{"id":28245,"date":"2015-08-24T00:12:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T04:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28245"},"modified":"2015-08-24T00:17:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T04:17:00","slug":"sonderling-sunday-pu-der-bar-hunting-the-wuschel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28245","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Pu der B\u00e4r – Hunting the Wuschel"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for Sonderling Sunday<\/a>! That time of the week when I play with language by looking at the German translation of Children\u2019s Books, sort of a Silly Phrasebook for Travelers.<\/p>\n

\"Pu_der_Bar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This week, I’m going back to one of my favorite books, Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a><\/em>, by A. A. Milne, otherwise known as Pu der B\u00e4r.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last time we looked at Pu<\/em><\/a>, we finished Chapter 2, about Pooh getting stuck in a very tight place. So this time we will cover Chapter 3, “In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle” = In welchem Pu und Ferkel auf die Jagd gehen und beinahe ein Wuschel fangen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh! This is my opportunity to see what the translator did with the elaborate joke about Piglet’s Uncle “Trespassers William.” <\/p>\n

“TRESPASSERS W” = BETRETEN V<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s a pretty straight translation, just using a different name.<\/p>\n

For research, I used Google Translate to see what “Trespassers will be prosecuted.” would be in German. Google came up with Strafrechtlich verfolgt wird.<\/em> Maybe “v” is for verfolgt<\/em>?<\/p>\n

“it was short for Trespassers Will”
\n= es sei die Abk\u00fcrzung von Betreten Vic<\/em><\/p>\n

“which was short of Trespassers William”
\n= welches die Abk\u00fcrzung von Betreten Victor sei.<\/em><\/p>\n

“And his grandfather had had two names in case he lost one”
\n= Und sein Gro\u00dfvater habe zwei Namen gehabt, f\u00fcr den Fall, dass er mal einen verl\u00f6re<\/em><\/p>\n

“Trespassers after an uncle, and William after Trespassers.”
\n= Betreten nach einem Onkel und Victor nach Betreten.<\/em><\/p>\n

“carelessly” = leichtsinnig<\/em><\/p>\n

A good phrase to know:
\n“Well, there you are, that proves it.”
\n= Siehst du, das beweist es ja.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Pooh was walking round and round in a circle”
\n= Pu ging immer im Kreis herum<\/em><\/p>\n

“tracking” = sp\u00fcre<\/em><\/p>\n

This is straightforward, but I like it:
\n“That’s just what I ask myself. I ask myself, What?”
\n= Genau das frage ich mich auch. Ich frage mich: Was?<\/em><\/p>\n

“What do you think you’ll answer?”
\nUnd was, glaubst du, wirst du dir antworten?<\/em><\/p>\n

“paw-marks” = Pfotenabdr\u00fccke<\/em><\/p>\n

“He gave a little squeak of excitement.”
\n= Es quiekte leicht vor Aufregung.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is classic Pooh. Not quite the same in German:
\n“‘It may be,’ said Pooh. ‘Sometimes it is, and sometimes it isn’t. You never can tell with paw-marks.'”
\n= \u00bbK\u00f6nnte sein\u00ab, sagte Pu. \u00bbManchmal ist es das und manchmal ist es das nicht. Bei Pfotenabdr\u00fccken kann man nie wissen.\u00ab<\/em><\/p>\n

“was bending over the tracks in a puzzled sort of way”
\n= beugte sich verbl\u00fcfft \u00fcber die Spuren<\/em>
\n(“bent himself perplexedly over the tracks”)<\/p>\n

“Hostile Animals” = feindselige Tiere<\/em>
\n(The translator did not retain the Meaningful Use of Capital Letters.)<\/p>\n

“a small spinney of larch trees”
\n= ein kleines Dickicht aus L\u00e4rchenb\u00e4umen<\/em>
\n(Ah! Now I can find out what a “spinney” is! Dickicht<\/em> = “thicket.”)<\/p>\n

“what his grandfather Trespassers W had done to Remove Stiffness after Tracking”
\n= was sein Gro\u00dfvater Betreten V gegen Steifheit in den Gliedern nach der Spurensuche unternommen hatte<\/em><\/p>\n

“Shortness of Breath”
\n= Kurzatmigkeit<\/em><\/p>\n

Again, classic Pooh:
\n“It is either Two Woozles and one, as it might be, Wizzle, or Two, as it might be, Wizzles and one, if so it is, Woozle.”
\n= Es sind entweder zwei Wuschel und ein, falls es das ist, Wischel oder zwei, falls sie das sind, Wischel und ein, falls es das ist, Wuschel.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Hostile Intent” = feindselig Absichten<\/em><\/p>\n

“muddled” = vermengten<\/em><\/p>\n

“The tracks of four sets of paws”
\n= die Spuren von vier Pfotenpaaren<\/em><\/p>\n

“it brought very little comfort”
\n= dies wenig Trost brachte<\/em><\/p>\n

Just in case you need to say this:
\n“I have just remembered something that I forgot to do yesterday and shan’t be able to do tomorrow.”
\n= Mir ist etwas eingefallen, was ich gestern zu tun vergessen habe und was ich morgen nicht tun kann.<\/em><\/p>\n

“dear old Pooh” = liebster, bester Pu<\/em><\/p>\n

“Silly old Bear” = Dummer alter B\u00e4r<\/em><\/p>\n

“I see now.” = Jetzt verstehe ich.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I have been Foolish and Deluded.”
\n= Ich war ein verblendeter Narr.<\/em>
\n(“I was a deluded fool.”)<\/p>\n

This doesn’t have the same ring to it:
\n“I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
\n= Ich bin ein B\u00e4r ohne jeden Verstand.<\/em>
\n(“I am a bear without any understanding.”)<\/p>\n

“You’re the Best Bear in All the World.”
\n= Du bist der beste B\u00e4r der ganzen Welt.<\/em><\/p>\n

“And then he brightened up suddenly.”
\n= Und dann erhellte sich pl\u00f6tzlich seine Miene.<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most useful phrase of all:
\n“Anyhow, it is nearly Luncheon Time.”
\n= Auf jeden Fall, ist es schon fast Zeit zum Mittagessen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Auf jeden Fall, ist es schon fast Mitternacht. Gute Nacht!<\/em> Till next time!<\/p>\n

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