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German to English: Patrick Süskind. Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer. General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - German Wir waren also beim Pferderennen gewesen, und als wir am späten Nachmittag nach Hause fuhren, war es zwar immer noch heiß, ja sogar heißer und schwüler als am Mittag, aber der Himmel hatte sich schon mit einer dünnen Dunstschicht bezogen. Im Westen standen bleigraue Wolken mit eitergelben Rändern. Nach einer Viertelstunde mußte mein Vater die Scheinwerfer einschalten, denn die Wolken waren auf einmal so nahe gerückt, daß sie den ganzen Horizont wie ein Vorhang verhängten und düstere Schatten über das Land warfen. Dann fegten einige Böen von den Hügeln herab und fielen in breiten Strichen über die Kornfelder, es war, als würden die Felder gekämmt, und die Büsche und Sträucher erschraken. Fast gleichzeitig fing der Regen an, nein, der Regen noch nicht, sondern zuerst fielen nur einzelne fette Tropfen, wie Weintrauben so dick, die da und dort auf den Asphalt herunterklatschten und auf dem Kühler und der Windschutzscheibe zerplatzten. Und dann brach das Unwetter los. Die Zeitungen schrieben später, daß es das schlimmste Unwetter in unserer
Gegend seit zweiundzwanzig Jahren gewesen sei. Ob das stimmt, weiß ich nicht, denn ich war damals
erst sieben Jahre alt, aber ich weiß bestimmt, daß ich ein solches Unwetter in meinem Leben kein zweites Mal mitgemacht habe, und schon gar nicht in einem Auto auf freier Landstraße. Das Wasser fiel nicht mehr in Tropfen, es fiel in Schwaden vom Himmel. In kürzester Zeit war die Straße überschwemmt. Der Wagen pflügte sich durchs Wasser, zu beiden Seiten spritzten die Fontänen hoch, sie standen wie Wände aus Wasser, und wie durch schieres Wasser sah man durch die Windschutzscheibe, obwohl der Scheibenwischer hektisch hin und her schlug.
Doch es kam noch schlimmer. Denn nach und nach verwandelte sich der Regen in Hagel, man hörte es, ehe man es sah, an einer Veränderung des Rauschens hin zu einem härteren, helleren Prasseln, und man spürte es an einer fröstligen Kälte, die jetzt in den Wagen drang.
Translation - English Well, we had been to the races and as we were driving home late in the afternoon it was, indeed, still hot. In fact, it felt even hotter and more sultry than at midday but the sky had already clouded over with a thin veil of mist. In the west there were lead-grey clouds, edged in a puss-like yellow. After a quarter of an hour my father had to switch on the headlights because the clouds were suddenly so close that they hung like curtains, right across the horizon and cast dark shadows over the landscape. Then some gusts of wind swept down from the hillsides and fell in broad strokes across the cornfields. It was as if they were combing the fields, and the bushes and shrubs were petrified. Almost at once the rain began to fall - no, not the rain as such, but rather a few large drops at first. They were as fat as grapes, splashing here and there on the asphalt and bursting on the bonnet and the windscreen of the car. And then the storm broke. The newspapers later reported that this had been the worst storm in our area for twenty-two years. I do not know if this was correct as I was only seven years old at the time. However, what I do know is that I did not experience another storm like it in my life time - and certainly not in a car out on an open country road. The water no longer fell in drops. It fell from the sky like clouds of vapour. Before you knew it, the road was flooded. The car ploughed its way through the water. On both sides of us, fountains spurted up like walls of water and as you looked through the windscreen you were looking through a sheer layer of water although the windscreen wipers were frantically beating back and forth.
However there was worse to come. This was because the rain gradually turned to hail. You could hear it before you could see it because the sound of rushing water changed to a harder, more high-pitched drumming and you could feel it because of an icy cold which penetrated the car.
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Graduate diploma - City University London
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Years of experience: 19. Registered at ProZ.com: May 2012.
German to English (City University London, verified) German to English (King's College London (University of London)) German (King's College London (University of London), verified)
-BA(Hons) in German
-Diploma in Higher Adult Education
-Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Institute of Education London)
-Postgraduate certificate in Principles and Practice in Translation (City University London)
As an English Language teacher I also have excellent writing skills in English and am also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL).
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