Pride and Prejudice — Page 13
From no other point of view is he open to any reproach, except for an excusable and not unnatural helplessness at the crisis of the elopement, and his utterances are the most acutely delightful in the consciously humorous kind--in the kind that we laugh with, not at--that even Miss Austen has put into the mouth of any of her characters.
Desde ningún otro punto de vista está él expuesto a reproche alguno, salvo por una impotencia excusable y no del todo antinatural en el momento crítico de la fuga, y sus expresiones son las más agudamente deliciosas dentro del género conscientemente humorístico —del género con el que reímos, no del que nos reímos— que incluso la señorita Austen haya puesto en boca de cualquiera de sus personajes.
It is difficult to know whether he is most agreeable when talking to his wife, or when putting Mr. Collins through his paces; but the general sense of the world has probably been right in preferring to the first rank his consolation to the former when she maunders over the entail, "My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts.
Es difícil saber si resulta más agradable cuando habla con su esposa o cuando le da cuerda al señor Collins; pero el sentir general del mundo probablemente ha tenido razón al otorgar el primer puesto a su consuelo dirigido a aquella cuando ella divaga sobre el mayorazgo: «Querida mía, no te dejes llevar por pensamientos tan sombríos.
Let us hope for better things.
Tengamos esperanza en cosas mejores.
Let us flatter ourselves that_ I _may be the survivor;" and his inquiry to his colossal cousin as to the compliments which Mr. Collins has just related as made by himself to Lady Catherine, "May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?"
Lisonjeémonos pensando que_ yo _podría ser el sobreviviente»; y su pregunta a su colosal primo acerca de los cumplidos que el señor Collins acaba de relatar como hechos por él mismo a lady Catherine: «¿Puedo preguntar si estas agradables atenciones proceden del impulso del momento, o son el resultado de un estudio previo?»
These are the things which give Miss Austen's readers the pleasant shocks, the delightful thrills, which are felt by the readers of Swift, of Fielding, and we may here add, of Thackeray, as they are felt by the readers of no other English author of fiction outside of these four.
Estas son las cosas que proporcionan a los lectores de la señorita Austen las agradables sacudidas, los deliciosos estremecimientos que sienten los lectores de Swift, de Fielding y, podemos añadir aquí, de Thackeray, tal como no los sienten los lectores de ningún otro autor inglés de ficción fuera de estos cuatro.
Vocabulary
- Desde
- From; since a particular point in time or space.
- ningún
- Not any; no (masculine singular form before noun).
- otro
- Other; another; different from the one mentioned.
- punto
- Point; dot; a specific location or moment in time.
- de
- Of; from; indicates possession or relationship between nouns.
- vista
- View; sight; perspective or viewpoint on something.
- está
- Is; third person singular present of estar (to be).
- él
- He; him; third person masculine singular pronoun.
- expuesto
- Exposed; subjected to something unpleasant or risky.
- alguno
- Some; any; one or more of something unspecified.
- salvo
- Except; save; with the exception of something.
- por
- By; through; indicates agent, cause, or means.
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
- no
- No; not; negation particle for verbs and statements.
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction of de + el).
- todo
- All; everything; the whole of something completely.
- en
- In; on; at; indicates location or position.
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article in Spanish.
- momento
- Moment; instant; a particular point or period in time.
- crítico
- Critical; crucial; of great importance or difficulty.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article in Spanish.
- sus
- His; her; their; possessive adjective third person plural.
- expresiones
- Expressions; words or phrases; ways of communicating ideas.
- son
- Are; third person plural present of ser.
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article in Spanish.
- más
- More; most; indicates greater quantity or degree.
- deliciosas
- Delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing or enjoyable.
- dentro
- Within; inside; in the interior of something.
- género
- Genre; type; category of literary or artistic work.
- humorístico
- Humorous; funny; intended to amuse or provoke laughter.
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company or association.
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun connecting clauses.
- reímos
- We laugh; we laughed (first person plural).
- nos
- Us; ourselves; indirect or direct object pronoun.
- incluso
- Even; including; used to emphasize a point.
- señorita
- Miss; young lady; title for unmarried woman.
- haya
- May have; subjunctive form of haber (to have).
- puesto
- Put; placed; past participle of poner.
- boca
- Mouth; opening for eating and speaking in face.
- cualquiera
- Any; whichever; whoever; any person or thing.
- personajes
- Characters; persons in a story or literary work.
- Es
- Is; third person singular present of ser.
- difícil
- Difficult; hard; not easy to do or understand.
- saber
- Know; to have knowledge or information about.
- si
- If; whether; conditional particle in subordinate clauses.
- resulta
- Turns out; proves to be; comes out as.
- agradable
- Pleasant; agreeable; enjoyable or likeable to person.
- cuando
- When; at the time that; temporal conjunction.
- habla
- Speaks; talks; third person singular of hablar.
- esposa
- Wife; married woman; spouse in marriage.
- le
- Him; her; to him/her; indirect object pronoun.
- da
- Gives; gives him/her; third person singular of dar.
- cuerda
- String; cord; rope; wound-up spring mechanism.
- al
- To the; to (contraction of a + el).
- señor
- Mister; sir; title for a man; gentleman.
- pero
- But; however; conjunction showing contrast.
- sentir
- Feel; to experience emotion or physical sensation.
- general
- General; overall; applying to all; not specific.
- mundo
- World; earth; all people and human society.
- probablemente
- Probably; likely; in all likelihood; presumably.
- ha
- Has; third person singular of haber (have).
- tenido
- Had; past participle of tener (to have).
- razón
- Reason; cause; also means to be right.
- otorgar
- Grant; give; award; to bestow or confer.
- primer
- First; primo; before another in order.
- dirigido
- Directed; aimed; guided toward a particular purpose.
- aquella
- That; that one; feminine singular demonstrative pronoun.
- ella
- She; her; third person feminine singular pronoun.
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