The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 7
He says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies, and that I ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency.
Er sagt, dass meine Vorstellungskraft und meine Gewohnheit, Geschichten zu erfinden, kombiniert mit einer nervösen Schwäche wie meiner, unweigerlich zu allerlei aufgeregten Hirngespinsten führen würden, und dass ich meinen Willen und meinen gesunden Menschenverstand einsetzen sollte, um dieser Neigung entgegenzuwirken.
So I try.
Also versuche ich es.
I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
Ich denke manchmal, dass es den Druck der Gedanken lindern und mich erholen lassen würde, wenn ich nur gesund genug wäre, um ein wenig zu schreiben.
But I find I get pretty tired when I try.
Aber ich merke, dass ich ziemlich müde werde, wenn ich es versuche.
It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work.
Es ist so entmutigend, keinen Rat und keine Gesellschaft bei meiner Arbeit zu haben.
When I get really well John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fire-works in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.
Wenn ich wirklich gesund bin, sagt John, werden wir Cousin Henry und Julia zu einem langen Besuch einladen; aber er sagt, er würde ebenso gut Feuerwerkskörper in meinen Kissenbezug stecken, als mir jetzt diese aufregenden Menschen in der Nähe zu lassen.
I wish I could get well faster.
Ich wünschte, ich könnte schneller gesund werden.
But I must not think about that.
Aber ich darf nicht daran denken.
This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!
Diese Tapete sieht für mich aus, als ob sie wüsste, welch verderblichen Einfluss sie hat!
There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down.
Es gibt eine immer wiederkehrende Stelle, an der das Muster wie ein gebrochener Hals herabhängt und zwei hervorstehende Augen einen auf den Kopf gestellt anstarren.
I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness.
Ich werde regelrecht wütend über die Unverschämtheit und die Endlosigkeit davon.
Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere.
Auf und ab und seitwärts kriechen sie, und diese absurden, starren Augen sind überall.
There is one place where two breadths didn't match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other.
Es gibt eine Stelle, an der zwei Bahnen nicht zusammenpassen, und die Augen wandern die ganze Linie auf und ab, eines ein wenig höher als das andere.
Vocabulary
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'that'
- Vorstellungskraft
- Imagination or creative mental faculty
- Gewohnheit
- Habit or customary pattern of behavior
- Geschichten
- Plural of Geschicte; stories or narratives
- erfinden
- To invent or make up something fictional
- kombiniert
- Combined or joined together with something else
- nervösen
- Adjective meaning nervous or anxious in nature
- Schwäche
- Weakness or frailty of body or character
- unweigerlich
- Inevitably or without fail, unavoidably
- allerlei
- All kinds of; a variety of different things
- aufgeregten
- Excited or agitated, stirred-up in feeling
- Hirngespinsten
- Fanciful illusions or figments of the imagination
- führen
- To lead or result in a particular outcome
- würden
- Conditional auxiliary verb form meaning 'would'
- Willen
- Will or determination; deliberate mental resolve
- gesunden
- Adjective meaning healthy or sound in condition
- Menschenverstand
- Common sense or basic human reasoning ability
- einsetzen
- To employ or deploy something for a purpose
- sollte
- Past subjunctive of 'sollen', meaning 'should'
- Neigung
- Inclination or tendency toward a particular behavior
- entgegenzuwirken
- To counteract or work against a tendency or force
- Also
- Adverb meaning 'so' or 'therefore' in German
- versuche
- First person singular present of 'versuchen', meaning 'try'
- manchmal
- Adverb meaning 'sometimes' or 'occasionally'
- Druck
- Pressure or stress experienced mentally or physically
- Gedanken
- Thoughts or ideas passing through the mind
- lindern
- To relieve or alleviate pain, pressure, or distress
- erholen
- To recover or recuperate from illness or exhaustion
- lassen
- To let or allow something to happen
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb meaning 'would'
- wenn
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when'
- gesund
- Adjective meaning healthy or in good health
- genug
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'enough' or 'sufficient'
- wenig
- A little or a small amount of something
- schreiben
- To write; composing text by hand or otherwise
- merke
- First person singular of 'merken', meaning 'notice'
- ziemlich
- Adverb meaning 'quite' or 'rather', moderately so
- müde
- Adjective meaning tired or weary from exertion
- werde
- First person singular of 'werden', meaning 'become'
- entmutigend
- Discouraging or disheartening; causing loss of motivation
- Rat
- Advice or counsel given to help someone decide
- Gesellschaft
- Company, companionship, or society of other people
- Arbeit
- Work or labor; professional or physical activity
- Wenn
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when'
- wirklich
- Adverb meaning 'really' or 'truly', emphasizing truth
- werden
- To become; auxiliary verb forming future or passive
- Cousin
- Male cousin; son of one's aunt or uncle
- langen
- Adjective meaning long in duration or extent
- Besuch
- A visit or stay at someone's home
- einladen
- To invite someone to come somewhere or join
- ebenso
- Adverb meaning 'just as' or 'equally' well
- Feuerwerkskörper
- Fireworks; explosive devices used for festive displays
- Kissenbezug
- Pillowcase; the fabric cover for a pillow
- stecken
- To put, stick, or place something somewhere
- als
- Conjunction meaning 'than' or 'as' in comparisons
- aufregenden
- Exciting or agitating people causing emotional stimulation
- Menschen
- People or human beings in general
- Nähe
- Nearness or proximity; being close to something
- wünschte
- Past tense of 'wünschen', meaning 'wished' or 'desired'
- könnte
- Subjunctive of 'können', meaning 'could' or 'might'
- schneller
- Comparative adjective meaning 'faster' or 'quicker'
- darf
- First person singular of 'dürfen', meaning 'may'
- daran
- Prepositional adverb meaning 'about it' or 'on it'
- denken
- To think; to engage in mental reflection
- Tapete
- Wallpaper; decorative paper covering interior walls
- ob
- Subordinating conjunction meaning 'whether' or 'if'
- wüsste
- Subjunctive of 'wissen', meaning 'knew' or 'would know'
- welch
- Interrogative or relative pronoun meaning 'what kind'
- verderblichen
- Corrupting or destructive; causing ruin or moral decay
- Einfluss
- Influence or effect exerted on someone or something
- gibt
- Third person singular of 'geben'; 'es gibt' means 'there is'
- immer
- Adverb meaning 'always' or 'continuously'
- wiederkehrende
- Recurring or returning repeatedly over time
- Stelle
- A spot, place, or particular position in space
- Muster
- Pattern or design repeated on a surface
- gebrochener
- Broken or fractured; damaged and no longer intact
- Hals
- Neck or throat; the part connecting head and body
- herabhängt
- Hangs down; droops or dangles from something above
- hervorstehende
- Protruding or bulging outward; visually prominent
- Augen
- Eyes; the organs of sight in humans and animals
- Kopf
- Head; the uppermost part of the human body
- gestellt
- Placed or positioned; past participle of 'stellen'
- anstarren
- To stare at; to gaze fixedly at someone
- regelrecht
- Downright or thoroughly; used to intensify a description
- wütend
- Angry or furious; in a state of rage
- Unverschämtheit
- Impudence or audacity; shameless boldness or cheek
- Endlosigkeit
- Endlessness or infinity; the quality of having no end
- davon
- Prepositional adverb meaning 'of it' or 'from it'
- seitwärts
- Sideways; moving or directed to the side
- kriechen
- To crawl or creep along a surface slowly
- absurden
- Absurd or ridiculous; contrary to reason or logic
- starren
- To stare; to look fixedly without blinking
- überall
- Everywhere; in every place or location
- Bahnen
- Tracks, lanes, or strips running in a direction
- zusammenpassen
- To match or fit together; to be compatible
- wandern
- To wander or hike; to move from place to place
- ganze
- Adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire', complete
- Linie
- Line or streak; a long narrow mark or stripe
- höher
- Comparative adjective meaning 'higher' in position
- andere
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'other' or 'another'
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