A Tale of Two Cities — Page 4
Daring burglaries by armed men, and highway robberies, took place in the capital itself every night;
Kühne Einbrüche bewaffneter Männer und Straßenräubereien fanden jede Nacht in der Hauptstadt selbst statt;
families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to upholsterers' warehouses for security;
Familien wurden öffentlich gewarnt, die Stadt nicht zu verlassen, ohne ihr Mobiliar zur Sicherheit in die Lager von Polsterern zu schaffen;
the highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light, and, being recognised and challenged by his fellow-tradesman whom he stopped in his character of "the Captain," gallantly shot him through the head and rode away;
der Straßenräuber im Dunkeln war bei Tageslicht ein Kaufmann der City, und als er von seinem Händlerkollegen, den er in seiner Eigenschaft als „der Hauptmann" angehalten hatte, erkannt und zur Rede gestellt wurde, schoss er ihn tapfer durch den Kopf und ritt davon;
the mail was waylaid by seven robbers, and the guard shot three dead, and then got shot dead himself by the other four, "in consequence of the failure of his ammunition:" after which the mail was robbed in peace;
die Post wurde von sieben Räubern überfallen, und der Wächter erschoss drei von ihnen, wurde dann aber selbst von den anderen vier erschossen, „infolge des Versagens seiner Munition:" woraufhin die Post in aller Ruhe beraubt wurde;
that magnificent potentate, the Lord Mayor of London, was made to stand and deliver on Turnham Green, by one highwayman, who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all his retinue;
jener prächtige Machthaber, der Lord Mayor von London, wurde auf Turnham Green von einem einzigen Straßenräuber zum Anhalten und Herausgeben seines Besitzes gezwungen, der das erlauchte Wesen vor den Augen seines gesamten Gefolges ausraubte;
prisoners in London gaols fought battles with their turnkeys, and the majesty of the law fired blunderbusses in among them, loaded with rounds of shot and ball;
Gefangene in Londoner Gefängnissen lieferten sich Kämpfe mit ihren Gefängniswärtern, und die Majestät des Gesetzes feuerte Donnerbüchsen unter sie, geladen mit Schrot und Kugeln;
thieves snipped off diamond crosses from the necks of noble lords at Court drawing-rooms;
Diebe schnitten bei höfischen Empfängen Diamantkreuze von den Hälsen adeliger Lords;
musketeers went into St. Giles's, to search for contraband goods, and the mob fired on the musketeers, and the musketeers fired on the mob, and nobody thought any of these occurrences much out of the common way.
Musketiere zogen nach St. Giles, um nach Schmuggelware zu suchen, und der Pöbel schoss auf die Musketiere, und die Musketiere schossen auf den Pöbel, und niemand hielt irgendein dieser Ereignisse für besonders außergewöhnlich.
Vocabulary
- Kühne
- Bold or daring persons; audacious individuals
- Einbrüche
- Burglaries or break-ins into buildings
- bewaffneter
- Armed; carrying weapons
- Männer
- Men; adult male persons
- Straßenräubereien
- Street robberies; acts of mugging in public
- fanden
- Found; past tense of finden, to find
- jede
- Every; each individual one
- Nacht
- Night; the dark period after sunset
- Hauptstadt
- Capital city; the primary city of a country
- selbst
- Itself; emphasizing the subject mentioned
- statt
- Took place; occurred (part of stattfinden)
- Familien
- Families; groups of related persons living together
- wurden
- Were; past passive auxiliary verb form
- öffentlich
- Publicly; in a manner visible to everyone
- gewarnt
- Warned; past participle of warnen, to warn
- Stadt
- City; an urban settlement or town
- verlassen
- To leave; to depart from a place
- ohne
- Without; lacking something or someone
- ihr
- Their; possessive pronoun referring to them
- Mobiliar
- Furniture; movable household furnishings and belongings
- Sicherheit
- Safety or security; protection from danger
- Lager
- Storage; a place to store goods safely
- Polsterern
- Upholsterers; craftsmen who make upholstered furniture
- schaffen
- To bring or manage; to accomplish a task
- Straßenräuber
- Highwayman or mugger; one who robs on streets
- Dunkeln
- In the dark; during darkness or nighttime
- war
- Was; past tense of sein, to be
- Tageslicht
- Daylight; the natural light during daytime hours
- Kaufmann
- Merchant; a person who trades commercially
- City
- City; commercial district, borrowed English word
- als
- As or when; conjunction used in comparisons
- Händlerkollegen
- Fellow merchant; a colleague in the trading business
- Eigenschaft
- Quality or capacity; a characteristic role or function
- Hauptmann
- Captain; a military officer of mid-level rank
- angehalten
- Stopped; past participle of anhalten, to halt
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben, to have
- erkannt
- Recognized; past participle of erkennen, to recognize
- Rede
- Speech or account; being called to account
- gestellt
- Placed; past participle of stellen, to place
- wurde
- Was; past passive auxiliary singular form
- schoss
- Shot; past tense of schießen, to shoot
- tapfer
- Bravely; in a courageous or bold manner
- durch
- Through; preposition indicating passage through something
- Kopf
- Head; the uppermost part of the human body
- ritt
- Rode; past tense of reiten, to ride horse
- davon
- Away; moved off or departed from the scene
- Post
- Mail coach; vehicle carrying mail and passengers
- sieben
- Seven; the cardinal number between six and eight
- Räubern
- Robbers; criminals who steal using force or threat
- überfallen
- Ambushed; past participle of überfallen, to attack
- Wächter
- Guard; a person who watches over and protects
- erschoss
- Shot dead; past tense of erschießen, to shoot
- drei
- Three; the cardinal number between two and four
- dann
- Then; afterward or at that point in time
- aber
- But; a coordinating conjunction showing contrast
- anderen
- Other; the remaining or different ones mentioned
- vier
- Four; the cardinal number between three and five
- erschossen
- Shot dead; past participle of erschießen, to shoot
- infolge
- As a result of; owing to a particular cause
- Versagens
- Failure; genitive of Versagen, a breakdown or malfunction
- Munition
- Ammunition; bullets and other projectiles for firearms
- woraufhin
- Whereupon; following which, as a consequence
- Ruhe
- Calm or peace; a state of quiet stillness
- beraubt
- Robbed; past participle of berauben, to deprive
- jener
- That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something mentioned
- prächtige
- Splendid; magnificent or grand in appearance
- Machthaber
- Ruler; a person who holds authority or power
- Lord
- Lord; English title of a nobleman or official
- Mayor
- Mayor; the elected head of a city government
- einzigen
- Single; only one, used for emphasis
- Anhalten
- Stopping; the act of bringing to a halt
- Herausgeben
- Handing over; surrendering possessions to someone
- Besitzes
- Possessions; genitive of Besitz, property owned
- gezwungen
- Forced; past participle of zwingen, to compel
- erlauchte
- Illustrious; of noble or distinguished status
- Wesen
- Being or creature; an entity or living individual
- vor
- Before or in front of; preposition of position
- Augen
- Eyes; the organs of sight, plural of Auge
- gesamten
- Entire; of the whole group or totality
- Gefolges
- Entourage; genitive of Gefolge, group of attendants
- ausraubte
- Robbed; past tense of ausrauben, to plunder completely
- Gefangene
- Prisoners; persons held captive or under arrest
- Gefängnissen
- Prisons; institutions where convicted criminals are held
- lieferten
- Provided or delivered; past tense of liefern
- Kämpfe
- Fights or battles; plural of Kampf, a struggle
- Gefängniswärtern
- Prison guards; wardens who oversee incarcerated persons
- Majestät
- Majesty; a title or concept of royal authority
- Gesetzes
- Of the law; genitive of Gesetz, a legal rule
- feuerte
- Fired; past tense of feuern, to shoot a weapon
- Donnerbüchsen
- Blunderbusses; old wide-barreled firearms for close range
- unter
- Under or among; preposition indicating position below
- geladen
- Loaded; past participle of laden, to load
- Schrot
- Buckshot; small metal pellets used in shotguns
- Kugeln
- Bullets; projectiles fired from a firearm
- Diebe
- Thieves; persons who steal from others
- schnitten
- Cut; past tense of schneiden, to cut something
- höfischen
- Courtly; relating to a royal court and ceremonies
- Empfängen
- Receptions; formal gatherings or ceremonial events
- Diamantkreuze
- Diamond crosses; jeweled cross-shaped ornamental pieces
- Hälsen
- Necks; plural of Hals, the neck of a person
- adeliger
- Noble; of aristocratic rank or high social standing
- Lords
- Lords; English noblemen of high aristocratic rank
- Musketiere
- Musketeers; soldiers armed with muskets, historical troops
- zogen
- Marched or moved; past tense of ziehen, to go
- nach
- To or after; preposition indicating direction or time
- Schmuggelware
- Contraband; illegally imported or smuggled goods
- suchen
- To search for; to look for something or someone
- Pöbel
- Mob; an unruly crowd or rabble of common people
- schossen
- Fired back; past tense of schießen, to shoot
- niemand
- Nobody; no person at all, indefinite pronoun
- hielt
- Held or considered; past tense of halten
- irgendein
- Any; some unspecified one of several things
- dieser
- These or this; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Ereignisse
- Events; occurrences or incidents that take place
- besonders
- Especially or particularly; to a notable degree
- außergewöhnlich
- Extraordinary; unusual or beyond what is normal
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