Pride and Prejudice — Page 11
Indeed, fantastic as it may seem, I should put Miss Austen as near to Swift in some ways, as I have put her to Addison in others.
En efecto, por fantástico que pueda parecer, yo situaría a la señorita Austen tan cerca de Swift en algunos aspectos como la he situado de Addison en otros.
This Swiftian quality appears in the present novel as it appears nowhere else in the character of the immortal, the ineffable Mr. Collins.
Esta cualidad swiftiana aparece en la presente novela como no aparece en ningún otro lugar, en el personaje del inmortal e inefable señor Collins.
Mr. Collins is really great; far greater than anything Addison ever did, almost great enough for Fielding or for Swift himself.
El señor Collins es verdaderamente grande; mucho más grande que cualquier cosa que Addison haya hecho jamás, casi suficientemente grande para Fielding o para el propio Swift.
It has been said that no one ever was like him.
Se ha dicho que nadie fue jamás como él.
But in the first place, he was like him; he is there--alive, imperishable, more real than hundreds of prime ministers and archbishops, of "metals, semi-metals, and distinguished philosophers."
Pero, en primer lugar, él fue como él; está ahí, vivo, imperecedero, más real que cientos de primeros ministros y arzobispos, de «metales, semimetales y distinguidos filósofos».
In the second place, it is rash, I think, to conclude that an actual Mr. Collins was impossible or non-existent at the end of the eighteenth century.
En segundo lugar, es precipitado, creo yo, concluir que un señor Collins real fuera imposible o inexistente a finales del siglo XVIII.
It is very interesting that we possess, in this same gallery, what may be called a spoiled first draught, or an unsuccessful study of him, in John Dashwood.
Es muy interesante que poseamos, en esta misma galería, lo que podría llamarse un primer borrador malogrado, o un estudio fallido de él, en John Dashwood.
The formality, the under-breeding, the meanness, are there; but the portrait is only half alive, and is felt to be even a little unnatural.
La formalidad, la falta de educación, la mezquindad, están ahí; pero el retrato solo está medio vivo, y se percibe como incluso un poco antinatural.
Mr. Collins is perfectly natural, and perfectly alive.
El señor Collins es perfectamente natural y perfectamente vivo.
In fact, for all the "miniature," there is something gigantic in the way in which a certain side, and more than one, of humanity, and especially eighteenth-century humanity, its Philistinism, its well-meaning but hide-bound morality, its formal pettiness, its grovelling respect for rank, its materialism, its selfishness, receives exhibition.
De hecho, a pesar de la «miniatura», hay algo gigantesco en la manera en que cierto aspecto, y más de uno, de la humanidad, y especialmente la humanidad del siglo XVIII, su filistinismo, su moralidad bienintencionada pero cerrada, su mezquindad formal, su rastrero respeto por el rango, su materialismo, su egoísmo, queda expuesto.
Vocabulary
- en
- in, on, at (preposition indicating location/time)
- efecto
- effect, result, or consequence of an action
- por
- by, for, through (preposition expressing cause/agent)
- fantástico
- fantastic, wonderful, or extraordinary in quality
- que
- that, which, or what (relative/interrogative pronoun)
- pueda
- may be able to, can (subjunctive of poder)
- parecer
- to seem, appear, or look like something
- yo
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- la
- the (feminine singular article/pronoun)
- señorita
- young lady, miss (formal title for unmarried woman)
- tan
- so, as (adverb of degree/comparison)
- cerca
- near, close to (adverb/preposition of proximity)
- de
- of, from (preposition showing possession/origin)
- algunos
- some, a few (plural masculine indefinite adjective)
- aspectos
- aspects, sides, or features of something
- como
- like, as, or how (conjunction/preposition)
- he
- have (first person singular of haber)
- otros
- others, other people or things (plural)
- Esta
- this (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- cualidad
- quality, characteristic, or attribute of person/thing
- aparece
- appears, shows up, or emerges (third singular)
- presente
- present, here, or current (adjective/noun)
- novela
- novel, long fictional narrative work
- no
- not, no (negation adverb)
- ningún
- no, not any (negative indefinite adjective)
- otro
- other, another (indefinite adjective/pronoun)
- lugar
- place, location, or spot (noun)
- el
- the (masculine singular article)
- personaje
- character, personality, or figure in story
- del
- of the, from the (contraction)
- inmortal
- immortal, eternal, or never-dying (adjective)
- señor
- mister, sir, or gentleman (formal title)
- El
- he, him (third person singular pronoun)
- es
- is (third person singular of ser)
- verdaderamente
- truly, really, genuinely (adverb)
- grande
- great, large, or big (adjective)
- mucho
- much, a lot, very (adjective/adverb)
- más
- more, most (comparative/superlative adverb)
- cualquier
- any, any at all (indefinite adjective)
- cosa
- thing, object, or matter (noun)
- haya
- have, has (subjunctive of haber)
- hecho
- made, done, or fact (past participle/noun)
- jamás
- never, not ever (emphatic negation adverb)
- casi
- almost, nearly, practically (adverb)
- suficientemente
- sufficiently, enough, adequately (adverb)
- propio
- own, proper, or characteristic (adjective)
- Se
- oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- ha
- has, have (third person singular of haber)
- dicho
- said, told (past participle of decir)
- nadie
- no one, nobody (negative indefinite pronoun)
- fue
- was, went (past tense of ser/ir)
- Pero
- but, however (conjunction)
- primer
- first (apocope of primero)
- está
- is, located (third person singular of estar)
- ahí
- there, in that place (adverb)
- vivo
- alive, living, or vivid (adjective)
- real
- real, royal, or actual (adjective)
- cientos
- hundreds, one hundred (plural number)
- primeros
- first, earliest (plural of primero)
- ministros
- ministers, government officials (plural noun)
- metales
- metals, metallic elements (plural noun)
- distinguidos
- distinguished, eminent, or renowned (adjective)
- filósofos
- philosophers, thinkers (plural noun)
- segundo
- second, next (ordinal number/adjective)
- precipitado
- hasty, rash, or hurried (adjective/noun)
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