The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 9
I must not let her find me writing.
No debo dejarla encontrarme escribiendo.
She is a perfect, and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession.
Ella es una ama de casa perfecta y entusiasta, y no aspira a mejor profesión.
I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!
Verdaderamente creo que ella piensa que fue la escritura lo que me enfermó.
But I can write when she is out, and see her a long way off from these windows.
Pero puedo escribir cuando ella no está, y verla desde lejos a través de estas ventanas.
There is one that commands the road, a lovely, shaded, winding road, and one that just looks off over the country.
Hay una que domina la carretera, una carretera encantadora, sombreada y sinuosa, y otra que simplemente da al campo.
A lovely country, too, full of great elms and velvet meadows.
Un campo encantador también, lleno de grandes olmos y praderas aterciopeladas.
This wallpaper has a kind of sub-pattern in a different shade, a particularly irritating one, for you can only see it in certain lights, and not clearly then.
Este papel tapiz tiene una especie de sub-patrón en un tono diferente, uno particularmente irritante, pues solo se puede ver con cierta luz, y aun así no con claridad.
But in the places where it isn't faded, and where the sun is just so, I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to sulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design.
Pero en los lugares donde no está desvanecido, y donde el sol cae de cierta manera, puedo ver una figura extraña, provocadora e informe, que parece acechar detrás de ese diseño frontal ridículo y llamativo.
There's sister on the stairs!
¡Ahí está la hermana en las escaleras!
Well, the Fourth of July is over!
¡Bueno, el Cuatro de Julio ha terminado!
The people are gone and I am tired out.
La gente se ha ido y estoy agotada.
John thought it might do me good to see a little company, so we just had mother and Nellie and the children down for a week.
John pensó que podría hacerme bien recibir algo de compañía, así que tuvimos a mamá, a Nellie y a los niños de visita durante una semana.
Of course I didn't do a thing.
Por supuesto que yo no hice nada.
Jennie sees to everything now.
Jennie se ocupa de todo ahora.
But it tired me all the same.
Pero me cansó de todas formas.
John says if I don't pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall.
John dice que si no me recupero más rápido me enviará con Weir Mitchell en el otoño.
But I don't want to go there at all.
Pero yo no quiero ir allí en absoluto.
Vocabulary
- No
- Negation; expresses denial or refusal.
- debo
- I must; I owe; first person singular of deber.
- dejarla
- To leave her; to let her go.
- encontrarme
- To find myself; to meet; reflexive verb form.
- escribiendo
- Writing; present participle of escribir.
- Ella
- She; feminine third person singular pronoun.
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser.
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article.
- ama
- Loves; she loves; third person singular of amar.
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- casa
- House; home; dwelling place.
- perfecta
- Perfect; feminine form of perfecto.
- entusiasta
- Enthusiastic; eager; showing keen interest.
- aspira
- Aspires; aims for; third person of aspirar.
- mejor
- Better; best; comparative or superlative adjective.
- profesión
- Profession; occupation; career.
- Verdaderamente
- Truly; genuinely; in a truthful manner.
- creo
- I believe; I think; first person of creer.
- que
- That; which; what; relative pronoun.
- piensa
- Thinks; believes; third person of pensar.
- fue
- Was; past tense of ser or ir.
- la
- The; her; feminine singular definite article.
- escritura
- Writing; handwriting; written document.
- lo
- It; him; neuter or masculine object pronoun.
- me
- Me; to me; first person object pronoun.
- enfermó
- Made sick; past tense of enfermar.
- Pero
- But; however; conjunction expressing contrast.
- puedo
- I can; I am able; first person of poder.
- escribir
- To write; to compose written work.
- cuando
- When; at what time; temporal conjunction.
- está
- Is; located; third person singular of estar.
- verla
- To see her; infinitive with object pronoun.
- desde
- From; since; preposition of origin or location.
- lejos
- Far; far away; distant location.
- través
- Through; across; via.
- ventanas
- Windows; plural of ventana.
- Hay
- There is; there are; impersonal verb.
- domina
- Dominates; overlooks; commands view of.
- carretera
- Road; highway; major thoroughfare.
- encantadora
- Charming; enchanting; delightful.
- sombreada
- Shaded; shadowy; providing shade.
- sinuosa
- Winding; sinuous; curving back and forth.
- otra
- Another; other; feminine singular form.
- simplemente
- Simply; merely; in a simple manner.
- da
- Gives; opens onto; third person of dar.
- al
- To the; at the; contraction of a+el.
- campo
- Field; countryside; rural area.
- Un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- encantador
- Charming; delightful; enchanting.
- también
- Also; too; furthermore.
- lleno
- Full; filled with; containing.
- grandes
- Large; great; big; plural form.
- olmos
- Elms; plural of olmo tree.
- praderas
- Meadows; grasslands; pastoral fields.
- Este
- This; eastern; demonstrative or directional.
- papel
- Paper; wallpaper; role.
- tapiz
- Wallpaper; tapestry; wall covering.
- tiene
- Has; possesses; third person of tener.
- especie
- Kind; type; species; sort.
- en
- In; on; within; spatial preposition.
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article.
- tono
- Tone; shade; color; sound quality.
- diferente
- Different; distinct; not the same.
- uno
- One; a single; numeral or pronoun.
- particularmente
- Particularly; especially; in particular.
- irritante
- Irritating; annoying; causing irritation.
- pues
- Well; then; therefore; conjunction.
- solo
- Only; alone; solely.
- se
- Oneself; himself; reflexive pronoun.
- puede
- Can; is able; third person of poder.
- ver
- To see; to watch; to view.
- con
- With; accompanied by; preposition.
- cierta
- Certain; particular; specific; sure.
- luz
- Light; illumination; brightness.
- aun
- Even; yet; still; also.
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