The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 1
The Yellow Wallpaper
El papel tapiz amarillo
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Por Charlotte Perkins Gilman
It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.
Es muy raro que personas comunes y corrientes como John y yo consigamos mansiones ancestrales para pasar el verano.
A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!
Una mansión colonial, una propiedad hereditaria, yo diría una casa encantada, y alcanzaría la cima de la felicidad romántica, pero eso sería pedirle demasiado al destino.
Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it.
Aun así, declararé con orgullo que hay algo extraño en ella.
Else, why should it be let so cheaply? And why have stood so long untenanted?
De lo contrario, ¿por qué se alquilaría tan barato? ¿Y por qué habría permanecido desocupada tanto tiempo?
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
John se ríe de mí, por supuesto, pero eso es algo que uno espera en el matrimonio.
John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.
John es sumamente práctico. No tiene paciencia con la fe, siente un intenso horror por la superstición, y se burla abiertamente de cualquier conversación sobre cosas que no se pueden sentir, ver y plasmar en cifras.
John is a physician, and perhaps—(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)—perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.
John es médico, y quizás—(no se lo diría a un alma viviente, por supuesto, pero esto es papel inerte y un gran alivio para mi mente)—quizás esa es una de las razones por las que no me recupero más rápido.
You see, he does not believe I am sick!
¿Ves?, ¡él no cree que esté enferma!
And what can one do?
¿Y qué puede hacer uno?
If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?
Si un médico de alto rango, y además el propio marido, les asegura a amigos y familiares que realmente no le pasa nada a una más que una depresión nerviosa temporal—una leve tendencia histérica—¿qué puede hacer uno?
My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.
Mi hermano también es médico, y también de alto rango, y dice lo mismo.
Vocabulary
- El
- The (masculine singular article)
- papel
- Paper; role or part in something
- tapiz
- Tapestry; decorative wall hanging
- amarillo
- Yellow color
- Por
- By; for; through; because of
- Es
- Is; third person singular of ser
- muy
- Very; extremely; quite
- raro
- Rare; strange; unusual or odd
- que
- That; which; who relative pronoun
- personas
- People; persons; individuals
- comunes
- Common; ordinary; usual
- corrientes
- Current; ordinary; running
- como
- Like; as; how; approximately
- yo
- I; first person singular pronoun
- consigamos
- Get; obtain; achieve subjunctive form
- mansiones
- Mansions; large houses or residences
- ancestrales
- Ancestral; relating to ancestors
- para
- For; in order to; toward
- pasar
- Pass; spend time; go through
- verano
- Summer season
- Una
- A; one feminine singular article
- mansión
- Mansion; large elegant house
- colonial
- Colonial; relating to colonies period
- una
- A; one feminine singular article
- propiedad
- Property; estate; possession
- hereditaria
- Hereditary; inherited from ancestors
- diría
- Would say; conditional form of decir
- casa
- House; home; dwelling place
- encantada
- Enchanted; bewitched; charmed
- alcanzaría
- Would reach; would achieve or attain
- la
- The feminine singular article
- cima
- Peak; summit; top of mountain
- de
- Of; from; by possession
- felicidad
- Happiness; joy; contentment
- romántica
- Romantic; idealistic sentimental
- pero
- But; however; yet
- eso
- That; that thing or matter
- sería
- Would be; conditional of ser
- pedirle
- Ask him; request from someone
- demasiado
- Too much; too many; excessive
- al
- To the; at the contracted form
- destino
- Destiny; fate; destination
- Aun
- Even; still; yet even so
- así
- Thus; like this; so
- declararé
- Will declare; state firmly future
- con
- With; in accompaniment together
- orgullo
- Pride; dignified self-respect
- hay
- There is; there are
- algo
- Something; anything; some thing
- extraño
- Strange; odd; unusual foreigner
- en
- In; on; at location
- ella
- She; her feminine pronoun
- De
- Of; from; by possession
- lo
- The masculine singular neutral article
- contrario
- Contrary; opposite; on other hand
- por
- By; for; through; because of
- qué
- Why; what; interrogative pronoun
- se
- Itself; oneself reflexive pronoun
- alquilaría
- Would rent; conditional of alquilar
- tan
- So; as; that much
- barato
- Cheap; inexpensive; low priced
- habría
- Would have; conditional of haber
- permanecido
- Remained; stayed; continued unoccupied
- desocupada
- Unoccupied; empty; vacant
- tanto
- So much; so many; that much
- tiempo
- Time; period; weather
- ríe
- Laughs; third person of reír
- mí
- Me; myself after preposition
- supuesto
- Supposed; presumed; of course
- uno
- One; a person; one thing
- espera
- Waits; hopes; expects third person
- matrimonio
- Marriage; married couple partnership
- sumamente
- Extremely; very much; highly
- práctico
- Practical; pragmatic; realistic sensible
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