German composition : $b A theoretical and practical guide to the art of translating English prose into German · Hermann Lange
Chapter 4
Chapter 110 of 173 · 2 min read
“Think not of that (S. 4, N. 5, B),” said Ivanhoe; “this is no time for such thoughts. Who yield? Who push their way?”
“The ladders are thrown down,” replied Rebecca shuddering; “the soldiers lie grovelling under them like crushed reptiles. The besieged have the better.”
“Saint George, strike for us!” exclaimed the Knight; “do the false yeomen give way?”
“No!” exclaimed Rebecca, “they bear themselves right yeomanly—the Black Knight approaches the postern with his huge axe—the thundering blows which he deals you may hear them above all the din and shouts of the battle.—Stones and beams are hailed down on the bold champion—he regards them no more than if they were thistle-down or feathers!”
“By Saint George,” said Ivanhoe, raising (S. 111, N. 6) himself joyfully on his couch, “methought there was (S. 82, N. 7, and App. § 33) but one man in England that might do such a deed!”
“The postern gate shakes,” continued Rebecca; “it crashes—it is splintered by his blows—they rush in—the outwork is won.—O God, they hurl the defenders from the battlements—they throw them into the moat.—O men, if ye be indeed men, spare them that can resist no longer!”
“The bridge—the bridge which communicates with the castle—have they won that pass?” exclaimed Ivanhoe.
“No,” replied Rebecca, “the Templar has destroyed the plank on which they crossed—few of the defenders escaped with him into the castle—the shrieks and cries which you hear tell the fate of the others.—Alas! I see it is still more difficult to look upon victory (S. 3, N. 2) than upon battle.”—SIR WALTER SCOTT, “IVANHOE.”
= we have; for, +zu+.
to push one’s way, +vorwärts dringen+.
+auf dem Bauche.+
to have the better, +die Oberhand haben+.
= fight.
+zurück´weichen.+
‘to bear oneself’, here +sich halten+; right yeomanly = like true (+echt+) yeomen.
to deal blows, +Streiche führen+.
= can; See S. 92, N. 5 and App. § 14; above, +über ... hinaus+.
+Getöse+, n.
= thrown down.
than — were = than he would regard (+beachten+).
+Distelwolle.+
= I thought; see S. 64, N. 11; but = only.
+der einer solchen That fähig wäre!+
+wackeln.+
+von.+
= taken, +ein´nehmen+, sep. comp. irreg. v. tr.
+ihr+; to spare a man, +~eines~ Menschen schonen+; render ‘them’ by the Gen. of the demonstr. pron.; that — longer = who can defend themselves no longer.
+erkämpft+; that pass, +diesen Durchgang+.
to cross on a plank, +über eine Planke schreiten+.
= only few; escaped = have escaped (+entkom´men+, insep. comp. irreg. v., S. 29, N. 3).
+das laute Schreien und Klagen+; you = thou; tell, +verrät+.
‘to look upon a thing’, here +etwas mit an´sehen+, v. tr.
Section 187.
THE FAVOURITE HARES.
