{"id":44242,"date":"2024-09-01T21:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44242"},"modified":"2024-09-01T21:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T01:25:07","slug":"sonderling-sunday-das-buch-der-tausend-tage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44242","title":{"rendered":"Sonderling Sunday – Das Buch der Tausend Tage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s time for Sonderling Sunday<\/a>! The time to be nerdy and play with language by looking at the German translation of children\u2019s books \u2013 sort of a silly phrasebook for unserious travelers.<\/p>\n

Today we’re looking at Das Buch der Tausend Tage<\/a><\/em>, the translation of one of my very favorite books, Shannon Hale<\/a>‘s Book of a Thousand Days<\/a>.<\/em> The German edition is translated by Anne Brauner.<\/p>\n

Last time we used this book<\/a>, we left off on Day 6 of “The Adventure Thereafter,” which is page 118 in English and Seite 130 auf Deutsch.<\/em> Here’s the first sentence of the new section:<\/p>\n

“Is her khan’s land burned down as well?”
\n= Wurde das Land ihres Khans auch niedergewalzt?<\/em>
\n[I looked up walz<\/em> on Google Translate, and it means “rolling”. Niedergewalzt<\/em> is literally “down-rolled.”]<\/p>\n

“drift from tree shade to tree shade”
\n= von Baumschatten zu Baumschatten treiben<\/em><\/p>\n

“swallows people whole”
\n= die Menschen verschluckt<\/em><\/p>\n

“queasy” = mulmig<\/em><\/p>\n

“whispers” = Gefl\u00fcster<\/em><\/p>\n

“vessels to carry water”
\n= Gef\u00e4\u00dfe, in denen wir Wasser aufbewahren k\u00f6nnen<\/em><\/p>\n

“pillagers” = Pl\u00fcnderern<\/em><\/p>\n

“stubborn mare” = st\u00f6rrische Stute<\/em><\/p>\n

“must dangle my own carrot”
\n= muss meinen eigenen K\u00f6der baumeln lassen<\/em><\/p>\n

“scratched-out letters” = ausgekratzten Buchstaben<\/em><\/p>\n

“many a body” = so manche Leiche<\/em><\/p>\n

“burned bones” = verkohlte Knochen<\/em><\/p>\n

“missing skulls” = fehlende Sch\u00e4del<\/em><\/p>\n

“dread” = Best\u00fcrzung<\/em><\/p>\n

“Both are different shades of darkness.”
\n= Beide ist Dunkelheit, in unterschiedlichen Schattierungen.<\/em> (This is why German is longer.)
\n[“Both are darkness, in different shades.”]<\/p>\n

“While I sorted through the rubble”
\n= Als wir in dem Ger\u00f6ll stocherten<\/em><\/p>\n

“heap of rubble” = Schutthaufen<\/em><\/p>\n

“barley meal” = Gerstenmehl<\/em><\/p>\n

“some rope” = Tauwerk<\/em><\/p>\n

“ceramic pot” = Keramiktopf<\/em><\/p>\n

“spout” = T\u00fclle<\/em><\/p>\n

“sharpen sticks” = St\u00f6cke anspitzen<\/em><\/p>\n

“rodents” = Nagetiere<\/em> [“gnaw-animals”]<\/p>\n

“spear” = aufspie\u00dfen<\/em><\/p>\n

“bubbles up” = lossprudelt<\/em><\/p>\n

“herd of horses” = Pferdeherde<\/em> (It rhymes!)<\/p>\n

“nuzzles” = schnuppert<\/em><\/p>\n

“spiced food” = gew\u00fcrztes Essen<\/em><\/p>\n

“Stars light my page.”
\n= Die Sterne beleuchten diese Seite.<\/em><\/p>\n

“setting sun” = untergehenden Sonne<\/em><\/p>\n

“No walls trap us now!”
\n= Mauern mehr in die Falle locken!<\/em><\/p>\n

“smell of grass and yak”
\n= Duft von Gras und Yak<\/em><\/p>\n

And the last sentence of the day:
\n“The Ancestors will honor such a life as mine, I hope.”
\n= Ich hoffe, dass die Ahnen ein Leben wie meines ehren werden.<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s the last sentence of Tag 8<\/em>, but our narrator doesn’t take up her pen again until Tag 33<\/em>. Next time!<\/p>\n

I do hope the phrases that turn up intrigue you a bit about the book, as well as giving you handy things to say next time you see a Pferdeherde<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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