Spanish–English parallel text
El sabueso de los Baskerville
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle · retold (A2)
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Sr. Sherlock Holmes
Mr Sherlock Holmes
El Sr. Sherlock Holmes solía levantarse muy tarde por la mañana. A veces no se acostaba en absoluto. Pero aquella mañana ya estaba en la mesa del desayuno.
Mr Sherlock Holmes usually got up very late in the morning. Sometimes he did not go to bed at all. But that morning he was already at the breakfast table.
Yo estaba junto al fuego con un bastón en las manos. Un visitante vino a vernos la noche anterior, pero nosotros estábamos fuera. Esperó durante una hora y luego se fue. Olvidó su bastón.
I stood by the fire with a walking stick in my hands. A visitor came to see us the evening before, but we were out. He waited for an hour, and then he left. He forgot his stick.
Era un bastón bueno y grueso con una cabeza redonda y pesada, y debajo de la cabeza había una banda de plata ancha. En ella estaban estas palabras: A JAMES MORTIMER, M.R.C.S., DE SUS AMIGOS DEL C.C.H. Y había un año: 1884. Las letras M.R.C.S. me mostraron una cosa: el hombre era médico.
It was a good, thick stick with a heavy round head, and under the head there was a wide silver band. On it were these words: TO JAMES MORTIMER, M.R.C.S., FROM HIS FRIENDS OF THE C.C.H. And there was a year: 1884. The letters M.R.C.S. showed me one thing: the man was a doctor.
Era el tipo de bastón que llevaban los antiguos médicos de familia. Parecía serio, sólido y seguro.
It was the kind of stick that old family doctors carried. It looked serious, solid and safe.
«Bueno, Watson, ¿qué puedes decirme sobre él?»
“Well, Watson, what can you tell me about it?”
Holmes estaba sentado de espaldas a mí. No dije ni una palabra y no hice ni un ruido.
Holmes was sitting with his back to me. I did not say a word, and I did not make a sound.
«¿Cómo sabes lo que estoy haciendo?», pregunté. «Creo que tienes ojos en la nuca».
“How do you know what I’m doing?” I asked. “I think you have eyes in the back of your head.”
«No, pero tengo una cafetera de plata delante de mí», dijo. «Brilla como un espejo y puedo verte en ella. Ahora, Watson, cuéntame sobre el bastón de nuestro visitante. Lo perdimos y no sabemos qué quiere. Así que este bastón es importante. ¿Qué te dice sobre el hombre?»
“No, but I have a silver coffee pot in front of me,” he said. “It shines like a mirror, and I can see you in it. Now, Watson, tell me about our visitor’s stick. We missed him, and we don’t know what he wants. So this stick is important. What does it tell you about the man?”
Intenté usar los métodos de mi amigo. «Creo que el Dr. Mortimer es un médico mayor de éxito», dije. «A la gente le gusta. Por eso sus amigos le dieron este regalo».
I tried to use my friend’s methods. “I think Dr Mortimer is a successful older doctor,” I said. “People like him. That is why his friends gave him this present.”
«¡Bien!», dijo Holmes. «¡Excelente!»
“Good!” said Holmes. “Excellent!”
«También creo que es un médico rural. Visita a sus pacientes a pie».
“I also think that he is a country doctor. He visits his patients on foot.”
«¿Por qué?»
“Why?”
«Porque el bastón fue muy hermoso una vez, pero ahora es viejo y está dañado. Un médico en la ciudad no lleva un bastón como este. Y mira el extremo de metal. Está desgastado, así que camina mucho con él».
“Because the stick was once very beautiful, but now it is old and damaged. A doctor in the city doesn’t carry a stick like this. And look at the metal end. It is worn down, so he walks a lot with it.”
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