Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 6
If the censure of the _Yahoos_ could any way affect me, I should have great reason to complain, that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a mere fiction out of mine own brain, and have gone so far as to drop hints, that the _Houyhnhnms_ and _Yahoos_ have no more existence than the inhabitants of Utopia.
Si la censura de los _Yahoos_ pudiera afectarme de algún modo, tendría grandes razones para quejarme de que algunos de ellos sean tan atrevidos como para pensar que mi libro de viajes es una mera ficción surgida de mi propia mente, y han llegado tan lejos como para insinuar que los _Houyhnhnms_ y los _Yahoos_ no tienen más existencia que los habitantes de Utopía.
Indeed I must confess, that as to the people of _Lilliput_, _Brobdingrag_ (for so the word should have been spelt, and not erroneously _Brobdingnag_), and _Laputa_, I have never yet heard of any _Yahoo_ so presumptuous as to dispute their being, or the facts I have related concerning them; because the truth immediately strikes every reader with conviction.
En verdad debo confesar que, en lo que respecta al pueblo de _Lilliput_, _Brobdingrag_ (pues así debería haberse escrito la palabra, y no erróneamente _Brobdingnag_), y _Laputa_, nunca he oído hablar de ningún _Yahoo_ tan presuntuoso como para disputar su existencia, o los hechos que he relatado acerca de ellos; porque la verdad golpea de inmediato a cada lector con plena convicción.
And is there less probability in my account of the _Houyhnhnms_ or _Yahoos_, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many thousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in _Houyhnhnmland_, because they use a sort of jabber, and do not go naked?
¿Y acaso hay menor probabilidad en mi relato sobre los _Houyhnhnms_ o los _Yahoos_, cuando es manifiesto, en cuanto a estos últimos, que hay muchos miles incluso en este país, que solo se diferencian de sus hermanos los brutos en _Houyhnhnmland_ porque utilizan una especie de jerigonza y no van desnudos?
I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation.
Escribí para su enmienda, y no para su aprobación.
The united praise of the whole race would be of less consequence to me, than the neighing of those two degenerate _Houyhnhnms_ I keep in my stable; because from these, degenerate as they are, I still improve in some virtues without any mixture of vice.
El elogio unido de toda la raza me importaría menos que el relincho de esos dos _Houyhnhnms_ degenerados que mantengo en mi establo; porque de estos, degenerados como son, aún aprendo algunas virtudes sin mezcla alguna de vicio.
Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity?
¿Presumen estos miserables animales pensar que estoy tan degenerado como para defender mi veracidad?
Vocabulary
- Si
- If; in case that; whether.
- la
- The (feminine singular article); her; it.
- censura
- Censorship; the suppression of content deemed objectionable.
- de
- Of; from; belonging to; made with.
- los
- The (masculine plural article); them.
- pudiera
- Could; might; subjunctive form of poder.
- afectarme
- To affect me; to influence or harm me.
- algún
- Some; any; a certain (apocope of alguno).
- modo
- Mode; manner; way; means of doing something.
- tendría
- Would have; conditional form of tener.
- grandes
- Great; large; big; significant in size or importance.
- razones
- Reasons; causes; arguments; justifications for something.
- para
- For; in order to; to; towards; by.
- quejarme
- To complain; to express dissatisfaction or protest.
- que
- That; which; who; what; because.
- algunos
- Some; a few; certain people or things.
- ellos
- They; them (masculine plural pronoun).
- sean
- Are; subjunctive form of ser.
- tan
- So; as; such; used for comparison.
- atrevidos
- Daring; bold; brave; audacious; presumptuous.
- como
- Like; as; how; in the manner of.
- pensar
- To think; to believe; to consider or suppose.
- mi
- My; mine (possessive adjective).
- libro
- Book; a written or printed literary work.
- viajes
- Travels; journeys; trips; voyages.
- es
- Is; third person singular of ser.
- una
- A; an (feminine singular indefinite article).
- mera
- Mere; simple; only; just a pure thing.
- ficción
- Fiction; invented narrative; not factual or true.
- surgida
- Emerged; arose; originated from; past participle of surgir.
- propia
- Own; proper; suitable; characteristic of oneself.
- mente
- Mind; intellect; mental faculty or consciousness.
- han
- Have; third person plural of haber.
- llegado
- Arrived; reached; come to; past participle of llegar.
- lejos
- Far; distant; at a great distance away.
- insinuar
- To insinuate; to hint; to suggest subtly or indirectly.
- no
- No; not; negation or refusal.
- tienen
- Have; third person plural of tener.
- más
- More; greater; plus; additional quantity or degree.
- existencia
- Existence; being; the state of existing or living.
- habitantes
- Inhabitants; residents; people living in a place.
- Utopía
- Utopia; imaginary ideal place; unrealistic perfect society.
- En
- In; on; within; inside; at a location.
- verdad
- Truth; veracity; factual accuracy; reality.
- debo
- Must; should; I owe; first person singular of deber.
- confesar
- To confess; to admit; to acknowledge or declare.
- lo
- The; it; that (neuter article or pronoun).
- al
- To the; at the (contraction of a+el).
- pueblo
- Town; people; village; settlement or population.
- pues
- Well; then; thus; therefore; since; because.
- así
- Thus; so; in this manner; therefore.
- debería
- Should; ought to; would have to; conditional of deber.
- haberse
- To have been; infinitive of haber with reflexive pronoun.
- escrito
- Written; past participle of escribir; also noun meaning writing.
- palabra
- Word; speech; term; unit of language.
- erróneamente
- Erroneously; incorrectly; mistakenly; in an erroneous manner.
- nunca
- Never; at no time; not ever.
- he
- Have; first person singular of haber.
- oído
- Heard; past participle of oír; also noun for ear.
- hablar
- To speak; to talk; to converse with someone.
- ningún
- No; not any; none (apocope of ninguno).
- presuntuoso
- Presumptuous; arrogant; conceited; overly confident or assuming.
- disputar
- To dispute; to argue; to contend or debate.
- su
- His; her; its; their; your (formal possessive).
- hechos
- Facts; deeds; events; things that have occurred.
- relatado
- Related; narrated; told; past participle of relatar.
- acerca
- About; concerning; regarding; with respect to something.
- porque
- Because; for the reason that; since.
- golpea
- Strikes; hits; beats; third person singular of golpear.
- inmediato
- Immediate; direct; next; occurring without delay.
- cada
- Each; every; per; used for distributive reference.
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