The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 4
He was eating an apple, and giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was personating a steamboat.
Er aß einen Apfel und stieß von Zeit zu Zeit einen langen, melodiösen Schrei aus, dem ein tieftönendes Ding-Dong-Dong, Ding-Dong-Dong folgte, denn er stellte ein Dampfschiff dar.
As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water.
Als er näher kam, verlangsamte er seine Geschwindigkeit, nahm die Mitte der Straße, lehnte sich weit nach Steuerbord und drehte schwerfällig und mit mühsamem Pomp und Prunk bei — denn er stellte den Großen Missouri dar und betrachtete sich selbst als neun Fuß tief gehend.
He was boat and captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them:
Er war Schiff, Kapitän und Maschinenglocken in einem, und so musste er sich vorstellen, auf seinem eigenen Hurikaandeck zu stehen, die Befehle zu erteilen und auszuführen:
"Stop her, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling!" The headway ran almost out, and he drew up slowly toward the sidewalk.
„Stopp, Sir! Ting-a-ling-ling!" Der Schwung war fast verbraucht, und er fuhr langsam auf den Gehsteig zu.
"Ship up to back! Ting-a-ling-ling!" His arms straightened and stiffened down his sides.
„Maschine rückwärts! Ting-a-ling-ling!" Seine Arme streckten und versteiften sich an seinen Seiten.
"Set her back on the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow! ch-chow-wow! Chow!" His right hand, mean-time, describing stately circles—for it was representing a forty-foot wheel.
„Steuerbord rückwärts! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow! Ch-chow-wow! Chow!" Seine rechte Hand beschrieb inzwischen majestätische Kreise — denn sie stellte ein vierzig Fuß großes Rad dar.
"Let her go back on the labboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ch-chow-chow!" The left hand began to describe circles.
„Backbord rückwärts! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ch-chow-chow!" Die linke Hand begann, Kreise zu beschreiben.
"Stop the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Stop the labboard! Come ahead on the stabboard! Stop her! Let your outside turn over slow! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ow-ow! Get out that head-line! _lively_ now! Come—out with your spring-line—what're you about there! Take a turn round that stump with the bight of it! Stand by that stage, now—let her go! Done with the engines, sir! Ting-a-ling-ling! SH'T! S'H'T! SH'T!" (trying the gauge-cocks).
„Steuerbord stopp! Ting-a-ling-ling! Backbord stopp! Steuerbord vorwärts! Stopp! Außenbords langsam drehen! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ow-ow! Bugleine raus! Flott jetzt! Komm — mit der Springleine raus — was machst du da! Einen Törn um diesen Baumstumpf damit! Bereit an der Gangway, jetzt — los! Maschinen fertig, Sir! Ting-a-ling-ling! SH'T! S'H'T! SH'T!" (die Prüfhähne betätigend).
Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat.
Tom tünchte weiter — schenkte dem Dampfschiff keine Beachtung.
Ben stared a moment and then said: "_Hi-Yi!
Ben starrte einen Moment und sagte dann: „Hi-Yi!
Vocabulary
- Er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- aß
- Ate; past tense of essen (to eat)
- einen
- A/an; accusative masculine singular article
- Apfel
- Apple; common fruit
- und
- And; basic conjunction
- stieß
- Pushed; past tense of stoßen (to push)
- von
- From; preposition indicating origin or possession
- Zeit
- Time; temporal concept
- zu
- To; preposition indicating direction or purpose
- langen
- Long; lasting considerable duration or distance
- Schrei
- Scream; loud vocal exclamation
- aus
- Out; preposition indicating origin or direction
- dem
- The; dative masculine/neuter singular article
- ein
- A/an; indefinite article
- folgte
- Followed; past tense of folgen (to follow)
- denn
- Because/then; conjunction or flavoring particle
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- stellte
- Represented; past tense of stellen (to represent)
- Als
- When/as; temporal or comparative conjunction
- näher
- Nearer/closer; comparative form of nah
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen (to come)
- verlangsamte
- Slowed down; past tense of verlangsamen
- seine
- His; third person singular masculine possessive
- Geschwindigkeit
- Speed; rate of motion or progress
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen (to take)
- die
- The; definite article for feminine/plural
- Mitte
- Middle; central or midpoint location
- der
- The; definite article for masculine/plural
- Straße
- Street; public road through town
- lehnte
- Leaned; past tense of lehnen (to lean)
- sich
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun
- weit
- Far/wide; extending considerable distance
- nach
- After/to; preposition of direction or time
- drehte
- Turned; past tense of drehen (to turn)
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- bei
- At/near; preposition indicating location
- den
- The; definite article accusative/dative plural
- Großen
- Great; adjective form meaning large or grand
- betrachtete
- Considered; past tense of betrachten (to regard)
- selbst
- Self; reflexive pronoun for emphasis
- als
- As; comparison or identity conjunction
- neun
- Nine; cardinal number
- Fuß
- Foot; unit of measurement or body part
- tief
- Deep; extending far down below surface
- gehend
- Going; present participle of gehen
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- Schiff
- Ship; large vessel for water transport
- Kapitän
- Captain; commanding officer of ship
- in
- In; preposition indicating location
- einem
- A/an; dative masculine/neuter singular article
- so
- So; adverb of manner or degree
- musste
- Had to; past tense of müssen (must)
- vorstellen
- Imagine/represent; to picture or depict
- auf
- On/upon; preposition indicating surface location
- seinem
- His; possessive pronoun dative masculine
- eigenen
- Own; adjective indicating possession
- stehen
- Stand; to be in upright position
- Befehle
- Orders/commands; plural of Befehl
- erteilen
- Give/issue; to deliver or grant
- auszuführen
- Execute; to carry out or perform
- Stopp
- Stop; command to cease movement
- Der
- The; definite article masculine singular
- Schwung
- Momentum/swing; force of motion
- fast
- Almost; nearly or practically
- verbraucht
- Consumed/exhausted; used up or spent
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