The Great Gatsby — Page 7
Gatsby, it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name.
Gatsby, es war ein Herrenhaus, das von einem Herrn dieses Namens bewohnt wurde.
My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I had a view of the water, a partial view of my neighbour's lawn, and the consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month.
Mein eigenes Haus war ein Schandfleck, aber es war ein kleiner Schandfleck, und er war übersehen worden, sodass ich einen Blick auf das Wasser hatte, einen teilweisen Blick auf den Rasen meines Nachbarn und die tröstliche Nähe von Millionären – alles für achtzig Dollar im Monat.
Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans.
Jenseits der freundlichen Bucht glitzerten die weißen Paläste des vornehmen East Egg am Wasser entlang, und die Geschichte des Sommers beginnt eigentlich an jenem Abend, als ich hinüberfuhr, um bei den Tom Buchanans zu Abend zu essen.
Daisy was my second cousin once removed, and I'd known Tom in college.
Daisy war meine Cousine zweiten Grades, und Tom hatte ich vom College gekannt.
And just after the war I spent two days with them in Chicago.
Und kurz nach dem Krieg verbrachte ich zwei Tage mit ihnen in Chicago.
Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven—a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savours of anticlimax.
Ihr Mann war neben verschiedenen körperlichen Leistungen einer der kraftvollsten Flügelspieler gewesen, die je in New Haven Football gespielt hatten – gewissermaßen eine nationale Figur, einer jener Männer, die mit einundzwanzig eine so ausgeprägte, begrenzte Vortrefflichkeit erreichen, dass danach alles nach Antiklimax schmeckt.
His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—but now he'd left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance, he'd brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest.
Seine Familie war enorm wohlhabend – schon im College war sein lässiger Umgang mit Geld ein Grund zur Missbilligung –, aber jetzt hatte er Chicago verlassen und war auf eine Weise in den Osten gekommen, die einem den Atem verschlug: Er hatte zum Beispiel eine Reihe von Polopferden aus Lake Forest mitgebracht.
It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.
Es war schwer zu begreifen, dass ein Mann meiner eigenen Generation wohlhabend genug war, so etwas zu tun.
Why they came East I don't know.
Warum sie in den Osten kamen, weiß ich nicht.
Vocabulary
- es
- It; third person singular neuter pronoun.
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be).
- ein
- A/an; indefinite article (masculine nominative).
- Herrenhaus
- Manor house; large estate house of a gentleman.
- das
- The; definite article (neuter nominative/accusative).
- von
- Of/from; preposition indicating possession or origin.
- einem
- A/an; indefinite article (dative masculine).
- Herrn
- Mr./gentleman; male person of social standing.
- dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun (neuter nominative).
- Namens
- Of the name; genitive form of Name.
- bewohnt
- Inhabited/occupied; past participle of bewohnen.
- wurde
- Was; past tense of werden (auxiliary for passive).
- Mein
- My; first person possessive pronoun (neuter).
- eigenes
- Own; personal or individual possession.
- Haus
- House; building used as residence.
- Schandfleck
- Eyesore; something that looks ugly or shameful.
- aber
- But; conjunction introducing contrast or exception.
- kleiner
- Smaller; comparative form of klein (small).
- und
- And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun.
- übersehen
- Overlooked; past participle of übersehen (to overlook).
- worden
- Been; past participle of werden (auxiliary).
- sodass
- So that; conjunction showing result or purpose.
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun.
- einen
- A/an; indefinite article (masculine accusative).
- Blick
- View/glance; visual perception or glimpse.
- auf
- On/onto; preposition indicating position or direction.
- Wasser
- Water; liquid essential to life.
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben (to have).
- teilweisen
- Partial; adjective indicating incomplete or part of something.
- den
- The; definite article (masculine accusative).
- Rasen
- Lawn; grass-covered ground around a property.
- meines
- My; first person possessive (genitive neuter).
- Nachbarn
- Neighbor; person living nearby.
- die
- The; definite article (feminine nominative/accusative).
- tröstliche
- Comforting/consoling; providing comfort or reassurance.
- Nähe
- Proximity/nearness; state of being close.
- Millionären
- Millionaires; people with wealth of one million.
- alles
- Everything; all things collectively.
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or recipient.
- achtzig
- Eighty; number 80.
- im
- In the; contraction of in + dem.
- Monat
- Month; period of approximately thirty days.
- Jenseits
- Beyond; on the other side of something.
- der
- The; definite article (feminine/genitive/dative).
- freundlichen
- Friendly/pleasant; having a pleasant atmosphere.
- Bucht
- Bay; body of water partially enclosed by land.
- glitzerten
- Glittered; past tense of glitzern (to glitter).
- weißen
- White; color of purity or light.
- Paläste
- Palaces; grand official residences.
- des
- Of the; genitive form of definite article.
- vornehmen
- Elegant/distinguished; characteristic of upper social class.
- am
- At the; contraction of an + dem.
- entlang
- Along; extending in length beside something.
- Geschichte
- Story; narrative account of events.
- Sommers
- Summer's; possessive form of Sommer (summer).
- beginnt
- Begins; present tense of beginnen (to begin).
- eigentlich
- Actually; in reality or to tell truth.
- an
- At/on; preposition indicating time or place.
- jenem
- That; demonstrative pronoun (dative masculine).
- Abend
- Evening; period from sunset to bedtime.
- als
- When/as; conjunction indicating time or comparison.
- hinüberfuhr
- Went over; past tense of hinüberfahren (to go across).
- um
- Around; preposition indicating purpose or time.
- bei
- At/with; preposition indicating location or company.
- zu
- To; preposition indicating direction or purpose.
- essen
- Eat; to consume food.
- meine
- My; first person possessive pronoun (feminine).
- Cousine
- Cousin; female relative of same generation.
- zweiten
- Second; ordinal number indicating order.
- Grades
- Degree/grade; level or rank of relationship.
- vom
- From the; contraction of von + dem.
- College
- College; institution of higher education.
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