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RICHARD SYMPSON.

A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN GULLIVER TO HIS COUSIN SYMPSON.

EIN BRIEF VON KAPITÄN GULLIVER AN SEINEN VETTER SYMPSON.

Written in the Year 1727.

Geschrieben im Jahre 1727.

I hope you will be ready to own publicly, whenever you shall be called to it, that by your great and frequent urgency you prevailed on me to publish a very loose and uncorrect account of my travels, with directions to hire some young gentleman of either university to put them in order, and correct the style, as my cousin Dampier did, by my advice, in his book called "A Voyage round the world."

Ich hoffe, Sie werden bereit sein, öffentlich zuzugeben, wann immer Sie dazu aufgefordert werden, dass Sie mich durch Ihr beharrliches und wiederholtes Drängen dazu gebracht haben, einen sehr ungenauen und unkorrekt verfassten Bericht meiner Reisen zu veröffentlichen, mit der Anweisung, irgendeinen jungen Herrn von einer der Universitäten anzuheuern, um diesen in Ordnung zu bringen und den Stil zu korrigieren, wie es mein Vetter Dampier auf meinen Rat hin in seinem Buch mit dem Titel „Eine Reise um die Welt" getan hat.

But I do not remember I gave you power to consent that any thing should be omitted, and much less that any thing should be inserted; therefore, as to the latter, I do here renounce every thing of that kind; particularly a paragraph about her majesty Queen Anne, of most pious and glorious memory; although I did reverence and esteem her more than any of human species.

Aber ich erinnere mich nicht, Ihnen die Vollmacht erteilt zu haben, der Auslassung irgendeiner Sache zuzustimmen, und noch viel weniger, dass irgendetwas eingefügt werden sollte; was Letzteres betrifft, entsage ich hiermit allem dergleichen; insbesondere einem Absatz über Ihre Majestät Königin Anne, seligen und ruhmreichen Gedenkens; obgleich ich sie mehr verehrte und schätzte als jedes andere menschliche Wesen.

But you, or your interpolator, ought to have considered, that it was not my inclination, so was it not decent to praise any animal of our composition before my master _Houyhnhnm_: And besides, the fact was altogether false; for to my knowledge, being in England during some part of her majesty's reign, she did govern by a chief minister; nay even by two successively, the first whereof was the lord of Godolphin, and the second the lord of Oxford; so that you have made me say the thing that was not.

Aber Sie, oder Ihr Interpolator, hätten bedenken sollen, dass es weder meiner Neigung entsprach noch schicklich war, irgendein Tier unserer Zusammensetzung vor meinem Herrn _Houyhnhnm_ zu loben: Und überdies war die Tatsache gänzlich falsch; denn meines Wissens, da ich während eines Teils der Regierungszeit Ihrer Majestät in England weilte, regierte sie durch einen Premierminister; ja sogar durch zwei aufeinanderfolgend, von denen der erste der Lord von Godolphin und der zweite der Lord von Oxford war; so haben Sie mich also etwas sagen lassen, das nicht der Wahrheit entsprach.

Vocabulary

EIN: Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'.
BRIEF: A letter or written message sent to someone.
VON: Preposition meaning 'from' or 'of'.
KAPITÄN: A captain, leader of a ship or military unit.
AN: Preposition meaning 'at,' 'to,' or 'on'.
SEINEN: Possessive pronoun meaning 'his' (accusative masculine).
VETTER: A male cousin or relative on the paternal side.
Geschrieben: Past participle of 'schreiben,' meaning 'written'.
im: Contraction of 'in dem,' meaning 'in the'.
Jahre: Dative form of 'Jahr,' meaning 'year'.
Ich: First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'.
hoffe: First-person present form of 'hoffen,' meaning 'hope'.
Sie: Formal second-person pronoun meaning 'you'.
werden: Auxiliary verb meaning 'will' or 'to become'.
bereit: Adjective meaning 'ready' or 'prepared'.
sein: Infinitive verb meaning 'to be'.
öffentlich: Adjective or adverb meaning 'publicly' or 'public'.
zuzugeben: Infinitive meaning 'to admit' or 'to concede'.
wann: Conjunction or adverb meaning 'when'.
immer: Adverb meaning 'always' or 'ever'.
dazu: Adverb meaning 'to that' or 'for that purpose'.
aufgefordert: Past participle of 'auffordern,' meaning 'requested' or 'prompted'.
dass: Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'.
mich: Accusative first-person pronoun meaning 'me'.
durch: Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'.
Ihr: Formal possessive pronoun meaning 'your'.
beharrliches: Adjective meaning 'persistent' or 'insistent' (neuter form).
und: Conjunction meaning 'and'.
wiederholtes: Adjective meaning 'repeated' or 'reiterated'.
Drängen: Noun meaning 'urging,' 'pressure,' or 'insistence'.
gebracht: Past participle of 'bringen,' meaning 'brought'.
haben: Auxiliary or main verb meaning 'to have'.
einen: Indefinite article in accusative masculine, meaning 'a/an'.
sehr: Adverb meaning 'very' or 'greatly'.
ungenauen: Adjective meaning 'inaccurate' or 'imprecise' (declined form).
unkorrekt: Adjective meaning 'incorrect' or 'improper'.
verfassten: Past participle of 'verfassen,' meaning 'composed' or 'written'.
Bericht: Noun meaning 'report' or 'account'.
meiner: Genitive first-person possessive pronoun meaning 'of my'.
Reisen: Plural noun meaning 'travels' or 'journeys'.
zu: Preposition or infinitive particle meaning 'to'.
veröffentlichen: Infinitive meaning 'to publish' or 'to make public'.
mit: Preposition meaning 'with'.
der: Definite article or relative pronoun meaning 'the'.
Anweisung: Noun meaning 'instruction,' 'directive,' or 'order'.
irgendeinen: Indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'any' (accusative masculine).
jungen: Adjective meaning 'young' (declined form).
Herrn: Dative/accusative of 'Herr,' meaning 'gentleman' or 'Mr.'
von: Preposition meaning 'from,' 'of,' or 'by'.
einer: Indefinite article in dative feminine, meaning 'a/an'.
Universitäten: Plural noun meaning 'universities'.
anzuheuern: Infinitive meaning 'to hire' or 'to recruit'.
um: Preposition meaning 'in order to' or 'around'.
diesen: Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (accusative masculine).
in: Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'.
Ordnung: Noun meaning 'order,' 'tidiness,' or 'correctness'.
bringen: Infinitive meaning 'to bring' or 'to put into order'.
den: Definite article in accusative masculine, meaning 'the'.
Stil: Noun meaning 'style,' referring to manner of writing.
korrigieren: Infinitive meaning 'to correct' or 'to fix errors'.
wie: Conjunction or adverb meaning 'how' or 'as'.
es: Neuter pronoun meaning 'it'.
mein: Possessive pronoun meaning 'my'.
Vetter: Noun meaning 'cousin' (male).
auf: Preposition meaning 'on,' 'onto,' or 'upon'.
meinen: Accusative form of 'mein,' meaning 'my'.
Rat: Noun meaning 'advice,' 'counsel,' or 'council'.
hin: Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'there'.
seinem: Dative possessive pronoun meaning 'his' or 'its'.
Buch: Noun meaning 'book'.
dem: Dative definite article meaning 'the'.
Titel: Noun meaning 'title' of a book or work.
Eine: Feminine indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'.
Reise: Noun meaning 'journey,' 'trip,' or 'voyage'.
die: Definite article or relative pronoun meaning 'the'.
Welt: Noun meaning 'world'.
getan: Past participle of 'tun,' meaning 'done'.
hat: Third-person singular present of 'haben,' meaning 'has'.
Aber: Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'.
ich: First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I'.
erinnere: First-person present of 'erinnern,' meaning 'remember'.
nicht: Negation particle meaning 'not'.
Ihnen: Dative formal pronoun meaning 'you' (indirect object).
Vollmacht: Noun meaning 'power of attorney' or 'authorization'.
erteilt: Past participle of 'erteilen,' meaning 'granted' or 'given'.
Auslassung: Noun meaning 'omission' or 'leaving out of content'.
irgendeiner: Indefinite pronoun meaning 'any' or 'some' (genitive/dative).
Sache: Noun meaning 'thing,' 'matter,' or 'affair'.
zuzustimmen: Infinitive meaning 'to agree to' or 'to consent'.
noch: Adverb or conjunction meaning 'still,' 'yet,' or 'nor'.
viel: Adverb or adjective meaning 'much' or 'a lot'.
weniger: Comparative adverb meaning 'less' or 'fewer'.
irgendetwas: Indefinite pronoun meaning 'anything' or 'something'.
eingefügt: Past participle of 'einfügen,' meaning 'inserted' or 'added'.
sollte: Past subjunctive of 'sollen,' meaning 'should'.
was: Relative or interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'.
Letzteres: Pronoun meaning 'the latter' referring to the last item.
betrifft: Third-person present of 'betreffen,' meaning 'concerns'.
entsage: First-person present of 'entsagen,' meaning 'renounce' or 'disavow'.
hiermit: Adverb meaning 'hereby' or 'with this'.
allem: Dative form of 'alles,' meaning 'all' or 'everything'.
dergleichen: Pronoun meaning 'such things' or 'the like'.
insbesondere: Adverb meaning 'in particular' or 'especially'.
einem: Dative indefinite article meaning 'a/an'.
Absatz: Noun meaning 'paragraph' or 'section' in a text.
über: Preposition meaning 'about,' 'over,' or 'above'.
Ihre: Formal possessive pronoun meaning 'your' (formal).
Majestät: Noun meaning 'Majesty,' a royal title of address.
Königin: Noun meaning 'queen,' a female monarch.
seligen: Adjective meaning 'blessed' or 'late' (of deceased), declined.
ruhmreichen: Adjective meaning 'glorious' or 'illustrious' (declined form).
Gedenkens: Genitive of 'Gedenken,' meaning 'memory' or 'remembrance'.
obgleich: Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'.
sie: Third-person feminine or plural pronoun meaning 'she/they'.
mehr: Adverb or adjective meaning 'more'.
verehrte: Past tense of 'verehren,' meaning 'respected' or 'revered'.
schätzte: Past tense of 'schätzen,' meaning 'valued' or 'appreciated'.
als: Conjunction meaning 'than' or 'as' in comparisons.
jedes: Indefinite pronoun meaning 'every' or 'each' (neuter).
andere: Adjective meaning 'other' or 'another'.
menschliche: Adjective meaning 'human' (declined form).
Wesen: Noun meaning 'being,' 'creature,' or 'essence'.
oder: Conjunction meaning 'or'.
hätten: Subjunctive II form of 'haben,' meaning 'would have'.
bedenken: Infinitive meaning 'to consider' or 'to bear in mind'.
sollen: Modal verb meaning 'should' or 'to be supposed to'.
weder: Conjunction used in 'weder…noch,' meaning 'neither…nor'.
Neigung: Noun meaning 'inclination,' 'tendency,' or 'disposition'.
entsprach: Past tense of 'entsprechen,' meaning 'corresponded' or 'suited'.
schicklich: Adjective meaning 'proper,' 'appropriate,' or 'fitting'.
war: Past tense of 'sein,' meaning 'was'.
irgendein: Indefinite article meaning 'any' or 'some'.
Tier: Noun meaning 'animal' or 'beast'.
unserer: Genitive first-person plural possessive meaning 'our'.
Zusammensetzung: Noun meaning 'composition,' 'makeup,' or 'compound'.
vor: Preposition meaning 'before,' 'in front of,' or 'ago'.
loben: Infinitive meaning 'to praise' or 'to commend'.
Und: Conjunction meaning 'and'.
überdies: Adverb meaning 'moreover,' 'besides,' or 'furthermore'.
Tatsache: Noun meaning 'fact' or 'reality'.
gänzlich: Adverb meaning 'entirely,' 'wholly,' or 'completely'.
falsch: Adjective meaning 'false,' 'wrong,' or 'incorrect'.
denn: Conjunction meaning 'for,' 'because,' or 'then'.
meines: Genitive possessive pronoun meaning 'of my'.
Wissens: Genitive of 'Wissen,' meaning 'knowledge'; used in 'meines Wissens' (to my knowledge).
da: Adverb or conjunction meaning 'there,' 'since,' or 'as'.
während: Preposition or conjunction meaning 'during' or 'while'.
eines: Genitive indefinite article meaning 'of a/an'.
Teils: Genitive of 'Teil,' meaning 'part' or 'portion'.
Regierungszeit: Noun meaning 'reign' or 'period of government rule'.
Ihrer: Genitive formal possessive pronoun meaning 'your'.
weilte: Past tense of 'weilen,' meaning 'stayed' or 'resided'.
regierte: Past tense of 'regieren,' meaning 'governed' or 'ruled'.
Premierminister: Noun meaning 'Prime Minister,' head of government.
ja: Affirmative particle meaning 'yes' or 'indeed'.
sogar: Adverb meaning 'even' or 'in fact'.
zwei: Cardinal number meaning 'two'.
aufeinanderfolgend: Adjective meaning 'consecutive' or 'successive'.
denen: Dative relative or demonstrative pronoun meaning 'of whom/which'.
erste: Ordinal adjective meaning 'first'.
zweite: Ordinal adjective meaning 'second'.
so: Adverb or conjunction meaning 'so,' 'thus,' or 'therefore'.
also: Adverb meaning 'so,' 'thus,' or 'therefore'.
etwas: Indefinite pronoun meaning 'something' or 'somewhat'.
sagen: Infinitive meaning 'to say' or 'to tell'.
lassen: Infinitive meaning 'to let,' 'to allow,' or 'to have done'.
das: Definite article or demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the' or 'that'.
Wahrheit: Noun meaning 'truth'.

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