with opposing political views
- hubieran
- Past perfect subjunctive of 'haber', meaning 'had' (subjunctive)
- extinguido
- Past participle meaning 'extinguished', 'wiped out', or 'died out'
- jueces
- Noun meaning 'judges', officials who preside over courts
- instruidos
- Adjective meaning 'educated', 'learned', or 'instructed'
- rectos
- Adjective meaning 'upright', 'honest', or 'straight'
- abogados
- Noun meaning 'lawyers' or 'attorneys' who practice law
- honestos
- Adjective meaning 'honest', 'truthful', or 'upright'
- modestos
- Adjective meaning 'modest', 'humble', or 'unassuming'
- algún
- Indefinite adjective meaning 'some' or 'any' before noun
- tinte
- Noun meaning 'tint', 'shade', or 'hint' of something
- sentido
- Noun meaning 'sense', 'meaning', or 'feeling'
- común
- Adjective meaning 'common', 'shared', or 'ordinary'
- ardiendo
- Gerund of 'arder', meaning 'burning' or 'blazing'
- pirámides
- Noun meaning 'pyramids', large triangular-shaped structures
- libros
- Noun meaning 'books', written or printed publications
- leyes
- Noun meaning 'laws', rules established by authority
- educación
- Noun meaning 'education', the process of learning and teaching
- joven
- Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'young person'
- nobleza
- Noun meaning 'nobility', the social class of nobles
- completamente
- Adverb meaning 'completely' or 'entirely', to full extent
- transformada
- Past participle meaning 'transformed' or 'completely changed'
- médicos
- Noun meaning 'doctors' or 'physicians' who treat patients
- desterrados
- Past participle meaning 'exiled' or 'banished' from a place
- femeninas
- Adjective meaning 'feminine' or 'female', relating to women
- rebosantes
- Adjective meaning 'overflowing' or 'brimming' with something
- virtud
- Noun meaning 'virtue', a morally excellent quality or trait
- honor
- Noun meaning 'honor', high respect and integrity
- verdad
- Noun meaning 'truth', a fact or reality that is accurate
- buen
- Adjective meaning 'good', used before masculine singular nouns
- cortes
- Noun meaning 'courts' (royal/legal) or 'cuts'
- salones
- Noun meaning 'halls', 'salons', or 'large reception rooms'
- grandes
- Adjective meaning 'great', 'large', or 'grand'
- ministros
- Noun meaning 'ministers' or 'government officials'
- purgados
- Past participle meaning 'purged' or 'cleansed' of undesirables
- barridos
- Past participle meaning 'swept away' or 'cleared out'
- ingenio
- Noun meaning 'wit', 'ingenuity', or 'cleverness'
- mérito
- Noun meaning 'merit', 'worth', or 'deserved recognition'
- recompensados
- Past participle meaning 'rewarded' or 'compensated' for merit
- deshonradores
- Noun meaning 'those who dishonor' or 'disgraces'
- prensa
- Noun meaning 'press', referring to journalism and media
- prosa
- Noun meaning 'prose', ordinary written or spoken language
- verso
- Noun meaning 'verse' or 'poetry', metrical writing
- condenados
- Past participle meaning 'condemned' or 'sentenced' to punishment
- comer
- Infinitive meaning 'to eat', to consume food
- nada
- Pronoun or adverb meaning 'nothing' or 'not anything'
- propio
- Adjective meaning 'own', emphasizing personal possession
- algodón
- Noun meaning 'cotton', a soft natural fiber plant
- apagar
- Verb meaning 'to extinguish', 'turn off', or 'quench'
- sed
- Noun meaning 'thirst', the need or desire to drink
- tinta
- Noun meaning 'ink', a colored liquid used for writing
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