Pride and Prejudice — Page 8
And in that sense Miss Austen certainly was one.
Und in diesem Sinne war Miss Austen ganz gewiss eine.
She may even have been one in the further sense that, like her own Mr. Bennet, she took an epicurean delight in dissecting, in displaying, in setting at work her fools and her mean persons.
Sie war vielleicht sogar in dem weitergehenden Sinne eine, dass sie, wie ihr eigener Mr. Bennet, ein epikureisches Vergnügen daran fand, ihre Narren und ihre gemeinen Personen zu sezieren, vorzuführen und in Gang zu setzen.
I think she did take this delight, and I do not think at all the worse of her for it as a woman, while she was immensely the better for it as an artist.
Ich glaube, dass sie dieses Vergnügen tatsächlich empfand, und ich halte sie als Frau deshalb keineswegs für schlechter, während sie als Künstlerin ungemein davon profitierte.
To make this latter observation quite exact we must not use the term miniature in its restricted sense, and must think rather of Memling at one end of the history of painting and Meissonier at the other, than of Cosway or any of his kind.
Um diese letztere Bemerkung ganz genau zu machen, dürfen wir den Begriff Miniatur nicht in seinem eingeschränkten Sinne verwenden und müssen eher an Memling am einen Ende der Malereigeschichte und Meissonier am anderen denken als an Cosway oder irgendjemanden seinesgleichen.
Vocabulary
- Sinne
- Sense or meaning in a particular context
- ganz
- Entirely, completely, or quite
- gewiss
- Certainly, surely, or without doubt
- vielleicht
- Perhaps, maybe, or possibly
- sogar
- Even, emphasizing something beyond expectation
- weitergehenden
- Going further, more extensive or far-reaching
- eigener
- Own, belonging to oneself specifically
- epikureisches
- Epicurean; relating to pleasure and refined enjoyment
- Vergnügen
- Pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement
- daran
- Therein, at it, or in that regard
- Narren
- Fools, jesters, or foolish people
- gemeinen
- Common, vulgar, or mean-spirited people
- Personen
- Persons, individuals, or characters
- sezieren
- To dissect or analyze something in precise detail
- vorzuführen
- To present, demonstrate, or display to an audience
- Gang
- Course, process, or manner of proceeding
- setzen
- To set, place, or put something somewhere
- glaube
- I believe or think; first person of 'glauben'
- tatsächlich
- Actually, indeed, or in fact
- empfand
- Past tense of 'empfinden'; felt or perceived
- halte
- I consider or hold; first person of 'halten'
- Frau
- Woman, wife, or honorific title Mrs./Ms.
- deshalb
- Therefore, for that reason, consequently
- keineswegs
- By no means, not at all, in no way
- schlechter
- Worse or inferior comparative form of 'schlecht'
- während
- While or during; temporal conjunction or preposition
- Künstlerin
- Female artist or creative professional
- ungemein
- Enormously, extraordinarily, or uncommonly
- davon
- From it, of it, or thereof
- profitierte
- Past tense of 'profitieren'; benefited or profited from
- letztere
- The latter of two previously mentioned things
- Bemerkung
- Remark, comment, or observation made about something
- genau
- Exactly, precisely, or accurately
- dürfen
- Modal verb meaning to be allowed or permitted
- Begriff
- Concept, term, or notion used in discourse
- Miniatur
- Miniature; small-scale artwork or painting
- eingeschränkten
- Restricted, limited, or narrow in scope
- verwenden
- To use, employ, or apply something for a purpose
- müssen
- Modal verb meaning must or to have to
- eher
- Rather, sooner, or more likely instead
- Ende
- End, conclusion, or final point of something
- Malereigeschichte
- History of painting as an art form
- denken
- To think or consider something mentally
- irgendjemanden
- Anyone, somebody, or any person at all
- seinesgleichen
- His equals, peers, or those of his kind
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