Cranford — Page 1
OUR SOCIETY
UNSERE GESELLSCHAFT
IN the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women.
Zunächst einmal befindet sich Cranford im Besitz der Amazonen; alle Hausbesitzer oberhalb einer bestimmten Miete sind Frauen.
If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad.
Wenn ein Ehepaar sich in der Stadt niederlässt, verschwindet der Herr irgendwie; er wird entweder durch die Tatsache, der einzige Mann bei den Cranforder Abendgesellschaften zu sein, zu Tode erschreckt, oder er wird damit erklärt, dass er die ganze Woche bei seinem Regiment, seinem Schiff oder eng in Geschäfte eingebunden in der großen benachbarten Handelsstadt Drumble ist, die nur zwanzig Meilen per Eisenbahn entfernt liegt.
In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford.
Kurz gesagt, was auch immer aus den Herren wird, sie sind nicht in Cranford.
What could they do if they were there?
Was könnten sie tun, wenn sie dort wären?
The surgeon has his round of thirty miles, and sleeps at Cranford; but every man cannot be a surgeon.
Der Chirurg hat seine Runde von dreißig Meilen und schläft in Cranford; aber nicht jeder Mann kann ein Chirurg sein.
For keeping the trim gardens full of choice flowers without a weed to speck them; for frightening away little boys who look wistfully at the said flowers through the railings; for rushing out at the geese that occasionally venture in to the gardens if the gates are left open; for deciding all questions of literature and politics without troubling themselves with unnecessary reasons or arguments; for obtaining clear and correct knowledge of everybody's affairs in the parish; for keeping their neat maid-servants in admirable order; for kindness (somewhat dictatorial) to the poor, and real tender good offices to each other whenever they are in distress, the ladies of Cranford are quite sufficient.
Um die gepflegten Gärten voller erlesener Blumen ohne ein einziges Unkraut zu halten; um kleine Jungen zu verscheuchen, die sehnsüchtig durch die Zäune auf besagte Blumen blicken; um auf die Gänse loszustürzen, die gelegentlich in die Gärten eindringen, wenn die Tore offengelassen werden; um alle Fragen der Literatur und Politik zu entscheiden, ohne sich mit unnötigen Gründen oder Argumenten zu belasten; um klare und genaue Kenntnisse über die Angelegenheiten aller in der Gemeinde zu erlangen; um ihre ordentlichen Dienstmädchen in bewundernswerter Ordnung zu halten; für Freundlichkeit (etwas herrisch) gegenüber den Armen und echte zärtliche Dienste füreinander, wann immer sie in Not sind, sind die Damen von Cranford völlig ausreichend.
Vocabulary
- UNSERE
- Our; possessive pronoun referring to first-person plural
- GESELLSCHAFT
- Society; company; social gathering or association
- Zunächst
- First; initially; at first or to begin with
- einmal
- Once; one time; at some point or ever
- befindet
- Is located; situated; third-person singular of befinden
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself; used with reflexive verbs
- im
- In the; contraction of in + dem
- Besitz
- Possession; ownership; property or possessions
- der
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- alle
- All; every; complete set or entirety
- Hausbesitzer
- Homeowner; house owner; person who owns property
- oberhalb
- Above; over; situated higher than something
- einer
- A; one; indefinite article or numeral one
- bestimmten
- Certain; specific; determined or fixed amount
- Miete
- Rent; rental payment; lease or hire charge
- sind
- Are; third-person plural of sein to be
- Frauen
- Women; plural of Frau; adult female persons
- Wenn
- If; when; conditional conjunction or temporal marker
- ein
- A; an; indefinite article or numeral one
- Ehepaar
- Married couple; husband and wife pair
- in
- In; into; preposition indicating location or movement
- Stadt
- City; town; urban area or municipality
- niederlässt
- Settles; establishes residence; takes up residence
- verschwindet
- Disappears; vanishes; ceases to be visible
- Herr
- Mister; sir; man or gentleman form of address
- irgendwie
- Somehow; in some way; by some means
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- wird
- Becomes; is made; third-person singular of werden
- entweder
- Either; one or the other; choice between options
- durch
- Through; by means of; preposition of agency
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural
- Tatsache
- Fact; reality; something known to be true
- einzige
- Only; sole; one and no other present
- Mann
- Man; husband; adult male person or masculine
- bei
- At; by; near; preposition indicating location
- den
- The; definite article accusative or dative plural
- Abendgesellschaften
- Evening gatherings; social events in the evening
- zu
- To; too; preposition or adverbial particle
- sein
- To be; his; infinitive verb or possessive pronoun
- Tode
- Death; dative case of Tod meaning death
- erschreckt
- Frightened; scared; past participle of erschrecken
- oder
- Or; conjunction indicating alternative or choice
- damit
- With it; thereby; so that; adverbial connector
- erklärt
- Explains; declares; third-person singular of erklären
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause
- ganze
- Whole; entire; complete or full amount
- Woche
- Week; seven-day period or calendar unit
- seinem
- His; dative case of sein possessive pronoun
- Regiment
- Regiment; military unit; armed forces command
- Schiff
- Ship; vessel; watercraft for ocean travel
- eng
- Narrow; tight; closely connected or restricted
- Geschäfte
- Business; affairs; commercial transactions or dealings
- eingebunden
- Bound; committed; involved or tied in
- großen
- Great; large; big or major in size
- benachbarten
- Neighboring; adjacent; situated nearby or bordering
- Handelsstadt
- Trading city; commercial town; merchant city
- ist
- Is; third-person singular present of sein
- nur
- Only; just; merely; nothing more than
- zwanzig
- Twenty; number 20; two tens combined
- Meilen
- Miles; plural of Meile; distance measurement unit
- per
- By; per; preposition indicating means or rate
- Eisenbahn
- Railway; railroad; train transportation system
- entfernt
- Distant; away; removed or separated distance
- liegt
- Lies; is located; third-person singular of liegen
- Kurz
- Short; briefly; in a few words
- gesagt
- Said; spoken; past participle of sagen
- was
- What; something; relative or interrogative pronoun
- auch
- Also; too; likewise; emphasis particle
- immer
- Always; ever; at any time whatsoever
- aus
- From; out of; preposition of origin
- Herren
- Gentlemen; plural of Herr; men or sirs
- sie
- They; her; third-person pronoun various cases
- nicht
- Not; no; negation particle or adverb
- Was
- What; something; interrogative relative pronoun
- könnten
- Could; might; conditional of können ability
- tun
- Do; make; perform action infinitive verb
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