The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 5
He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was beloved by them.
Er war ein Mann von fünfundzwanzig oder sechsundzwanzig Jahren, von abstoßendem Äußeren, unterwürfig gegenüber seinen Vorgesetzten, anmaßend gegenüber seinen Untergebenen; und dies, verbunden mit seiner Stellung als verantwortlicher Agent an Bord, die den Matrosen stets verhasst ist, machte ihn bei der Mannschaft ebenso unbeliebt, wie Edmond Dantès von ihr geliebt wurde.
"Yes, he is young, and youth is invariably self-confident. Scarcely was the captain's breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting anyone, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct.
„Ja, er ist jung, und die Jugend ist stets selbstbewusst. Kaum hatte der Kapitän seinen letzten Atemzug getan, als er ohne jemanden zu befragen das Kommando übernahm, und er ließ uns anderthalb Tage auf der Insel Elba verlieren, anstatt direkt auf Marseille zuzuhalten.
Vocabulary
- war
- Past tense of 'sein'; he/she/it was
- Mann
- Adult male human being; a man
- fünfundzwanzig
- The cardinal number twenty-five
- sechsundzwanzig
- The cardinal number twenty-six
- Jahren
- Dative plural of 'Jahr'; years of age or time
- abstoßendem
- Repulsive or repellent in appearance or manner
- Äußeren
- Outward appearance; external look of a person
- unterwürfig
- Submissive or obsequious toward others in authority
- gegenüber
- Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'opposite' someone
- Vorgesetzten
- Superiors or bosses in a hierarchy or workplace
- anmaßend
- Arrogant or presumptuous in attitude toward others
- Untergebenen
- Subordinates; people ranked below one in hierarchy
- verbunden
- Connected or combined with something else
- Stellung
- Position, post, or role within an organization
- verantwortlicher
- Responsible or accountable person in a given role
- Agent
- Agent or representative acting on behalf of another
- Bord
- Board of a ship; on board a vessel
- Matrosen
- Sailors or seamen working aboard a ship
- stets
- Always or constantly without exception
- verhasst
- Hated or despised by others; deeply disliked
- Mannschaft
- Crew of a ship or members of a team
- ebenso
- Equally or just as much in the same way
- unbeliebt
- Unpopular or disliked by a group of people
- geliebt
- Past participle of 'lieben'; loved or adored by others
- wurde
- Past tense passive auxiliary meaning 'was' (became)
- jung
- Adjective meaning young in age or development
- Jugend
- Youth; the period of being young
- selbstbewusst
- Self-confident or self-assured in one's own abilities
- Kaum
- Adverb meaning 'hardly' or 'scarcely'; barely done
- Kapitän
- Captain; commander of a ship or vessel
- letzten
- Adjective meaning last or final in a sequence
- Atemzug
- A single breath; last breath before dying
- jemanden
- Accusative form of 'jemand'; someone or anybody
- befragen
- To question or consult someone for their opinion
- Kommando
- Command or authority over a ship or group
- übernahm
- Past tense of 'übernehmen'; took over or assumed control
- ließ
- Past tense of 'lassen'; let, allowed, or caused something
- anderthalb
- One and a half; numeral indicating 1.5 units
- Tage
- Plural of 'Tag'; days as units of time
- Insel
- An island surrounded by water on all sides
- verlieren
- To lose time, an object, or a contest
- anstatt
- Conjunction or preposition meaning 'instead of'
- direkt
- Directly or straight without detour or delay
- zuzuhalten
- To head straight toward a destination without stopping
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