Bleak House — Page 7
Innumerable children have been born into the cause;
Unzählige Kinder sind in den Prozess hineingeboren worden;
innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people
unzählige junge Menschen haben in ihn hineingeheiratet; unzählige alte Menschen
have died out of it.
sind aus ihm herausgestorben.
Scores of persons have deliriously found
Scharen von Personen haben sich wie im Fieberwahn
themselves made parties in Jarndyce and Jarndyce without knowing how
als Parteien in Jarndyce gegen Jarndyce wiedergefunden, ohne zu wissen, wie
or why; whole families have inherited legendary hatreds with the
oder warum; ganze Familien haben legendären Hass zusammen mit dem
suit.
Prozess geerbt.
The little plaintiff or defendant who was promised a new
Der kleine Kläger oder Beklagte, dem ein neues
rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown
Schaukelpferd versprochen wurde, wenn Jarndyce gegen Jarndyce beigelegt sein würde, ist aufgewachsen,
up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the
hat sich ein echtes Pferd verschafft und ist in die
other world.
andere Welt hinübergeritten.
Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and
Hübsche Mündel des Gerichts sind zu Müttern und
grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone
Großmüttern verblasst; eine lange Reihe von Lordkanzlern ist gekommen und gegangen;
out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere
die Legion von Schriftsätzen in dem Prozess hat sich in bloße
bills of mortality; there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth
Sterblichkeitslisten verwandelt; es gibt vielleicht nicht mehr drei Jarndyces auf der Erde,
perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a
seit der alte Tom Jarndyce sich in der Verzweiflung in einem
coffee-house in Chancery Lane; but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags
Kaffeehaus in der Chancery Lane eine Kugel durch den Kopf jagte; aber Jarndyce gegen Jarndyce schleppt sich noch immer
its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
in seiner trostlosen Länge vor dem Gericht dahin, auf ewig hoffnungslos.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has passed into a joke.
Jarndyce gegen Jarndyce ist zum Witz geworden.
That is the only good
Das ist das einzige Gute,
that has ever come of it.
das jemals dabei herausgekommen ist.
It has been death to many, but it is a joke
Es hat viele das Leben gekostet, aber es ist ein Witz
in the profession.
im Berufsstand.
Every master in Chancery has had a reference out
Jeder Kanzleirichter hat daraus eine Überweisung erhalten.
of it.
was counsel at the bar.
noch Anwalt war.
Good things have been said about it by
Gutes ist darüber gesagt worden von
blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee
blaunasigen, wulstschuhigen alten Innsleuten in erlesener Portwein-Gesellschaft
after dinner in hall.
nach dem Abendessen im Speisesaal.
Vocabulary
- Unzählige
- Countless, innumerable things or people
- Kinder
- Children, young human beings
- sind
- Are, third-person plural of 'sein'
- in
- In, inside, within a place or thing
- den
- The, definite article accusative masculine or plural
- Prozess
- Process, trial, or legal proceeding
- hineingeboren
- Born into a situation or circumstance
- worden
- Been, auxiliary past participle of 'werden'
- unzählige
- Countless, innumerable, adjective form
- junge
- Young, adjective describing youth or newness
- Menschen
- People, human beings in general
- haben
- Have, auxiliary or main verb of possession
- ihn
- Him, accusative masculine third-person pronoun
- hineingeheiratet
- Married into a situation or family
- alte
- Old, elderly, adjective describing age
- aus
- Out of, from, preposition indicating origin
- ihm
- Him or it, dative third-person pronoun
- herausgestorben
- Died out of a situation over time
- Scharen
- Crowds, swarms, large groups of people
- von
- Of, from, preposition indicating relation or origin
- Personen
- Persons, individuals, human beings
- sich
- Themselves, reflexive pronoun for third person
- wie
- Like, as, how, comparative or interrogative particle
- im
- In the, contraction of 'in dem'
- Fieberwahn
- Feverish delusion, frenzied hallucinatory state
- als
- As, when, than, conjunction or preposition
- Parteien
- Parties, groups involved in a legal case
- gegen
- Against, opposing, preposition indicating opposition
- wiedergefunden
- Found again, rediscovered after being lost
- ohne
- Without, lacking, preposition indicating absence
- zu
- To, too, preposition or infinitive particle
- wissen
- To know, to have knowledge of facts
- oder
- Or, conjunction offering an alternative choice
- warum
- Why, interrogative asking for a reason
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete, adjective of totality
- Familien
- Families, groups of related individuals
- legendären
- Legendary, mythical, of legendary status or fame
- Hass
- Hate, hatred, intense feeling of dislike
- zusammen
- Together, jointly, in combination with others
- mit
- With, together with, preposition of accompaniment
- dem
- The, dative definite article masculine or neuter
- geerbt
- Inherited, received something passed down from ancestors
- Der
- The, nominative definite article masculine singular
- kleine
- Small, little, adjective describing small size
- Kläger
- Plaintiff, person who brings a legal suit
- Beklagte
- Defendant, person accused or sued in court
- ein
- A, an, indefinite article or numeral one
- neues
- New, fresh, adjective describing novelty or newness
- Schaukelpferd
- Rocking horse, toy horse that rocks back-forth
- versprochen
- Promised, pledged, past participle of 'versprechen'
- wurde
- Was, became, past tense of 'werden'
- wenn
- When, if, conditional or temporal conjunction
- beigelegt
- Settled, resolved, past participle of 'beilegen'
- sein
- His, its, or to be, possessive or infinitive
- würde
- Would, subjunctive form of 'werden'
- ist
- Is, third-person singular present of 'sein'
- aufgewachsen
- Grown up, raised to adulthood from childhood
- hat
- Has, third-person singular of 'haben'
- echtes
- Real, genuine, authentic, adjective of genuineness
- Pferd
- Horse, large domesticated animal used for riding
- verschafft
- Obtained, procured, acquired something for someone
- und
- And, coordinating conjunction joining words or clauses
- die
- The, definite article feminine or plural
- andere
- Other, another, different, adjective of distinction
- Welt
- World, earth, or realm of existence
- Hübsche
- Pretty, attractive, adjective describing good looks
- Mündel
- Ward, a person under legal guardianship
- des
- Of the, genitive definite article masculine or neuter
- Gerichts
- Of the court, genitive of 'Gericht'
- Müttern
- Mothers, dative plural of 'Mutter'
- Großmüttern
- Grandmothers, dative plural of 'Großmutter'
- verblasst
- Faded, grown pale, lost color or vitality
- eine
- A, one, indefinite article feminine singular
- lange
- Long, lengthy, adjective or adverb of length
- Reihe
- Row, series, sequence of items or people
- gekommen
- Come, arrived, past participle of 'kommen'
- gegangen
- Gone, departed, past participle of 'gehen'
- Legion
- Legion, a vast multitude or great number
- Schriftsätzen
- Legal briefs, written pleadings in court proceedings
- bloße
- Mere, bare, simple, adjective indicating minimality
- verwandelt
- Transformed, converted, changed into something else
- es
- It, neuter third-person singular pronoun
- gibt
- Gives, there is/are, from 'geben'
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, expressing possibility or uncertainty
- nicht
- Not, negation particle in German sentences
- mehr
- More, anymore, comparative of 'viel'
- drei
- Three, the number 3
- auf
- On, upon, onto, preposition of position
- der
- The, definite article various cases and genders
- Erde
- Earth, ground, soil, or the planet
- seit
- Since, for, preposition indicating time duration
- Verzweiflung
- Despair, hopelessness, extreme emotional distress
- einem
- A, one, dative indefinite article
- Kaffeehaus
- Coffeehouse, café where people gather socially
- Kugel
- Bullet, ball, sphere-shaped object or projectile
- durch
- Through, by means of, preposition of passage
- Kopf
- Head, the uppermost part of the body
- jagte
- Chased, fired, drove, past tense of 'jagen'
- aber
- But, however, coordinating conjunction of contrast
- schleppt
- Drags, hauls, moves something laboriously along
- noch
- Still, yet, even, adverb indicating continuation
- immer
- Always, ever, still, adverb of continuity
- seiner
- His, its, genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- trostlosen
- Bleak, dreary, desolate, without comfort or hope
- Länge
- Length, extent, long dimension of something
- vor
- Before, in front of, preposition of position
- Gericht
- Court, tribunal, or a prepared dish
- dahin
- There, along, away to that place
- ewig
- Eternal, forever, lasting an infinite time
- hoffnungslos
- Hopeless, without hope or prospect of improvement
- zum
- To the, contraction of 'zu dem'
- Witz
- Joke, wit, something said humorously
- geworden
- Become, past participle of 'werden'
- Das
- That, the, demonstrative or definite article neuter
- das
- That, the, neuter definite article or pronoun
- einzige
- Only, sole, single, adjective of uniqueness
- Gute
- Good thing, benefit, something positive or beneficial
- jemals
- Ever, at any time, adverb of time
- dabei
- In the process, thereby, at the same time
- herausgekommen
- Come out of, resulted from, emerged
- Es
- It, neuter subject pronoun third person singular
- viele
- Many, numerous, adjective of large quantity
- Leben
- Lives, life, existence of a living being
- gekostet
- Cost, past participle of 'kosten'
- Berufsstand
- Profession, occupational class or professional group
- Jeder
- Every, each, everyone, pronoun of totality
- daraus
- From it, out of it, adverbial pronoun
- Überweisung
- Transfer, referral, bank transfer or medical referral
- erhalten
- Received, obtained, maintained, past participle
- Anwalt
- Lawyer, attorney, legal representative in court
- war
- Was, past tense singular of 'sein'
- Gutes
- Something good, a good thing or quality
- darüber
- About it, over it, adverbial pronoun of topic
- gesagt
- Said, spoken, past participle of 'sagen'
- alten
- Old, elderly, adjective in declined dative form
- erlesener
- Exquisite, select, of exceptionally high quality
- Portwein
- Port wine, a sweet fortified wine from Portugal
- Gesellschaft
- Society, company, social group or gathering
- nach
- After, to, toward, preposition of direction or time
- Abendessen
- Dinner, evening meal, the main meal of evening
- Speisesaal
- Dining hall, large room designated for meals
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