A Study in Scarlet — Page 9
"Beautiful! beautiful! The old Guiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain.
„Wunderschön! Wunderschön! Der alte Guajak-Test war sehr ungeschickt und unzuverlässig.
So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles.
Ebenso die mikroskopische Untersuchung auf Blutkörperchen.
The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old.
Letztere ist wertlos, wenn die Flecken einige Stunden alt sind.
Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new.
Nun scheint dieser hier gleich gut zu wirken, egal ob das Blut alt oder neu ist.
"Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point.
„Strafsachen hängen ständig an genau diesem einen Punkt.
A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed.
Ein Mann wird eines Verbrechens verdächtigt, vielleicht Monate nachdem es begangen wurde.
His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains discovered upon them.
Seine Wäsche oder Kleider werden untersucht, und bräunliche Flecken werden darauf entdeckt.
Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they?
Sind es Blutflecken, oder Schlammflecken, oder Rostflecken, oder Fruchtflecken, oder was sind sie?
That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why?
Das ist eine Frage, die manchen Experten verwirrt hat, und warum?
Because there was no reliable test.
Weil es keinen zuverlässigen Test gab.
His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.
Seine Augen glitzerten förmlich, als er sprach, und er legte die Hand aufs Herz und verbeugte sich, als ob er vor einer applaudierenden Menge stünde, die seine Fantasie heraufbeschworen hatte.
"There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year.
„Da war der Fall von Von Bischoff in Frankfurt letztes Jahr.
Vocabulary
- Wunderschön
- Extremely beautiful; wonderfully lovely.
- alte
- Old; having existed or lived for a long time.
- Test
- A test or examination to check or verify something.
- war
- Was; past tense of 'sein' (to be).
- sehr
- Very; to a great degree or extent.
- ungeschickt
- Clumsy, awkward, or lacking skill and dexterity.
- unzuverlässig
- Unreliable; not dependable or consistently trustworthy.
- Ebenso
- Likewise; equally; in the same way or manner.
- mikroskopische
- Microscopic; visible only through a microscope.
- Untersuchung
- Examination or investigation of something in detail.
- Blutkörperchen
- Blood corpuscles; red or white cells in blood.
- Letztere
- The latter; referring to the last-mentioned item.
- wertlos
- Worthless; having no value or usefulness whatsoever.
- wenn
- When or if; introduces conditional or temporal clauses.
- Flecken
- Stains or spots left on a surface or fabric.
- einige
- Some; a few; an indefinite small number of things.
- Stunden
- Hours; plural of Stunde, a unit of sixty minutes.
- alt
- Old; having existed for a considerable amount of time.
- Nun
- Now; at this point in time or situation.
- scheint
- Seems or appears; third person singular of 'scheinen'.
- dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun or adjective for masculine nouns.
- hier
- Here; in this place or location.
- gleich
- Same, equal, or right away; immediately.
- gut
- Good; of high quality or satisfactory standard.
- wirken
- To work, act, or have an effect on something.
- egal
- Regardless; it doesn't matter; all the same.
- ob
- Whether; introduces indirect questions or conditions.
- Blut
- Blood; the red fluid circulating in the body.
- neu
- New; recently made, acquired, or not used before.
- Strafsachen
- Criminal matters or cases dealt with in court.
- hängen
- To hang or depend; to be suspended from something.
- ständig
- Constantly; always or continually happening without interruption.
- genau
- Exactly, precisely; accurate in detail or measurement.
- diesem
- This; dative form of demonstrative pronoun 'dieser'.
- Punkt
- Point; a specific detail, moment, or dot.
- Mann
- Man; an adult male human being.
- wird
- Becomes or will; auxiliary for future or passive voice.
- Verbrechens
- Of a crime; genitive of Verbrechen, a criminal offense.
- verdächtigt
- Suspected; accused or regarded as possibly guilty.
- vielleicht
- Perhaps; maybe; expressing possibility or uncertainty.
- Monate
- Months; plural of Monat, a calendar time unit.
- nachdem
- After; following the time that something occurred.
- begangen
- Committed; past participle of begehen, to commit a crime.
- wurde
- Was; simple past passive auxiliary form of 'werden'.
- Seine
- His; possessive pronoun for masculine third-person singular.
- Wäsche
- Laundry; clothing or linen washed or to be washed.
- Kleider
- Clothes or dresses; garments worn on the body.
- werden
- To become or will; auxiliary verb for future/passive.
- untersucht
- Examined or investigated; past participle of untersuchen.
- bräunliche
- Brownish; having a slightly brown tint or color.
- darauf
- On it, thereupon; referring to something previously mentioned.
- entdeckt
- Discovered or found; past participle of entdecken.
- Blutflecken
- Blood stains; marks or spots made by blood.
- Schlammflecken
- Mud stains; marks or spots caused by mud.
- Rostflecken
- Rust stains; marks caused by iron oxide or rust.
- Fruchtflecken
- Fruit stains; marks or spots left by fruit.
- was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun in German.
- Frage
- Question; something asked to obtain information or clarification.
- manchen
- Some, certain; referring to an unspecified number of people.
- Experten
- Experts; people with specialized knowledge or skill.
- verwirrt
- Confused; bewildered or puzzled by something unclear.
- warum
- Why; asking for a reason or explanation.
- Weil
- Because; introduces a causal subordinate clause.
- keinen
- No, none; accusative of 'kein', negating a noun.
- zuverlässigen
- Reliable; dependable and consistently trustworthy in performance.
- gab
- Gave or there was; simple past of 'geben'.
- Augen
- Eyes; the organs used for seeing; plural of Auge.
- glitzerten
- Sparkled or glittered; shone with flickering reflected light.
- förmlich
- Literally, virtually; almost; formally or as if officially.
- als
- As, when, or than; used in comparisons and clauses.
- sprach
- Spoke; simple past tense of 'sprechen' (to speak).
- legte
- Laid or placed; simple past tense of 'legen'.
- Hand
- Hand; the body part at the end of the arm.
- aufs
- Onto the; contraction of 'auf das' in German.
- Herz
- Heart; the organ pumping blood or seat of emotion.
- verbeugte
- Bowed; simple past of verbeuge, to bow respectfully.
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun in German.
- vor
- Before, in front of, or ago; a German preposition.
- applaudierenden
- Applauding; clapping in appreciation of a performance.
- Menge
- Crowd or quantity; a large number of people or things.
- stünde
- Would stand; subjunctive II form of 'stehen' (to stand).
- seine
- His; possessive adjective agreeing with masculine nouns.
- Fantasie
- Fantasy or imagination; the creative power of the mind.
- heraufbeschworen
- Conjured up; evoked or summoned vividly in the imagination.
- hatte
- Had; simple past tense of 'haben' (to have).
- Da
- There, since, or because; a versatile German connector.
- Fall
- Case or fall; a situation or incident under consideration.
- letztes
- Last; most recent; occurring at the end of a series.
- Jahr
- Year; a period of twelve months or 365 days.
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