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–Jefe blanco tener la palabra -anunció el indio mayor.
“White chief got the floor,” the tall Indian remarked.
Por lo general, las reuniones se alargaban, todo el mundo gritaba y solían iniciarse con una lucha por tener la palabra.
Typically, each gathering was long and loud and usually began with everyone present demanding the floor.
Esa gente no se escuchaba, sino que planeaba qué decir cuando volviera a tener la palabra. Era agotador contemplar el modo en que competían por el aprecio y las atenciones.
These people weren’t listening to one another; they were planning what to say next time they held the floor. It was exhausting to see them all straining for love and attention.
He pensado que si tiene sangre Ondaatje y no tiene sangre Gratiaen, es evidente que hemos heredado de mi madre nuestro sentido del dramatismo, las historias exageradas, el empeño en tener la palabra.
I have been thinking that if she has Ondaatje blood and no Gratiaen blood then obviously it is from my mother’s side that we got a sense of the dramatic, the tall stories, the determination to now and then hold the floor.
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