{"id":31084,"date":"2016-08-28T21:02:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T01:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=31084"},"modified":"2016-08-28T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T01:13:10","slug":"sonderling-sunday-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=31084","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – In the Library"},"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.<\/p>\n

Today it’s back to the book that prompted the creation of Sonderling Sunday, Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/a><\/em>, known in English as The Order of Odd-Fish<\/a>,<\/em> by James Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Last time<\/a>, we left off on page 280, Seite 355 auf Deutsch,<\/em> with Jo working in the library.<\/p>\n

I like beginning with the first sentence of a section. Here’s a good one:<\/p>\n

“The archives of the Order of Odd-Fish had just recently reopened to the public.”
\n= Die Archive des Ordens der Seltsamen Sonderlinge waren erst k\u00fcrzlich der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zug\u00e4nglich gemacht worden.<\/em><\/p>\n

“the Appendix” = den Anhang<\/em><\/p>\n

“the very reason for the order’s existence”
\n= die Grundlage f\u00fcr die Existenz des Ordens<\/em><\/p>\n

Have to list this phrase:
\n“disorderly library” = ungeordnete Bibliothek<\/em><\/p>\n

“on the dubious, the improbable, and the bizarre”
\n= \u00fcber das Dubiose, das Unwahrscheinliche, und das Bizarre<\/em><\/p>\n

“blueprints of ludicrous weaponry”
\n= Blaupausen von l\u00e4cherlichen Waffen<\/em><\/p>\n

“sketchbooks of strange plants”
\n= Skizzenb\u00fccher von merkw\u00fcrdigen Pflanzen<\/em><\/p>\n

“periodic table of smells”
\n= Periodentafel der Ger\u00fcche<\/em><\/p>\n

“infamous dissertation on dithering”
\n= ber\u00fcchtigte Dissertation \u00fcber das T\u00e4ndeln<\/em><\/p>\n

Such a lovely long phrase:
\n“accumulated research”
\n= angesammelten Forschungsergebnisse<\/em><\/p>\n

Sounds even more complicated in German:
\n“complicated filing system”
\n= h\u00f6chst komplizierte Ablagesystem<\/em><\/p>\n

“unwieldy collection”
\n= unhandliche Sammlung<\/em><\/p>\n

“questions from the public”
\n= Fragen der \u00d6ffentlichkeit<\/em><\/p>\n

“reading room” = Lesesaal<\/em><\/p>\n

“portly” = korpulenten<\/em><\/p>\n

“for some reason” = aus unerfindlichen Gr\u00fcnden<\/em><\/p>\n

“life’s goal” = Lebenziel<\/em><\/p>\n

“sharpening his pencils”
\n= seine Bleistifte spitzte<\/em><\/p>\n

“File cabinets” = Aktenschr\u00e4nke<\/em><\/p>\n

“papers, folders, and note cards”
\n= Papieren, Ordnern und Karteikarten<\/em><\/p>\n

“teetering stacks” = wacklige Stapel<\/em><\/p>\n

“composition books” = Aufsatzheften<\/em><\/p>\n

“crumpled documents” = zerknitterte Dokumente<\/em><\/p>\n

“climb over” = dar\u00fcberklettern<\/em><\/p>\n

“reference works” = Nachschlagewerke<\/em><\/p>\n

“rough drafts” = erste Entw\u00fcrfe<\/em><\/p>\n

“scribbled” = gekritzelt<\/em><\/p>\n

“browsed” = schm\u00f6kerte<\/em><\/p>\n

“tasting patterns” = Geschmacksmuster<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course:
\n“hauled” = schleppte<\/em><\/p>\n

“circular chain” = kreisf\u00f6rmigen Kette<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m going to stop with the words “FOR MY DAUGHTER” = F\u00dcR MEINE TOCHTER<\/em><\/p>\n

I think my favorite phrase today was seine Bleistifte spitzte<\/em>. I’ll remember it when I answer Fragen der \u00d6ffentlichkeit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bis Bald!<\/em><\/p>\n

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