{"id":43759,"date":"2024-05-12T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43759"},"modified":"2024-05-12T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T03:30:00","slug":"sonderling-sunday-eeyore-has-a-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43759","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Eeyore Has a Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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 I’m taking on the wonderful classic Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a><\/em>, which I’m afraid isn’t quite as charming as Pu der B\u00e4r<\/em>, but the translator, Harry Rowohlt, makes a good effort. Of course, all the nouns are Already Capitalized in German, so they can’t use capitalization With Great Meaning.<\/p>\n

Last time I covered Pu der B\u00e4r<\/em> was *gasp* 2016<\/a>! We covered the chapter where Pooh meets the Heffalump. This means that today we’re on Chapter 6, “In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents,” which when translated is Kapitel 6, In welchem I-Ah Geburtstag hat und zwei Geschenke bekommt<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I like including the first sentence. This one’s actually shorter in German!
\n“Eeyore, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water.”
\n= I-Ah, der alte graue Esel, stand am Bach und betrachtete sich im Wasser.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Pathetic”
\n= Ein Bild des Jammers<\/em>
\n(“A picture of misery”)<\/p>\n

Shorter again in German:
\n“There was a crackling noise in the bracken behind him”
\n= Es raschelte im Farn hinter ihm<\/em>
\n(“It rustled in the ferns behind him”)<\/p>\n

“gloomily” = d\u00fcster<\/em><\/p>\n

“Which I doubt.” = Was ich bezweifle.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Gaiety” = Frohsinn<\/em><\/p>\n

“Here we go round the mulberry bush”
\n= Ringel Ringel Rosen. Darf ich bitten, mein Fr\u00e4ulein.<\/em><\/p>\n

“riddle” = R\u00e4tsel<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry, just not the same:
\n“a Bear of Very Little Brain”
\n= ein B\u00e4r von sehr geringem Verstand<\/em>
\n(“a bear of very low understanding”)<\/p>\n

Okay, this had to have been a Great Big Challenge to translate:<\/p>\n

“Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
\nA fly can’t bird, but a bird can fly.
\nAsk me a riddle and I reply:
\nCottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.”<\/p>\n

The German version:
\nFragen, Fragen, immer nur Fragen.
\nEs kann der K\u00e4fer den Specht nicht ertragen.
\nGib mir ein R\u00e4tsel auf; ich werde sagen:
\n\u00bbDa musst du jemand anders fragen.\u00ab<\/em><\/p>\n

It rhymes!<\/p>\n

(Put through Google translate:
\n“Questions, questions, always just questions.
\nThe beetle cannot bear the woodpecker.
\nGive me a riddle; I would say:
\n\u00bbYou’ll have to ask someone else.\u00ab”)<\/p>\n

“verse” = Strophe<\/em><\/p>\n

zweite Strophe<\/em>:<\/p>\n

“Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
\nA fish can’t whistle and neither can I.
\nAsk me a riddle and I reply:
\nCottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.”<\/p>\n

Auf Deutsch:
\nFragen, Fragen, immer nur Fragen.
\nEin Fisch kann nicht pfeifen und ich kann nicht klagen.
\nGib mir ein R\u00e4tsel auf; ich werde sagen:
\n\u00bbDa musst du jemand anders fragen.\u00ab<\/em><\/p>\n

(The new line through Google translate is:
\n“A fish can’t whistle and I can’t complain.”)<\/p>\n

And finally, the third stanza:<\/p>\n

“Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie,
\nWhy does a chicken, I don’t know why.
\nAsk me a riddle and I reply:
\nCottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie.”<\/p>\n

Auf Deutsch:
\nFragen, Fragen, immer nur Fragen.
\nUnsichtbar wird der Honig im Magen.
\nGib mir ein R\u00e4tsel auf; ich werde sagen:
\n\u00bbDa musst du jemand anders fragen.\u00ab<\/em><\/p>\n

(“Invisible becomes the honey in the stomach.”)<\/p>\n

Hey, it rhymes!<\/p>\n

“Many happy returns of the day”
\n= Herzliche Gl\u00fcckw\u00fcnsche zum Geburstag<\/em><\/p>\n

“proper” = angemessenes<\/em><\/p>\n

We’ve done this before, but have to include:
\n“Piglet” = Ferkel<\/em><\/p>\n

“knocker” = T\u00fcrklopfer<\/em><\/p>\n

“kindly” = liebensw\u00fcrdig<\/em><\/p>\n

“Very Sad Condition” = sehr traurig Zustand<\/em><\/p>\n

“wants to cheer him up” = zur Aufheiterung w\u00fcnscht<\/em><\/p>\n

And a good sentence to know:
\n“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.”
\n= Niemand kann mit einem Ballon unaufgeheitert bleiben.<\/em>
\n(“Noone can with a balloon uncheered remain.”)<\/p>\n

“trotted” = trabte<\/em><\/p>\n

“jar of honey” = Honigtopf<\/em><\/p>\n

“tip of his nose” = seiner Nasenspitze<\/em><\/p>\n

“trickled” = tr\u00f6pfelte<\/em><\/p>\n

Another phrase we Need to Know:
\n“Time for a little something.”
\n= Zeit f\u00fcr eine Kleinigkeit.<\/em><\/p>\n

“as he took his last lick of the inside of the jar”
\n= als er den Topf ein letztes Mal ausschleckte<\/em><\/p>\n

“useful pot” = n\u00fctzlichen Topf<\/em><\/p>\n

“paw” = Pfote<\/em><\/p>\n

“wobbly” = wacklig<\/em><\/p>\n

“admiringly” = bewundernd<\/em><\/p>\n

“carelessly” = leichthin<\/em> (“lightly”)<\/p>\n

“rabbit hole” = Kaninchenloch<\/em><\/p>\n

“blown up” = in die Luft geflogen<\/em> (“in the air flown”)<\/p>\n

“BANG!” = PENG!<\/em><\/p>\n

“bang” = Knall<\/em><\/p>\n

“with great difficulty” = unter gro\u00dfen Schweirigkeiten<\/em><\/p>\n

“I burst the balloon!”
\n= ich habe den Ballon kaputtgemacht!<\/em><\/p>\n

“snuffling” = schniefend<\/em><\/p>\n

“And it’s for putting things in.”
\n= Und man kann Sachen hineintun.<\/em><\/p>\n

“So it does!” = Es klappt ja!<\/em> (“It works!”)<\/p>\n

“It goes in!” = Es passt hinein!<\/em> (“It fits in!”)<\/p>\n

“as happy as could be” = so gl\u00fccklich, wie man nur sein kann<\/em><\/p>\n

“box of paints” = Malkasten<\/em><\/p>\n

And the last sentence of the chapter:
\n“‘Yes, I remember,’ said Christopher Robin.
\n\u00bbJa, jetzt wei\u00df ich es wieder\u00ab, sagte Christopher Robin.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, that took a while, but I like doing a complete chapter. May your next week be so gl\u00fccklich, wie man nur sein kann<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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