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.
Se a censura dos _Yahoos_ pudesse de alguma forma me afetar, eu teria grandes razões para me queixar de que alguns deles são tão audaciosos ao ponto de considerar meu livro de viagens uma mera ficção saída de minha própria cabeça, e chegaram ao extremo de insinuar que os _Houyhnhnms_ e os _Yahoos_ não têm mais existência do que os habitantes da Utopia.
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.
De fato, devo confessar que, no que diz respeito ao povo de _Lilliput_, _Brobdingrag_ (pois assim a palavra deveria ter sido grafada, e não erroneamente _Brobdingnag_), e _Laputa_, jamais ouvi falar de algum _Yahoo_ tão presunçoso a ponto de contestar a existência deles, ou os fatos que relatei a seu respeito; porque a verdade impressiona imediatamente cada leitor com convicção.
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?
E há menos probabilidade em meu relato dos _Houyhnhnms_ ou dos _Yahoos_, quando é manifesto, quanto aos últimos, que existem tantos milhares mesmo neste país, que diferem de seus irmãos brutos em _Houyhnhnmland_ apenas porque usam uma espécie de algaravia e não andam nus?
I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation.
Escrevi para a correção deles, e não para a sua aprovação.
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.
O elogio unido de toda a raça teria menos importância para mim do que o relincho daqueles dois _Houyhnhnms_ degenerados que mantenho em meu estábulo; porque com estes, degenerados como são, ainda assim aprimoro algumas virtudes sem qualquer mistura de vício.
Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity?
Esses miseráveis animais presumem pensar que estou tão degenerado a ponto de precisar defender minha veracidade?
Vocabulary
- Se
- If; conditional conjunction used in Portuguese
- censura
- Censorship; suppression of speech or publication
- dos
- Of the; contraction of 'de' and 'os'
- pudesse
- Could; past subjunctive form of 'poder'
- de
- Of; preposition indicating possession or relationship
- alguma
- Some; any feminine form of 'algum'
- forma
- Form; shape or manner of something
- me
- Me; object pronoun referring to first person
- afetar
- To affect; to influence or impact something
- eu
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- teria
- Would have; conditional form of 'ter'
- grandes
- Great; large or significant in size
- razões
- Reasons; causes or justifications for something
- para
- For; preposition indicating purpose or destination
- queixar
- To complain; to express dissatisfaction or grievance
- que
- That; which; relative or subordinating conjunction
- alguns
- Some; certain ones among a group
- deles
- Of them; possessive pronoun for third person plural
- são
- Are; third-person plural present form of 'ser'
- tão
- So; to such a degree or extent
- audaciosos
- Audacious; bold and daring in manner
- ao
- To the; contraction of 'a' and 'o'
- ponto
- Point; a specific degree or extent
- considerar
- To consider; to regard or think about
- meu
- My; possessive adjective first person singular
- livro
- Book; written work bound for reading
- viagens
- Travels; journeys or trips to places
- uma
- A; indefinite article feminine singular
- mera
- Mere; only or nothing more than
- ficção
- Fiction; literary work created from imagination
- saída
- Exit; way out or departure from place
- minha
- My; possessive adjective first person feminine
- própria
- Own; belonging to oneself exclusively feminine
- cabeça
- Head; upper part of human body
- chegaram
- Arrived; past tense of 'chegar' third person
- extremo
- Extreme; furthest or most intense point
- insinuar
- To insinuate; to suggest indirectly or craftily
- os
- The; definite article masculine plural
- não
- No; not; negation particle in Portuguese
- têm
- Have; third-person plural present form of 'ter'
- mais
- More; greater quantity or additional amount
- existência
- Existence; the state of being or existing
- habitantes
- Inhabitants; people living in a place
- De
- Of; preposition indicating possession or origin
- fato
- Fact; something known to be true
- devo
- Should; first-person singular of 'dever'
- confessar
- To confess; to admit truth or guilt
- no
- In the; contraction of 'em' and 'o'
- diz
- Says; third-person singular present of 'dizer'
- respeito
- Respect; regard or consideration for someone
- povo
- People; population or nation as whole
- fato
- Fact; something known to be true
- jamais
- Never; not ever at any time
- ouvi
- Heard; past tense first person of 'ouvir'
- falar
- To speak; to communicate using words
- algum
- Some; any one thing among others
- presunçoso
- Presumptuous; arrogant or overconfident in manner
- contestar
- To contest; to challenge or dispute claim
- fatos
- Facts; things known to be true
- relatei
- Reported; past tense first person of 'relatar'
- seu
- His; possessive adjective for third person
- porque
- Because; for the reason that something
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