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When you lived in a Shellworld you just accepted them for what they appeared to be, same as if you lived on the surface of an ordinary rocky planet or within the waters or gases of a waterworld or a gas giant.
Cuando vivías en un mundo concha, lo aceptabas por lo que parecía ser, igual que si vivías en la superficie de un planeta rocoso normal o en las aguas o los gases de un mundo acuático o un gigante gaseoso.
The Morthanveld were spiniform waterworlders.
Los morthanveld eran criaturas acuáticas espiniformes.
They patronise the waterworlders in order to antagonise them, make them do the opposite of what is supposedly anticipated, so that they become less like the Culture.
Tratan con condescendencia a los acuáticos para contrariarlos, para que hagan lo contrario de lo que se supone que se anticipa, para que se parezcan menos, no más, a la Cultura.
They were not exactly allies – the waterworlders had kept scrupulously neutral during the Idiran war, for example – but they were of a mind on most matters.
No se podía decir que fueran aliados (los acuáticos se habían mantenido escrupulosamente neutrales durante la guerra idirana, por ejemplo) pero opinaban lo mismo en la mayor parte de los asuntos.
“I should hope that I shall be able to assist with your onward travel,” the waterworlder replied. This did not sound like an unequivocal yes to Ferbin. He cleared his throat.
–Yo diría que podré ayudarlo con las próximas etapas de su viaje –contestó la criatura acuática. A Ferbin eso no le pareció un sí incondicional y carraspeó un momento.
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