Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Page 10
"The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart." —_Paley's Theology_.
«La aorta de una ballena es más grande en su diámetro que la tubería principal de las obras hidráulicas del Puente de Londres, y el agua que ruge en su paso por dicha tubería es inferior en ímpetu y velocidad a la sangre que brota del corazón de la ballena.» —_Teología de Paley_.
"The whale is a mammiferous animal without hind feet." —_Baron Cuvier_.
«La ballena es un animal mamífero sin patas traseras.» —_Barón Cuvier_.
"In 40 degrees south, we saw Spermacetti Whales, but did not take any till the first of May, the sea being then covered with them." —_Colnett's Voyage for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fishery_.
«A los 40 grados sur, vimos ballenas espermateras, pero no capturamos ninguna hasta el primero de mayo, estando el mar entonces cubierto de ellas.» —_Viaje de Colnett con el Propósito de Extender la Pesca de la Ballena Espermatera_.
"In the free element beneath me swam, Floundered and dived, in play, in chace, in battle, Fishes of every colour, form, and kind; Which language cannot paint, and mariner Had never seen; from dread Leviathan To insect millions peopling every wave: Gather'd in shoals immense, like floating islands, Led by mysterious instincts through that waste And trackless region, though on every side Assaulted by voracious enemies, Whales, sharks, and monsters, arm'd in front or jaw, With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs." —_Montgomery's World before the Flood_.
«En el libre elemento bajo mis pies nadaban, chapoteaban y se zambullían, jugando, persiguiendo, batallando, peces de todo color, forma y especie; que el lenguaje no puede pintar y que marinero alguno había visto jamás; desde el temible Leviatán hasta millones de insectos que pueblan cada ola: congregados en cardúmenes inmensos, como islas flotantes, guiados por misteriosos instintos a través de esa vasta e inexplorada región, aunque por todos lados asaltados por voraces enemigos, ballenas, tiburones y monstruos, armados de frente o mandíbula, con espadas, sierras, cuernos en espiral o colmillos ganchudos.» —_El Mundo antes del Diluvio, de Montgomery_.
"Io! Paean! Io! sing. To the finny people's king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not a fatter fish than he, Flounders round the Polar Sea." —_Charles Lamb's Triumph of the Whale_.
«¡Io! ¡Peán! ¡Io! Cantad. Al rey del pueblo de las aletas. No hay ballena más poderosa que esta en el vasto Atlántico; no hay pez más gordo que él, revolcándose por el Mar Polar.» —_El Triunfo de la Ballena, de Charles Lamb_.
Vocabulary
- aorta
- Main artery carrying blood from the heart
- ballena
- Whale (large marine mammal)
- grande
- Large; big in size or extent
- diámetro
- Diameter (width of circle through center)
- tubería
- Pipe; pipeline for conveying liquids or gases
- principal
- Principal; main; primary in importance or rank
- obras
- Works; constructions; literary or artistic creations
- hidráulicas
- Hydraulic (related to water pressure mechanics)
- Puente
- Bridge (structure spanning a gap or obstacle)
- Londres
- London (capital city of England)
- agua
- Water (clear liquid essential for life)
- ruge
- Roars; makes loud deep sound
- paso
- Passage; step; movement from one place to another
- dicha
- Aforementioned; said (feminine adjective)
- inferior
- Lower; beneath in position or rank
- ímpetu
- Impetus; force; driving momentum or energy
- velocidad
- Speed; velocity; rate of motion or movement
- sangre
- Blood (red fluid circulating in body)
- brota
- Springs forth; emerges; flows out suddenly
- corazón
- Heart (organ pumping blood through body)
- Teología
- Theology (study of God and religious beliefs)
- animal
- Animal (living creature; organism with movement)
- mamífero
- Mammal (warm-blooded vertebrate with hair)
- sin
- Without; lacking (preposition of negation)
- patas
- Legs; paws; limbs of animals
- traseras
- Rear; back; posterior in position
- Barón
- Baron (nobleman of rank below marquess)
- 40
- Forty (number between thirty and fifty)
- grados
- Degrees (units of temperature or angle)
- sur
- South (cardinal direction opposite to north)
- vimos
- We saw (first person plural past tense)
- espermateras
- Sperm whales (whales hunted for spermaceti oil)
- capturamos
- We captured (first person plural past tense)
- ninguna
- None; not any (feminine singular pronoun)
- hasta
- Until; up to (preposition of time limit)
- primero
- First; foremost in order or rank
- mayo
- May (fifth month of the calendar year)
- estando
- Being; while being (gerund of estar)
- mar
- Sea (large body of salt water)
- entonces
- Then; at that time (adverb of time)
- cubierto
- Covered; hidden (past participle adjective)
- ellas
- They; them (feminine plural pronoun)
- Viaje
- Voyage; trip; journey (noun)
- Propósito
- Purpose; intention; aim or objective
- Extender
- Extend; stretch out; make longer wider
- Pesca
- Fishing; act of catching fish
- libre
- Free; unoccupied; not restricted constrained
- elemento
- Element; basic component; fundamental part thing
- bajo
- Under; beneath; below (preposition or adjective)
- pies
- Feet (plural of foot; body extremities)
- nadaban
- They swam (third person plural past tense)
- chapoteaban
- They splashed (third person plural past tense)
- zambullían
- They dove; plunged (third person plural past)
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