Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 9
" —_Uno Von Troil's Letters on Banks's and Solander's Voyage to Iceland in_ 1772.
" —_Cartas de Uno Von Troil sobre el viaje de Banks y Solander a Islandia en_ 1772.
"The Spermacetti Whale found by the Nantuckois, is an active, fierce animal, and requires vast address and boldness in the fishermen."
"La ballena esperma hallada por los habitantes de Nantucket es un animal activo y feroz, y exige gran destreza y audacia en los pescadores."
—_Thomas Jefferson's Whale Memorial to the French minister in_ 1778.
—_Memorial ballenero de Thomas Jefferson al ministro francés en_ 1778.
"And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it?" —_Edmund Burke's reference in Parliament to the Nantucket Whale-Fishery_.
"Y dígame, señor, ¿qué hay en el mundo que se le iguale?" —_Alusión de Edmund Burke en el Parlamento a la pesca de ballenas en Nantucket_.
"Spain—a great whale stranded on the shores of Europe." —_Edmund Burke_. (_somewhere_.)
"España: una gran ballena varada en las costas de Europa." —_Edmund Burke_. (_en algún lugar_.)
"A tenth branch of the king's ordinary revenue, said to be grounded on the consideration of his guarding and protecting the seas from pirates and robbers, is the right to _royal_ fish, which are whale and sturgeon.
"Una décima parte de los ingresos ordinarios del rey, que se dice estar fundamentada en la consideración de su labor de vigilancia y protección de los mares frente a piratas y ladrones, es el derecho a los peces _reales_, que son la ballena y el esturión.
And these, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, are the property of the king." —_Blackstone_.
Y estos, cuando son arrojados a la orilla o capturados cerca de la costa, son propiedad del rey." —_Blackstone_.
"Soon to the sport of death the crews repair: Rodmond unerring o'er his head suspends The barbed steel, and every turn attends." —_Falconer's Shipwreck_.
"Pronto a los juegos de la muerte acuden las tripulaciones: Rodmond, certero, sobre su cabeza suspende el acero con arpón, y cada vuelta aguarda." —_El naufragio, de Falconer_.
"Bright shone the roofs, the domes, the spires, And rockets blew self driven, To hang their momentary fire Around the vault of heaven.
"Brillaban los tejados, las cúpulas, los chapiteles, y los cohetes volaban por sí solos para colgar su fuego momentáneo en torno a la bóveda del cielo.
"So fire with water to compare, The ocean serves on high, Up-spouted by a whale in air, To express unwieldy joy." —_Cowper, on the Queen's Visit to London_.
"Así, para comparar el fuego con el agua, el océano sirve en las alturas, lanzado al aire por el soplido de una ballena, para expresar un gozo desmesurado." —_Cowper, sobre la visita de la Reina a Londres_.
"Ten or fifteen gallons of blood are thrown out of the heart at a stroke, with immense velocity." —_John Hunter's account of the dissection of a whale_. (_A small sized one_.)
"Diez o quince galones de sangre son expulsados del corazón de un solo golpe, con una velocidad inmensa." —_Relato de John Hunter sobre la disección de una ballena_. (_Una de tamaño pequeño_.)
Vocabulary
- cartas
- Letters or written correspondence
- de
- Of; from; belonging to
- uno
- One; a single unit or person
- sobre
- On; above; about; concerning a topic
- el
- The; definite article for masculine nouns
- viaje
- Journey; trip; voyage to a destination
- ballena
- Whale; large marine mammal
- esperma
- Sperm; reproductive cell or substance
- hallada
- Found; discovered; located (feminine past participle)
- por
- By; through; for; indicating agent or cause
- los
- The; definite article for masculine plural nouns
- habitantes
- Inhabitants; residents; people living in a place
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- un
- A; an; indefinite article for masculine nouns
- animal
- Animal; living creature or beast
- activo
- Active; energetic; engaged in activity
- feroz
- Fierce; wild; ferocious or savage
- exige
- Requires; demands; necessitates (third person singular)
- gran
- Great; large; significant in size or importance
- destreza
- Skill; dexterity; proficiency in a craft
- audacia
- Audacity; boldness; daring courage or bravery
- en
- In; on; at; indicating location or time
- pescadores
- Fishermen; people who catch fish professionally
- memorial
- Memorial; petition; written document or statement
- ballenero
- Whaler; person or ship engaged in whaling
- al
- To the; contraction of a + el
- ministro
- Minister; government official or diplomatic representative
- francés
- French; relating to France or its language
- dígame
- Tell me; command form requesting information
- señor
- Sir; mister; man of rank or authority
- qué
- What; interrogative pronoun for asking questions
- hay
- There is; there are; exists (from haber)
- mundo
- World; earth; realm of human experience
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; self; oneself in Spanish
- le
- Him; her; to him or to her
- iguale
- Equals; matches; is equivalent to something
- alusión
- Allusion; indirect reference or mention
- parlamento
- Parliament; legislative body or governmental assembly
- pesca
- Fishing; the act of catching fish
- varada
- Stranded; beached; left aground (feminine)
- costas
- Coasts; shorelines; maritime boundaries of land
- algún
- Some; any; certain (shortened form of alguno)
- lugar
- Place; location; site; position in space
- décima
- Tenth; one-tenth; tenth part of whole
- parte
- Part; portion; section of something larger
- ingresos
- Income; revenue; earnings from various sources
- ordinarios
- Ordinary; usual; common; not exceptional or special
- rey
- King; male monarch; sovereign ruler
- dice
- Says; tells; speaks (third person singular)
- estar
- To be; to exist in a state or place
- fundamentada
- Founded; based; established on solid ground
- consideración
- Consideration; respect; thoughtful attention or regard
- su
- His; her; its; your (formal possessive)
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