可怕的德语
The Awful German Language
Mark Twain · 初版 1880 年
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- 幽默剖析德语名词词性分类的荒诞不合理
- 精准概括了英语使用者学德语的常见困境
- 行文极其风趣并附带讽刺小故事
最棘手的语法主题——Mark Twain序言。德语确实不算一门容易掌握的语言。它自有其精妙玄机与绊脚石，给不少学习者带来了巨大的困难。但极少有人能像Mark Twain在其短文Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache中那样，如此大声且激烈地宣泄对这些困难的懊恼。该文最终得出的结论是：应当把“德语温和而崇敬地归入死语言之列”，“因为只有死者才有充裕的时间去掌握这门语
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看来你从没听说过马克·吐温的《可怕的德语》（The Awful German Language）[0] 吧？我最喜欢的一句名言是：“我的语言学研究让我确信，一个有天赋的人学英语（撇开拼写和发音不谈）应该花三十个小时，学法语花三十天，而学德语……”
I take that you've never heard of Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language"[0]? My favorite quote is "My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days, and German…
《可怕的德语》——马克·吐温 [1]。我很喜欢这篇文章——而且他在性属（gender）问题上和你的看法一致：——接着聊聊德语的性属：树是雄性的，它的花蕾是雌性的，它的叶子是中性的；马是没有性别的，……
The Awful German Language - Mark Twain [1] I love that essay - and he agrees with you on the gender issue: --- To continue with the German genders: a tree is male, its buds are female, its leaves are neuter; horses are sexless,…
这让我想起马克·吐温的文章《可怕的德语》，他在里面写道：“在德语里，年轻姑娘没有性别，而芜菁（大头菜）却有。想想看，这是对芜菁何等过分的敬重，对姑娘又是何等冷酷的不敬。”尽管年代久远，这篇文章*……
I’m reminded of the Mark Twain essay, The Awful German Language where he says: “In German, a young lady has no sex, while a turnip has. Think what overwrought reverence that shows for the turnip, and what callous disrespect for the girl.” Despite its age the essay*…
……学好这些性属唯一有效的办法就是每天被这种语言完全浸泡——这样一来，不知不觉间就像通过渗透作用一样学会了。正如别处已经提到的那样，马克·吐温在《流浪汉在海外》（A Tramp Abroad）里的附录 D《可怕的德语》，堪称英语母语者学习德语之艰难的典范总结。总结得太绝了，不仅爆笑，而且……
…only effective way to learn these genders is to be smothered in the language on a daily basis—this way, somehow, one learns them by a form of osmosis. As already mentioned elsewhere, Appendix D - The Awful German Language in Mark Twain's The Tramp Abroad is a quintessential summing up of the difficulties a native English speaker has in learning German. It's a brilliant summary, not only is it hilariously funny but also…
……野公猫竟然是端庄的女士？天呐太有共鸣了。我还记得学到“das Mädchen”时，感觉自己的大脑都无奈认输、举手投降了。我猜你肯定读过马克·吐温的《可怕的德语》吧？链接：http://crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html 维基：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language 里面那个《鱼贩妇人及其悲惨命运的故事》（Tale of the Fishwife and its Sad Fate）简直笑死人。你后来找到应对策略了没……
…feral tomcat a proper lady? Gosh this resonates. I remember learning "das Mädchen" and feeling my brain throw up its little brain-hands in resignation and defeat. I assume you've read Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language"? Link: http://crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language The "Tale of the Fishwife and its Sad Fate" is so funny. Did you ever get a strategy…
可别忘了马克·吐温那篇搞笑的文章《可怕的德语》。给没看过的朋友贴个链接：https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html
Lets not forget the funny Mark Twain essay “The awful German language”. For those that haven't read it: https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html