Harrigan — Page 3
He strolled out to the pier and watched the last ropes cast loose.
Er schlenderte zum Pier hinaus und beobachtete, wie die letzten Taue losgeworfen wurden.
The ship was not large, and even in the dark it seemed dingy and dilapidated.
Das Schiff war nicht groß, und selbst im Dunkeln wirkte es schmutzig und heruntergekommen.
He guessed that, big or small, this boat would carry her crew to some distant quarter of the world, and therefore to a place to be desired.
Er vermutete, dass dieses Boot, groß oder klein, seine Besatzung in irgendeinen fernen Winkel der Welt tragen würde und damit an einen erstrebenswerten Ort.
A strong voice gave an order from the deck--a hard voice with a ring in it like the striking of iron against iron.
Eine kräftige Stimme gab einen Befehl vom Deck – eine harte Stimme mit einem Klang darin wie das Aufeinanderprallen von Eisen auf Eisen.
Harrigan glanced up with a start of recognition, and by the light of a swinging lantern he saw McTee.
Harrigan blickte mit einem Aufflackern des Wiedererkennens auf und sah beim Schein einer schwingenden Laterne McTee.
If he were in command, this ship was certainly going to a far port.
Wenn er das Kommando hatte, würde dieses Schiff gewiss einen fernen Hafen ansteuern.
Black water showed between the dock and the ship.
Schwarzes Wasser zeigte sich zwischen dem Dock und dem Schiff.
In a moment more it would be beyond reach, and that thought decided Harrigan.
Einen Moment später würde es außer Reichweite sein, und dieser Gedanke brachte Harrigan zu einem Entschluss.
He made a few paces back, noted the aperture in the rail of the ship where the gangplank was being drawn in, then ran at full speed and leaped high in the air.
Er trat ein paar Schritte zurück, nahm die Lücke in der Reling des Schiffes wahr, wo die Gangway eingezogen wurde, lief dann mit voller Geschwindigkeit und sprang hoch in die Luft.
The three sailors at the rail shouted their astonishment as Harrigan struck the edge of the gangplank, reeled, and then pitched forward to his knees.
Die drei Matrosen an der Reling riefen ihr Erstaunen heraus, als Harrigan die Kante der Gangway traf, taumelte und dann auf seine Knie nach vorne fiel.
He rose and shook himself like a cat that has dropped from a high fence to the ground.
Er stand auf und schüttelte sich wie eine Katze, die von einem hohen Zaun auf den Boden gesprungen ist.
"What're you?"
„Was bist du?"
"I'm the extra hand."
„Ich bin die zusätzliche Hand."
And Harrigan ran up the steps to the bridge.
Und Harrigan lief die Stufen zur Brücke hinauf.
There he found McTee with the first and second mates.
Dort fand er McTee zusammen mit dem Erst- und dem Zweitmaat.
Vocabulary
- schlenderte
- Strolled or sauntered casually at a leisurely pace
- zum
- Contraction of 'zu dem', meaning 'to the'
- Pier
- A pier or jetty extending into water
- hinaus
- Out or outward, indicating movement away from a place
- beobachtete
- Observed or watched something carefully and attentively
- letzten
- Last or final, referring to the most recent thing
- Taue
- Ropes or cables used to moor a ship
- losgeworfen
- Cast off; released mooring ropes from a dock
- Schiff
- A ship or large vessel for water transport
- groß
- Large or big in size, stature, or extent
- selbst
- Even or itself; used for emphasis in a sentence
- Dunkeln
- Darkness or the dark; absence of light
- wirkte
- Appeared or seemed; gave a certain impression to observers
- schmutzig
- Dirty or filthy; covered in grime or uncleanliness
- heruntergekommen
- Run-down or dilapidated; in a state of neglect
- vermutete
- Suspected or assumed something without full certainty
- Boot
- A boat; a small watercraft used for transport
- Besatzung
- Crew; the people working aboard a ship or aircraft
- irgendeinen
- Some or any; an indefinite reference to an unspecified thing
- fernen
- Distant or far-off; describing a remote location
- Winkel
- Corner or angle; a remote or obscure place
- tragen
- To carry or bear; transport something from place to place
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb form in German
- damit
- So that or with that; indicating purpose or means
- erstrebenswerten
- Desirable or worth striving for; an aspirational destination
- Ort
- A place or location; a specific spot or town
- kräftige
- Strong or powerful; describing a robust and forceful quality
- Stimme
- A voice; the sound produced by a person speaking
- Befehl
- A command or order given by someone in authority
- Deck
- The deck of a ship; an open flat surface onboard
- harte
- Hard or harsh; describing a tough or severe quality
- Klang
- A sound or tone; an audible resonance or noise
- darin
- Therein or in it; referring to something inside something
- Aufeinanderprallen
- Collision or clash; the impact of two things striking together
- Eisen
- Iron; a hard metallic element used in construction
- blickte
- Glanced or looked; directed one's gaze toward something
- Aufflackern
- A flicker or flash; a sudden brief burst of something
- Wiedererkennens
- Recognition; the act of identifying something seen before
- Schein
- Light or glow; a shining brightness from a source
- schwingenden
- Swinging or swaying; moving back and forth rhythmically
- Laterne
- A lantern; a portable light source enclosed in a case
- Kommando
- Command or control; authority over a ship or group
- gewiss
- Certainly or surely; expressing confidence or assurance
- Hafen
- A harbor or port; a sheltered area for docking ships
- ansteuern
- To head for or steer toward a particular destination
- zeigte
- Showed or appeared; made something visible to others
- zwischen
- Between; indicating a position separating two things or people
- Dock
- A dock or wharf; a structure where ships are moored
- später
- Later; at a subsequent point in time
- außer
- Outside of or beyond; out of reach or exception
- Reichweite
- Reach or range; the distance one can extend or cover
- Gedanke
- A thought or idea; something conceived in the mind
- brachte
- Brought; past tense of 'bringen', to bring something
- Entschluss
- A decision or resolution; a firm determination to act
- trat
- Stepped; past tense of 'treten', to step or tread
- paar
- A few or a couple; a small indefinite number of things
- Schritte
- Steps; paces taken when walking a short distance
- zurück
- Back or backward; returning to a previous position
- nahm
- Took; past tense of 'nehmen', to take something
- Lücke
- A gap or opening; a space between two things
- Reling
- The railing of a ship; a safety barrier along the deck
- Schiffes
- Of the ship; genitive form indicating belonging to the vessel
- wahr
- True or real; also used in 'wahrnehmen' meaning to perceive
- Gangway
- A gangway; a movable bridge for boarding or leaving a ship
- eingezogen
- Retracted or pulled in; withdrawn from an extended position
- lief
- Ran; past tense of 'laufen', to run or walk quickly
- voller
- Full of; at maximum capacity or speed
- Geschwindigkeit
- Speed or velocity; the rate at which something moves
- sprang
- Jumped or leaped; past tense of 'springen'
- hoch
- High or tall; elevated in position or degree
- Luft
- Air; the invisible mixture of gases surrounding the earth
- Matrosen
- Sailors or seamen; crew members working aboard a ship
- riefen
- Called out or shouted; past tense of 'rufen'
- Erstaunen
- Astonishment or amazement; a feeling of great surprise
- heraus
- Out or outward; indicating movement from inside to outside
- Kante
- An edge or rim; the border or boundary of a surface
- traf
- Hit or met; past tense of 'treffen', to hit or meet
- taumelte
- Staggered or stumbled; moved unsteadily after an impact
- Knie
- The knee; the joint connecting the upper and lower leg
- vorne
- Forward or to the front; in a forward direction
- fiel
- Fell; past tense of 'fallen', to fall down
- stand
- Stood; past tense of 'stehen', to stand upright
- schüttelte
- Shook; moved something rapidly back and forth
- hohen
- High or tall; adjective in declined form in German
- Zaun
- A fence; a barrier made of posts and wire or wood
- Boden
- The floor or ground; the surface beneath one's feet
- gesprungen
- Jumped; past participle of 'springen', to leap or jump
- zusätzliche
- Additional or extra; supplementary beyond what is required
- Hand
- Hand; also used as 'hand' meaning a crewmember on a ship
- Stufen
- Steps or stairs; the individual levels of a staircase
- Brücke
- Bridge; here the command bridge of a ship
- hinauf
- Up or upward; indicating movement in an upward direction
- fand
- Found; past tense of 'finden', to find something
- zusammen
- Together; in combination or in each other's company
- Erst-
- First; prefix indicating the primary rank or position
- Zweitmaat
- Second mate; the second officer on a ship's crew
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