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Así, en Where the cross is made (1918), una vision alucinatoria del fondo del mar y de marineros muertos aparece en una casa de Nueva Inglaterra.

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Thus, in Where the Cross Is Made (1918), a hallucinatory vision of the bottom of the sea and of dead sailors appears in a New England house.

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En The Great God Brown (1925), el empleo de máscaras simbólicas que los personajes usan, se quitan y con las que suelen hablar, sin darse, cuenta de ello, produce un efecto de terror; la máscara reemplaza al hombre y puede ser adorada o aborrecida.

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In The Great God Brown (1925), the employment of symbolic masks which the characters use, take off, and with which they usually speak, without realizing this [what they are doing], produces an effect of terror; the mask replaces the man and can be loved or hated.

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En Strange Interlude (1928), O’Neill ha renovado el aparte o monólogo, hacienda que éste coincida con la corriente de la conciencia, a la manera del capítulo final del Ulises de Joyce.

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In Strange Interlude (1928), O’Neill has renewed the aside or monologue, making this coincide with stream of the conscious in the manner of the final chapter of Joyce’s Ulysses.

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Su trilogía Mourning becomes Electra traslada la antigua leyenda griega a los años de la guerra de Secesión.

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His [O’Neill’s] trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra transfers [transmutes] the ancient Greek legend to the years of the Civil War.

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Es indiscutible que más allá de nuestras preferencias o antipatías, O’Neill ha renovado la técnica dramática de nuestro tiempo.

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It is undisputed that beyond our preferences or anticipations, O’Neill has renewed the dramatic technique of our time.

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Su atormentado espíritu se refleja en su obra, que siempre excluye el happy ending, el final feliz.

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His [O’Neill’s] tormented spirit is reflected in his work, which always excludes the happy ending.

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Ha sido traducida a casi todos los idiomas.

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He [O’Neill] has been translated to almost all languages.

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Sus piezas iniciales, que se limitaban en general a un solo acto, fueron estrenadas por pequeños grupos innovadores, como los Washington Square Players, los Provincetown Players, y el Experimental Theater, de cuya dirección formó parte.

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His [O’Neill’s] initial pieces, which were limited generally to a single act, were staged by small innovative groups, like the Washington Square Players, the Provincetown Players, and the Experimental Theater, in whose management he took part.

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Luego llegarían a Broadway y al mundo entero.

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Then they arrived at [reached] Broadway and the entire world.

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Hijo de un periodista que llegó a ser cónsul general en Hong Kong, Thornton Niven Wilder (1897) nació en Madison, Wisconsin.

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Son of a journalist who came to be [became] general consul in Hong Kong, Thornton Niven Wilder (1897 – ) was born in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Cursó extensos estudios en la China, California, Oberlin, y Yale.

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He [Wilder] studied extensive studies in China, California, Oberlin, and Yale.

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Después de graduarse, siguió cursos de arqueología en la Academia Americana de Roma y en Princeton.

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After graduating, he [Wilder] continued archaeological courses at the American Academy of Rome and at Princeton.

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Durante la primera guerra mundial sirvió en la artillería, durante la segunda en las fuerzas aéreas.

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During the First World War he [Wilder] served in the artillery, during the Second [World War] in the air force.

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Desde 1921 hasta 1928 fue profesor de francés en Lawrenceville.

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From 1921 until 1928 he [Wilder] was a French professor at Lawrenceville [Academy].

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Su primera novela, The Cabala, apareció en 1925; The Bridge of Saint Luis Rey (1927) le dio fama nacional y el premio Pulitzer.

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His [Wilder’s] first novel, The Cabala, appeared in 1925; The Bridge of Saint Luis Rey (1927) gave him national fame and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Otras novelas suyas son The Woman of Andros (1930), Heaven is my destination (1935) y The Ides of March (1948).

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Other novels of his [Wilder’s] are The Woman of Andros (1930), Heaven Is My Destination (1935), and The Ides of March (1948).

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En la obra dramatica de Wilder, las novedades técnicas que sorprenden al espectador son quizá menos importantes que la emoción, el sentido humano, el optimism y la inteligencia.

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In Wilder’s dramatic work, technical novelties which surprise the spectator are perhaps less important than emotion, the human sense [feeling], optimism, and intelligence.

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Agreguemos a ello el sentido del transcurso del tiempo que le dieron los estudios de arqueología.

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We add to that the sense [feeling] of time passing that is given to them by [Wilder’s] archaeological studies.

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Comenzó con piezas muy breves que duran diez minutes cada una y que suelen dar forma contemporánea a temas de la Sagrada Escritura.

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He [Wilder] commenced [started] with very short [theater] pieces that each last ten minutes and that usually give contemporary form to themes from the Sacred Writing.

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En Our Town (1938), el mundo de los muertos no es menos real que el de los vivos y el autor descubre un valor esencial en los actos triviales y cotidianos.

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In Our Town (1938), the world of the dead is no less real than that of the living and the author [Wilder] discovers essential value in trivial and daily acts.