Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 2
By the advice of several worthy persons, to whom, with the author's permission, I communicated these papers, I now venture to send them into the world, hoping they may be, at least for some time, a better entertainment to our young noblemen, than the common scribbles of politics and party.
Auf den Rat mehrerer würdiger Personen, denen ich diese Papiere mit Erlaubnis des Autors mitgeteilt habe, wage ich es nun, sie in die Welt zu schicken, in der Hoffnung, dass sie zumindest für einige Zeit eine bessere Unterhaltung für unsere jungen Adeligen sein mögen als die gewöhnlichen Schreibereien über Politik und Partei.
This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages, together with the minute descriptions of the management of the ship in storms, in the style of sailors; likewise the account of longitudes and latitudes; wherein I have reason to apprehend, that Mr. Gulliver may be a little dissatisfied.
Dieser Band wäre mindestens doppelt so umfangreich geworden, wenn ich nicht die Kühnheit gehabt hätte, unzählige Passagen zu streichen, die sich auf Winde und Gezeiten beziehen, sowie auf die Abweichungen und Peilungen bei den verschiedenen Reisen, zusammen mit den genauen Beschreibungen der Handhabung des Schiffes in Stürmen, im Stil der Seeleute; ebenso die Angaben über Längen- und Breitengrade; wobei ich Grund habe zu befürchten, dass Herr Gulliver etwas unzufrieden sein könnte.
But I was resolved to fit the work as much as possible to the general capacity of readers.
Aber ich war entschlossen, das Werk so weit wie möglich dem allgemeinen Fassungsvermögen der Leser anzupassen.
However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them.
Sollte mich jedoch meine eigene Unkenntnis in Meeresangelegenheiten dazu verleitet haben, einige Fehler zu begehen, so bin ich allein dafür verantwortlich.
And if any traveller hath a curiosity to see the whole work at large, as it came from the hands of the author, I will be ready to gratify him.
Und wenn irgendein Reisender die Neugier hat, das gesamte Werk in seiner vollen Länge zu sehen, so wie es aus den Händen des Autors kam, werde ich bereit sein, ihm diesen Wunsch zu erfüllen.
As for any further particulars relating to the author, the reader will receive satisfaction from the first pages of the book.
Was etwaige weitere Einzelheiten den Autor betreffend angeht, so wird der Leser auf den ersten Seiten des Buches Auskunft erhalten.
Vocabulary
- Auf
- On, upon; preposition indicating position or direction
- den
- The; definite article in accusative masculine form
- Rat
- Advice, counsel; recommendation given by someone
- mehrerer
- Of several; genitive plural form of 'mehrere'
- würdiger
- Worthy, respectable; deserving of esteem or respect
- Personen
- Persons, people; plural of Person
- denen
- To whom, for whom; dative plural relative pronoun
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- diese
- These; demonstrative pronoun, plural or feminine
- Papiere
- Papers, documents; written or printed sheets
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- Erlaubnis
- Permission, authorization; approval to do something
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine/neuter
- Autors
- Of the author; genitive form of Autor
- mitgeteilt
- Shared, communicated; past participle of mitteilen
- habe
- Have; first person singular present of haben
- wage
- Dare, venture; first person singular of wagen
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun
- nun
- Now, at this point; temporal adverb
- sie
- They/her/it; third person pronoun, various forms
- in
- In, into; preposition of location or direction
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Welt
- World; the earth or public sphere
- zu
- To, too, toward; preposition or infinitive marker
- schicken
- To send, to dispatch; to forward something
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative
- Hoffnung
- Hope; expectation of something desired occurring
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- zumindest
- At least; indicating a minimum expectation
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or duration
- einige
- Some, a few; indefinite quantity of something
- Zeit
- Time; a period or duration of existence
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article feminine nominative
- bessere
- Better; comparative adjective of gut (good)
- Unterhaltung
- Entertainment, conversation; amusement or discussion
- unsere
- Our; first person plural possessive adjective
- jungen
- Young; adjective describing youth in inflected form
- Adeligen
- Nobles, aristocrats; members of the nobility class
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the verb sein
- mögen
- May, to like; modal verb expressing possibility or desire
- als
- Than, as, when; comparative or temporal conjunction
- gewöhnlichen
- Ordinary, usual; adjective in inflected accusative form
- über
- About, over, above; preposition of topic or position
- Politik
- Politics; activities of government and public affairs
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking elements
- Partei
- Party; political organization or group of people
- Dieser
- This; demonstrative pronoun masculine nominative
- Band
- Volume, band; a book in a series or collection
- wäre
- Would be; subjunctive form of sein
- mindestens
- At least; indicating a minimum amount or degree
- doppelt
- Double, twice; two times the original amount
- so
- So, thus; adverb of degree or manner
- umfangreich
- Extensive, voluminous; large in scope or size
- geworden
- Become; past participle of werden
- wenn
- If, when; conditional or temporal conjunction
- nicht
- Not; negation particle in German sentences
- Kühnheit
- Boldness, audacity; daring courage to act
- gehabt
- Had; past participle of haben
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive form of haben
- unzählige
- Countless, innumerable; too many to be counted
- Passagen
- Passages; sections of text or narrative portions
- streichen
- To strike out, delete; to remove or cancel text
- sich
- Oneself, itself; reflexive pronoun in German
- auf
- On, onto, upon; preposition of location or direction
- Winde
- Winds; plural of Wind, moving air currents
- Gezeiten
- Tides; regular rise and fall of sea levels
- beziehen
- To refer to, relate to; to pertain to something
- sowie
- As well as, and also; conjunction adding information
- Abweichungen
- Deviations, variations; departures from a standard course
- bei
- At, near, by; preposition of location or occasion
- verschiedenen
- Various, different; adjective describing diversity
- Reisen
- Travels, journeys; trips to different places
- zusammen
- Together, along with; adverb meaning combined
- genauen
- Precise, exact; adjective in inflected form
- Beschreibungen
- Descriptions; written or spoken accounts of something
- Handhabung
- Handling, management; manner of operating something
- Schiffes
- Of the ship; genitive form of Schiff
- Stürmen
- Storms; plural dative of Sturm, violent weather
- im
- In the; contraction of in and dem
- Stil
- Style, manner; characteristic way of expression
- Seeleute
- Sailors, seamen; people who work on ships
- ebenso
- Likewise, equally; in the same way also
- Angaben
- Details, data, specifications; provided information
- wobei
- Whereby, in which; relative adverb connecting clauses
- Grund
- Reason, ground; basis or cause for something
- befürchten
- To fear, to dread; to be apprehensive about something
- Herr
- Mister, sir, gentleman; title of address for men
- etwas
- Somewhat, something; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- unzufrieden
- Dissatisfied, displeased; not content with something
- könnte
- Could; subjunctive form of the modal verb können
- Aber
- But, however; coordinating conjunction of contrast
- war
- Was; simple past of sein
- entschlossen
- Determined, resolved; firmly decided to do something
- das
- The, that; definite article neuter or demonstrative
- Werk
- Work, opus; a literary or artistic creation
- weit
- Far, wide; adjective or adverb of distance
- wie
- How, as, like; conjunction or adverb of manner
- möglich
- Possible; able to be done or achieved
- dem
- The; dative definite article masculine or neuter
- allgemeinen
- General, common; adjective in inflected form
- Fassungsvermögen
- Comprehension capacity; ability to grasp and understand
- Leser
- Reader; person who reads a text or book
- anzupassen
- To adapt, to adjust; to make suitable for someone
- Sollte
- Should; subjunctive or conditional form of sollen
- mich
- Me; accusative form of first person pronoun
- jedoch
- However, yet; conjunction indicating contrast
- meine
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- eigene
- Own; adjective emphasizing personal ownership
- Unkenntnis
- Ignorance, lack of knowledge; not knowing something
- dazu
- To that, for that; adverb referring to prior context
- verleitet
- Induced, misled; led into error or temptation
- haben
- To have; infinitive of the auxiliary verb haben
- Fehler
- Error, mistake; something done incorrectly
- begehen
- To commit, to make; to carry out an action or error
- bin
- Am; first person singular present of sein
- allein
- Alone, solely; without others, only by oneself
- dafür
- For it, for that; adverb indicating responsibility
- verantwortlich
- Responsible, accountable; answerable for an action
- Und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking two elements
- irgendein
- Any, some; indefinite article indicating any person
- Reisender
- Traveler; a person who undertakes journeys
- Neugier
- Curiosity; strong desire to know or learn something
- hat
- Has; third person singular present of haben
- gesamte
- Entire, whole; adjective meaning the complete whole
- seiner
- His, its; genitive or dative possessive pronoun
- vollen
- Full; adjective in inflected form meaning complete
- Länge
- Length; the measurement of something from end to end
- sehen
- To see; infinitive of the verb of vision
- aus
- From, out of; preposition of origin or material
- Händen
- Hands; dative plural of Hand
- kam
- Came; simple past of kommen
- werde
- Will, shall; first person singular of werden
- bereit
- Ready, willing; prepared to do something
- ihm
- Him, it; dative form of third person pronoun
- diesen
- This; demonstrative pronoun in accusative form
- Wunsch
- Wish, desire; a longing or request for something
- erfüllen
- To fulfill, to grant; to satisfy a wish or request
- Was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- etwaige
- Any possible, eventual; adjective meaning potential
- weitere
- Further, additional; more beyond what is stated
- Einzelheiten
- Details, particulars; specific pieces of information
- Autor
- Author; person who writes a book or text
- betreffend
- Concerning, regarding; relating to a subject
- angeht
- Concerns, goes; third person of angehen (to concern)
- wird
- Will, becomes; third person singular of werden
- ersten
- First; ordinal adjective in inflected form
- Seiten
- Pages, sides; plural of Seite
- Buches
- Of the book; genitive form of Buch
- Auskunft
- Information, answer; details provided in response
- erhalten
- To receive, to obtain; to get something provided
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