The Brothers Karamazov — Page 2
He lived for many years afterwards abroad, but was at that time quite a young man, and distinguished among the Miüsovs as a man of enlightened ideas and of European culture, who had been in the capitals and abroad.
Er lebte viele Jahre danach im Ausland, war aber zu jener Zeit noch ein recht junger Mann und galt unter den Mjussows als ein Mann von aufgeklärten Ideen und europäischer Bildung, der sich in den Hauptstädten und im Ausland aufgehalten hatte.
Towards the end of his life he became a Liberal of the type common in the forties and fifties.
Gegen Ende seines Lebens wurde er ein Liberaler des Typus, der in den vierziger und fünfziger Jahren verbreitet war.
In the course of his career he had come into contact with many of the most Liberal men of his epoch, both in Russia and abroad.
Im Laufe seiner Laufbahn war er mit vielen der bedeutendsten Liberalen seiner Epoche in Berührung gekommen, sowohl in Russland als auch im Ausland.
He had known Proudhon and Bakunin personally, and in his declining years was very fond of describing the three days of the Paris Revolution of February 1848, hinting that he himself had almost taken part in the fighting on the barricades.
Er hatte Proudhon und Bakunin persönlich gekannt und pflegte in seinen späteren Jahren sehr gern die drei Tage der Pariser Revolution vom Februar 1848 zu schildern, wobei er andeutete, dass er selbst beinahe an den Kämpfen auf den Barrikaden teilgenommen hätte.
This was one of the most grateful recollections of his youth.
Dies war eine der schönsten Erinnerungen seiner Jugend.
He had an independent property of about a thousand souls, to reckon in the old style.
Er besaß ein unabhängiges Gut von etwa tausend Seelen, nach alter Rechnung.
His splendid estate lay on the outskirts of our little town and bordered on the lands of our famous monastery, with which Pyotr Alexandrovitch began an endless lawsuit, almost as soon as he came into the estate, concerning the rights of fishing in the river or wood-cutting in the forest, I don't know exactly which.
Sein prächtiges Gut lag am Rande unserer kleinen Stadt und grenzte an die Ländereien unseres berühmten Klosters, mit dem Pjotr Alexandrowitsch fast unmittelbar nach der Übernahme des Gutes einen endlosen Rechtsstreit begann, der die Fischereirechte am Fluss oder die Holzfällrechte im Wald betraf, ich weiß nicht genau welche.
He regarded it as his duty as a citizen and a man of culture to open an attack upon the "clericals.
Er betrachtete es als seine Pflicht als Bürger und Kulturmensch, einen Angriff auf die „Kleriker" zu eröffnen.
Vocabulary
- lebte
- Past tense of 'leben'; he lived
- viele
- Many; a large number of something
- Jahre
- Plural of 'Jahr'; years
- danach
- After that; subsequently
- Ausland
- Foreign country; abroad
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; was
- aber
- Conjunction meaning 'but' or 'however'
- jener
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' or 'those'
- Zeit
- Time; a period or moment
- noch
- Still; yet; even
- recht
- Quite; rather; fairly
- junger
- Adjective form of 'jung'; young man
- Mann
- A male adult; man
- galt
- Past tense of 'gelten'; was considered valid
- unter
- Preposition meaning 'under' or 'among'
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'as' or 'than'
- aufgeklärten
- Enlightened; having progressive or liberal ideas
- Ideen
- Plural of 'Idee'; ideas, concepts
- europäischer
- Of or relating to Europe; European
- Bildung
- Education; cultivation; cultural formation
- Hauptstädten
- Plural of 'Hauptstadt'; capital cities
- aufgehalten
- Past participle of 'aufhalten'; stayed, sojourned
- Gegen
- Preposition meaning 'against' or 'toward'
- Ende
- End; conclusion of a period or thing
- Lebens
- Genitive of 'Leben'; of life
- wurde
- Past tense of 'werden'; became
- Liberaler
- A liberal; person with progressive political views
- Typus
- Type; characteristic kind or category
- vierziger
- Relating to the forties; of the 1840s
- fünfziger
- Relating to the fifties; of the 1850s
- verbreitet
- Widespread; commonly found or distributed
- Laufe
- Course; progression; 'im Laufe' means 'in the course of'
- Laufbahn
- Career; professional path or course
- bedeutendsten
- Superlative of 'bedeutend'; most significant people
- Liberalen
- Plural of 'Liberaler'; liberals
- Epoche
- Epoch; a significant historical era or period
- Berührung
- Contact; touch; in Berührung kommen means to come into contact
- gekommen
- Past participle of 'kommen'; come
- sowohl
- Both; as well as; used in 'sowohl...als auch'
- Russland
- Russia; the country Russia
- persönlich
- Personally; in person; face to face
- gekannt
- Past participle of 'kennen'; known personally
- pflegte
- Past tense of 'pflegen'; was accustomed to doing
- späteren
- Later; referring to a subsequent time
- sehr
- Very; to a great degree
- gern
- Gladly; willingly; with pleasure
- drei
- The number three
- Tage
- Plural of 'Tag'; days
- Pariser
- Of or relating to Paris; Parisian
- Revolution
- Revolution; a radical political or social upheaval
- Februar
- February; the second month of the year
- schildern
- To describe; to depict vividly in narrative
- wobei
- In doing so; whereby; in the process
- andeutete
- Past tense of 'andeuten'; hinted, suggested
- selbst
- Himself; oneself; even
- beinahe
- Almost; nearly; not quite
- Kämpfen
- Plural of 'Kampf'; battles, fights, struggles
- Barrikaden
- Plural of 'Barrikade'; barricades in street fighting
- teilgenommen
- Past participle of 'teilnehmen'; participated, taken part
- hätte
- Subjunctive II of 'haben'; would have had
- schönsten
- Superlative of 'schön'; most beautiful, finest
- Erinnerungen
- Plural of 'Erinnerung'; memories, recollections
- Jugend
- Youth; the period of being young
- besaß
- Past tense of 'besitzen'; owned, possessed
- unabhängiges
- Independent; self-governing; not dependent on others
- Gut
- Estate; landed property; a country manor
- etwa
- About; approximately; roughly
- tausend
- One thousand; the number 1000
- Seelen
- Plural of 'Seele'; souls; serfs counted as souls
- alter
- Old; of an earlier time; former
- Rechnung
- Calculation; bill; reckoning by old measure
- prächtiges
- Splendid; magnificent; grand and impressive
- lag
- Past tense of 'liegen'; lay, was situated
- Rande
- Dative of 'Rand'; on the edge, outskirts
- Stadt
- City; town; urban settlement
- grenzte
- Past tense of 'grenzen'; bordered, was adjacent to
- Ländereien
- Plural of 'Länderei'; lands, estates, tracts of land
- berühmten
- Adjective form of 'berühmt'; famous, renowned
- Klosters
- Genitive of 'Kloster'; of the monastery
- fast
- Almost; nearly; virtually
- unmittelbar
- Immediately; directly; without intermediary
- Übernahme
- Takeover; acquisition; assumption of ownership
- endlosen
- Adjective form of 'endlos'; endless, never-ending
- Rechtsstreit
- Lawsuit; legal dispute between parties
- begann
- Past tense of 'beginnen'; began, started
- Fischereirechte
- Fishing rights; legal entitlement to fish
- Fluss
- River; a large natural stream of water
- Holzfällrechte
- Logging rights; entitlement to fell trees
- Wald
- Forest; woods; a large wooded area
- betraf
- Past tense of 'betreffen'; concerned, was about
- weiß
- Present tense of 'wissen'; I know
- genau
- Exactly; precisely; accurately
- welche
- Which; what; a relative or interrogative pronoun
- betrachtete
- Past tense of 'betrachten'; regarded, considered
- Pflicht
- Duty; obligation; moral or civic responsibility
- Bürger
- Citizen; resident; member of civil society
- Kulturmensch
- Cultured person; a civilized, educated individual
- Angriff
- Attack; assault; offensive action
- Kleriker
- Cleric; member of the clergy or church
- eröffnen
- To open; to launch; to initiate an attack
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