Sense and Sensibility — Page 6
To be tied down to the regular payment of such a sum, on every rent day, is by no means desirable: it takes away one's independence.
An jedem Zahltag regelmäßig eine solche Summe entrichten zu müssen, ist keineswegs wünschenswert: Es raubt einem die Unabhängigkeit.
"Undoubtedly; and after all you have no thanks for it.
„Zweifellos; und am Ende hat man keinen Dank dafür.
They think themselves secure, you do no more than what is expected, and it raises no gratitude at all.
Sie fühlen sich sicher, man tut nicht mehr als das, was erwartet wird, und es weckt keinerlei Dankbarkeit.
If I were you, whatever I did should be done at my own discretion entirely.
Wenn ich Sie wäre, würde ich alles, was ich täte, ganz nach eigenem Ermessen tun.
I would not bind myself to allow them any thing yearly.
Ich würde mich nicht verpflichten, ihnen jährlich irgendetwas zukommen zu lassen.
It may be very inconvenient some years to spare a hundred, or even fifty pounds from our own expenses."
Es kann in manchen Jahren sehr lästig sein, hundert oder gar fünfzig Pfund von unseren eigenen Ausgaben zu erübrigen."
"I believe you are right, my love; it will be better that there should be no annuity in the case; whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater assistance than a yearly allowance, because they would only enlarge their style of living if they felt sure of a larger income, and would not be sixpence the richer for it at the end of the year.
„Ich glaube, Sie haben recht, mein Schatz; es wird besser sein, dass es in diesem Fall keine Leibrente gibt; was auch immer ich ihnen gelegentlich geben mag, wird weit nützlicher sein als eine jährliche Zuwendung, denn sie würden nur ihren Lebensstil ausweiten, wenn sie eines größeren Einkommens sicher wären, und wären am Ende des Jahres keinen Sixpence reicher dafür.
It will certainly be much the best way.
Es wird gewiss bei weitem der beste Weg sein.
A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, be amply discharging my promise to my father."
Ein Geschenk von fünfzig Pfund ab und zu wird verhindern, dass sie je in Geldnot geraten, und wird, wie ich denke, mein Versprechen gegenüber meinem Vater hinreichend erfüllen."
"To be sure it will.
„Das wird es gewiss.
Indeed, to say the truth, I am convinced within myself that your father had no idea of your giving them any money at all.
In der Tat, um die Wahrheit zu sagen, bin ich in mir selbst überzeugt, dass Ihr Vater nicht die geringste Absicht hatte, dass Sie ihnen überhaupt Geld geben sollten.
Vocabulary
- An
- At, on, or to (preposition indicating location or time)
- jedem
- Every, each (dative form of 'jeder')
- Zahltag
- Payday; the day wages or salary are paid
- regelmäßig
- Regularly, on a regular or recurring basis
- solche
- Such, of that kind or nature
- Summe
- Sum, total amount of money or numbers
- entrichten
- To pay, remit, or render a due amount
- müssen
- Must, to have to do something
- keineswegs
- By no means, not at all, in no way
- wünschenswert
- Desirable, worth wishing for or seeking
- raubt
- Robs, steals, deprives someone of something
- einem
- One, a person (dative indefinite pronoun)
- Unabhängigkeit
- Independence, freedom from control or reliance
- Zweifellos
- Undoubtedly, without any doubt, certainly
- Ende
- End, conclusion, final point of something
- man
- One, you, people (impersonal pronoun)
- keinen
- No, not any (masculine accusative negative article)
- Dank
- Thanks, gratitude expressed toward someone
- dafür
- For it, for that, in return for something
- fühlen
- To feel, to sense or perceive emotionally
- sicher
- Safe, secure, certain, sure about something
- mehr
- More, anymore, no longer (comparative adverb)
- als
- Than, as, when (conjunction for comparison or time)
- erwartet
- Expected, anticipated as likely or due
- weckt
- Awakens, arouses, stirs up a feeling
- keinerlei
- No kind of, absolutely no, none whatsoever
- Dankbarkeit
- Gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of being grateful
- Wenn
- When, if (conditional or temporal conjunction)
- wäre
- Were, would be (subjunctive II of 'sein')
- würde
- Would (subjunctive II auxiliary for conditional statements)
- alles
- Everything, all things without exception
- täte
- Would do (subjunctive II of 'tun')
- ganz
- Entirely, completely, quite, wholly
- nach
- After, to, according to (preposition)
- eigenem
- Own (dative form of 'eigen', one's own)
- Ermessen
- Discretion, judgment, one's own assessment
- tun
- To do, to perform an action
- verpflichten
- To commit, obligate, or bind oneself to something
- ihnen
- Them, to them (dative third-person plural pronoun)
- jährlich
- Annual, yearly, occurring once a year
- irgendetwas
- Anything, something or other, any amount
- zukommen
- To let reach, to send or provide to someone
- lassen
- To let, allow, or have something done
- manchen
- Some, in some (dative plural of 'mancher')
- lästig
- Burdensome, annoying, inconvenient, troublesome
- hundert
- Hundred (the number 100)
- gar
- Even, at all, utterly (emphatic particle)
- fünfzig
- Fifty (the number 50)
- Pfund
- Pound (British currency or unit of weight)
- eigenen
- Own (inflected form of 'eigen', one's own)
- Ausgaben
- Expenses, expenditures, money spent on things
- erübrigen
- To spare, save, set aside money or effort
- glaube
- Believe, think (first-person singular of 'glauben')
- recht
- Right, correct, justly so
- Schatz
- Treasure, darling, term of endearment
- besser
- Better (comparative form of 'gut', good)
- Fall
- Case, instance, situation, or matter at hand
- Leibrente
- Life annuity, income paid for one's lifetime
- immer
- Always, ever, continually (temporal adverb)
- gelegentlich
- Occasional, from time to time, now and then
- geben
- To give, to hand over to someone
- mag
- May, might, like (modal verb third-person singular)
- weit
- Far, wide, distant, or by far
- nützlicher
- More useful, more beneficial (comparative of 'nützlich')
- jährliche
- Annual, yearly (adjective modifying a noun)
- Zuwendung
- Allowance, grant, financial support given to someone
- denn
- Because, for, since (causal conjunction)
- würden
- Would (subjunctive II plural/formal auxiliary verb)
- Lebensstil
- Lifestyle, way of living one's daily life
- ausweiten
- To expand, extend, widen in scope or size
- wenn
- When, if (conditional or temporal conjunction)
- größeren
- Larger, greater (genitive comparative of 'groß')
- Einkommens
- Income, earnings (genitive of 'Einkommen')
- wären
- Would be (subjunctive II plural of 'sein')
- reicher
- Richer, wealthier (comparative form of 'reich')
- gewiss
- Certainly, surely, definitely, without doubt
- weitem
- By far (dative of 'weit', used in fixed phrase)
- beste
- Best (superlative adjective of 'gut')
- Weg
- Way, path, road, method of doing something
- Geschenk
- Gift, present given to someone on occasion
- ab
- Off, from, away (separable prefix or preposition)
- verhindern
- To prevent, stop something from happening
- je
- Ever, each, per (adverb or distributive particle)
- Geldnot
- Financial distress, shortage of money
- geraten
- To get into, fall into a situation or state
- denke
- Think (first-person singular of 'denken')
- Versprechen
- Promise, commitment made to another person
- gegenüber
- Toward, opposite, in relation to someone
- Vater
- Father, male parent
- hinreichend
- Sufficiently, adequately, enough to satisfy
- erfüllen
- To fulfill, carry out, or satisfy an obligation
- Tat
- Deed, act, action; 'in der Tat' means indeed
- Wahrheit
- Truth, that which is true or factual
- sagen
- To say, to tell, to express in words
- selbst
- Myself, yourself, itself, even (reflexive intensifier)
- überzeugt
- Convinced, certain, persuaded of something
- Ihr
- Her, their, or your (formal possessive pronoun)
- geringste
- Slightest, least, smallest (superlative of 'gering')
- Absicht
- Intention, purpose, plan of action
- hatte
- Had (simple past of 'haben', to have)
- überhaupt
- At all, generally, in any way whatsoever
- Geld
- Money, currency used for transactions
- sollten
- Should, were supposed to (past subjunctive of 'sollen')
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