{"id":33924,"date":"2017-11-26T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33924"},"modified":"2017-11-26T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:24:07","slug":"sonderling-sunday-seltsamen-sonderlinge-the-return-of-the-belgian-prankster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33924","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Seltsamen Sonderlinge – The Return of the Belgian Prankster!"},"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 it’s back to the especially Sonder<\/em>-book, 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>, we finished Chapter 23! So now it’s on to Chapter Twenty-Four! [This is out of 28 chapters. My Sonderling Sunday posts are becoming less and less frequent. This is mostly because I’ve become part of a group that plays games on Sunday afternoon. And I just like the sound of “Sonderling Sunday” too much to switch to another day. Theoretically, as the year 2018 progresses, I should spend less time posting and more time reading. So we shall see what happens. But anyway, tonight the gaming hosts are getting home from a holiday weekend with family, so here I am ready to translate!]<\/p>\n

The first sentence of Chapter 24 is a perfect sentence for translating. I’m sure you want to know how to say this, should you ever be in Germany!
\n“The return of the Belgian Prankster sparked a citywide panic.”
\n= Die R\u00fcckkehr des Belgischen Scherzkekses l\u00f6ste in der ganzen Stadt einen wahren Tumult aus.<\/em><\/p>\n

“breathless and exhausted” = atemlos und ersch\u00f6pft<\/em><\/p>\n

“flurry of chaos” = Chaos der Verwirrung<\/em><\/p>\n

“still others sat numbly on the sidewalk”
\n= wieder andere sa\u00dfen wie bet\u00e4ubt auf dem B\u00fcrgersteig<\/em><\/p>\n

It amuses me how much longer this is in German:
\n“Everybody had the same panicked expression.”
\n= Die Menschen dort trugen alle denselben panikerf\u00fcllten Gesichtsausdruck zur Schau.<\/em><\/p>\n

“jittery conversations” = nerv\u00f6sen Gespr\u00e4chen<\/em><\/p>\n

“headlines” = Schlagzeile<\/em> (“strike-row”)<\/p>\n

“baffling” = verbl\u00fcffende<\/em><\/p>\n

“No one dared venture near.”
\n= Niemand wagte es auch nur, in seine N\u00e4he zu kommen.<\/em>
\n(“No one dared it even, in his neighborhood to come.”)<\/p>\n

“stern chiding” = scharfe R\u00fcffel<\/em><\/p>\n

“public ridicule” = \u00f6ffentlichen Gesp\u00f6tt<\/em><\/p>\n

“poked him” = piksten ihn<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a great sentence:
\n“People will put up with being terrified, but no one will tolerate being bored.”
\n= Die Menschen ertragen es, in Angst und Schrecken zu leben, aber keiner nimmt es hin, gelangweilt zu werden.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Asylum for the Feeble of Brain” = Asyl f\u00fcr die Geistesschwachen<\/em><\/p>\n

“Jo drank coffee after coffee”
\n= Jo trank unabl\u00e4ssig Kaffee<\/em>
\n(“Jo drank ceaselessly coffee”)<\/p>\n

“suicide” = selbstm\u00f6rderisch<\/em><\/p>\n

“sticky and sluggish” = stickig und z\u00e4h<\/em><\/p>\n

“Nothing seemed worth doing.”
\n= Nichts schien der Anstrengung wert zu sein.<\/em><\/p>\n

“eyes ache” = Augen wehtaten<\/em><\/p>\n

“writhed” = w\u00e4lzte<\/em><\/p>\n

“feeling like she was wrapped in hot wet cotton”
\n= hatte das Gef\u00fchl, sie w\u00e4re in hei\u00dfe, nasse Baumwolllaken eingewickelt<\/em><\/p>\n

The last sentence of the section about the Belgian Prankster:
\n“Furious but repulsed, fascinated but terrified, she felt herself pulled toward him.”
\nSie war w\u00fctend und angewidert, fasziniert und ver\u00e4ngstigt und f\u00fchlte sich trotz allem zu ihm hingezogen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s hoping you never have occasion to use that sentence!<\/p>\n

That’s all for tonight! Until next time, may you not be terrified or<\/em> bored!<\/p>\n

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