The King in Yellow — Page 8
The inauguration ceremonies were in progress as I crossed University Place and entered the square.
Die Einweihungszeremonien waren im Gange, als ich den University Place überquerte und den Platz betrat.
I threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police.
Ich bahnte mir einen Weg durch die schweigende Menschenmenge der Zuschauer, wurde jedoch an der Fourth Street durch eine Polizeikette aufgehalten.
A regiment of United States lancers were drawn up in a hollow square round the Lethal Chamber.
Ein Regiment amerikanischer Lanzenreiter war in einem hohlen Karree rund um die Tödliche Kammer aufgestellt.
On a raised tribune facing Washington Park stood the Governor of New York, and behind him were grouped the Mayor of New York and Brooklyn, the Inspector-General of Police, the Commandant of the state troops, Colonel Livingston, military aid to the President of the United States, General Blount, commanding at Governor's Island, Major-General Hamilton, commanding the garrison of New York and Brooklyn, Admiral Buffby of the fleet in the North River, Surgeon-General Lanceford, the staff of the National Free Hospital, Senators Wyse and Franklin of New York, and the Commissioner of Public Works.
Auf einer erhöhten Tribüne mit Blick auf den Washington Park stand der Gouverneur von New York, und hinter ihm gruppierten sich der Bürgermeister von New York und Brooklyn, der Generalinspekteur der Polizei, der Kommandant der Staatstruppen, Oberst Livingston, Militäradjutant des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten, General Blount, kommandierender Offizier auf Governors Island, Generalmajor Hamilton, kommandierender Offizier der Garnison von New York und Brooklyn, Admiral Buffby der Flotte auf dem North River, Sanitätsgeneral Lanceford, der Stab des Nationalen Freien Krankenhauses, die Senatoren Wyse und Franklin aus New York sowie der Kommissar für öffentliche Arbeiten.
The tribune was surrounded by a squadron of hussars of the National Guard.
Die Tribüne war von einem Geschwader Husaren der Nationalgarde umgeben.
The Governor was finishing his reply to the short speech of the Surgeon-General.
Der Gouverneur beendete gerade seine Antwort auf die kurze Rede des Sanitätsgenerals.
I heard him say: "The laws prohibiting suicide and providing punishment for any attempt at self-destruction have been repealed.
Ich hörte ihn sagen: „Die Gesetze, die Selbstmord verbieten und eine Bestrafung für jeden Versuch der Selbstzerstörung vorsehen, wurden aufgehoben.
The Government has seen fit to acknowledge the right of man to end an existence which may have become intolerable to him, through physical suffering or mental despair.
Die Regierung hat es für angemessen erachtet, das Recht des Menschen anzuerkennen, eine Existenz zu beenden, die ihm durch körperliches Leiden oder geistige Verzweiflung unerträglich geworden sein mag.
It is believed that the community will be benefited by the removal of such people from their midst.
Es wird angenommen, dass die Gemeinschaft von der Entfernung solcher Menschen aus ihrer Mitte profitieren wird.
Vocabulary
- Einweihungszeremonien
- Inauguration or dedication ceremonies
- waren
- Past tense of 'sein': were
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem': in the
- Gange
- In progress, underway, happening
- als
- When, as (conjunction for past events)
- überquerte
- Crossed over (a street or space)
- Platz
- Square, place, or open public space
- betrat
- Entered, stepped into a place
- bahnte
- Cleared or forged (a path)
- Weg
- Path, way, route through something
- durch
- Preposition: through, across
- schweigende
- Silent, quietly standing (adjective form)
- Menschenmenge
- Crowd of people gathered together
- Zuschauer
- Spectators, onlookers watching an event
- wurde
- Past passive auxiliary: was, became
- jedoch
- However, yet (contrastive conjunction/adverb)
- Polizeikette
- Police cordon or chain blocking passage
- aufgehalten
- Stopped, detained, held back
- Regiment
- Military regiment, a large army unit
- amerikanischer
- American (adjective, genitive/dative form)
- Lanzenreiter
- Lancers, cavalry soldiers armed with lances
- hohlen
- Hollow, empty (adjective form)
- Karree
- Square formation of troops arranged defensively
- rund
- Round, around (preposition/adjective)
- Tödliche
- Deadly, lethal (adjective, nominative form)
- Kammer
- Chamber, room (here: Lethal Chamber)
- aufgestellt
- Positioned, arranged, set up in formation
- erhöhten
- Elevated, raised (adjective form)
- Tribüne
- Grandstand, platform, or raised viewing stand
- Blick
- View, glance, sight toward something
- stand
- Past tense of 'stehen': stood
- Gouverneur
- Governor, head of a state or region
- hinter
- Preposition: behind, at the back of
- gruppierten
- Grouped themselves, arranged around someone
- Bürgermeister
- Mayor, elected head of a city
- Generalinspekteur
- Inspector general, high-ranking oversight official
- Polizei
- Police, law enforcement authority
- Kommandant
- Commandant, commanding officer of a unit
- Staatstruppen
- State troops, government military forces
- Oberst
- Colonel, senior military officer rank
- Militäradjutant
- Military adjutant, officer assisting a commander
- Präsidenten
- President (genitive/dative form)
- Vereinigten
- United (adjective, genitive form)
- Staaten
- States (plural), countries or political units
- General
- General, highest-ranking military officer
- kommandierender
- Commanding (adjective), leading a military unit
- Offizier
- Officer, a commissioned military rank holder
- Generalmajor
- Major general, a high-ranking army officer
- Garnison
- Garrison, military troops stationed at a location
- Admiral
- Admiral, highest-ranking naval officer
- Flotte
- Fleet, a group of naval vessels
- Sanitätsgeneral
- Surgeon general, head of public health services
- Stab
- Staff, group of military or administrative advisors
- Nationalen
- National (adjective, genitive form)
- Freien
- Free (adjective, genitive form)
- Krankenhauses
- Hospital (genitive form), medical care facility
- Senatoren
- Senators, elected legislative officials
- sowie
- As well as, and also (conjunction)
- Kommissar
- Commissioner, official overseeing a public department
- öffentliche
- Public (adjective), relating to the community
- Arbeiten
- Works, tasks, or public infrastructure projects
- Geschwader
- Squadron, a military or naval unit group
- Husaren
- Hussars, light cavalry soldiers in uniform
- Nationalgarde
- National Guard, reserve military defense force
- umgeben
- Surrounded, encircled by people or things
- beendete
- Finished, concluded, brought to an end
- gerade
- Just, right now, at this very moment
- Antwort
- Answer, response to a question or speech
- kurze
- Short, brief (adjective form)
- Rede
- Speech, formal spoken address to audience
- Sanitätsgenerals
- Surgeon general's (genitive form)
- hörte
- Heard, listened to (past tense)
- sagen
- To say, to state or express verbally
- Gesetze
- Laws, legal statutes enacted by government
- Selbstmord
- Suicide, the act of killing oneself
- verbieten
- To prohibit, forbid, make something illegal
- Bestrafung
- Punishment, penalty imposed for an offense
- jeden
- Every, each (accusative masculine form)
- Versuch
- Attempt, try, effort to do something
- Selbstzerstörung
- Self-destruction, harming or ending oneself
- vorsehen
- To provide for, stipulate, or prescribe
- wurden
- Past passive auxiliary (plural): were
- aufgehoben
- Repealed, abolished, lifted (a law or rule)
- Regierung
- Government, the ruling authority of a state
- angemessen
- Appropriate, suitable, fitting for the situation
- erachtet
- Deemed, considered, judged to be appropriate
- Recht
- Right, entitlement, or legal claim
- Menschen
- People, humans, persons (plural)
- anzuerkennen
- To recognize, acknowledge, accept officially
- Existenz
- Existence, the state of being alive
- beenden
- To end, terminate, bring something to close
- körperliches
- Physical, bodily (adjective, neuter form)
- Leiden
- Suffering, pain, or affliction endured
- geistige
- Mental, intellectual, spiritual (adjective form)
- Verzweiflung
- Despair, hopelessness, deep emotional distress
- unerträglich
- Unbearable, intolerable, impossible to endure
- geworden
- Become (past participle of 'werden')
- mag
- May, might (modal verb expressing possibility)
- angenommen
- Assumed, accepted, taken for granted
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction)
- Gemeinschaft
- Community, society, group of people together
- Entfernung
- Removal, distance, elimination of someone
- solcher
- Such (pronoun/adjective, genitive form)
- Mitte
- Middle, center, midst of a group
- profitieren
- To profit, benefit, gain from something
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