Heart of Darkness — Page 13
I am ready to do anything, anything for you.
Ich bin bereit, alles zu tun, alles für Sie.
It is a glorious idea.
Es ist eine herrliche Idee.
I know the wife of a very high personage in the Administration, and also a man who has lots of influence with,' etc.
Ich kenne die Frau eines sehr hohen Würdenträgers in der Verwaltung, und auch einen Mann, der großen Einfluss hat bei,' usw.
She was determined to make no end of fuss to get me appointed skipper of a river steamboat, if such was my fancy.
Sie war entschlossen, keinen Aufwand zu scheuen, um mich als Kapitän eines Flussdampfers einzusetzen, wenn mir das so beliebe.
I got my appointment—of course; and I got it very quick.
Ich erhielt meine Ernennung – natürlich; und ich erhielt sie sehr schnell.
It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives.
Es scheint, dass die Gesellschaft die Nachricht erhalten hatte, dass einer ihrer Kapitäne in einem Handgemenge mit den Eingeborenen getötet worden war.
This was my chance, and it made me the more anxious to go.
Dies war meine Chance, und es machte mich umso begieriger zu fahren.
It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens.
Erst Monate und aber Monate später, als ich den Versuch unternahm, zu bergen, was von der Leiche noch übrig war, erfuhr ich, dass der ursprüngliche Streit aus einem Missverständnis wegen einiger Hühner entstanden war.
Yes, two black hens.
Ja, zwei schwarze Hühner.
Fresleven—that was the fellow's name, a Dane—thought himself wronged somehow in the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.
Fresleven – so hieß der Kerl, ein Däne – glaubte, beim Handel irgendwie benachteiligt worden zu sein, also ging er an Land und fing an, den Dorfhäuptling mit einem Stock zu verprügeln.
Oh, it didn't surprise me in the least to hear this, and at the same time to be told that Fresleven was the gentlest, quietest creature that ever walked on two legs.
Oh, es überraschte mich nicht im Geringsten, dies zu hören, und gleichzeitig zu erfahren, dass Fresleven das sanfteste, ruhigste Geschöpf war, das je auf zwei Beinen gegangen war.
No doubt he was; but he had been a couple of years already out there engaged in the noble cause, you know, and he probably felt the need at last of asserting his self-respect in some way.
Zweifellos war er das; aber er war schon ein paar Jahre dort draußen im Dienste der edlen Sache gewesen, wissen Sie, und er spürte wohl schließlich das Bedürfnis, seine Selbstachtung auf irgendeine Weise zu behaupten.
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun; I
- bin
- First person singular present tense of sein; am
- bereit
- Adjective meaning prepared, ready, willing
- alles
- Pronoun meaning everything, all things
- zu
- Preposition and infinitive marker; to, towards
- tun
- Verb meaning to do, to make, to perform
- für
- Preposition meaning for, on behalf of
- Sie
- Formal second person pronoun; you
- Es
- Pronoun meaning it; neuter nominative pronoun
- ist
- Third person singular present tense of sein; is
- eine
- Indefinite article; a, an (feminine singular)
- herrliche
- Adjective meaning magnificent, wonderful, glorious
- Idee
- Noun meaning idea, thought, concept
- kenne
- First person singular present tense of kennen; know
- die
- Definite article; the (feminine singular or plural)
- Frau
- Noun meaning woman, lady, Mrs., wife
- eines
- Genitive form of ein; of a, one's
- sehr
- Adverb meaning very, greatly, quite
- hohen
- Adjective meaning high, tall, elevated
- in
- Preposition meaning in, into, within
- der
- Definite article; the (feminine singular)
- Verwaltung
- Noun meaning administration, management, government
- und
- Conjunction meaning and, also
- auch
- Adverb meaning also, too, even
- einen
- Indefinite article; a, an (masculine accusative)
- Mann
- Noun meaning man, male, husband
- großen
- Adjective meaning large, great, big
- Einfluss
- Noun meaning influence, effect, impact
- hat
- Third person singular present tense of haben; has
- bei
- Preposition meaning at, by, with, near
- war
- First/third person singular past tense of sein; was
- entschlossen
- Adjective meaning determined, resolute, decided
- keinen
- Negative article; no, not a (masculine accusative)
- Aufwand
- Noun meaning effort, expense, expenditure, cost
- scheuen
- Verb meaning to shun, avoid, fear, shy from
- um
- Preposition and conjunction; around, in order to
- mich
- Accusative pronoun; me, myself
- als
- Conjunction meaning as, when, than, in capacity
- Kapitän
- Noun meaning captain, skipper, commanding officer
- einzusetzen
- Verb meaning to deploy, use, employ, appoint
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning if, when, in case
- mir
- Dative pronoun; to/for me, myself
- das
- Demonstrative pronoun; that, this (neuter)
- so
- Adverb meaning so, thus, in this way
- erhielt
- Past tense of erhalten; received, obtained, got
- meine
- Possessive pronoun; my, mine (feminine singular)
- Ernennung
- Noun meaning appointment, nomination, designation
- natürlich
- Adverb meaning naturally, of course, certainly
- sie
- Pronoun meaning she, it, they; third person
- schnell
- Adverb meaning quickly, fast, swiftly, rapidly
- scheint
- Third person singular present tense of scheinen; seems
- dass
- Conjunction meaning that, introducing subordinate clause
- Gesellschaft
- Noun meaning company, society, association, group
- Nachricht
- Noun meaning message, news, information, notice
- erhalten
- Verb meaning to receive, get, obtain, preserve
- hatte
- Past tense of haben; had, possessed
- einer
- Indefinite article; a, one (feminine dative)
- ihrer
- Possessive pronoun; her, their (genitive/dative)
- Kapitäne
- Plural noun meaning captains, commanding officers
- einem
- Indefinite article; a, an (dative masculine)
- mit
- Preposition meaning with, by means of
- den
- Definite article; the (dative/accusative plural)
- getötet
- Past participle of töten; killed, slain, murdered
- worden
- Past participle of werden; been, become
- Dies
- Demonstrative pronoun; this, these (neuter nominative)
- Chance
- Noun meaning chance, opportunity, possibility, luck
- es
- Pronoun meaning it; neuter nominative or accusative
- machte
- Past tense of machen; made, did, caused
- umso
- Adverb meaning all the more, even more
- begieriger
- Adjective meaning more eager, more desirous, keener
- fahren
- Verb meaning to travel, drive, go, sail
- Erst
- Adverb meaning only, not until, first
- Monate
- Plural noun meaning months, periods of time
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