{"id":22176,"date":"2013-10-13T21:29:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=22176"},"modified":"2013-10-13T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T02:14:08","slug":"sonderling-sunday-der-orden-der-seltsamen-sonderlinge-das-funfzehnte-kapitel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=22176","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge, das f\u00fcnfzehnte Kapitel"},"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. Today I’m back to the most Sonder<\/em> book of all, Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/em>, The Order of Odd-fish<\/a><\/em>, by James Kennedy<\/a>. We left off at the end of Chapter 14<\/a>, so tonight we begin Chapter 15.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sentence we should all try to use this week:
\n“Today we go Schwenk-hunting.”
\n= Heute machen wir uns auf die Jagd nach dem Schwenk<\/em><\/p>\n

Have I translated this one lately?
\n“My digestion” = Mein Verdauungstrakt<\/em><\/p>\n

“adventurous” = ausgesprochen abenteuerlich<\/em> (“decidedly adventurous”)<\/p>\n

Ah, no one gives more interesting phrases to translate than James Kennedy!
\n“a sprightly zing in my gastric acids”
\n= “ein munteres Zischen meiner Magens\u00e4uren<\/em>
\n(“a lively sizzle in my stomach acids”)<\/p>\n

“a broad wave” = einem ausholenden Schwung<\/em><\/p>\n

“oak chest” = Eichentruhe<\/em><\/p>\n

“curious devices” = merkw\u00fcrdiger Ger\u00e4tschaften<\/em><\/p>\n

“elusive” = scheues<\/em><\/p>\n

“murmured” = tuschelten<\/em><\/p>\n

“modesty” = Bescheidenheit<\/em><\/p>\n

“a damp mass of prickly fur” = eine feuchte Masse von klebrigem Pelz<\/em><\/p>\n

“a hissing, gurgling clump” = ein zischender, gurgelnder Klumpen<\/em><\/p>\n

I like this alliteration:
\n“said Sir Festus breezily” = fuhr Sir Festus fr\u00f6hlich fort<\/em><\/p>\n

“spiky gun” = Stachelpistole<\/em><\/p>\n

“a long-range, triple-accuracy Apology Gun”
\n= eine weittragende, dreifach genaue Entschuldigungspistole<\/em><\/p>\n

“the Very Polite War” = der Au?erordentlich H\u00f6fliche Krieg<\/em><\/p>\n

“proposing marriage” = Brautwerbung<\/em><\/p>\n

“the murderous curtsy” = der m\u00f6rderischen Hofknickses<\/em><\/p>\n

“literally” = sprichw\u00f6rtlich<\/em><\/p>\n

A nice long word:
\n“disagreement” = Meinungsverschiedenheit<\/em> (“opinion-difference”)<\/p>\n

“more extravagantly effusive” = extravaganter und \u00fcberschwenglicher<\/em>
\n(“more extravagant and exuberant”)<\/p>\n

“outdo” = \u00fcbertrumpfen<\/em><\/p>\n

“chaotic mass apologies” = chaotischen Massenentschuldigungen<\/em><\/p>\n

“an ugly free-for-all of manners”
\n= ein h\u00e4sslicher allgemeiner Sittenverfall<\/em>
\n(“an ugly general moral decline”)<\/p>\n

“rudeness” = Grobheit<\/em><\/p>\n

“dial” = W\u00e4hlscheibe<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s it then, the first section of Chapter 15, telling about the Very Polite War. May you not encounter any m\u00f6rderischen Hofknickses<\/em> this week!<\/p>\n

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