Ejemplos de traducción
Si es de respeto, de afecto, de consideración y cuidado y tacto, los barcos, decía Conrad, lo agradecen y corresponden esforzándose al máximo y dando lo mejor de sí mismos (o de sí mismas, ya que, curiosa y significativamente, el único objeto dotado de género en la lengua inglesa es precisamente el barco, al que siempre se da trato de she —esto es, de «ella»— y no, como sería natural, de it —esto es, de «ello»).
If treated with respect, affection, consideration, care and tact, a ship, says Conrad, is grateful and responds by trying hard and giving of its best (or, rather, her best, since curiously and significantly the only objects that merit a gender in the English language are ships, which are always referred to as ‘she’ and not, as would be more natural, as ‘it’).
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