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 che con la mia capacità immaginativa e la mia abitudine di inventare storie, una debolezza nervosa come la mia è destinata a portare a ogni sorta di fantasie eccitate, e che dovrei usare la mia forza di volontà e il buon senso per frenare questa tendenza.
So I try.
Quindi ci provo.
I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
Penso a volte che se stessi abbastanza bene da scrivere un po', ciò alleggerirebbe la pressione delle idee e mi farebbe riposare.
But I find I get pretty tired when I try.
Ma mi accorgo di stancarmi abbastanza quando ci provo.
It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work.
È così scoraggiante non avere alcun consiglio né compagnia riguardo al mio lavoro.
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.
Quando starò davvero bene, John dice che inviteremo il cugino Henry e Julia per una lunga visita; ma dice che preferirebbe mettere dei fuochi d'artificio nella mia federa piuttosto che lasciarmi stare con quelle persone stimolanti adesso.
I wish I could get well faster.
Vorrei poter guarire più in fretta.
But I must not think about that.
Ma non devo pensarci.
This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!
Questa carta mi sembra quasi consapevole della sua perniciosità!
There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down.
C'è un punto ricorrente dove il motivo pende come un collo spezzato e due occhi sporgenti ti fissano a testa in giù.
I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness.
Mi arrabbio davvero con la sua impertinenza e la sua interminabilità.
Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere.
Su e giù e di lato strisciano, e quegli occhi assurdi, immobili, sono ovunque.
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.
C'è un punto in cui due strisce non combaciano, e gli occhi scorrono tutti su e giù lungo la linea, uno un po' più in alto dell'altro.
Vocabulary
- dice
- says, tells (third person singular present)
- che
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- con
- with, together with
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- mia
- my (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- capacità
- capacity, ability, skill
- immaginativa
- imaginative (feminine adjective)
- abitudine
- habit, custom, practice
- di
- of, from (preposition)
- inventare
- to invent, to make up, to create
- storie
- stories, tales, narratives (plural)
- una
- a, an (feminine singular article)
- debolezza
- weakness, frailty, lack of strength
- nervosa
- nervous, anxious (feminine adjective)
- come
- as, like, how
- destinata
- destined, intended (feminine adjective)
- portare
- to carry, to bring, to wear
- ogni
- every, each, all
- sorta
- kind, type, sort, manner
- fantasie
- fantasies, imagination, fancies (plural)
- dovrei
- I should, I ought to (conditional)
- usare
- to use, to utilize, to employ
- forza
- strength, force, power, vigor
- volontà
- will, willpower, determination
- il
- the (masculine singular article)
- buon
- good, fine (masculine singular adjective)
- senso
- sense, meaning, feeling
- per
- for, in order to, by
- frenare
- to brake, to check, to curb
- questa
- this (feminine singular demonstrative adjective)
- tendenza
- tendency, inclination, trend
- Quindi
- therefore, thus, so, consequently
- ci
- there, us (pronoun or adverb)
- provo
- I try, I attempt, I test
- Penso
- I think, I believe, I consider
- volte
- times, occasions (plural of volta)
- se
- if, whether (conjunction)
- stessi
- myself, yourself, himself (reflexive pronoun)
- abbastanza
- enough, sufficiently, rather
- bene
- well, good, fine
- da
- from, by, since, to (preposition)
- scrivere
- to write, to compose, to record
- un
- a, an (masculine singular article)
- po
- a little, a bit, somewhat
- ciò
- that, this, what
- pressione
- pressure, stress, compression
- delle
- of the, some (feminine plural article)
- idee
- ideas, thoughts, concepts (plural)
- mi
- me, to me (pronoun)
- farebbe
- would do, would make (conditional)
- riposare
- to rest, to relax, to lie down
- Ma
- but, yet, however (conjunction)
- accorgo
- I notice, I realize, I become aware
- stancarmi
- to tire myself, to become tired
- quando
- when, at what time, whenever
- così
- so, thus, in this way, like this
- scoraggiante
- discouraging, disheartening (adjective)
- non
- not, no (negative adverb)
- avere
- to have, to possess, to own
- alcun
- any, some, no (indefinite adjective)
- consiglio
- advice, counsel, recommendation
- né
- neither, nor (conjunction)
- compagnia
- company, companionship, society
- riguardo
- regarding, concerning, with respect to
- al
- to the, at the (preposition + article)
- mio
- my, mine (masculine singular possessive)
- lavoro
- work, job, labor, employment
- Quando
- when, at what time (conjunction/adverb)
- starò
- I will be, I shall be (future tense)
- davvero
- truly, really, indeed, genuinely
- inviteremo
- we will invite, we shall invite
- cugino
- cousin (masculine singular)
- lunga
- long, lengthy (feminine singular adjective)
- visita
- visit, call, examination, inspection
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