The King in Yellow — Page 7
No definite principles had been violated in those wicked pages, no doctrine promulgated, no convictions outraged.
Ningún principio definido había sido violado en aquellas páginas perversas, ninguna doctrina promulgada, ninguna convicción ultrajada.
It could not be judged by any known standard, yet, although it was acknowledged that the supreme note of art had been struck in _The King in Yellow_, all felt that human nature could not bear the strain, nor thrive on words in which the essence of purest poison lurked.
No podía ser juzgado por ningún criterio conocido, y sin embargo, aunque se reconocía que la nota suprema del arte había sido alcanzada en _El Rey de Amarillo_, todos sentían que la naturaleza humana no podía soportar la tensión, ni prosperar con palabras en las que acechaba la esencia del más puro veneno.
The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect.
La misma banalidad e inocencia del primer acto solo permitió que el golpe cayera después con un efecto más terrible.
It was, I remember, the 13th day of April, 1920, that the first Government Lethal Chamber was established on the south side of Washington Square, between Wooster Street and South Fifth Avenue.
Fue, si mal no recuerdo, el 13 de abril de 1920, cuando se estableció la primera Cámara Letal del Gobierno en el lado sur de Washington Square, entre la calle Wooster y la Quinta Avenida Sur.
The block which had formerly consisted of a lot of shabby old buildings, used as cafés and restaurants for foreigners, had been acquired by the Government in the winter of 1898.
La manzana que anteriormente había consistido en una serie de viejos y destartalados edificios, utilizados como cafés y restaurantes para extranjeros, había sido adquirida por el Gobierno en el invierno de 1898.
The French and Italian cafés and restaurants were torn down; the whole block was enclosed by a gilded iron railing, and converted into a lovely garden with lawns, flowers and fountains.
Los cafés y restaurantes franceses e italianos fueron demolidos; toda la manzana fue rodeada por una verja de hierro dorado y convertida en un hermoso jardín con céspedes, flores y fuentes.
In the centre of the garden stood a small, white building, severely classical in architecture, and surrounded by thickets of flowers.
En el centro del jardín se alzaba un pequeño edificio blanco, de arquitectura rigurosamente clásica, rodeado de espesos macizos de flores.
Six Ionic columns supported the roof, and the single door was of bronze.
Seis columnas jónicas sostenían el techo, y la única puerta era de bronce.
A splendid marble group of the "Fates" stood before the door, the work of a young American sculptor, Boris Yvain, who had died in Paris when only twenty-three years old.
Un espléndido grupo de mármol de las "Parcas" se erguía ante la puerta, obra de un joven escultor americano, Boris Yvain, que había muerto en París con solo veintitrés años.
Vocabulary
- Ningún
- Not any; no (masculine singular form)
- principio
- Beginning; principle; fundamental rule or law
- definido
- Defined; clearly stated or determined
- había
- Had; past tense of haber (auxiliary verb)
- sido
- Been; past participle of ser (to be)
- violado
- Violated; transgressed; broken or infringed upon
- en
- In; at; on (preposition indicating location)
- aquellas
- Those (feminine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- páginas
- Pages; sheets of paper in a book
- perversas
- Perverse; wicked; deliberately contrary to what is right
- ninguna
- Not any; no (feminine singular form)
- doctrina
- Doctrine; body of teachings or principles
- promulgada
- Promulgated; officially announced; made public formally
- convicción
- Conviction; firmly held belief or opinion
- ultrajada
- Outraged; grossly insulted or treated disrespectfully
- No
- No; not (negation)
- podía
- Could; was able to; past tense of poder
- ser
- To be; exist or have identity
- juzgado
- Judged; evaluated or assessed; tried in court
- por
- By; for; through (preposition)
- criterio
- Criterion; standard or principle for judgment
- conocido
- Known; familiar; acquaintance or recognized person
- sin
- Without; lacking; deprived of
- embargo
- However; nevertheless; embargo (legal seizure)
- aunque
- Although; though; even though; despite
- se
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun; passive voice marker
- reconocía
- Recognized; acknowledged; admitted; past tense
- que
- That; which; what (relative/subordinate conjunction)
- la
- The (feminine singular article or pronoun)
- nota
- Note; mark; distinction; characteristic feature
- suprema
- Supreme; highest; most exalted in rank
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction of de+el)
- arte
- Art; creative expression; skill in craft
- alcanzada
- Reached; attained; achieved; caught up with
- Rey
- King; monarch; male sovereign ruler
- Amarillo
- Yellow; the color between orange and green
- todos
- All; everyone; every single one
- sentían
- Felt; experienced emotion; sensed; past tense
- naturaleza
- Nature; natural world; essential qualities
- humana
- Human; relating to mankind or people
- soportar
- Bear; endure; support; withstand or tolerate
- tensión
- Tension; stress; state of being stretched tight
- ni
- Nor; neither; and not
- prosperar
- Prosper; thrive; flourish; succeed or advance
- con
- With; accompanied by; in company of
- palabras
- Words; spoken or written units of language
- acechaba
- Lurked; lay in wait; threatened menacingly
- esencia
- Essence; fundamental nature; most important quality
- más
- More; greater quantity or degree; most
- puro
- Pure; unmixed; not diluted or contaminated
- veneno
- Poison; toxic substance; something harmful or destructive
- misma
- Same; identical; very; emphasis particle
- banalidad
- Banality; triteness; something boring or unoriginal
- inocencia
- Innocence; state of being not guilty
- primer
- First; preceding all others in time
- acto
- Act; deed; action; division of a play
- solo
- Only; solely; alone; single or unaccompanied
- permitió
- Allowed; permitted; enabled; made possible
- el
- The (masculine singular article or pronoun)
- golpe
- Blow; strike; coup; sudden incident or event
- cayera
- Fell; might fall; conditional past tense of caer
- después
- After; afterwards; later; subsequently in time
- un
- A; an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- efecto
- Effect; result; consequence; impression or influence
- terrible
- Terrible; dreadful; causing great fear or horror
- Fue
- Was; past tense of ser (to be)
- si
- If; in case that; whether
- mal
- Bad; evil; poorly; badly; harm or illness
- recuerdo
- Remember; memory; souvenir; something remembered
- abril
- April; fourth month of calendar year
- cuando
- When; at what time; during which
- estableció
- Established; founded; set up; instituted formally
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