Now nobody wants to be a writer anymore, now nobody wants to be a novelist anymore, and girls have become timid, they are cautious, guarded, reluctant to speak up in the public space, because we have taught them — the family, the school, the society — we have taught them to erase their individuality.
Ahora ya nadie quiere ser escritor, ahora ya nadie quiere ser novelista, y las chicas se han vuelto tímidas, son cautas, discretas, reacias a pronunciarse en público, porque les hemos enseñado — la familia, la escuela, la sociedad — les hemos enseñado a borrar su personalidad.