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German to English: Der Werwolf General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - German Der Werwolf
by Christian Morgenstern
Ein Werwolf eines Nachts entwich
von Weib und Kind, und sich begab
an eines Dorfschullehrers Grab
und bat ihn: Bitte, beuge mich!
Der Dorfschulmeister stieg hinauf
auf seines Blechschilds Messingknauf
und sprach zum Wolf, der seine Pfoten
geduldig kreuzte vor dem Toten:
"Der Werwolf", - sprach der gute Mann,
"des Weswolfs"- Genitiv sodann,
"dem Wemwolf" - Dativ, wie man's nennt,
"den Wenwolf" - damit hat's ein End.'
Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle,
er rollte seine Augenbälle.
Indessen, bat er, füge doch
zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!
Der Dorfschulmeister aber mußte
gestehn, daß er von ihr nichts wußte.
Zwar Wölfe gäb's in großer Schar,
doch "Wer" gäb's nur im Singular.
Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind -
er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!!
Doch da er kein Gelehrter eben,
so schied er dankend und ergeben.
Translation - English The Werewolf
by Christian Morgenstern
A werewolf one night, so inclined,
took leave of wife and child and paid
a visit to the village teacher’s grave
to ask: “How am I declined?”
The headmaster began to levitate
and, settling by his own name plate,
spoke to the wolf who crossed his paws
patiently before the corpse:
“Werewolf, said the learned face;
Werewolf’s, that’s the genitive case;
Whemwolf, dative, as it’s called;
Whenwolf, accusative, and that is all.”
The werewolf, pleased by all this parsing,
rolled his eyeballs back and asked him:
“Could you please then now explain
how the plural form is gained?”
The village teacher had to admit
that he had never heard of it:
“While wolves are many near and far,
‘were’ is strictly singular.”
The werewolf then sat up and cried.
Had he not a child and bride?
Yet being not of learned mind,
he bid his thanks and left, resigned.
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Master's degree - Monash University
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Years of experience: 13. Registered at ProZ.com: Nov 2013.
German to English (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters)
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Australian Association for Literary Translation
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I can bring a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience to translation tasks in public relations, journalism, linguistics, applied linguistics, education, and humanities.
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