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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a snowy weekend, so I wanted to find a snow passage to use this week. I was thinking I’d like to use Heidi<\/em> and bemoaning that I have a German edition, but not an English one, and my son pointed out that I could probably easily find a copy online. Sure enough! I checked out a copy right away through Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n Instead of starting at the beginning, I’m going to start on Chapter 4, where Heidi first sees snow. Since Heidi<\/em> was originally written in German, I’ll list the German text first. This chapter is called Bei der Grossmutter<\/em> in German, and “The Visit to Grandmother” in English. As usual, I’ll translate interesting phrases:<\/p>\n den Geissen<\/em> = “the goats” so ging es Tag f\u00fcr Tag<\/em> = “and so it went on day after day”<\/p>\n und Heidi wurde bei diesem Weideleben<\/em> der Wind lauter zu sausen anfing<\/em> Missgeschick<\/em> = “mishaps”<\/p>\n English translated this with two words: den es sah immer irgend etwas Erfreuliches vor sich<\/em> Raubvogel<\/em> = “great bird”<\/p>\n herumr\u00fchrte<\/em> = “stirred”<\/p>\n das Wogen und Rauschen in den drei alten Tannen hinter der H\u00fctte<\/em> dieses tiefe, geheimnisvolle Tosen in den Wipfeln da droben<\/em> hauchte in die H\u00e4nde<\/em> den auf einmal fiel \u00fcber Nacht ein tiefer Schnee, und am Morgen war die ganze Alp schneeweiss und kein einziges gr\u00fcnes Bl\u00e4ttlein mehr zu sehen ringsum und um<\/em> schaute ganz verwundert<\/em> den nun fing es wieder zu schneien an<\/em> = “for the snow was beginning again”<\/p>\n die dicken Flocken fielen fort und fort<\/em> bis der Schnee so hoch wurde, dass er bis ans Fenster hinaufreichte<\/em> und man ganz verpackt war in dem H\u00e4uschen<\/em> den nun schneite es nicht mehr<\/em> = “the snow having ceased”<\/p>\n und schaufelte ums ganze Haus herum<\/em> und warf grosse, grosse Schneehaufen aufeinander, dass es war wie hier ein Berg und dort ein Berg um die H\u00fctte herum<\/em> Dreifuss<\/em> = “three-legged stools”<\/p>\n hohen Schichten<\/em> = “deep snowdrifts”<\/p>\n zu tauen<\/em> = “to thaw”<\/p>\n ein gelinder Wasserfall<\/em> = “a trickling waterfall”<\/p>\n Griffel<\/em> = “pencil”<\/p>\n Wissbegierde<\/em> = “curiosity” (“knowledge-desire”)<\/p>\n trocknen von oben bis unten<\/em> = “thoroughly dry”<\/p>\n I love this phrase: als es draussen knisterte und knarrte vor K\u00e4lte bei jedem Schritt<\/em> und die ganze grosse Schneedecke ringsum hart gefroren war<\/em> Heuboden<\/em> = “hayloft”<\/p>\n Ah! Except for the “after him” part, this is what I did today! in dem Sonnenschein schimmerte und funkelte es \u00fcberall von den B\u00e4umen in solcher Pracht<\/em> Heidi hoch aufsprang vor Entz\u00fccken<\/em> Stossschlitten<\/em> = “hand-sleigh”<\/p>\n laut aufjauchzte<\/em> = “shouted aloud with delight”<\/p>\n I’ll have to stop there, where Heidi just arrived at the grandmother’s house. But this was a perfect section for today — I like Heidi’s delight in the glittering, snowy world — die glitzernde Schneewelt<\/em>, and yesterday we certainly had die dicken Flocken fielen fort und fort<\/em>.<\/p>\n Till next time, bis bald!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nder Weide<\/em> = “the high meadows”<\/p>\n
\n= “till Heidi, passing her life thus among the grass and flowers”
\nAha! It seems that sometimes it’s just the translated language that is longer. German just uses “meadow-life.”<\/p>\n
\n= “the wind blew louder and stronger”<\/p>\n
\nst\u00f6rrig<\/em> = “naughty and obstinate”<\/p>\n
\n= “for wherever she was she found something to interest or amuse her”<\/p>\n
\n= “the waving and roaring of the three old fir trees”<\/p>\n
\n= “the deep mysterious sound in the tops of the trees”<\/p>\n
\n= “blowing on his fingers to keep them warm”<\/p>\n
\n= “for one night there was a heavy fall of snow and the next morning the whole mountain was covered with it, and not a single little green leaf was to be seen anywhere upon it.”<\/p>\n
\n= “looking out in wonderment”<\/p>\n
\n= “the thick flakes kept falling”<\/p>\n
\n= “till the snow was up to the window”<\/p>\n
\n= “and she and her grandfather were shut up fast within the hut.”<\/p>\n
\n= “and shoveled away the snow round the house”<\/p>\n
\n= “and threw it into such great heaps that they looked like mountains standing at intervals on either side the hut.”<\/p>\n
\ndie Mundwinkel gezuckt<\/em>
\n= “a twitch of amusement at the corners of his mouth”<\/p>\n
\n= “when with every step one took the ground crackled with frost”
\n(“as it crackled and creaked out cold at each step”)<\/p>\n
\n= “and the whole vast field of snow was hard as ice”<\/p>\n
\nIn grosser Freude h\u00fcpfte das Kind ihm nach in die glitzernde Schneewelt hinaus<\/em>
\n= “The child skipped out gleefully after him into the glittering world of snow.”<\/p>\n
\n= “they looked so lovely as they glittered and sparkled in the sunlight”<\/p>\n
\n= “Heidi jumped for joy”<\/p>\n