German composition : $b A theoretical and practical guide to the art of translating English prose into German · Hermann Lange
Chapter 4
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Then the prince commanded to make merry; and the sailors drank out the three casks of wine, and the prince and all the noble company danced in the moonlight on the deck of the White Ship.
When at last she shot out of the harbour of Barfleur, there was not a sober seaman on board. But the sails were all set and the oars all going merrily, Fitz-Stephen at the helm.
The gay young nobles and the beautiful ladies talked, laughed, and sang. The prince encouraged the fifty sailors to row harder yet, for the honour of the White Ship.
Hereupon.
that they (+man+) should make merry. The verb must stand in the Present Subjunctive, as will be seen from §§ 28-30 of the App.
+samt.+
+adelig+; company = retinue.
+dieses+, to be placed after ‘When’.
shot out of = left.
there to be, +sich befinden+.
not a, +auch nicht ein einziger+.
Say ‘upon the ship’.
+gespannt.+
Say ‘and the oars moved (+sich bewegen+) merrily (+lustig+), whilst F.-St. stood at the helm’.
+an´treiben.+
harder = faster.
+dem weißen Schiff zu Ehren.+
Section 51.
THE WHITE SHIP.
