The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 1
Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival
Kapitel 1. Marseille – Die Ankunft
On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the _Pharaon_ from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
Am 24. Februar 1815 meldete der Ausguck bei Notre-Dame de la Garde den Dreimaster _Pharaon_ aus Smyrna, Triest und Neapel.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
Wie üblich stach sogleich ein Lotse in See, umrundete das Château d'If und gelangte zwischen dem Kap Morgiou und der Insel Rion an Bord des Schiffes.
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the _Pharaon_, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
Sofort und wie es der Brauch war, füllten sich die Wälle des Fort Saint-Jean mit Zuschauern; es ist in Marseille stets ein Ereignis, wenn ein Schiff in den Hafen einläuft, besonders wenn dieses Schiff, wie der _Pharaon_, in den alten Docks von Phokäa gebaut, getakelt und beladen wurde und einem Reeder der Stadt gehört.
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
Das Schiff näherte sich und hatte die Meerenge, die irgendein vulkanischer Stoß zwischen den Inseln Calasareigne und Jaros gebildet hatte, sicher durchquert; es hatte Pomègue umrundet und näherte sich dem Hafen unter Marssegeln, Fock und Besan, jedoch so langsam und gemächlich, dass die Müßiggänger, mit jenem Instinkt, der dem Unglück vorausgeht, einander fragten, welches Missgeschick sich an Bord ereignet haben könnte.
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the _Pharaon_ towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Jedoch sahen die in der Seefahrt Erfahrenen deutlich, dass, wenn sich ein Unfall ereignet hatte, dieser nicht das Schiff selbst betroffen haben konnte, denn es lief mit allen Anzeichen geschickter Führung ein: der Anker seeklar, die Klüverbaumbeschläge bereits losgeworfen, und neben dem Lotsen, der den _Pharaon_ auf den schmalen Eingang des inneren Hafens zusteuerte, stand ein junger Mann, der mit Regsamkeit und wachem Auge jede Bewegung des Schiffes verfolgte und jede Anweisung des Lotsen wiederholte.
Vocabulary
- Kapitel
- Chapter; a major division of a book
- Ankunft
- Arrival; the act of reaching a destination
- Am
- On the; contraction used with dates and times
- Februar
- February; the second month of the year
- meldete
- Reported; past tense of melden, to announce
- Ausguck
- Lookout; person posted to watch for ships
- bei
- At, near, or by; common preposition of location
- Garde
- Guard; protective watch or military unit
- Dreimaster
- Three-masted ship; a sailing vessel with three masts
- aus
- From or out of; preposition indicating origin
- Neapel
- Naples; major city and port in southern Italy
- Wie
- How or as; used for comparisons and questions
- üblich
- Usual; commonly done or expected in practice
- stach
- Put to sea; past tense of stechen, to sail out
- sogleich
- Immediately; right away without any delay
- Lotse
- Pilot; navigator who guides ships into port
- See
- Sea; large body of open saltwater
- umrundete
- Rounded; past tense of umrunden, to sail around
- gelangte
- Reached; past tense of gelangen, to arrive at
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating a middle position
- Kap
- Cape; a headland or promontory jutting into sea
- Insel
- Island; a landmass completely surrounded by water
- Bord
- Board; side or deck of a ship
- Schiffes
- Of the ship; genitive form of Schiff
- Sofort
- Immediately; at once without any hesitation
- wie
- As or how; used in comparisons and questions
- Brauch
- Custom; an established tradition or practice
- füllten
- Filled; past tense of füllen, to fill up
- Wälle
- Ramparts; defensive walls or embankments of a fort
- Fort
- Fort; a military fortification for defense
- Zuschauern
- Spectators; people watching an event or scene
- stets
- Always; at all times without exception
- Ereignis
- Event; a notable occurrence or happening
- wenn
- When or if; conjunction for time or condition
- Schiff
- Ship; a large vessel for water transport
- Hafen
- Harbor; a sheltered port for ships to dock
- einläuft
- Enters port; a ship arriving and docking
- besonders
- Especially; to a greater degree than usual
- Docks
- Docks; structures where ships are loaded or repaired
- gebaut
- Built; past participle of bauen, to construct
- getakelt
- Rigged; fitted with sails and ropes for sailing
- beladen
- Loaded; carrying cargo on board a vessel
- wurde
- Was or became; past passive auxiliary verb
- Reeder
- Shipowner; a person who owns and operates ships
- Stadt
- City; an urban settlement or town
- gehört
- Belongs to; present tense of gehören, to own
- näherte
- Approached; past tense of nähern, to come near
- Meerenge
- Strait; a narrow passage of water between landmasses
- irgendein
- Some or any; indefinite pronoun meaning any one
- vulkanischer
- Volcanic; relating to or caused by volcanic activity
- Stoß
- Thrust or shock; a sudden forceful push or impact
- Inseln
- Islands; plural of Insel, landmasses surrounded by water
- gebildet
- Formed; past participle of bilden, to form or create
- sicher
- Safely or certainly; without risk or doubt
- durchquert
- Crossed; past participle of durchqueren, to traverse
- umrundet
- Rounded; past participle of umrunden, to sail around
- unter
- Under or beneath; preposition of lower position
- Marssegeln
- Topsails; sails on the second mast section
- Fock
- Foresail; the sail at the front of a ship
- Besan
- Mizzen; the rearmost sail on a sailing vessel
- jedoch
- However; a conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- langsam
- Slowly; at a low speed, not fast
- gemächlich
- Leisurely; in an unhurried and comfortable manner
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- Müßiggänger
- Idlers; people who loiter without purpose or work
- Instinkt
- Instinct; an innate natural impulse or tendency
- Unglück
- Misfortune; bad luck or a tragic event
- vorausgeht
- Precedes; goes ahead of or comes before something
- einander
- Each other; reciprocal pronoun for mutual action
- fragten
- Asked; past tense of fragen, to ask a question
- welches
- Which; interrogative or relative pronoun for neuter nouns
- Missgeschick
- Mishap; a minor accident or unfortunate incident
- ereignet
- Occurred; past participle of ereignen, to happen
- könnte
- Could; subjunctive form of können, expressing possibility
- Jedoch
- However; conjunction expressing a contrast or exception
- sahen
- Saw; past tense of sehen, to see or observe
- Seefahrt
- Seafaring; the practice of traveling or working at sea
- Erfahrenen
- Experienced ones; people with practical knowledge and skill
- deutlich
- Clearly; in a way that is easy to understand
- Unfall
- Accident; an unexpected harmful or damaging event
- selbst
- Itself or oneself; emphasizing pronoun or reflexive form
- betroffen
- Affected; past participle meaning struck or impacted
- konnte
- Could; past tense of können, to be able
- denn
- For or because; causal conjunction or flavoring particle
- lief
- Ran or sailed; past tense of laufen, to run
- allen
- All; dative form of alle, meaning every one
- Anzeichen
- Signs; indications or symptoms of something forthcoming
- geschickter
- Skillful; comparative or declined form of geschickt
- Führung
- Leadership or guidance; the act of directing others
- Anker
- Anchor; heavy device dropped to hold a ship
- seeklar
- Ready to sail; prepared for departure at sea
- bereits
- Already; having occurred before the expected time
- losgeworfen
- Cast off; past participle meaning ropes released for departure
- neben
- Next to or beside; preposition of proximity
- Lotsen
- Pilot; dative or genitive form of Lotse, ship navigator
- schmalen
- Narrow; declined adjective meaning slim or restricted
- Eingang
- Entrance; a way in or the act of entering
- inneren
- Inner; declined adjective meaning interior or inside
- Hafens
- Of the harbor; genitive form of Hafen
- zusteuerte
- Steered toward; past tense of zusteuern, to head for
- stand
- Stood; past tense of stehen, to stand upright
- junger
- Young; nominative declined adjective for masculine nouns
- Mann
- Man; an adult male person
- Regsamkeit
- Alertness or agility; the quality of being lively and active
- wachem
- Watchful; dative declined adjective meaning alert and attentive
- Auge
- Eye; the organ of sight in humans and animals
- jede
- Every or each; indefinite pronoun for singular items
- Bewegung
- Movement; the act of moving or a motion
- verfolgte
- Followed or tracked; past tense of verfolgen, to pursue
- Anweisung
- Instruction; a directive or order given to someone
- wiederholte
- Repeated; past tense of wiederholen, to say again
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