The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 7
He says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies, and that I ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency.
Dice que con mi poder imaginativo y mi hábito de inventar historias, una debilidad nerviosa como la mía seguramente llevará a todo tipo de fantasías exaltadas, y que debo usar mi voluntad y mi buen juicio para frenar esa tendencia.
So I try.
Así que lo intento.
I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
A veces pienso que si tan solo estuviera lo suficientemente bien como para escribir un poco, eso aliviaría la presión de las ideas y me daría descanso.
But I find I get pretty tired when I try.
Pero me doy cuenta de que me canso bastante cuando lo intento.
It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work.
Es tan desalentador no tener ningún consejo ni compañía en lo que respecta a mi trabajo.
When I get really well John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fire-works in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.
Cuando me recupere del todo, John dice que invitaremos al primo Henry y a Julia para una larga visita; pero dice que antes metería fuegos artificiales en mi funda de almohada que dejarme tener a esa gente estimulante cerca ahora.
I wish I could get well faster.
Ojalá pudiera recuperarme más rápido.
But I must not think about that.
Pero no debo pensar en eso.
This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!
¡Este papel me parece como si supiera la influencia tan perniciosa que ejerce!
There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down.
Hay un punto recurrente donde el patrón cuelga como un cuello roto y dos ojos abultados te miran boca abajo.
I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness.
Me pongo francamente furiosa con su impertinencia y su eternidad.
Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere.
Suben y bajan y se arrastran de lado, y esos absurdos ojos sin parpadear están en todas partes.
There is one place where two breadths didn't match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other.
Hay un lugar donde dos franjas no coinciden, y los ojos recorren toda la línea de arriba abajo, uno un poco más alto que el otro.
Vocabulary
- Dice
- He/she says or tells
- que
- That; which (relative pronoun)
- con
- With
- mi
- My
- poder
- Power; ability; to be able
- imaginativo
- Imaginative
- hábito
- Habit; custom or regular practice
- de
- Of; from
- inventar
- To invent; to make up or create
- historias
- Stories; histories or accounts of events
- una
- A; one (feminine)
- debilidad
- Weakness; lack of strength
- nerviosa
- Nervous; anxious or uneasy
- como
- Like; as; how
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- mía
- Mine (feminine)
- seguramente
- Surely; certainly or undoubtedly
- llevará
- Will carry; will lead or bring
- todo
- All; everything or every
- tipo
- Type; kind or sort of thing
- fantasías
- Fantasies; imaginative or fanciful ideas
- exaltadas
- Exalted; excited or elevated emotions
- debo
- I must; I should or ought to
- usar
- To use; to employ or utilize
- voluntad
- Will; determination or willpower
- buen
- Good (shortened form before masculine noun)
- juicio
- Judgment; wisdom or common sense
- para
- For; in order to or to
- frenar
- To brake; to stop or restrain
- esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- tendencia
- Tendency; inclination or trend toward something
- Así
- Thus; in this way or so
- lo
- It; the (masculine direct object)
- intento
- I try; attempt or effort
- veces
- Times; occasions or instances
- pienso
- I think; I believe or consider
- si
- If; whether (conditional)
- tan
- So; as (intensifier)
- solo
- Only; alone or solitary
- estuviera
- I were; conditional subjunctive of estar
- suficientemente
- Sufficiently; adequately or enough
- bien
- Well; good or properly
- escribir
- To write; to compose in writing
- un
- A; one (masculine singular)
- poco
- A little; small amount or bit
- eso
- That; that thing (neuter)
- aliviaría
- Would relieve; would ease or lighten
- presión
- Pressure; stress or tension
- las
- The (feminine plural)
- ideas
- Ideas; thoughts or concepts
- me
- Me; to me (indirect/direct object)
- daría
- Would give; would provide or grant
- descanso
- Rest; relaxation or respite
- Pero
- But; however or yet
- doy
- I give; I yield or surrender
- cuenta
- Account; realizes or becomes aware
- canso
- I tire; I become tired or weary
- bastante
- Quite; enough or rather
- cuando
- When; at what time or during
- Es
- It is; present tense of ser
- desalentador
- Discouraging; disheartening or depressing
- no
- Not; negation
- tener
- To have; to possess or hold
- ningún
- No; not any (masculine)
- consejo
- Advice; counsel or guidance
- ni
- Nor; neither or and not
- compañía
- Company; companionship or fellowship
- en
- In; on or at
- respecta
- Concerns; pertains or relates to
- trabajo
- Work; job or labor
- Cuando
- When; at what time or during
- recupere
- I recover; I recuperate or regain
- del
- Of the; from the (contracted)
- dice
- Says; tells or speaks
- invitaremos
- We will invite; we shall ask
- al
- To the; at the (contracted)
- primo
- Cousin; male cousin
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