Pride and Prejudice — Page 14
_The goodness of the minor characters in_ Pride and Prejudice _has been already alluded to, and it makes a detailed dwelling on their beauties difficult in any space, and impossible in this.
Die Vorzüge der Nebenfiguren in Stolz und Vorurteil wurden bereits erwähnt, und es macht ein ausführliches Verweilen bei ihren Schönheiten in jedem Rahmen schwierig und in diesem unmöglich.
Mrs. Bennet we have glanced at, and it is not easy to say whether she is more exquisitely amusing or more horribly true.
Mrs. Bennet haben wir bereits gestreift, und es ist nicht leicht zu sagen, ob sie auf köstlichere Weise amüsant oder auf schrecklichere Weise lebensecht ist.
Much the same may be said of Kitty and Lydia; but it is not every author, even of genius, who would have differentiated with such unerring skill the effects of folly and vulgarity of intellect and disposition working upon the common weaknesses of woman at such different ages.
Ähnliches lässt sich über Kitty und Lydia sagen; aber nicht jeder Autor, selbst ein genialer, hätte mit solch unfehlbarem Geschick die Auswirkungen von Torheit und Vulgarität des Verstandes und der Gemütsart auf die gemeinsamen Schwächen der Frau in so verschiedenen Altersstufen differenziert.
With Mary, Miss Austen has taken rather less pains, though she has been even more unkind to her; not merely in the text, but, as we learn from those interesting traditional appendices which Mr. Austen Leigh has given us, in dooming her privately to marry "one of Mr. Philips's clerks."
Mit Mary hat sich Miss Austen etwas weniger Mühe gegeben, obwohl sie ihr gegenüber noch ungnädiger war; nicht nur im Text, sondern, wie wir aus jenen interessanten überlieferten Anhängen erfahren, die uns Mr. Austen Leigh gegeben hat, indem sie sie im Stillen dazu verdammte, „einen der Angestellten von Mr. Philips" zu heiraten.
The habits of first copying and then retailing moral sentiments, of playing and singing too long in public, are, no doubt, grievous and criminal; but perhaps poor Mary was rather the scapegoat of the sins of blue stockings in that Fordyce-belectured generation.
Die Gewohnheiten, moralische Sentenzen zunächst abzuschreiben und sie dann weiterzugeben, sowie öffentlich zu lange zu spielen und zu singen, sind zweifellos schlimm und tadelnswert; aber vielleicht war die arme Mary eher der Sündenbock für die Vergehen der Blaustrümpfe in jener von Fordyce vielbelehrten Generation.
It is at any rate difficult not to extend to her a share of the respect and affection (affection and respect of a peculiar kind; doubtless), with which one regards Mr. Collins, when she draws the moral of Lydia's fall.
Es ist jedenfalls schwer, ihr nicht einen Teil des Respekts und der Zuneigung entgegenzubringen (Zuneigung und Respekt einer eigentümlichen Art; zweifellos), mit der man Mr. Collins betrachtet, wenn sie die Moral aus Lydias Fall zieht.
Vocabulary
- Vorzüge
- Advantages, merits, or positive qualities of something
- Nebenfiguren
- Secondary or minor characters in a story
- Stolz
- Pride; feeling of satisfaction or self-respect
- Vorurteil
- Prejudice; preconceived unfair opinion about something
- wurden
- Past passive auxiliary: were (used in passive constructions)
- bereits
- Already; by this point in time
- erwähnt
- Mentioned; brought up in speech or writing
- ausführliches
- Detailed, thorough, or extensive in coverage
- Verweilen
- Lingering or dwelling on something at length
- Schönheiten
- Beauties; beautiful qualities or features of something
- Rahmen
- Frame or scope; context within which something occurs
- schwierig
- Difficult or challenging
- unmöglich
- Impossible; not able to happen or be done
- gestreift
- Touched upon briefly; skimmed over lightly
- leicht
- Easy or light; not difficult or heavy
- ob
- Whether; conjunction introducing indirect questions
- köstlichere
- More delightful or more delicious (comparative adjective)
- Weise
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- amüsant
- Amusing or entertaining; causing amusement
- schrecklichere
- More terrible or more dreadful (comparative adjective)
- lebensecht
- True to life; realistic and lifelike in portrayal
- Ähnliches
- Something similar; comparable things or qualities
- lässt
- Lets or allows; third-person singular of lassen
- Autor
- Author; writer of a literary work
- selbst
- Even or self; used for emphasis
- genialer
- More brilliant or more ingenious (comparative adjective)
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive form of haben
- solch
- Such; of this kind or degree
- unfehlbarem
- Infallible, unerring (dative adjective form)
- Geschick
- Skill, dexterity, or adroitness in doing something
- Auswirkungen
- Effects, consequences, or impacts of something
- Torheit
- Folly or foolishness; lack of good judgment
- Vulgarität
- Vulgarity; coarseness or lack of refinement
- Verstandes
- Of the mind or intellect (genitive form)
- Gemütsart
- Disposition or temperament; natural character of a person
- gemeinsamen
- Common or shared (adjective in inflected form)
- Schwächen
- Weaknesses or flaws in character or ability
- verschiedenen
- Various or different (adjective in inflected form)
- Altersstufen
- Age groups or stages of life
- differenziert
- Differentiated; distinguished with nuance and precision
- etwas
- Something or somewhat; indefinite pronoun or adverb
- weniger
- Less; comparative form of wenig (little/few)
- Mühe
- Effort, trouble, or pains taken to do something
- obwohl
- Although or even though; concessive conjunction
- gegenüber
- Opposite to or towards; preposition of position
- noch
- Still, yet, or even (adverb of time or degree)
- ungnädiger
- More unkind or less gracious (comparative adjective)
- sondern
- But rather; corrective conjunction after negation
- überlieferten
- Transmitted or handed down (inflected past participle)
- Anhängen
- Appendices or supplements to a text
- erfahren
- To learn or find out about something
- indem
- By doing; conjunction introducing a means clause
- Stillen
- Quietly or in secret; in the stillness
- dazu
- To that end; for that purpose or in addition
- verdammte
- Condemned or damned; sentenced to something unpleasant
- Angestellten
- Employee or staff member (accusative/genitive form)
- heiraten
- To marry; to enter into marriage
- Gewohnheiten
- Habits or customs; regular patterns of behavior
- moralische
- Moral; relating to ethics or right conduct
- Sentenzen
- Maxims or moral sayings; pithy statements of wisdom
- zunächst
- At first or initially; in the beginning
- abzuschreiben
- To copy down in writing; to transcribe something
- weiterzugeben
- To pass on or hand on to others
- sowie
- As well as; and also (conjunction)
- öffentlich
- Publicly; in front of others or in public
- singen
- To sing; to produce vocal musical sounds
- zweifellos
- Undoubtedly; without any doubt whatsoever
- schlimm
- Bad, serious, or terrible in nature
- tadelnswert
- Blameworthy or reprehensible; deserving of criticism
- vielleicht
- Perhaps or maybe; expressing possibility or uncertainty
- eher
- Rather or sooner; comparative adverb of preference
- Sündenbock
- Scapegoat; person blamed for others' wrongdoings
- Vergehen
- Offense or misdemeanor; a minor wrongdoing
- Blaustrümpfe
- Bluestockings; women considered overly intellectual or pedantic
- jener
- That or those (demonstrative adjective, genitive context)
- vielbelehrten
- Much-instructed or over-moralized (inflected adjective)
- Generation
- Generation; a group of people born around same time
- jedenfalls
- In any case or at any rate; regardless of that
- schwer
- Hard, heavy, or difficult
- Teil
- Part or portion of a whole
- Respekts
- Of respect; regard or esteem (genitive form)
- Zuneigung
- Affection or fondness felt toward someone
- entgegenzubringen
- To show or extend (respect/affection) toward someone
- Respekt
- Respect; high regard or esteem for someone
- eigentümlichen
- Peculiar or particular kind (inflected adjective)
- Art
- Kind, type, or manner; way of being
- man
- One; impersonal pronoun referring to people generally
- betrachtet
- Considers or observes; looks at attentively
- wenn
- When or if; conditional or temporal conjunction
- Moral
- Morality or moral lesson; ethical principles
- Fall
- Case or fall; situation or instance being discussed
- zieht
- Draws or pulls; here: draws a conclusion
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