A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick — Page 10
But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.
Aber ich mache mir in dieser Hinsicht nicht die geringsten Sorgen, denn es ist allgemein bekannt, dass sie täglich sterben und verwesen, durch Kälte und Hunger, durch Schmutz und Ungeziefer, so schnell, wie man es vernünftigerweise erwarten kann.
And as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition.
Und was die jungen Arbeiter betrifft, so befinden sie sich nun in einem fast ebenso hoffnungsvollen Zustand.
They cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come.
Sie können keine Arbeit finden und zehren sich folglich aus Mangel an Nahrung so sehr ab, dass sie, wenn sie gelegentlich zufällig für einfache Arbeit angeheuert werden, nicht die Kraft haben, diese zu verrichten, und so werden das Land und sie selbst auf glückliche Weise von den künftigen Übeln befreit.
I have too long digressed, and therefore shall return to my subject.
Ich habe mich zu lange in Abschweifungen verloren und werde daher zu meinem Thema zurückkehren.
I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance.
Ich denke, die Vorteile des Vorschlags, den ich gemacht habe, sind offensichtlich und zahlreich sowie von höchster Bedeutung.
For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly overrun, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies, and who stay at home on purpose with a design to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping to take their advantage by the absence of so many good Protestants, who have chosen rather to leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience to an episcopal curate.
Denn erstens würde es, wie ich bereits bemerkt habe, die Zahl der Papisten erheblich verringern, von denen wir jährlich überschwemmt werden, da sie die hauptsächlichen Fortpflanzer der Nation sowie unsere gefährlichsten Feinde sind und die absichtlich zu Hause bleiben, um das Königreich dem Prätendenten auszuliefern, in der Hoffnung, den Vorteil aus der Abwesenheit so vieler guter Protestanten zu ziehen, die es vorgezogen haben, ihr Land zu verlassen, anstatt zu Hause zu bleiben und gegen ihr Gewissen einem episkopalen Vikar den Zehnten zu entrichten.
Vocabulary
- Aber
- But; however; used to introduce contrast.
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- mache
- Make; do; first person singular present tense.
- mir
- Me; to me; dative form of ich.
- in
- In; inside; preposition indicating location or time.
- dieser
- This; that; demonstrative adjective, singular.
- Hinsicht
- Respect; regard; aspect of consideration.
- nicht
- Not; negation particle; most common negator.
- die
- The; definite article, feminine or plural.
- geringsten
- Slightest; smallest; superlative of gering.
- Sorgen
- Worries; concerns; plural of Sorge.
- denn
- Because; for; causal conjunction.
- es
- It; neuter pronoun; impersonal subject.
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein.
- allgemein
- Generally; commonly; universally; in general.
- bekannt
- Known; familiar; well-known; past participle.
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing clauses.
- sie
- She; they; third person feminine or plural.
- täglich
- Daily; every day; occurring each day.
- sterben
- Die; to die; cease living.
- durch
- Through; by; preposition of agent or means.
- Kälte
- Cold; coldness; low temperature condition.
- Hunger
- Hunger; starvation; lack of food.
- Schmutz
- Dirt; filth; unclean matter.
- so
- So; thus; in this manner.
- schnell
- Fast; quick; rapid; at high speed.
- wie
- How; as; comparison or question word.
- man
- One; you; impersonal pronoun.
- erwarten
- Expect; anticipate; to await something.
- kann
- Can; is able to; third singular.
- Und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- was
- What; which; interrogative or relative pronoun.
- jungen
- Young; youthful; adjective form.
- Arbeiter
- Worker; laborer; person doing work.
- betrifft
- Concerns; affects; pertains to.
- befinden
- Be; find oneself; be located.
- sich
- Himself; herself; oneself; reflexive pronoun.
- nun
- Now; at present; presently.
- einem
- A; one; dative form of ein.
- fast
- Almost; nearly; practically; nearly complete.
- ebenso
- Similarly; likewise; in the same way.
- Zustand
- State; condition; situation or status.
- Sie
- You; formal pronoun; respectful address.
- können
- Can; are able; to be capable.
- keine
- No; not any; negative article.
- Arbeit
- Work; job; labor or employment.
- finden
- Find; discover; to locate something.
- folglich
- Consequently; therefore; as a result.
- aus
- From; out of; preposition.
- Mangel
- Lack; shortage; deficiency of something.
- an
- At; on; by; preposition.
- Nahrung
- Food; nourishment; nutrition or sustenance.
- sehr
- Very; greatly; to a high degree.
- ab
- Off; away; down; separable prefix.
- wenn
- If; when; conditional or temporal conjunction.
- gelegentlich
- Occasionally; sometimes; from time to time.
- zufällig
- Accidentally; by chance; incidentally.
- für
- For; intended purpose; preposition.
- einfache
- Simple; plain; uncomplicated; basic.
- werden
- Become; will; auxiliary and main verb.
- Kraft
- Strength; force; power; vigor.
- haben
- Have; possess; to own something.
- diese
- These; this; demonstrative adjective.
- zu
- To; at; towards; preposition.
- das
- The; that; neuter definite article.
- Land
- Land; country; region or area.
- selbst
- Self; even; same; emphatic pronoun.
- auf
- On; upon; onto; preposition.
- glückliche
- Happy; fortunate; lucky; blessed.
- Weise
- Way; manner; method or fashion.
- von
- Of; from; by; preposition.
- den
- The; accusative or dative plural article.
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