Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 4
They say he is like Fielding: they talk of his wit, humour, comic powers.
Sie sagen, er sei wie Fielding: Sie sprechen von seinem Witz, seinem Humor, seinen komischen Fähigkeiten.
He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does.
Er ähnelt Fielding so, wie ein Adler einem Geier ähnelt: Fielding konnte sich auf Aas herabsenken, aber Thackeray tut es niemals.
His wit is bright, his humour attractive, but both bear the same relation to his serious genius that the mere lambent sheet-lightning playing under the edge of the summer-cloud does to the electric death-spark hid in its womb.
Sein Witz ist glänzend, sein Humor anziehend, aber beide stehen in demselben Verhältnis zu seinem ernsten Genie wie das bloße flackernde Wetterleuchten, das unter dem Rand der Sommerwolke spielt, zu dem elektrischen Todesfunken, der in ihrem Schoß verborgen ist.
Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him—if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger—I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE.
Schließlich habe ich auf Mr. Thackeray angespielt, weil ich ihm – wenn er die Huldigung eines völlig Fremden annehmen will – diese zweite Ausgabe von „JANE EYRE" gewidmet habe.
Vocabulary
- Sie
- They or you (formal pronoun, subject)
- sagen
- To say or tell something
- er
- He, third-person singular masculine pronoun
- sei
- Subjunctive form of 'sein' meaning 'is/be'
- wie
- How or like, used for comparison or inquiry
- sprechen
- To speak or talk
- von
- Of or from, common preposition
- seinem
- His, dative masculine possessive pronoun
- Witz
- Wit, joke, or clever humor
- Humor
- Humor, sense of comedy or amusement
- seinen
- His, accusative masculine possessive pronoun
- komischen
- Comic, funny, or comical (inflected adjective)
- Fähigkeiten
- Abilities, skills, or talents (plural)
- Er
- He, third-person singular masculine pronoun
- ähnelt
- Resembles or is similar to something
- so
- So, thus, or in this way
- ein
- A, an, indefinite article or numeral one
- Adler
- Eagle, a large bird of prey
- einem
- A, dative indefinite article (masculine/neuter)
- Geier
- Vulture, a scavenging bird of prey
- konnte
- Could, past tense of können (to be able)
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning himself, herself, itself
- auf
- On, onto, or upon, common preposition
- Aas
- Carrion, dead rotting flesh of animals
- herabsenken
- To lower or descend down toward something
- aber
- But, however, conjunction showing contrast
- tut
- Does, third-person singular of tun (to do)
- es
- It, neuter third-person singular pronoun
- niemals
- Never, at no time whatsoever
- Sein
- His or its (possessive); also 'being' as noun
- ist
- Is, third-person singular present of sein
- glänzend
- Brilliant, shining, or excellent in quality
- sein
- His possessive pronoun or infinitive 'to be'
- anziehend
- Attractive, charming, or appealing
- beide
- Both, referring to two things or people
- stehen
- To stand or be positioned somewhere
- in
- In, inside, common preposition of location
- demselben
- The same, dative form of 'derselbe'
- Verhältnis
- Relationship, ratio, or proportion between things
- zu
- To, toward, or too, very common preposition
- ernsten
- Serious, grave (inflected adjective form)
- Genie
- Genius, a person of extraordinary intellectual talent
- das
- The, definite article for neuter nouns
- bloße
- Mere, bare, or nothing more than (adjective)
- flackernde
- Flickering, wavering light (inflected adjective)
- Wetterleuchten
- Sheet lightning, distant lightning without thunder
- unter
- Under, below, or among, common preposition
- dem
- The, dative definite article (masculine/neuter)
- Rand
- Edge, rim, or border of something
- der
- The, definite article (masculine nominative or genitive)
- Sommerwolke
- Summer cloud, a cloud during summer season
- spielt
- Plays, third-person singular of spielen
- elektrischen
- Electric, electrical (inflected adjective form)
- Todesfunken
- Death sparks, lethal electrical sparks (poetic term)
- ihrem
- Her, their, dative possessive pronoun (feminine/plural)
- Schoß
- Lap or womb, bosom, figurative inner core
- verborgen
- Hidden, concealed, secret (past participle)
- Schließlich
- Finally, ultimately, or after all
- habe
- Have, first-person singular of haben
- ich
- I, first-person singular pronoun
- angespielt
- Hinted at or alluded to something (past participle)
- weil
- Because, subordinating conjunction of reason
- ihm
- Him or it, dative third-person masculine pronoun
- wenn
- If or when, common conditional conjunction
- die
- The, definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Huldigung
- Homage, tribute, or act of reverence
- eines
- Of a, genitive indefinite article (masculine/neuter)
- völlig
- Completely, entirely, or totally
- Fremden
- Stranger or foreigner (genitive/dative inflected form)
- annehmen
- To accept, receive, or assume something
- will
- Wants to, third-person singular of wollen
- diese
- This or these, demonstrative pronoun/adjective
- zweite
- Second, ordinal number adjective (inflected)
- Ausgabe
- Edition, issue, or output of a publication
- gewidmet
- Dedicated to someone (past participle of widmen)
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