{"id":21902,"date":"2013-09-08T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21902"},"modified":"2013-09-08T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T01:45:31","slug":"sonderling-sunday-the-eldritch-snitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=21902","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – The Eldritch Snitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s time for Sonderling Sunday<\/a>! That time of the week when I play with language by looking at the German translation of children’s books. Tonight I’m back with my stand-by, the book that started it all, Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/em>, The Order of Odd-Fish<\/a><\/em>, by James Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We left off<\/a> on page 176 in the English edition, Seite 223 in the German edition. Sefino is just going to take Jo to the newspaper office of the Eldritch Snitch<\/em>, which is Schauerlichen Petze<\/em> in German. Roughly translated, that’s “Horrible Sneak.”<\/p>\n

I’m sure I’ve done this one before, but it bears repeating:
\n“Chatterbox” = Plaudertasche<\/em><\/p>\n

“severely” = nachdr\u00fccklich<\/em><\/p>\n

“retraction” = Gegendarstellung<\/em> (“opposite-representation”)<\/p>\n

“first draft” = erster Entwurf<\/em><\/p>\n

I like this:
\n“snippy” = schnippisch<\/em><\/p>\n

“a touch of bravado” = einen Tick tollk\u00fchn<\/em> <\/p>\n

This goes more quickly in English:
\n“odds be damned” = auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit gepfiffen<\/em><\/p>\n

“the thick of the fight” = hei?e Kampfget\u00fcmmel<\/em> (“hot war-turmoil”)<\/p>\n

“swashbuckler” = Draufg\u00e4nger<\/em><\/p>\n

“strolled” = schlenderte<\/em><\/p>\n

“hive” = Bienenstock<\/em><\/p>\n

“coves” = Schlupfwinkeln<\/em> (“slip-nooks”)<\/p>\n

“cubbyholes” = K\u00e4mmerchen<\/em> (“little chambers”)<\/p>\n

“chattering away relentlessly” = unaufh\u00f6rlich klapperten<\/em><\/p>\n

“hassle” = schikanieren<\/em><\/p>\n

“nest of vipers” = Schlangengrube<\/em><\/p>\n

“necktie” = Halstuch<\/em><\/p>\n

“ascot” = Plastron<\/em><\/p>\n

“Intimidator” = Einsch\u00fcchterer<\/em><\/p>\n

“bold” = gewagt<\/em><\/p>\n

“frosted glass” = Milchglas<\/em> (“milk-glass” I like that.)<\/p>\n

“appetizers” = Appetith\u00e4ppchen<\/em><\/p>\n

“toothpick” = Zahnstocher<\/em><\/p>\n

“battle of wits” = Schlacht der Geister<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, not as good:
\n“vigorous verbal vituperation” = heftigen, verbalen Schm\u00e4hungen<\/em><\/p>\n

“intricate insult” = bemerkenswerten Beleidigungen<\/em><\/p>\n

“calamitous calumny” = verheerenden Verleumdungen<\/em><\/p>\n

The insults are always good!
\n“ink-stained wretch” = tintenklecksender Unhold<\/em><\/p>\n

“scandal-sniffing hack” = Skandale erschn\u00fcffelnder Schreiberling<\/em><\/p>\n

“salacious slander” = vulg\u00e4ren Verleumdungen<\/em><\/p>\n

“spluttered” = stammelte<\/em><\/p>\n

“impertinence” = Unversch\u00e4mtheit<\/em><\/p>\n

“insufferable taste” = unertr\u00e4glichen Geschmack<\/em><\/p>\n

“every ounce of courage” = jedes F\u00fcnkchen Mut<\/em><\/p>\n

“buffoon” = Hanswurst<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s the end of Chapter 14!<\/p>\n

Some good stuff in there! Don’t be a tintenklecksender Unhold<\/em> or a Skandale erschn\u00fcffelnder Schreiberling<\/em>! Drum up jedes F\u00fcnkchen Mut<\/em> to join hei?e Kampfget\u00fcmmel<\/em> like a Draufg\u00e4nger<\/em>. But whatever you do, don’t be schnippisch<\/em>!<\/p>\n

See you next week! And if you need to use these phrases in German next week, you can be so happy that you are prepared!<\/p>\n

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