Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 3
The last of these voyages not proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the sea, and intended to stay at home with my wife and family.
El último de estos viajes no resultó muy afortunado, me cansé del mar e intenté quedarme en casa con mi esposa y mi familia.
I removed from the Old Jewry to Fetter Lane, and from thence to Wapping, hoping to get business among the sailors; but it would not turn to account.
Me mudé de Old Jewry a Fetter Lane, y de allí a Wapping, con la esperanza de conseguir negocio entre los marineros; pero no resultó rentable.
After three years expectation that things would mend, I accepted an advantageous offer from Captain William Prichard, master of the Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea.
Tras tres años esperando que las cosas mejorasen, acepté una ventajosa oferta del capitán William Prichard, patrón del Antelope, que realizaba un viaje al Mar del Sur.
We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous.
Zarpamos de Bristol el 4 de mayo de 1699, y nuestro viaje fue al principio muy próspero.
It would not be proper, for some reasons, to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas; let it suffice to inform him, that in our passage from thence to the East Indies, we were driven by a violent storm to the north-west of Van Diemen's Land.
No sería conveniente, por ciertas razones, molestar al lector con los detalles de nuestras aventuras en aquellos mares; baste con informarle de que, en nuestra travesía desde allí hacia las Indias Orientales, una violenta tormenta nos arrastró hacia el noroeste de la Tierra de Van Diemen.
By an observation, we found ourselves in the latitude of 30 degrees 2 minutes south.
Mediante una observación, comprobamos que nos encontrábamos en la latitud de 30 grados y 2 minutos sur.
Twelve of our crew were dead by immoderate labour and ill food; the rest were in a very weak condition.
Doce miembros de nuestra tripulación habían muerto a causa del trabajo excesivo y la mala alimentación; el resto se encontraba en un estado muy débil.
On the 5th of November, which was the beginning of summer in those parts, the weather being very hazy, the seamen spied a rock within half a cable's length of the ship; but the wind was so strong, that we were driven directly upon it, and immediately split.
El 5 de noviembre, que era el comienzo del verano en aquellas latitudes, con el tiempo muy brumoso, los marineros avistaron una roca a menos de medio cable de distancia del barco; pero el viento era tan fuerte que fuimos arrastrados directamente contra ella y el barco se partió de inmediato.
Vocabulary
- último
- Last or final in a series or sequence.
- viajes
- Trips or journeys taken to different places.
- resultó
- Turned out or resulted in a particular way.
- afortunado
- Lucky or fortunate in circumstances or outcome.
- cansé
- Became tired or grew weary of something.
- mar
- Large body of salt water; the sea.
- intenté
- Tried or attempted to do something.
- quedarme
- To stay or remain in a place.
- esposa
- A wife; a married female partner.
- mudé
- Moved to a new home or location.
- allí
- Adverb meaning 'there', indicating a distant location.
- esperanza
- Hope or expectation for something desired.
- conseguir
- To obtain, get, or achieve something.
- negocio
- A business or commercial enterprise.
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'among' or 'between'.
- marineros
- Sailors or seamen who work on ships.
- rentable
- Profitable or financially worthwhile.
- Tras
- Preposition meaning 'after' or 'following'.
- esperando
- Waiting or hoping for something to happen.
- mejorasen
- Would improve or get better (past subjunctive).
- acepté
- Accepted or agreed to something offered.
- ventajosa
- Advantageous or favorable in terms of benefit.
- oferta
- An offer or proposal presented to someone.
- capitán
- A captain; leader or commander of a vessel.
- patrón
- Ship's master or skipper commanding a vessel.
- realizaba
- Was carrying out or performing a journey.
- viaje
- A trip, journey, or voyage somewhere.
- Mar
- Sea; large body of salt water.
- Sur
- South; a cardinal direction.
- Zarpamos
- We set sail or departed by ship.
- mayo
- May; the fifth month of the year.
- principio
- A beginning, start, or initial stage of something.
- próspero
- Prosperous or successful in early progress.
- sería
- Would be; conditional form of 'ser'.
- conveniente
- Convenient, appropriate, or suitable for a purpose.
- ciertas
- Certain or particular, referring to unspecified things.
- razones
- Reasons or justifications for a decision or action.
- molestar
- To bother, disturb, or trouble someone.
- lector
- A reader; person who reads a text.
- detalles
- Details or specific pieces of information.
- aventuras
- Adventures or exciting and daring experiences.
- aquellos
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'those' (distant, masculine plural).
- mares
- Seas; plural of 'mar', bodies of water.
- baste
- Suffice; let it be enough (subjunctive).
- informarle
- To inform him/her; to tell someone something.
- travesía
- A sea crossing or long difficult journey.
- desde
- Preposition meaning 'from' or 'since'.
- hacia
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'in the direction of'.
- Indias
- The Indies; historical term for Asian or American territories.
- Orientales
- Eastern; relating to the east (East Indies here).
- violenta
- Violent or fierce in force or intensity.
- tormenta
- A storm; severe weather with strong winds.
- arrastró
- Dragged or swept away with great force.
- noroeste
- Northwest; the direction between north and west.
- Tierra
- Land or earth; here part of a place name.
- Mediante
- By means of or through a method.
- observación
- Observation; act of watching or measuring carefully.
- comprobamos
- We verified or confirmed a fact or finding.
- encontrábamos
- We were located or found ourselves somewhere.
- latitud
- Latitude; angular distance north or south of equator.
- grados
- Degrees; units of angular or temperature measurement.
- sur
- South; a cardinal direction.
- miembros
- Members; individuals belonging to a group.
- tripulación
- Crew; the team operating a ship or aircraft.
- muerto
- Died; past participle of 'morir', to die.
- causa
- Cause or reason something happened.
- excesivo
- Excessive or beyond normal and reasonable limits.
- alimentación
- Nutrition or feeding; the supply of food.
- resto
- The rest or remainder of a group.
- encontraba
- Was found or was in a certain state.
- estado
- State or condition of being something.
- débil
- Weak or lacking in strength or energy.
- noviembre
- November; the eleventh month of the year.
- comienzo
- The beginning or start of something.
- verano
- Summer; the warmest season of the year.
- aquellas
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'those' (distant, feminine plural).
- latitudes
- Latitudes; geographic zones based on distance from equator.
- tiempo
- Weather or time depending on context.
- brumoso
- Misty or foggy; having reduced visibility from haze.
- avistaron
- They spotted or caught sight of something.
- roca
- A rock or large stone formation.
- medio
- Half or middle; a midpoint between two things.
- cable
- A nautical unit of distance, about 200 meters.
- distancia
- Distance; the space between two points.
- barco
- A boat or ship used for water travel.
- viento
- Wind; moving air currents.
- fuerte
- Strong, powerful, or intense.
- arrastrados
- Dragged or swept away by a force.
- directamente
- Directly or straight toward something without deviation.
- contra
- Preposition meaning 'against' or 'into'.
- partió
- Split, broke apart, or departed suddenly.
- inmediato
- Immediate; happening right away without delay.
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