The King in Yellow — Page 9
Since the passage of this law, the number of suicides in the United States has not increased.
Seit der Verabschiedung dieses Gesetzes hat die Zahl der Selbstmorde in den Vereinigten Staaten nicht zugenommen.
Now the Government has determined to establish a Lethal Chamber in every city, town and village in the country, it remains to be seen whether or not that class of human creatures from whose desponding ranks new victims of self-destruction fall daily will accept the relief thus provided.
Da die Regierung nun beschlossen hat, in jeder Stadt, jedem Städtchen und jedem Dorf des Landes eine Todeskammer zu errichten, bleibt abzuwarten, ob jene Klasse menschlicher Wesen, aus deren verzweifelten Reihen täglich neue Opfer der Selbstzerstörung hervorgehen, die so bereitgestellte Erleichterung annehmen wird oder nicht.
He paused, and turned to the white Lethal Chamber.
Er hielt inne und wandte sich der weißen Todeskammer zu.
The silence in the street was absolute.
Die Stille auf der Straße war vollkommen.
"There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.
„Dort erwartet einen schmerzlosen Tod, wer die Leiden dieses Lebens nicht länger ertragen kann.
The solemn hush was broken by a sharp cry of command, the squadron of hussars filed after the Governor's carriage, the lancers wheeled and formed along Fifth Avenue to wait for the commandant of the garrison, and the mounted police followed them.
Die feierliche Stille wurde durch einen scharfen Befehlsruf unterbrochen, das Husarengeschwader reihte sich hinter der Kutsche des Gouverneurs ein, die Lanzenreiter schwenkten ab und formierten sich entlang der Fifth Avenue, um auf den Kommandanten der Garnison zu warten, und die berittene Polizei folgte ihnen.
I left the crowd to gape and stare at the white marble Death Chamber, and, crossing South Fifth Avenue, walked along the western side of that thoroughfare to Bleecker Street.
Ich überließ die Menge dem Gaffen und Starren auf die weiße Marmor-Todeskammer, und überquerte die South Fifth Avenue, um an der westlichen Seite jener Durchgangsstraße bis zur Bleecker Street entlangzugehen.
Vocabulary
- Seit
- Since; indicates a starting point in time
- der
- Definite article: the (masculine/genitive plural)
- Verabschiedung
- Passing or adoption of a law or bill
- dieses
- This (genitive form of dieser)
- Gesetzes
- Of the law; genitive form of Gesetz
- hat
- Has; third-person singular present of haben
- die
- Definite article: the (feminine/plural)
- Zahl
- Number or count of something
- Selbstmorde
- Suicides; plural of Selbstmord
- in
- In; preposition indicating location or time
- den
- Definite article: the (dative plural/accusative masculine)
- Vereinigten
- United; adjective used in United States
- Staaten
- States; plural of Staat
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- zugenommen
- Increased; past participle of zunehmen
- Da
- Since/because; introduces a causal clause
- Regierung
- Government; the ruling political authority
- nun
- Now; at this point in time
- beschlossen
- Decided; past participle of beschließen
- jeder
- Every; each individual one
- Stadt
- City; an urban settlement
- jedem
- Every (dative form); each one
- Städtchen
- Small town; diminutive of Stadt
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction
- Dorf
- Village; a small rural settlement
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article (masculine/neuter)
- Landes
- Of the country; genitive form of Land
- eine
- A/an; indefinite article (feminine)
- Todeskammer
- Death chamber; room designated for killing
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive marker
- errichten
- To establish or construct something
- bleibt
- Remains; third-person singular of bleiben
- abzuwarten
- To wait and see; to await an outcome
- ob
- Whether; introduces an indirect question
- jene
- Those; that (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- Klasse
- Class; a group or category of people
- menschlicher
- Human (genitive adjective); of human beings
- Wesen
- Beings; creatures or essential nature
- aus
- From/out of; preposition of origin
- deren
- Whose; genitive relative pronoun
- verzweifelten
- Desperate; of those in hopeless circumstances
- Reihen
- Ranks or rows; groups of people
- täglich
- Daily; happening every day
- neue
- New; fresh or additional
- Opfer
- Victims or sacrifices; those who suffer
- Selbstzerstörung
- Self-destruction; the act of destroying oneself
- hervorgehen
- To emerge or result from something
- so
- So/thus; in this way
- bereitgestellte
- Provided; made available for use
- Erleichterung
- Relief; easing of burden or suffering
- annehmen
- To accept or take up an offer
- wird
- Will; future auxiliary or present of werden
- oder
- Or; disjunctive coordinating conjunction
- Er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- hielt
- Held/stopped; past tense of halten
- inne
- Used in innehalten: to pause or stop
- wandte
- Turned; past tense of wenden
- sich
- Himself/itself; reflexive pronoun
- weißen
- White (inflected adjective); of white color
- Die
- The; definite article (feminine/plural)
- Stille
- Silence or stillness; complete quiet
- auf
- On/upon; preposition of location or direction
- Straße
- Street or road; a public thoroughfare
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- vollkommen
- Complete or perfect; total, without exception
- Dort
- There; at that place
- erwartet
- Awaits; expects something to happen there
- einen
- A/an; indefinite article (accusative masculine)
- schmerzlosen
- Painless; without any pain or suffering
- Tod
- Death; the end of life
- wer
- Who; interrogative or relative pronoun
- Leiden
- Suffering or hardships; pains of existence
- Lebens
- Of life; genitive form of Leben
- länger
- Longer; comparative form of lang
- ertragen
- To endure or bear something difficult
- kann
- Can; modal verb indicating ability
- feierliche
- Solemn or ceremonial; of dignified character
- wurde
- Was/became; past passive auxiliary of werden
- durch
- Through/by; preposition of means or passage
- scharfen
- Sharp or harsh; of a commanding tone
- unterbrochen
- Interrupted; past participle of unterbrechen
- das
- The; definite article (neuter) or relative pronoun
- reihte
- Lined up; past tense of reihen
- hinter
- Behind; preposition of position
- Kutsche
- Carriage; a horse-drawn passenger vehicle
- Gouverneurs
- Of the governor; genitive form of Gouverneur
- ein
- A/an; indefinite article or number one
- schwenkten
- Swung or wheeled; past tense of schwenken
- ab
- Off/away; separable prefix indicating departure
- formierten
- Formed up; arranged into a formation
- entlang
- Along; preposition indicating movement beside something
- um
- Around/in order to; preposition or conjunction
- Kommandanten
- Commander; military officer in charge
- warten
- To wait; to remain until something happens
- Polizei
- Police; law enforcement authority
- folgte
- Followed; past tense of folgen
- ihnen
- Them; dative third-person plural pronoun
- Ich
- I; first-person singular nominative pronoun
- überließ
- Left to; past tense of überlassen
- Menge
- Crowd; a large group of people
- dem
- The; dative definite article (masculine/neuter)
- Gaffen
- Gawking; staring rudely at something
- Starren
- Staring; gazing fixedly at something
- weiße
- White (inflected); of the color white
- überquerte
- Crossed; past tense of überqueren
- an
- At/on; preposition of location or direction
- westlichen
- Western; adjective describing the west side
- Seite
- Side or page; a lateral surface or face
- jener
- Of that; genitive demonstrative adjective
- bis
- Until/up to; preposition of limit or extent
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu + der (dative)
- entlangzugehen
- To walk along; to proceed beside something
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