Grammar in context: translations 1
Words and sentences in context The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good. (From: Genesis 1, 1–3, Authorized Version)
The Metamorphosis When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. (From: Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis)
Other Worlds The ultra-modern luxury liner is stranded, the crew is running around in confusion, deep in the bowels of the vessel a time bomb is ticking. The interstellar computer game ‘Spaceship Titanic’, invented by British cult book author Douglas Adams, is now being launched onto the market in a German edition. German speakers gave the robots voices. (From: Der Spiegel)
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Nouns in context A modern Noah’s Ark Circus – also known as the people’s theatre – is one of the oldest forms of entertainment and a medium for international culture. Circus – that means acrobats, clowns and, above all, animals, for the origin of the circus lies in the presentation of animals. Our circus is rather like a modern Noah’s Ark. The animals are our partners, our friends, and belong to our big family. All our animals have the best care, good food, spacious stabling and outside enclosures, optimum care from qualified veterinary surgeons and farriers, and, above all, constant contact with animal trainers and keepers. All our acts are based on the natural behaviour of the animals. Partnership between man and beast is the foundation for the circus training. In an age when more and more exotic species are being driven from their natural environment, it is extremely important that we are providing them with a habitat. In this way we are making a
