Sherlock Holmes Bilingual EPUB & Word List
Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories combine gripping mystery plots with crisp Victorian prose ideal for CEFR B1–B2 learners. Preview the opening of A Scandal in Bohemia and download the bilingual EPUB.
- Original language
- English · Arthur Conan Doyle
- First published
- 1892
- CEFR Level
- B1
- Public Domain & Translation Note
- Full original EPUB on Project Gutenberg
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Chapter 1 & 2 Bilingual Preview
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I · A Scandal in Bohemia (Part 1)I · Escándalo en Bohemia (Parte 1)
Original · English
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler.
Parallel translation
Para Sherlock Holmes ella es siempre la mujer. Rara vez le he oído mencionarla con otro nombre. A sus ojos, ella eclipsa y domina a todo su sexo. No es que sintiera por Irene Adler ninguna emoción parecida al amor.
Original · English
All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen.
Parallel translation
Todas las emociones, y esa en particular, resultaban aborrecibles para su mente fría, precisa pero admirablemente equilibrada. Era, a mi juicio, la máquina de razonar y observar más perfecta que ha visto el mundo.
II · A Scandal in Bohemia (Part 2)II · Escándalo en Bohemia (Parte 2)
Original · English
One night—it was on the twentieth of March, 1888—I was returning from a journey to a patient (for I had now returned to civil practice), when my way led me through Baker Street.
Parallel translation
Una noche —era el veinte de marzo de 1888— regresaba yo de visitar a un paciente (pues había vuelto al ejercicio privado de la medicina), cuando mi camino me llevó por Baker Street.
Original · English
As I passed the well-remembered door, which must always be associated in my mind with my wooing, and with the dark incidents of the Study in Scarlet, I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again, and to know how he was employing his extraordinary powers.
Parallel translation
Al pasar frente a aquella puerta tan recordada, que siempre estará asociada en mi mente con mi noviazgo y con los oscuros sucesos de Estudio en escarlata, me invadió un vivo deseo de volver a ver a Holmes y saber cómo empleaba sus extraordinarias facultades.
Core Vocabulary from Chapters 1 & 2
Key words and phrases in context from the opening chapters, ready to review or import into Anki.
| Word & Pronunciation | Meaning in Context | Sentence in Book |
|---|---|---|
| seldom/ˈseldəm/adv. | rarely; not often | I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. |
| eclipse/ɪˈklɪps/v. | to outshine or surpass others completely | In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. |
| akin to/əˈkɪn tuː/phr. | similar to; related in nature to | It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. |
| abhorrent/əbˈhɒrənt/adj. | causing strong dislike or disgust; completely contrary to one's nature | All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise mind. |
| seized with/siːzd wɪð/phr. | suddenly overcome by a strong feeling or desire | I was seized with a keen desire to see Holmes again. |
| extraordinary/ɪkˈstrɔːdɪnəri/adj. | very unusual, remarkable, or far beyond the ordinary | To know how he was employing his extraordinary powers. |