The Eyes Have It with English-German Dictionary by Philip Kindred Dick (online free books)

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The Eyes Have It Text

kindred - Stammesbrüder, Stammesgeschwister, Artgenossen, verwandt

Dick - Schwanz, erigierter Penis (vulg.)

IT WAS quite by accident I discovered this incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another planet. As yet, I haven't done anything about it; I can't think of anything to do. I wrote to the Government, and they sent back a pamphlet on the repair and maintenance of frame houses. Anyhow, the whole thing is known; I'm not the first to discover it. Maybe it's even under control.

invasion - Invasion, Überfall, Einfall, Einmarsch

lifeforms - Lebensformen

pamphlet - Flugschrift

maintenance - Instandhaltung, Wartung, Unterhalt

anyhow - irgendwie

I was sitting in my easy-chair, idly turning the pages of a paperbacked book someone had left on the bus, when I came across the reference that first put me on the trail. For a moment I didn't respond. It took some time for the full import to sink in. After I'd comprehended, it seemed odd I hadn't noticed it right away.

idly - untätig, träge

paperbacked - als Taschenbuch herausgegeben; Broschur, broschiert

trail - Pfad; folgen, verfolgen, nachstellen, nacheilen

comprehended - begriffen; umfassen, verstehen, begreifen, erfassen, einsehen

The reference was clearly to a nonhuman species of incredible properties, not indigenous to Earth. A species, I hasten to point out, customarily masquerading as ordinary human beings. Their disguise, however, became transparent in the face of the following observations by the author.

nonhuman - nicht menschlich

species - Arten; Hartgeld

indigenous - Einheimische

hasten to - zueilen

customarily - üblicherweise

masquerading - Maskenspiel

beings - Wesen

disguise - Verkleidung; Tarnung; verstellen

observations - Beobachtungen; Beobachtung, Bemerkung

It was at once obvious the author knew everything. Knew everything‰"‰and was taking it in his stride. The line (and I tremble remembering it even now) read:

stride - schreiten

tremble - zittern; Zittern

... his eyes slowly roved about the room.

roved about - herumgetrieben

Vague chills assailed me. I tried to picture the eyes. Did they roll like dimes? The passage indicated not; they seemed to move through the air, not over the surface. Rather rapidly, apparently. No one in the story was surprised. That's what tipped me off. No sign of amazement at such an outrageous thing. Later the matter was amplified.

vague - vage; nebelhaft, schwach, unklar, undeutlich

chills - Schüttelfrost; Mutlosigkeit, Frostgefühl

assailed - angegriffen; angreifen

dimes - Groschen; 10 Cent-Stück

passage - Durchfahrt, Ăśbergang, Gang

rapidly - schnell

apparently - offensichtlich, offenbar, scheinbar, anscheinend

amazement - Erstaunen; Staunen, Verwunderung

amplified - verstärkt; erman: verstärken glossore intense; vergrößern gloss

... his eyes moved from person to person.

There it was in a nutshell. The eyes had clearly come apart from the rest of him and were on their own. My heart pounded and my breath choked in my windpipe. I had stumbled on an accidental mention of a totally unfamiliar race. Obviously non-Terrestrial. Yet, to the characters in the book, it was perfectly natural‰"‰which suggested they belonged to the same species.

nutshell - Nussschale

come apart - entzwei gehen

choked - gewürgt; erwürgen, erdrosseln, ersticken, überwältigen

windpipe - Trachea, Luftröhre

stumbled - gestolpert; Stolpern

accidental - versehentlich, zufällig, Zufall, Versehen

unfamiliar - ungewohnt

non - nicht..

terrestrial - irdisch, terrestrisch, Erde

And the author? A slow suspicion burned in my mind. The author was taking it rather too easily in his stride. Evidently, he felt this was quite a usual thing. He made absolutely no attempt to conceal this knowledge. The story continued:

suspicion - Verdacht, Argwohn, Verdächtigung

evidently - offensichtlich

attempt - versuchen; Versuch, Bestreben, Bestrebung, Anschlag, Attentat

conceal - verbergen, verheimlichen, verschleiern, verschweigen

... presently his eyes fastened on Julia.

Presently - Gegenwärtig; sogleich

Julia, being a lady, had at least the breeding to feel indignant. She is described as blushing and knitting her brows angrily. At this, I sighed with relief. They weren't all non-Terrestrials. The narrative continues:

breeding - Aufzucht, Vermehrung (biol.), züchtend; (breed); aufziehen

indignant - entrüstet

blushing - errötend; (blush) errötend

knitting - Stricken; (knit); stricken

brows - Augenbrauen; Brauen; (brow) Augenbrauen; Brauen

angrily - verärgert, wütend

sighed - geseufzt; Seufzen, Seufzer, Säuseln (Wind); säuseln (Wind)

relief - Erleichterung, Befreiung, Linderung, Unterstützung

weren - wer

Terrestrials - Außerirdische; irdisch, terrestrisch, Erde

... slowly, calmly, his eyes examined every inch of her.

calmly - ruhig

inch - Zoll (2, 54 cm), Zoll (Längenmaß)

Great Scott! But here the girl turned and stomped off and the matter ended. I lay back in my chair gasping with horror. My wife and family regarded me in wonder.

stomped - gestampft; stampfen, zerstampfen, trampeln, Stampfer

gasping - keuchend; (gasp); keuchen; japsen, prusten, Atemzug, Luftholen

regarded - betrachtet; schätzen, betrachten, berücksichtigen

śWhat's wrong, dear?ť my wife asked.

I couldn't tell her. Knowledge like this was too much for the ordinary run-of-the-mill person. I had to keep it to myself. śNothing,ť I gasped. I leaped up, snatched the book, and hurried out of the room.

Mill - Promille, 1/10 Prozent; Mühle, Fabrik; fräsen, anfräsen

gasped - keuchte; keuchen, japsen, prusten, keuchen, Atemzug, Luftholen

leaped - gesprungen; hervorspringen, hüpfen, überspringen

snatched - geschnappt; klauen, stehlen, Reißen

IN THE garage, I continued reading. There was more. Trembling, I read the next revealing passage:

trembling - Zittern, Beben; (tremble); zittern; Zittern

revealing - aufschlussreich; gewagt

... he put his arm around Julia. Presently she asked him if he would remove his arm. He immediately did so, with a smile.

It's not said what was done with the arm after the fellow had removed it. Maybe it was left standing upright in the corner. Maybe it was thrown away. I don't care. In any case, the full meaning was there, staring me right in the face.

fellow - Stipendiat, Typ, Kerl, Bursche; Gefährte, Kerl

left standing - gelassen

upright - aufrecht; hochkant

Here was a race of creatures capable of removing portions of their anatomy at will. Eyes, arms‰"‰and maybe more. Without batting an eyelash. My knowledge of biology came in handy, at this point. Obviously they were simple beings, uni-cellular, some sort of primitive single-celled things. Beings no more developed than starfish. Starfish can do the same thing, you know.

creatures - Kreaturen; Wesen

capable - fähig

portions - Portionen; Teil

anatomy - Anatomie

batting - Schlägerei; schlagend; (bat) Schlägerei; schlagend

eyelash - Wimper, Augenwimper

handy - praktisch; griffig, nützlich

uni - Uni

cellular - zellulär

primitive - primitiv; Wortstamm & Stamm, Stammwort, Urwort

celled - zelluliert; Zelle, Speicherzelle

starfish - Seesterne; Seestern

I read on. And came to this incredible revelation, tossed off coolly by the author without the faintest tremor:

revelation - Enthüllung, Offenbarung, Erkenntnis

tossed - geworfen; Wurf, Münzwurf, werfen, werfen, verwerfen, wegwerfen

coolly - kühl; gelassen

faintest - am schwächsten; leise, schwach, undeutlich, ohnmächtig werden

tremor - Zittern; Tremor; Beben

... outside the movie theater we split up. Part of us went inside, part over to the cafe for dinner.

theater - Theater, Schauspielhaus, Theatergebäude, Theaterhaus

split - gespalten; Riss, Spalt, Spaltung, Spagat

Binary fission, obviously. Splitting in half and forming two entities. Probably each lower half went to the cafe, it being farther, and the upper halves to the movies. I read on, hands shaking. I had really stumbled onto something here. My mind reeled as I made out this passage:

binary - binär; Binärsystem; Binärdatei

fission - Spaltung; Zellteilung; spalten

splitting - (split) geteilt, Spalt, Spaltung

entities - Einheiten; Wesen

reeled - aufgespult; Spule, Haspel, Demoband

... I'm afraid there's no doubt about it. Poor Bibney has lost his head again.

I'm afraid - leider, ich bedaure, ich fürchte

there's no doubt about it - darüber besteht kein Zweifel

Which was followed by:

... and Bob says he has utterly no guts.

Bob - Troddel; tanzen (Boot); Bob (Frisur)

utterly - völlig

guts - Eingeweide; Mumm; (gut); Darm, Eingeweide, Bauch, Ranzen, Darm

Yet Bibney got around as well as the next person. The next person, however, was just as strange. He was soon described as:

... totally lacking in brains.

THERE was no doubt of the thing in the next passage. Julia, whom I had thought to be the one normal person, reveals herself as also being an alien life form, similar to the rest:

reveals - enthüllt; enthüllen, offenbaren

alien - Außerirdische; Fremdling, Fremder, Fremde, Ausländer

... quite deliberately, Julia had given her heart to the young man.

deliberately - absichtlich

It didn't relate what the final disposition of the organ was, but I didn't really care. It was evident Julia had gone right on living in her usual manner, like all the others in the book. Without heart, arms, eyes, brains, viscera, dividing up in two when the occasion demanded. Without a qualm.

disposition - Neigung, Gesinnung, Hang, Veranlagung, Einteilung

organ - Organ; Orgel

evident - offensichtlich; offenkundig

demanded - gefordert; Nachfrage, Bedarf, Nachfrage, Anspruch, verlangen

qualm - Gewissensbisse; Skrupel, checkUnbehagen, checkBedenken

... thereupon she gave him her hand.

thereupon - daraufhin; darauf

I sickened. The rascal now had her hand, as well as her heart. I shudder to think what he's done with them, by this time.

sickened - erkrankt; erkranken

rascal - Schlingel; Gauner, Strolch, Bösewicht, Schurke, Bengel

shudder - erschaudern; Schauder; (wohliger) Schauder; schaudern; zittern

... he took her arm.

Not content to wait, he had to start dismantling her on his own. Flushing crimson, I slammed the book shut and leaped to my feet. But not in time to escape one last reference to those carefree bits of anatomy whose travels had originally thrown me on the track:

content - Inhalt; (to be content with) sich mit etwas begnügen

dismantling - Demontage; entmanteln, abwracken, ausschlachten, demontieren

flushing - Wasserspülung (Vorgang); Spülung, durchflutend

crimson - Karmesinrot; Purpur, Purpurrot, Karmesin, purpurn

slammed - zugeknallt; zuschlagen, hart anpacken, zuknallen; harte Kritik

carefree - sorglos

... her eyes followed him all the way down the road and across the meadow.

meadow - Wiese, Weide, Aue

I rushed from the garage and back inside the warm house, as if the accursed things were following me. My wife and children were playing Monopoly in the kitchen. I joined them and played with frantic fervor, brow feverish, teeth chattering.

rushed - überstürzt; stürzen, drängen, hetzen, rasen; Eile, Andrang

monopoly - Monopol

frantic - verzweifelt; außer sich, rasend

fervor - Inbrunst, Eifer, Begeisterung, Leidenschaft

brow - Stirn; Braue, Augenbraue

feverish - fiebrig, febril, fieberhaft

chattering - Geplapper; plappernd

I had had enough of the thing. I want to hear no more about it. Let them come on. Let them invade Earth. I don't want to get mixed up in it.

invade - eindringen, verletzen, überfallen, einmarschieren, einfallen

I have absolutely no stomach for it.


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