Cranford — Page 6
I never shall forget the dismay felt when a certain Captain Brown came to live at Cranford, and openly spoke about his being poor—not in a whisper to an intimate friend, the doors and windows being previously closed, but in the public street! in a loud military voice! alleging his poverty as a reason for not taking a particular house.
Ich werde niemals das Entsetzen vergessen, das man empfand, als ein gewisser Hauptmann Brown nach Cranford zog und offen über seine Armut sprach – nicht im Flüsterton zu einem vertrauten Freund bei geschlossenen Türen und Fenstern, sondern auf offener Straße! mit lauter Militärstimme! und seine Armut als Grund anführte, ein bestimmtes Haus nicht zu nehmen.
The ladies of Cranford were already rather moaning over the invasion of their territories by a man and a gentleman.
Die Damen von Cranford stöhnten ohnehin schon darüber, dass ein Mann und Gentleman in ihr Territorium eingedrungen war.
He was a half-pay captain, and had obtained some situation on a neighbouring railroad, which had been vehemently petitioned against by the little town; and if, in addition to his masculine gender, and his connection with the obnoxious railroad, he was so brazen as to talk of being poor—why, then, indeed, he must be sent to Coventry.
Er war ein Hauptmann auf halbem Sold und hatte irgendeine Stelle bei einer benachbarten Eisenbahn erhalten, gegen die die kleine Stadt vehement petitioniert hatte; und wenn er, zusätzlich zu seinem männlichen Geschlecht und seiner Verbindung mit der widerwärtigen Eisenbahn, so unverschämt war, von seiner Armut zu reden – nun, dann musste er freilich in Ungnade fallen.
Death was as true and as common as poverty; yet people never spoke about that, loud out in the streets.
Der Tod war ebenso wahr und ebenso alltäglich wie die Armut; dennoch sprach niemand laut darüber auf den Straßen.
Vocabulary
- werde
- First person singular future auxiliary verb 'will'
- niemals
- Never, not at any time
- Entsetzen
- Horror, terror, or great shock
- vergessen
- To forget something previously known or experienced
- man
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' or 'people'
- empfand
- Past tense of empfinden; felt or perceived emotionally
- als
- When, as, or than in comparisons
- gewisser
- A certain, particular, or specific (one)
- Hauptmann
- Military captain; a rank above lieutenant
- nach
- To, toward, or after a place or time
- zog
- Past tense of ziehen; moved or relocated somewhere
- offen
- Open, openly, or frankly without concealment
- über
- About, over, or concerning a topic
- Armut
- Poverty, the state of being poor or destitute
- sprach
- Past tense of sprechen; spoke or talked
- Flüsterton
- Whisper tone; a hushed or secretive voice
- vertrauten
- Trusted, intimate, or close confidant
- Freund
- Friend, a person one knows and trusts
- bei
- At, near, or with; a preposition of proximity
- geschlossenen
- Closed, shut; adjective describing sealed doors or windows
- Türen
- Doors; plural of Tür
- Fenstern
- Windows; dative plural of Fenster
- sondern
- But rather; corrective conjunction contrasting two ideas
- offener
- Open, public; adjective modifying a noun like street
- Straße
- Street or road in a town or city
- lauter
- Loud, louder; adjective or adverb indicating high volume
- Militärstimme
- Military voice; a loud commanding tone of voice
- Grund
- Reason, ground, or basis for something
- anführte
- Past tense of anführen; cited or stated as reason
- bestimmtes
- A specific, particular, or definite thing
- Haus
- House or building used as a dwelling
- nehmen
- To take or rent something
- Damen
- Ladies; plural of Dame, polite term for women
- stöhnten
- Past tense of stöhnen; groaned or moaned audibly
- ohnehin
- Anyway, in any case, regardless of circumstances
- schon
- Already, even; particle emphasizing a state or action
- darüber
- About that, over that; referring to a prior matter
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Mann
- Man; adult male person
- Gentleman
- Gentleman; an honorable, well-mannered man
- Territorium
- Territory; an area or domain claimed by a group
- eingedrungen
- Past participle of eindringen; intruded or penetrated
- halbem
- Half; dative adjective form of halb
- Sold
- Military pay or salary; soldier's wage
- irgendeine
- Some, any; an unspecified or indefinite one
- Stelle
- Position, post, or place; a job or location
- benachbarten
- Neighboring, adjacent; located nearby
- Eisenbahn
- Railway or railroad for train transportation
- erhalten
- To receive or obtain something; also to preserve
- gegen
- Against, toward; preposition of opposition or direction
- kleine
- Small, little; adjective describing size
- Stadt
- City or town; an urban settlement
- vehement
- Vehemently, forcefully, with great intensity
- petitioniert
- Petitioned; formally requested or protested officially
- wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- zusätzlich
- Additionally, in addition; beyond what was mentioned
- männlichen
- Male, masculine; adjective relating to the male sex
- Geschlecht
- Gender or sex; biological or social category
- Verbindung
- Connection, association, or link between things
- widerwärtigen
- Repulsive, revolting, or deeply unpleasant thing
- unverschämt
- Impudent, shameless, or brazenly disrespectful
- reden
- To talk or speak; general verb for verbal communication
- nun
- Now, well; temporal adverb or filler word
- dann
- Then; adverb indicating sequence or consequence
- musste
- Past tense of müssen; had to, was obliged to
- freilich
- Of course, certainly, admittedly; concessive adverb
- Ungnade
- Disgrace or disfavor; loss of someone's approval
- fallen
- To fall; to drop or descend, also to fall into disgrace
- Tod
- Death; the end of life
- ebenso
- Just as, equally, likewise; comparative adverb
- wahr
- True, real; conforming to fact or reality
- alltäglich
- Everyday, ordinary, commonplace; occurring daily
- wie
- How, as, like; conjunction or interrogative adverb
- dennoch
- Nevertheless, yet, still; concessive adverb
- niemand
- Nobody, no one; negative indefinite pronoun
- laut
- Loud, aloud; making or producing much sound
- Straßen
- Streets; plural of Straße, roads in a settlement
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