{"id":32873,"date":"2017-04-30T22:23:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=32873"},"modified":"2017-04-30T22:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:36:01","slug":"sonderling-sunday-der-orden-der-seltsamen-sonderlinge-dinner-with-fiona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=32873","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge – Dinner with Fiona"},"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

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Tonight we’re back to the most Sonder<\/em> book of them all, Der Orden der Seltsamen Sonderlinge<\/a><\/em>, which is the translation of The Order of Odd-fish<\/a><\/em>, by James Kennedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last time<\/a>, I did a short post, beginning Chapter 22 with Jo getting ready for Desolation Day. I do my best not to post any spoilers, but I do hope readers of my blog will be intrigued to ask What sort of book would use these fascinating phrases?<\/em> Pick up a copy!<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, let’s take a look at the first sentence of the next section, to set the stage:<\/p>\n

“The night before Desolation Day, Jo, Ian, and Nora huddled from the rain under an awning in East Squeamings, waiting to be picked up by the Wormbeards.
\n= Am Vorabend des Tages der Verw\u00fcstung dr\u00e4ngten sich Jo, Ian und Nora unter eine Markise in Ost-Heikel, wo sie darauf warteten, von den Wurmb\u00e4rten abgeholt zu werden.<\/p>\n

“sodden” = <\/em>\u00fcberschwemmtes<\/em><\/p>\n

“put away” = beiseitegeschafft<\/em> (“aside-made”)<\/p>\n

I dare you to find a reason to say this:
\n“torn apart by lizard-dogs”
\n= von diesen Echsenhunden zerfetzt zu werden<\/em><\/p>\n

“a quiet satisfaction” = eine stille Befriedigung<\/em><\/p>\n

“a calculated insult” = eine wohl\u00fcberlegte Beleidigung<\/em> (“a well-considered insult”)<\/p>\n

“glowing fungi” = schimmernden Pilze<\/em><\/p>\n

“stale, spicy air” = abgestandene, w\u00fcrzige Luft<\/em><\/p>\n

“covered with minutely detailed carvings”
\n= mit peinlichst genau gearbeiteten Steinmetzarbeiten verziert<\/em><\/p>\n

“the tree’s bark” = die Rinde des Baumes<\/em><\/p>\n

This is fun to say:
\n“between the branches” = zwischen den Zweigen<\/em><\/p>\n

“simmering in this cauldron of dishonor”
\n= siedend in diesem Kessel der Ehrlosigkeit<\/em><\/p>\n

“trickery” = Hinterlist<\/em><\/p>\n

“trickled” = tr\u00f6pfelten<\/em><\/p>\n

“chunky boulders” = klobigen Felsbrocken<\/em><\/p>\n

“well-tended little groves” = gut gepflegten kleinen Hainen<\/em><\/p>\n

“spacious” = ger\u00e4umig<\/em><\/p>\n

“slum” = Baracke<\/em><\/p>\n

“sculptor” = Bildhauerin<\/em><\/p>\n

“Fiona’s studio was a large concrete bunker smelling of plaster and clay and paint.”
\n= Fionas Atelier war ein gro\u00dfer Betonbunker, in dem es nach Gips, Lehm und Farbe roch.<\/em><\/p>\n

“throwing wheels” = Wurfscheiben<\/em><\/p>\n

“found objects” = offenbar zusammengesammelten Objekten<\/em><\/p>\n

“furnace” = Hochofen<\/em><\/p>\n

“goo” = klebriges Zeug<\/em><\/p>\n

“bubbled” = blubberte<\/em><\/p>\n

“idol” = G\u00f6tzenbild<\/em><\/p>\n

“a lumpy, bulging grotesque tower” = ein plumper, praller, grotesker Turm<\/em><\/p>\n

“fins and scales” = Flossen und Schuppen<\/em><\/p>\n

“viciously clashing colors” = bei\u00dfenden Farben<\/em>
\n(“biting colors”)<\/p>\n

“shrunken” = geschrumpft<\/em><\/p>\n

Try to say this!
\n“grafted on” = aufgepfropft<\/em><\/p>\n

“tangled hair” = verfilztes Haar<\/em><\/p>\n

“a shambling, snarling, unclean beast”
\n= eine watschelnde, z\u00e4hnefletschende, unreine Bestie<\/em><\/p>\n

“sketches” = Skizzen<\/em><\/p>\n

“tempting” = verlockend<\/em><\/p>\n

“addition” = Erg\u00e4nzung<\/em><\/p>\n

Just what you wanted to know how to say in German:
\n“earlobe” = Ohrl\u00e4ppchen<\/em><\/p>\n

“scrambling” = taumelte<\/em><\/p>\n

“stumbling down the hallway” = schwankte durch den Flur<\/em><\/p>\n

“moan” = Fauchen<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s all for tonight! I got eine stille Befriedigung<\/em> from doing Sonderling Sunday again!<\/p>\n

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

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