{"id":22492,"date":"2013-11-03T21:17:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=22492"},"modified":"2013-11-03T22:15:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T02:15:29","slug":"sonderling-sunday-lost-in-the-sackgassen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=22492","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Lost in the Sackgassen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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, creating the phrase book you never knew you needed!<\/p>\n

This week, we’re back with the lovely bizarre phrases of James Kennedy<\/a>‘s The Order of Odd-Fish<\/a><\/em>, Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(Though does James Kennedy still exist?!? His latest blog post<\/a> leaves some doubt.)<\/p>\n

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Last time, we left off on page 189, Seite 238 auf Deutsch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I like this better in German, somehow:
\n“actors in costumes” = Schauspieler in Kost\u00fcmen<\/em><\/p>\n

“her eyes blazing” = ihre Augen gl\u00fchten<\/em><\/p>\n

“stalked off” = marschierte dann steifbeinig<\/em> (“marched then stiff-boned”)<\/p>\n

“glumly” = m\u00fcrrisch<\/em><\/p>\n

“babbling” = herausgesprudelt<\/em> (“here-out-bubbled”)<\/p>\n

“sneaky” = hinterh\u00e4ltig<\/em><\/p>\n

“crowds” = Menschenmenge<\/em><\/p>\n

“caught in snarls of traffic” = blieben h\u00e4ufiger im Verkehrsgew\u00fchl stecken<\/em><\/p>\n

“baffled” = verbl\u00fcfft<\/em><\/p>\n

“suspected” = argw\u00f6hnen<\/em><\/p>\n

This must have been fun to translate!
\n“Snoodsbottom” = Bilgental<\/em> (“Bilge Valley”)<\/p>\n

“hewn” = hineingehauen<\/em><\/p>\n

“luminous fungus” = schimmernde Pilze und Flechten<\/em> (“shimmering mushrooms and lichen”)<\/p>\n

“gloomy” = d\u00e4mmrig<\/em><\/p>\n

“long lean man” = gro?er, schlanker Mann<\/em><\/p>\n

“dead end” = Sackgasse<\/em> (“sack-alley”)<\/p>\n

“frustrating circles” = frustrierenden Kreisen<\/em><\/p>\n

“She silently fumed” = Sie kochte vor Wut, blieb aber stumm<\/em>
\n(“She cooked for anger, but stayed silent.”)<\/p>\n

“Jo’s mood had soured” = Jos Laune gelitten hatte<\/em><\/p>\n

“crammed” = \u00fcberf\u00fcllte<\/em> (“overfilled”)<\/p>\n

“convoluted” = un\u00fcbersichtliche<\/em> (“un-oversightly”)<\/p>\n

“creepers” = Kriechpflanzen<\/em> (“creep-plants”)<\/p>\n

“sweaty, dismal heat” = schwei?treibenden, widerlichen Hitze<\/em><\/p>\n

“spiced with heavy incense” = von Weihrauch geschw\u00e4ngert<\/em> (“from incense pregnant”)<\/p>\n

I love the way in German this looks like a normal word:
\n“lizard-dogs” = Echsenhunden<\/em><\/p>\n

“cobbled street” = Pflastersteine<\/em> (“plaster-stones”)<\/p>\n

“runners” = Kufen<\/em><\/p>\n

“bounding past” = vorbeihetzten<\/em><\/p>\n

“almost running them over” = sie fast umrempelten<\/em><\/p>\n

“barking and howling” = bellend und heulend<\/em><\/p>\n

“crouched” = kauerte<\/em><\/p>\n

“shuddered” = fr\u00f6stelte<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m going to finish with this dramatic sentence:
\n“just as a horrible moistening sound came from behind her and a boneless arm wrapped itself up her leg.”
\n= Im selben Moment h\u00f6rte sie hinter sich ein schreckliches schmatzendes Ger\u00e4usch und ein knochenloser Arm schlang sich um ihr Bein.<\/em><\/p>\n

May you have no occasions to cook for anger this week!<\/p>\n

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