{"id":28605,"date":"2015-10-18T22:14:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28605"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:14:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:14:09","slug":"sonderling-sunday-to-stop-the-belgische-scherzkeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28605","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – To Stop the Belgische Scherzkeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for Sonderling Sunday<\/a>! That time of the week when I look at the German translation of children\u2019s books and devise a Useful Phrasebook for Very Silly Travelers.<\/p>\n

This week, we’re continuing in Chapter 19 of The Order of Odd-Fish<\/a><\/em>, by James Kennedy<\/a>, otherwise known as Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Sonderlinge3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Last time<\/a>, we left off on page 249 in the English edition, Seite 315<\/em> in the German edition.<\/p>\n

The first sentence of the next section is a useful one, especially if you’re traveling in Germany:
\n“The rainy season had started.”
\n= Der Regenzeit hatte begonnen.<\/em><\/p>\n

This sounds nicer in English:
\n“a dim, drizzling morning”
\n= ein d\u00fcsterer, verregneter Morgen<\/em><\/p>\n

What a sad way to think of the morning!
\n“dawn” = Morgengrauen<\/em> (“morning-gray”)<\/p>\n

Here’s a great word!
\n“soaked with sweat” = schwei\u00df\u00fcberstr\u00f6mt<\/em> (“sweat-over-flowing”)<\/p>\n

This isn’t said quite the same way:
\n“happily exhausted” = fr\u00f6hlich und ersch\u00f6pft<\/em> (“happy and exhausted”)<\/p>\n

“rushed past” = vorbeist\u00fcrmten<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a phrase to know:
\n“the peevish croak of ostriches waking up”
\n= das gereizte Kr\u00e4chzen der aufwachenden Strau\u00dfe<\/em><\/p>\n

“armor clanking” = klapperten die R\u00fcstungen<\/em><\/p>\n

“It doesn’t matter.”
\n= Das spielt keine Rolle.<\/em>
\n(“That plays no role.”)<\/p>\n

“The Belgian Prankster has made his move.”
\n= Der Belgische Scherzkeks hat seinen Schachzug gemacht<\/em>
\n(“The Belgian Joke-cookie has his chess-move made.”)<\/p>\n

“A gunshot went off in Jo’s stomach.”
\n= In Jos Magen schien etwas zu explodieren.<\/em>
\n(“In Jo’s stomach seemed something to explode.”)<\/p>\n

This one really is a handy phrase to know:
\n“I was wrong.”
\n= Ich habe mich geirrt.<\/em><\/p>\n

“tinkering” = herumgebastelt<\/em><\/p>\n

“zigzagging pole” = gezackten Stange<\/em><\/p>\n

“stuck all over with prongs, wheels, and corkscrews”
\n= die \u00fcberall mit Zacken, Zahnr\u00e4dern und Korkenziehern best\u00fcckt<\/em><\/p>\n

“wrapped up in fur” = mit Fell umwickelt<\/em><\/p>\n

“the jury-rigged thing”
\n= das notd\u00fcrftig zusammengeflickte Teil<\/em>
\n(“the makeshift [hardship-meager] together-patched part”)<\/p>\n

“spattering storm” = prasselnden Regensturm<\/em> (“roaring rain-storm”)<\/p>\n

“The rain pelted Jo.”
\n= Der Regen peitschte auf sie herunter.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I’ll finish the section with a sentence I hope you never need:
\n“She was soaked and terrified.”
\n= Innerhalb weniger Sekunden war sie klatschnass und vollkommen ver\u00e4ngstigt.<\/em>
\n(“Within a few seconds was she scandal-wet and fully frightened.”)<\/p>\n

If you are ever schwei\u00df\u00fcberstr\u00f6mt<\/em>, here’s hoping you are also fr\u00f6hlich und ersch\u00f6pft<\/em>! Bis bald!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for Sonderling Sunday! That time of the week when I look at the German translation of children\u2019s books and devise a Useful Phrasebook for Very Silly Travelers. This week, we’re continuing in Chapter 19 of The Order of Odd-Fish, by James Kennedy, otherwise known as Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge. Last time, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-der-orden-der-seltsamen-sonderlinge","category-sonderling-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}