Crime and Punishment — Page 1
On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.
An einem außergewöhnlich heißen Abend Anfang Juli trat ein junger Mann aus der Dachkammer, die er auf dem S. Platz gemietet hatte, und ging langsam, wie zögernd, auf die K. Brücke zu.
He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase.
Es war ihm gelungen, seiner Vermieterin auf der Treppe aus dem Weg zu gehen.
His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room.
Seine Dachkammer befand sich unter dem Dach eines hohen, fünfstöckigen Hauses und glich eher einem Schrank als einem Zimmer.
The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open.
Die Vermieterin, die ihm Dachkammer, Mahlzeiten und Bedienung bereitstellte, wohnte im Stockwerk darunter, und jedes Mal, wenn er ausging, war er gezwungen, an ihrer Küche vorbeizugehen, deren Tür stets offen stand.
And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed.
Und jedes Mal, wenn er vorbeiging, überkam den jungen Mann ein übles, ängstliches Gefühl, das ihn die Stirn runzeln ließ und ihn mit Scham erfüllte.
He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.
Er steckte hoffnungslos in Schulden bei seiner Vermieterin und fürchtete sich davor, ihr zu begegnen.
This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained irritable condition, verging on hypochondria.
Dies lag nicht daran, dass er feige und niederträchtig war, ganz im Gegenteil; aber seit einiger Zeit befand er sich in einem überspannten, reizbaren Zustand, der an Hypochondrie grenzte.
He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but anyone at all.
Er hatte sich so völlig in sich selbst verloren und von seinen Mitmenschen abgesondert, dass er es scheute, nicht nur seiner Vermieterin, sondern überhaupt jemandem zu begegnen.
He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him.
Er wurde von der Armut erdrückt, aber die Sorgen um seine Lage hatten ihn in letzter Zeit aufgehört zu belasten.
He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so.
Er hatte aufgehört, sich um Dinge von praktischer Bedeutung zu kümmern; er hatte jegliche Lust dazu verloren.
Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him.
Nichts, was irgendeine Vermieterin tun konnte, flößte ihm wirklichen Schrecken ein.
Vocabulary
- An
- On; at; in (preposition indicating location or time)
- einem
- A; one (dative form of indefinite article)
- außergewöhnlich
- Extraordinary; unusual; remarkable or exceptional
- heißen
- To be called; to name; to mean
- Abend
- Evening; the time after sunset
- Anfang
- Beginning; start; commencement of something
- Juli
- July; the seventh month of the year
- trat
- Stepped; past tense of treten (to step)
- ein
- A; one; indefinite article or prefix
- junger
- Young; youthful; not old or mature
- Mann
- Man; adult male person; husband
- aus
- Out of; from; made of; finished
- der
- The; definite article (feminine/dative/genitive)
- die
- The; definite article (feminine or plural)
- er
- He; masculine pronoun referring to male
- auf
- On; upon; up; at (preposition)
- dem
- The; definite article (dative singular)
- Platz
- Place; square; spot; location or space
- gemietet
- Rented; leased; past participle of mieten
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben (to have)
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- ging
- Went; walked; past tense of gehen
- langsam
- Slowly; at a slow pace; without speed
- wie
- How; as; like; in what manner
- Brücke
- Bridge; structure spanning over something
- zu
- To; at; closed; preposition indicating direction
- Es
- It; neuter pronoun; impersonal subject
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- ihm
- Him; to him; dative pronoun form
- gelungen
- Succeeded; managed; past participle of gelingen
- seiner
- His; his own; possessive pronoun form
- Treppe
- Stairs; steps; staircase in a building
- Weg
- Way; path; road; route or direction
- gehen
- To go; to walk; to proceed somewhere
- Seine
- His; his own; possessive pronoun (capitalized)
- befand
- Was located; was situated; past tense
- sich
- Himself; herself; oneself; reflexive pronoun
- unter
- Under; below; beneath; underneath something
- Dach
- Roof; top covering of a building
- eines
- Of one; one's; genitive form of one
- hohen
- High; tall; lofty; of great height
- Hauses
- House; building; home; genitive form
- glich
- Resembled; looked like; past tense of gleichen
- eher
- Rather; sooner; more like something
- Schrank
- Cabinet; cupboard; closet; storage furniture
- als
- Than; as; when; comparative conjunction
- Zimmer
- Room; chamber; space in a building
- Mahlzeiten
- Meals; food served at specific times
- Bedienung
- Service; serving; service staff or provision
- wohnte
- Lived; resided; stayed; past tense of wohnen
- im
- In the; in (contraction of in dem)
- Stockwerk
- Floor; story; level of a building
- darunter
- Below; underneath; under that or it
- jedes
- Every; each; all individual ones
- Mal
- Time; occasion; instance; painting mark
- wenn
- When; if; whenever; in case that
- ausging
- Went out; left; past tense of ausgehen
- gezwungen
- Forced; compelled; obliged; under constraint
- Küche
- Kitchen; room for cooking and eating
- Tür
- Door; entrance; opening to passage
- stets
- Always; constantly; continually; at all times
- offen
- Open; not closed; frank; accessible
- stand
- Stood; was standing; past tense of stehen
- jungen
- Young; youthful; accusative form of jung
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