10 Minute Biographies Chapter 8 (Absolute Beginner Book Club)

Page 115

Summary

このころ、おとぎ話は、お母さんが 子供を 寝かせる ときに 話す、ただの 作り話で、それほど 大切な ものだとけは、思われていませんでした。

Around this time, the fairy tale was just a tale that a mother would tell when she puts a child to bed, and it did not carry any importance.

でも、グリムきょうだいは、探いました。
Still, brothers were researching

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さがい sounds very similar to さがす (探す)
Brothers were different because they thought fairy tales are important. But also they were researching … I think your version is correct, not mine.

It’s not さがい, but ちがい in the text.

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After 3 years of daily studies i still confuse ち, さ & ら!

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It’s always め and ぬ that catch me out…

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For me it is セ and サ.
And of course the fab four: シツンソ

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p. 116

「昔から話伝えられてきたおとぎ話は、みんなの宝物だよ。
“Fairy tales transmitted from long ago are everybody’s treasure.
おとぎ話には、子どもの心を育てる大切なものが、いっぱい詰まっているんだ。」
Fairy tales are full of important things that educate the children’s minds.”
「おとぎ話が、忘れられて消えてしまわないように、集めて書いておこう。」
“We will collect and write down the fairy tales, so that they will not be forgotten and disappear.”
二人は、古くから伝わる話を、いろいろな人に聞いて回ることにしました。
They decided to listen to the old transmitted tales told by various people.
そして、五年の月日をかけて、こつこつとたくさんのお話を集めたです。
So, they spent 5 years and steadily collected a large number of tales.

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page 116

Summary

昔話から話伝えられてきたおとぎ話は皆の宝物だよ。

The fairy tales that have been passed from generation to generation m are everyone’s treasure.

おとぎ話には、子供の心を育てる大切なものが、いっぱい詰っているんだ。

Fairy tales are packed with lots of important things that nurture a heart of a child.

おとぎ話が、忘れられて 消えて終わないように、集めて 書いて置こう。

Let’s collect and write so that the fairy tale will not be forgotten and disappear.

二人は、古くから 伝わる 話を色々な 人に聞いて回る ことにしました。

The two decided to listen to various people about the stories that have been passed down since ancient times.

そして、五年の月日をかけて、コツコツとたくさんのお話を集めたのです。

This way, over the course of five years, little by little they gathered a lot of stories.

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p. 117

「いっぱい集まったぞ。よし、これをまとめて本にしよう。」
“We have collected a lot. Alright, we will put all this in a book.”
こうして、『子どもと家庭のための童話』という本が、出来上がりました。
Thus, they completed the book called “Children’s and Household Tales”.
ヤーコブが二十七歳、ウィルヘルムが二十六歳のときのことです。
Jacob was then 27 years old, and Wilhelm was 26.

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p. 118

グリム兄弟は、本が出たあとも、少しずつ書き直し、新しく集めたお話も加えていきました。
After the publication of their book, the Brothers Grimm rewrote it little by little and added newly collected stories.
「兄さん、子どもに読みやすいように、易しい文に変えたらどうかな。」
“Brother, how about changing the sentences into easy ones to make it easier for children to read?”
「おとぎ話は、みんなの宝物だろう。聞いた話は、できるだけそのまま書かなければならないよ。」
“Fairy tales are everyone’s treasure. We have to write them down just as we heard them, as much as possible.”
「分かりやすくするだけで、話を作り変えたりはしないから。」
“It’s just making it easy to understand, not making changes to the stories.”

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p. 119

「分かった。では、ウィルヘルムに任せるよ。」
“Alright. I leave it to you then, Wilhelm.”
「他にも、変えたほうがいいところは、ないかな。」
“I wonder if there is anything else I should change?”
「あんまり怖い話は削って、面白い話を入れるというのは、どうだろう。」
“What about cutting out the very scary stories and put in the funny stories?”
などと、二人で話し合いました。
Such were the things the two discussed.

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p.120

「絵も、入れたほうが楽しいんじゃないかな。」
“Wouldn’t it be fun to include pictures as well?”
「それなら、ルートウィヒに頼もう。」
“If so, we will ask Ludwig.”
画家になった一番下の弟、ルートウィヒが描いた挿絵も、乗るようになりました。
So it came to be that Ludwig, their youngest brother who had become a painter, joined them to draw the book illustrations.
このように、兄弟が力を合われて、『子どもと家庭の童話』を、子どもから大人まで誰もが楽しめる本に、作り上げていきました。
In this way, the brothers joined forces to make “Children’s and Household Tales” a book enjoyed by everyone, from children to adults.

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I think のる here is meant to be 載る and the illustrations are the subject of the main clause, not Ludwig. :v:

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I agree thank you 2000kanjiAlbino Durtle i feel I am learning a lot by making better sense of what I think a page says by seeing your translations. I think I would have given up by now without your generosity.

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p. 121

ウィルヘルムが中心になって、何度も何度も書き直しました。
Wilhelm played a central role in rewriting it over and over again.
二人がおとぎ話を集め始めてから五十年、最後に出した本には、全部で二百を越えるお話が載っています。
Fifty years after they started collecting fairy tales, in the last book they produce, a total of more than 200 tales is published.
忘れられて消えてしまっていたかもしれないおとぎ話は、グリム兄弟のおかげで、みんなが楽しめる宝物になったのです。
Thanks to the Brothers Grimm, the fairy tales that might have been forgotten and might have disappeared, became treasures to be enjoyed by everyone.

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p. 122

『子どもと家庭のための童話』は、『グリム童話集』という名前で、世界中に広まっていきました。
“Tales for Children and Households” have spread all over the world under the name of “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”.
そして、絵本やお芝居い、映画など、いろいろな形で、今もたくさんの人たちを、わくわくどきどきさせているのです。
And still today, many people are excited and thrilled by them in various forms such as picture books, plays, and movies.

グリム兄弟
Brothers Grimm
ヤーコブ・グリム(兄)(一七八五〜一八六三年)
Jacob Grimm (older brother) (1785-1863)
ウィルヘルム・グリム(弟)(一七八六〜一八五九年)
Wilhelm Grimm (younger brother) (1786-1859)

ドイツ語の辞典も作った
They also created a German dictionary
グリム兄弟は、ドイツ語の研究でも、たくさんの素晴らしい仕事をしました。
The Brothers Grimm also did a lot of great work in the study of German language.
中でも有名なのが、兄弟で作り始めた「ドイツ語辞典」です。
A famous one is the “German Dictionary” that the brothers began to create.
この本は、二人が生きている間には完成しませんでした。
This book was not completed in their lifetime.
優れた学者たちが引き継ぎ、全部で十六巻の辞典が完成したのは、兄弟が亡くなって、百年近くたってからでした。
Outstanding scholars took over and completed the entire 16 volumes of the dictionary about 100 years after the brothers’ death.

Here is an online version of the dictionary (in antiquated German):
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/21
Wörterbuchnetz

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Wow, that’s really interesting, thanks for sharing!
I did not even know that there was no capitalization for nouns back in the day :thinking:
Plus, I like how they use latin definitions for the words, as if that were the most natural thing to do (and probably it was among scholars at that time)…

Yes, I believe it was required for scholarly works to be written in Latin at that time. So other scholars could read it I guess (scholars in other countries also wrote in Latin).

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Chapter 9 thread ready for tomorrow :+1:

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