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Nombre del libro: Don Quijote de la Mancha.
Autor: Miguel de Cervantes.
Género: Novela clásica de aventura y sátira.
Tema: La lucha entre el idealismo y la realidad.
Resumen: La novela sigue a Alonso Quijano, un hidalgo que, inspirado por libros de caballerías, decide convertirse en el caballero andante Don Quijote. Junto a su escudero Sancho Panza, vive aventuras en las que confunde la realidad con sus ideales, reflexionando sobre la naturaleza humana, los sueños y el contraste entre fantasía y realidad, lo que la convierte en una obra esencial de la literatura universal.
Book name: Don Quixote.
Author: Miguel de Cervantes.
Style: Classic adventure and satirical novel.
Topic: The conflict between idealism and reality.
Summary: The novel follows Alonso Quijano, a nobleman who, inspired by chivalric romances, decides to become the knight-errant Don Quixote. Together with his squire, Sancho Panza, he embarks on adventures in which he confuses reality with his ideals, reflecting on human nature, dreams, and the contrast between fantasy and reality, making it an essential work of world literature.
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CAPÍTULO 2
1er párrafo
Hechas, pues, estas prevenciones, no quiso aguardar más tiempo a poner en efeto su pensamiento, apretándole a ello la falta que él pensaba que hacía en el mundo su tardanza, según eran los agravios que pensaba deshacer, tuertos que enderezar, sinrazones que emendar y abusos que mejorar y deudas que satisfacer. Y así, sin dar parte a persona alguna de su intención y sin que nadie le viese, una mañana, antes del día, que era uno de los calurosos del mes de julio, se armó de todas sus armas, subió sobre Rocinante, puesta su mal compuesta celada, embrazó su adarga, tomó su lanza y por la puerta falsa de un corral salió al campo, con grandísimo contento y alborozo de ver con cuánta facilidad había dado principio a su buen deseo. Mas apenas se vio en el campo, cuando le asaltó un pensamiento terrible, y tal, que por poco le hiciera dejar la comenzada empresa; y fue que le vino a la memoria que no era armado caballero y que, conforme a ley de caballería, ni podía ni debía tomar armas con ningún caballero, y puesto que lo fuera, había de llevar armas blancas, como novel caballero, sin empresa en el escudo, hasta que por su esfuerzo la ganase. Estos pensamientos le hicieron titubear en su propósito; mas, pudiendo más su locura que otra razón alguna, propuso de hacerse armar caballero del primero que topase, a imitación de otros muchos que así lo hicieron, según él había leído en los libros que tal le tenían. En lo de las armas blancas, pensaba limpiarlas de manera, en teniendo lugar, que lo fuesen más que un arminio; y con esto se quietó y prosiguió su camino, sin llevar otro que aquel que su caballo quería, creyendo que en aquello consistía la fuerza de las aventuras.
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CHAPTER 2
1st paragraph
THESE preliminaries settled, he did not care to put off any longer the execution of his design, urged on to it by the thought of all the world was losing by his delay, seeing what wrongs he intended to right, grievances to redress, injustices to repair, abuses to remove, and duties to discharge. So, without giving notice of his intention to anyone, and without anybody seeing him, one morning before the dawning of the day (which was one of the hottest of the month of July) he donned his suit of armour, mounted Rocinante with his patched-up helmet on, braced his buckler, took his lance, and by the back door of the yard sallied forth upon the plain in the highest contentment and satisfaction at seeing with what ease he had made a beginning with his grand purpose. But scarcely did he find himself upon the open plain, when a terrible thought struck him, one all but enough to make him abandon the enterprise at the very outset. It occurred to him that he had not been dubbed a knight, and that according to the law of chivalry he neither could nor ought to bear arms against any knight; and that even if he had been, still he ought, as a novice knight, to wear white armour, without a device upon the shield until by his prowess he had earned one. These reflections made him waver in his purpose, but his craze being stronger than any reasoning, he made up his mind to have himself dubbed a knight by the first one he came across, following the example of others in the same case, as he had read in the books that brought him to this pass. As for white armour, he resolved, on the first opportunity, to scour his until it was whiter than an ermine; and so comforting himself he pursued his way, taking that which his horse chose, for in this he believed lay the essence of adventures.
Expansion/Amplification:
"antes del día" → "before the dawning of the day "
The original simply says "before daybreak," but the translator expands it into a more descriptive expression.
Semantic Modulation:
"le asaltó un pensamiento terrible" → "a terrible thought struck him "
Instead of the literal "assaulted him", the translator chooses an English expression "struck him", while preserving the meaning.
2do párrafo
Yendo, pues, caminando nuestro flamante aventurero, iba hablando consigo mesmo y diciendo:
-¿Quién duda sino que en los venideros tiempos, cuando salga a luz la verdadera historia de mis famosos hechos, que el sabio que los escribiere no ponga, cuando llegue a contar esta mi primera salida tan de mañana, desta manera?: «<Apenas había el rubicundo Apolo tendido por la faz de la ancha y espaciosa tierra las doradas hebras de sus hermosos cabellos, y apenas los pequeños y pintados pajarillos con sus harpadas lenguas habían saludado con dulce y meliflua armonía la venida de la rosada aurora, que, dejando la blanda cama del celoso marido, por las puertas y balcones del manchego horizonte a los mortales se mostraba, cuando el famoso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, dejando las ociosas plumas, subió sobre su famoso caballo Rocinante y comenzó a caminar por el antiguo y conocido campo de Montiel»>.
2nd paragraph
Thus setting out, our new-fledged adventurer paced along, talking to himself and saying:
“Who knows but that in time to come, when the veracious history of my famous deeds is made known, the sage who writes it, when he has to set forth my first sally in the early morning, will do it after this fashion? ‘Scarce had the rubicund Apollo spread o’er the face of the broad spacious earth the golden threads of his bright hair, scarce had the little birds of painted plumage attuned their notes to hail with dulcet and mellifluous harmony the coming of the rosy Dawn, that, deserting the soft couch of her jealous spouse, was appearing to mortals at the gates and balconies of the Manchegan horizon, when the renowned knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, quitting the lazy down, mounted his celebrated steed Rocinante and began to traverse the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel;’”
Functional Equivalence:
"salga a luz" → "is made known "
Rather than translating the idiom literally "comes to light", the translator uses an English expression that performs the same communicative function.
Register Change:
“caminar” → “traverse”
“caballo” → “steed”
“famoso” → “celebrated”
Instead of modern English, the translator deliberately adopts a more elevated and romantic literary style of diction.
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