A Room with a View — Page 7
The Pension Bertolini had decided, almost enthusiastically, that they would do.
Die Pension Bertolini hatte fast begeistert entschieden, dass sie akzeptabel waren.
Whichever way they looked, kind ladies smiled and shouted at them.
Wohin sie auch blickten, lächelten freundliche Damen und riefen ihnen zu.
And above all rose the voice of the clever lady, crying: "Prato! They must go to Prato.
Und vor allem erhob sich die Stimme der klugen Dame, die rief: „Prato! Sie müssen nach Prato fahren.
That place is too sweetly squalid for words.
Dieser Ort ist zu reizend heruntergekommen, um ihn in Worte zu fassen.
I love it; I revel in shaking off the trammels of respectability, as you know."
Ich liebe es; ich schwelge darin, die Fesseln der Ehrbarkeit abzuschütteln, wie Sie wissen."
The young man named George glanced at the clever lady, and then returned moodily to his plate.
Der junge Mann namens George warf der klugen Dame einen Blick zu und wandte sich dann mürrisch wieder seinem Teller zu.
Obviously he and his father did not do.
Offensichtlich waren er und sein Vater nicht akzeptabel.
Lucy, in the midst of her success, found time to wish they did.
Lucy fand inmitten ihres Erfolgs die Zeit, sich zu wünschen, dass sie es wären.
It gave her no extra pleasure that any one should be left in the cold; and when she rose to go, she turned back and gave the two outsiders a nervous little bow.
Es bereitete ihr keine besondere Freude, dass jemand außen vor gelassen wurde; und als sie aufstand, um zu gehen, drehte sie sich um und machte den beiden Außenseitern eine nervöse kleine Verbeugung.
The father did not see it; the son acknowledged it, not by another bow, but by raising his eyebrows and smiling; he seemed to be smiling across something.
Der Vater bemerkte es nicht; der Sohn quittierte es, nicht mit einer weiteren Verbeugung, sondern indem er die Augenbrauen hob und lächelte; er schien über etwas hinweg zu lächeln.
She hastened after her cousin, who had already disappeared through the curtains—curtains which smote one in the face, and seemed heavy with more than cloth.
Sie eilte ihrer Cousine nach, die bereits durch die Vorhänge verschwunden war – Vorhänge, die einem ins Gesicht schlugen und schwerer zu sein schienen als bloßer Stoff.
Beyond them stood the unreliable Signora, bowing good-evening to her guests, and supported by 'Enery, her little boy, and Victorier, her daughter.
Dahinter stand die unzuverlässige Signora, die ihren Gästen einen guten Abend zuneigte, gestützt von 'Enery, ihrem kleinen Jungen, und Victorier, ihrer Tochter.
It made a curious little scene, this attempt of the Cockney to convey the grace and geniality of the South.
Es ergab eine merkwürdige kleine Szene, dieser Versuch des Cockney-Mädchens, die Anmut und Herzlichkeit des Südens zu vermitteln.
And even more curious was the drawing-room, which attempted to rival the solid comfort of a Bloomsbury boarding-house.
Und noch merkwürdiger war der Salon, der versuchte, mit dem soliden Komfort einer Bloomsbury-Pension zu wetteifern.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (definite article, feminine singular or plural)
- Pension
- Boarding house or guest house offering accommodation
- hatte
- Had (past tense of haben)
- fast
- Almost or nearly; used for emphasis
- begeistert
- Enthusiastic or excited about something
- entschieden
- Decided or determined with firm conviction
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction)
- sie
- She or they (personal pronoun)
- akzeptabel
- Acceptable or satisfactory in quality or standard
- waren
- Were (past tense of sein)
- Wohin
- Where to or whither (interrogative adverb)
- auch
- Also or too; used for emphasis
- blickten
- Looked or glanced (past tense of blicken)
- lächelten
- Smiled (past tense of lächeln)
- freundliche
- Friendly or kind in manner and appearance
- Damen
- Ladies or women (plural of Dame)
- und
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- riefen
- Called out or shouted (past tense of rufen)
- ihnen
- Them or to them (dative personal pronoun)
- zu
- To or at; preposition with multiple uses
- Und
- And (coordinating conjunction, capitalized)
- vor
- Before or in front of something
- allem
- All or everything (dative of all)
- erhob
- Raised or lifted up (past tense of erheben)
- sich
- Itself or oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- die
- The (definite article, feminine singular or plural)
- Stimme
- Voice or sound produced by speaking
- der
- The (definite article, masculine or genitive)
- klugen
- Clever or intelligent (genitive/dative of klug)
- Dame
- Lady or woman of social standing
- rief
- Called out or cried (past tense of rufen)
- Sie
- You (formal, capitalized)
- müssen
- Must or have to; modal verb
- nach
- To or toward; preposition of direction
- fahren
- To drive or travel by vehicle
- Dieser
- This or that (demonstrative adjective)
- Ort
- Place or location; spot or site
- ist
- Is (present tense of sein)
- reizend
- Charming or delightful; enchanting
- heruntergekommen
- Run-down or dilapidated in condition
- um
- Around or about; preposition of space
- ihn
- Him or it (accusative personal pronoun)
- in
- In or into; preposition of location
- Worte
- Words (accusative plural of Wort)
- fassen
- To grasp or comprehend; to express
- Ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- liebe
- Love or adore (present tense of lieben)
- es
- It (neuter personal pronoun)
- ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- schwelge
- Luxuriate or indulge in something
- darin
- In it or therein (adverbial pronoun)
- Fesseln
- Chains or shackles; bonds or restraints
- Ehrbarkeit
- Respectability or propriety in social conduct
- abzuschütteln
- To shake off or cast away
- wie
- How or in what way; as
- wissen
- To know or be aware of
- Der
- The (definite article, masculine singular)
- junge
- Young (adjective modifying Mann)
- Mann
- Man or male person; husband
- namens
- Named or called; by the name of
- warf
- Threw or cast (past tense of werfen)
- einen
- A or one (accusative masculine article)
- Blick
- Look or glance; view or sight
- wandte
- Turned away (past tense of wenden)
- dann
- Then or at that time; next
- mürrisch
- Sullen or morose in temperament
- wieder
- Again or back; once more
- seinem
- His or its (dative masculine possessive)
- Teller
- Plate for serving or eating food
- Offensichtlich
- Obviously or evidently; clearly apparent
- er
- He (third person singular pronoun)
- sein
- His or to be; possessive or verb
- Vater
- Father or male parent
- nicht
- Not or no; negation
- fand
- Found or discovered (past tense of finden)
- inmitten
- In the middle of or among
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