Middlemarch — Page 1
Since I can do no good because a woman,
Da ich als Frau nichts Gutes bewirken kann,
Reach constantly at something that is near it.
Greife ich beständig nach etwas, das dem nahekommt.
—_The Maid's Tragedy:_ BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
—_Die Tragödie der Magd:_ BEAUMONT UND FLETCHER.
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
Miss Brooke besaß jene Art von Schönheit, die durch schlechte Kleidung noch hervorzuheben scheint.
Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style than those in which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters; and her profile as well as her stature and bearing seemed to gain the more dignity from her plain garments, which by the side of provincial fashion gave her the impressiveness of a fine quotation from the Bible,—or from one of our elder poets,—in a paragraph of to-day's newspaper.
Ihre Hand und ihr Handgelenk waren so fein geformt, dass sie Ärmel tragen konnte, die nicht weniger schmucklos waren als jene, in denen die Heilige Jungfrau den italienischen Malern erschien; und ihr Profil wie auch ihre Gestalt und Haltung schienen durch ihre schlichte Kleidung noch mehr Würde zu gewinnen, die neben der provinziellen Mode die Eindringlichkeit eines feinen Bibelzitats besaß,—oder eines unserer älteren Dichter,—in einem Absatz der heutigen Zeitung.
She was usually spoken of as being remarkably clever, but with the addition that her sister Celia had more common-sense.
Sie wurde gewöhnlich als bemerkenswert klug bezeichnet, jedoch mit dem Zusatz, dass ihre Schwester Celia mehr gesunden Menschenverstand besäße.
Nevertheless, Celia wore scarcely more trimmings; and it was only to close observers that her dress differed from her sister's, and had a shade of coquetry in its arrangements; for Miss Brooke's plain dressing was due to mixed conditions, in most of which her sister shared.
Dennoch trug Celia kaum mehr Verzierungen; und nur aufmerksamen Beobachtern fiel auf, dass ihre Kleidung sich von der ihrer Schwester unterschied und in ihrer Aufmachung einen Hauch von Koketterie besaß; denn Miss Brookes schlichtes Erscheinungsbild war auf gemischte Umstände zurückzuführen, an denen ihre Schwester in den meisten Fällen teilhatte.
Vocabulary
- Da
- There; since; as (conjunction or adverb)
- ich
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- als
- As; when; than (conjunction)
- Frau
- Woman; Mrs. (title for married woman)
- nichts
- Nothing (pronoun)
- Gutes
- Good; something good (noun)
- bewirken
- To cause; to bring about; to effect
- kann
- Can; is able to (modal verb)
- beständig
- Constant; continual; persistent (adjective)
- nach
- After; towards; for (preposition)
- etwas
- Something; anything (pronoun)
- das
- The; that; which (definite article/pronoun)
- dem
- The; that (dative definite article)
- nahekommt
- Approaches; comes close to (verb)
- Die
- The (feminine definite article)
- Tragödie
- Tragedy (noun)
- der
- The; of the (genitive/dative article)
- besaß
- Possessed; owned (past tense verb)
- jene
- That; those (demonstrative pronoun)
- Art
- Kind; type; species (noun)
- von
- Of; from; by (preposition)
- Schönheit
- Beauty (noun)
- die
- The; which (feminine article/pronoun)
- durch
- Through; by; by means of (preposition)
- schlechte
- Bad; poor; inferior (adjective)
- Kleidung
- Clothing; dress; garment (noun)
- noch
- Still; yet; even (adverb)
- hervorzuheben
- To emphasize; to highlight; to point out
- scheint
- Seems; appears (verb)
- Ihre
- Her; your (formal possessive pronoun)
- Hand
- Hand (noun)
- und
- And (conjunction)
- ihr
- Her; their (possessive pronoun)
- Handgelenk
- Wrist (noun)
- waren
- Were (past tense of sein)
- so
- So; such; thus (adverb)
- fein
- Fine; delicate; refined (adjective)
- geformt
- Formed; shaped (past participle)
- dass
- That; so that (subordinating conjunction)
- sie
- She; they; it (pronoun)
- Ärmel
- Sleeve (noun)
- tragen
- To wear; to carry; to bear
- konnte
- Could; was able to (past tense)
- nicht
- Not (negation adverb)
- weniger
- Less; lesser; fewer (adjective/adverb)
- in
- In; into; within (preposition)
- denen
- Which; in which (relative pronoun)
- Heilige
- Holy; saint (adjective/noun)
- den
- The (masculine accusative article)
- italienischen
- Italian (adjective)
- Malern
- Painters (noun, dative plural)
- erschien
- Appeared; seemed (past tense verb)
- Profil
- Profile; side view (noun)
- wie
- How; as; like (adverb/conjunction)
- auch
- Also; as well; too (adverb)
- Gestalt
- Form; figure; shape; appearance (noun)
- Haltung
- Posture; bearing; attitude (noun)
- schienen
- Seemed; appeared (past tense verb)
- schlichte
- Simple; plain; humble (adjective)
- mehr
- More (adjective/adverb)
- Würde
- Dignity; worth; majesty (noun)
- zu
- To; at; too (preposition/adverb)
- gewinnen
- To win; to gain; to obtain
- neben
- Beside; next to; in addition to
- Mode
- Fashion; style; trend (noun)
- eines
- One; of a (genitive article)
- feinen
- Fine; delicate; refined (adjective)
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