Pride and Prejudice — Page 9
And I am not so certain that I should myself use the word "narrow" in connection with her.
Und ich bin nicht so sicher, dass ich selbst das Wort „eng" in Verbindung mit ihr verwenden würde.
If her world is a microcosm, the cosmic quality of it is at least as eminent as the littleness.
Wenn ihre Welt ein Mikrokosmos ist, so ist die kosmische Qualität derselben zumindest ebenso bedeutend wie ihre Kleinheit.
She does not touch what she did not feel herself called to paint; I am not so sure that she could not have painted what she did not feel herself called to touch.
Sie berührt nicht, was sie sich nicht berufen fühlte zu malen; ich bin nicht so sicher, dass sie nicht hätte malen können, was sie sich nicht berufen fühlte zu berühren.
It is at least remarkable that in two very short periods of writing--one of about three years, and another of not much more than five--she executed six capital works, and has not left a single failure.
Es ist zumindest bemerkenswert, dass sie in zwei sehr kurzen Schaffensperioden – einer von etwa drei Jahren und einer weiteren von nicht viel mehr als fünf – sechs bedeutende Werke vollendete und kein einziges Misslingen hinterlassen hat.
It is possible that the romantic paste in her composition was defective: we must always remember that hardly anybody born in her decade--that of the eighteenth-century seventies--independently exhibited the full romantic quality.
Es ist möglich, dass der romantische Anteil in ihrer Anlage mangelhaft war: Wir müssen stets bedenken, dass kaum jemand, der in ihrem Jahrzehnt geboren wurde – dem der Siebzigerjahre des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts – selbstständig die volle romantische Qualität zeigte.
Even Scott required hill and mountain and ballad, even Coleridge metaphysics and German to enable them to chip the classical shell.
Sogar Scott bedurfte der Hügel und Berge und Balladen, sogar Coleridge der Metaphysik und des Deutschen, um ihnen zu ermöglichen, die klassische Schale zu sprengen.
Miss Austen was an English girl, brought up in a country retirement, at the time when ladies went back into the house if there was a white frost which might pierce their kid shoes, when a sudden cold was the subject of the gravest fears, when their studies, their ways, their conduct were subject to all those fantastic limits and restrictions against which Mary Wollstonecraft protested with better general sense than particular taste or judgment.
Miss Austen war ein englisches Mädchen, auf dem Lande aufgewachsen, zu einer Zeit, als Damen ins Haus zurückkehrten, wenn ein Reif auf dem Boden lag, der ihre Ziegenlederscuhe durchdringen könnte, als eine plötzliche Erkältung Anlass zu den ernstesten Befürchtungen gab, als ihre Studien, ihre Lebensweise und ihr Betragen all jenen phantastischen Grenzen und Beschränkungen unterworfen waren, gegen die Mary Wollstonecraft mit mehr allgemeinem Verstand als besonderem Geschmack oder Urteilsvermögen protestierte.
Vocabulary
- Und
- Conjunction used to connect words or clauses together.
- ich
- First person singular pronoun meaning 'I'.
- bin
- First person singular present tense of 'sein' (to be).
- nicht
- Negation adverb meaning 'not' or 'no'.
- so
- Adverb meaning 'so', 'thus', or 'in such a way'.
- sicher
- Adjective meaning 'certain', 'sure', or 'safe'.
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that' in English.
- selbst
- Pronoun or adverb meaning 'self' or 'even'.
- das
- Definite article 'the' for neuter nouns.
- Wort
- Noun meaning 'word' or 'term'.
- eng
- Adjective meaning 'narrow', 'tight', or 'close'.
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in', 'into', or 'during'.
- Verbindung
- Noun meaning 'connection', 'link', or 'relationship'.
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' or 'in company with'.
- ihr
- Pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or possessive 'her/their'.
- verwenden
- Verb meaning 'to use', 'to employ', or 'to apply'.
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb; subjunctive mood of 'werden'.
- Wenn
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when'.
- ihre
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or 'its'.
- Welt
- Noun meaning 'world' or 'universe'.
- ein
- Indefinite article 'a' or 'an'; also numeral 'one'.
- ist
- Third person singular present tense of 'sein' (to be).
- die
- Definite article 'the' for feminine and plural nouns.
- kosmische
- Adjective meaning 'cosmic' or 'universal in scope'.
- Qualität
- Noun meaning 'quality', 'property', or 'characteristic'.
- derselben
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the same' (genitive/dative).
- zumindest
- Adverb meaning 'at least' or 'at minimum'.
- ebenso
- Adverb meaning 'just as', 'equally', or 'likewise'.
- bedeutend
- Adjective meaning 'significant', 'important', or 'considerable'.
- wie
- Conjunction or adverb meaning 'as', 'like', or 'how'.
- Sie
- Formal second person pronoun meaning 'you'; also 'she'.
- berührt
- Verb meaning 'touches', 'affects', or 'concerns'.
- was
- Relative or interrogative pronoun meaning 'what' or 'which'.
- sie
- Pronoun meaning 'she', 'they', or 'it' (feminine).
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself', 'himself', or 'herself'.
- berufen
- Verb meaning 'to call upon', 'to appeal to', or 'to appeal'.
- fühlte
- Past tense of 'fühlen'; 'felt' or 'sensed'.
- zu
- Preposition meaning 'to', 'at', or 'for'.
- malen
- Verb meaning 'to paint', 'to draw', or 'to depict'.
- hätte
- Subjunctive past tense of 'haben'; 'would have'.
- können
- Modal verb meaning 'can', 'to be able to', or 'may'.
- berühren
- Verb meaning 'to touch', 'to affect', or 'to concern'.
- Es
- Pronoun meaning 'it'; neuter third person singular pronoun.
- bemerkenswert
- Adjective meaning 'remarkable', 'noteworthy', or 'striking'.
- zwei
- Numeral meaning 'two'.
- sehr
- Adverb meaning 'very', 'greatly', or 'much'.
- kurzen
- Adjective meaning 'short' (accusative/dative singular form).
- einer
- Numeral or article meaning 'one' (genitive/dative).
- von
- Preposition meaning 'of', 'from', or 'by'.
- etwa
- Adverb meaning 'about', 'approximately', or 'roughly'.
- drei
- Numeral meaning 'three'.
- Jahren
- Plural noun meaning 'years' (dative case).
- weiteren
- Adjective meaning 'further', 'additional', or 'other'.
- viel
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'much', 'a lot', or 'many'.
- mehr
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'more'.
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'than', 'as', or 'when'.
- fünf
- Numeral meaning 'five'.
- sechs
- Numeral meaning 'six'.
- bedeutende
- Adjective meaning 'significant', 'important', or 'notable'.
- Werke
- Plural noun meaning 'works', 'creations', or 'compositions'.
- vollendete
- Past tense verb meaning 'completed' or 'finished'.
- kein
- Negative article or pronoun meaning 'no', 'not a', or 'none'.
- einziges
- Adjective meaning 'single', 'sole', or 'only one'.
- hinterlassen
- Verb meaning 'to leave behind', 'to bequeath', or 'to leave'.
- hat
- Third person singular present tense of 'haben' (to have).
- möglich
- Adjective meaning 'possible', 'feasible', or 'likely'.
- der
- Definite article 'the' for masculine and plural nouns.
- romantische
- Adjective meaning 'romantic' or 'relating to romanticism'.
- Anteil
- Noun meaning 'share', 'part', or 'portion'.
- ihrer
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'her', 'their', or 'its'.
- Anlage
- Noun meaning 'disposition', 'talent', or 'facility'.
- mangelhaft
- Adjective meaning 'deficient', 'lacking', or 'inadequate'.
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; 'was' or 'were'.
- Wir
- First person plural pronoun meaning 'we'.
- müssen
- Modal verb meaning 'must', 'to have to', or 'to need'.
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