Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Englisches Seminar
"Translating Wikipedia"
WS 2015/16
First Translation: "Ahoy"
Consolidation
In the 1799 edition of Samuel Johnson´s dictionary the word "ahoy" (pronounced [əˈhɔi]) is still missing, but in the 1824 edition it was said "to be almost as important as holla", supported by a quotation from Cumberland in 1813. The first entry in this popular reference book can be seen as an acceptance of "ahoy" into the English language. In the first half of the 19th century the word already began to find its way into many neighbouring languages. A speculation from 1835 about the origin of the French word oyez, which means "hört!" in German, implies an early philological engagement with the word.
It had already appeared in a metaphorical context before, when in the American trade town of Philadelphia a preacher started to build a church for sailors in 1819. According to his memoirs, sailors used to greet him with "Ship ahoi" and to ask where he was going. The preacher used to answer back: "To the new Jerusalem harbour". We sail under the admiral Jesus, a good captain. We need men: "As the sailors said right before they were taken on: "Now we come in and listen to your conditions"
The Variant ohoi
The variant ohoi can be found on odd ocasions. In 1846, the Swedish author Emilie Flygare-Carlén in a novel: "Båt ohoj - hvarifrån, hvathän?" In the 1847 German edition Der Einsiedler auf der Johannis-Kippe, Gottlieb von Rosen translated the passage with "Boot, ohoi - woher, wohin?" In the Novellen-Zeitung dated 18th August 1847, the word ohoi was used by an author in the short story Ein Contrast. In 1867 the word was also used by the writer Friedrich Spielhagen in his novel Hammer und Amboss.
Additional Uses
The growing popularity of ahoi can be seen by the fact that it was added to various works at a later date. In 1828, Karl Meurer translated the line "The cry: A sail! a sail!" from Cooper's song Red Rover into "Ein Segel! Ein Segel! hoho". Gottfried Friedenberg changed it into "Ein Segel dort! ahoi" in 1841, which was then taken up by the austrian poet Wilhelm Gärtner in his short novel Die Fledermaus in 1845. A further addition can be seen in the works of the Scotish writer Walter Scott. He had used the cry "hilli hilloa, hilli-ho-a!" in his 1816 novel The Antiquary, which he then correctly recited by his German translators in the following decades. Out of this, Benno Tschischwitz made up "ahoi ahoi! hoi hoi hoi!" in his 1876 edition, republished in 1888 with illustrations.
(03.11.2015)
The use of ahoi in Germany ...
... in a maritime context
For Wilhelm_Heine, a world traveller, the cry was "common" in 1859. But Heine was on a voyage with sailors from the United States, who were already using the common English form. For Germans in Livland on the Baltic Sea the use of ahoi was explained in a dictionary from 1864: " ahoi [...]. disyllabic, and with stress on the second syllable." In the 19th century it was "all in all rather seldom" used in Germany. About 1910 it was a "modern imitation" of the English ahoy, which later became an uncommon cry. In non-maritime fields ahoi is also used to say goodbye. In literature, many writers used ahoi in a mostly maritime context:
- Paul_Heyse (1900): „Er sah mit übermütig herausforderndem Blick zu den drohenden Wolken empor und ließ ein helles Ahoi! ertönen.“
- Carl_Sternheim (1909) als Mitteilung an die Crew: „Eine Stimme vom Mast: Land ahoi!“
- Anna_Seghers (1928): „Ein paar Burschen von vorn liefen auf eine Höhe, schrien Ahoi, winkten mit den Armen.“
- Hans Fallada (1934) als Warnruf: „Ahoi! Ahoi! Mann über Bord!“
- Günter_Grass (1959): „Warum aber Matzerath winkte und solch einen Blödsinn wie ‚Schiff ahoi!‘ brüllte, blieb mir schleierhaft. Denn der verstand als gebürtiger Rheinländer überhaupt nichts von der Marine“.
- Hermann_Kant (1972): „Da ging dieser Mensch aus dem Haus, sagte ahoi, Franziska, küßte einen auf die Nase, alles wie immer …“
- Ulrich_Plenzdorf (1973): „Ahoi! Hast auch schon besser gehustet, no?"
The word created a maritime atmosphere in many songs which were composed after the period of the Tall ships, but without the traditional meaning of ahoi. In 1934 the song Wir lagen vor Madagaskar was composed with the first line of the chorus "Ahoi Kameraden". This can be seen as a sailors' song. The Pop song Schön ist die Liebe im Hafen with the final line of the chorus „Auch nicht mit Fürsten und Grafen / Tauschen wir Jungens, ahoi!“ is based on a waltz, which was also composed in 1934. The Edelweiss Pirates probably adopted ahoi from Czech teenagers and used it as a greeting even after the Group was banned in 1933. (10.11.2015) ... in water sports Amateur sailors adopted ahoi from professional mariners. At the beginning, the newspaper Ahoi!, which was published from 1884 until 1887, was a magazine exclusively for German yachtsmen, but later became a magazine for water sports in general. In Berlin, the yacht club Ahoi was founded in 1892. In the 1920s, ahoi was documented as a "call of the sailors" around the area of Lake Constance. Since the 1960s it has experienced a revival due to the increasing popularity of water sports. Since then ahoi! has also been used to formally greet officials on board, for example "Captain ahoy!", or just "Ahoy!" without any addition. Amongst professionals though, its use is seen as untypical for sailors, and " You should rather avoid this outcry [‚ahoi!‘] completely. Its use will be taken amiss on board and can destroy the whole sphere of laboriously built trust. This word, which had already died, has been revived by writers of popular music." One shipyard gave their customers a newspaper called Wiking ahoi from 1964 until 1992. (17.11.15)
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Printmedien edit
In Freiburg gibt es nur eine einzige regionale Tageszeitung, die kostenpflichtige Badische Zeitung, deren Verbreitungsgebiet sich von Offenburg im Norden bis zum Hochrhein im Süden und in den Hochschwarzwald hinein erstreckt. Sie erscheint Montag bis Samstag außer an Feiertagen. Am Sonntag kommt aus dem gleichen Verlagshaus kostenlos „Der Sonntag in Freiburg“ beziehungsweise in Lörrach und Basel „Der Sonntag im Dreiland“, sodass der Badische Verlag als Herausgeber ein Monopol an den Tageszeitungen hält.
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Printmedia edit
The Badische Zeitung is the only newspaper in the area around Freiburg, which is published on a daily basis. Its distribution area runs from Offenburg in the North to the Upper Rhine Valley in the South and includes the Black Forest. The newspaper is published from Monday until Saturday, with the exception of holidays. On Sundays, the publishing house provides the free newspapers Der Sonntag in Freiburg for the area of Freiburg and Der Sonntag im Dreiland for the cities of Lörrach and Basel. Thus, the publisher from Baden monopolizes the daily newspapers.
Daneben gibt es seit November 1988 das offizielle „Amtsblatt der Stadt Freiburg“ www.freiburg.de/amtsblatt (Titel bis 2002: "StadtNachrichten"), in dem redaktionelle Beiträge, städtische Termine und Öffnungszeiten, Bekanntmachungen und Stellenanzeigen der Stadt Freiburg sowie Beiträge der im Gemeinderat vertretenen Fraktionen und Gruppierungen abgedruckt sind. Redaktionell ist das Amtsblatt auf Themen beschränkt, die unmittelbaren Bezug zur Stadtverwaltung haben. Das Amtsblatt erscheint alle 14 Tage freitags in einer Auflage von 106.000 Exemplaren und wird kostenlos an alle Freiburger Haushalte verteilt. (Stand März 2014)
Since November 1988, there is also the official Amtsblatt der Stadt Freiburg. Here, the city council publishes editorial articles, municipal appointments and opening times, announcements and job advertisements, and articles of the various factions and groups. Editorially, the newspaper is restricted to topics which are directly related to the council. It is published every other week on Friday with a run of 106,000 copies and it is free for every household in Freiburg.
Jeweils mittwochs erscheint mit einer Auflage von 113.500 Exemplaren (Stand Juni 2006) der Freiburger Wochenbericht, das älteste noch bestehende deutsche Anzeigenblatt. Es wird kostenlos an alle Haushalte verteilt und enthält auch redaktionelle Artikel. Donnerstags erscheint in ähnlicher Aufmachung seit 1983 der kostenlose Freiburger Stadtkurier. Er hat eine Auflage von 115.500 Exemplaren (Stand Juni 2009).
The Freiburger Wochenbericht is the oldest German advertising paper still in existence today. It is published every Wednesday with a run of 113,500 copies, which are also given out free to every household, and it contains editorial articles as well. Each Thursday, the Freiburger Stadtkurier, which exists since 1983, is also published for free in a similar format. It has a run of 115,500 copies.
Außer diesen fünf größeren Zeitungen gibt es noch einige weitere kleinere Zeitungen und Zeitschriften aus und für Freiburg, wie Stadtteilzeitungen oder die Bürgerblätter lokaler Ortsvereine.
Apart from these five newspapers, there are also various smaller newspapers and magazines from and for Freiburg, for example newspapers for each district of Freiburg or from the local clubs.
Die mittwochs und samstags kostenlos erscheinende „Zypresse“ ist ein Offertenblatt für private und geschäftliche Kleinanzeigen und seit 1984 ein Erzeugnis des privaten, familiengeführten, mittelständischen Unternehmens Zypresse Verlags GmbH. Mit einer Auflage von bis zu 200.000 Exemplaren pro Woche liegt die Zeitung bis in den Kreis Emmendingen sowie im Kreis Breisgau Hochschwarzwald aus. Samstags erscheinen im Umkreis Lörrach/Basel sowie im Großraum Offenburg/Lahr zusätzlich Regionalausgaben.
The Zypresse, which is a free newspaper in which private and commercial advertisements can be posted, is published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Since 1984, it is a leading newspaper of the private, medium-sized and family-owned publisher Zypresse Verlag GmBH.
With a run of 200,000 copies per week, the distribution area of the Zypresse even stretches to the district of Emmendingen and Breisgau Hochschwarzwald. Additionally, regional editions are published around the area of Lörrach and Basel and the greater area of Offenburg and Lahr on Saturdays.
Darüber hinaus erscheint donnerstags das zur Badischen Zeitung gehörende Offertenblatt „schnapp“.
Furthermore, the advertisement paper schnapp, which belongs to the Badische Zeitung, is published on Thursdays.
Außer diesen Anzeigenblättern gibt es noch weitere Kultur- und Veranstaltungsmagazine, die monatlich erscheinen. Dazu gehören die beiden Stadtmagazine „Fipps-Freiburg“ und „Kultur Joker“ sowie die zwei Kulturmagazine „Freiburg aktuell“ und „Chilli – das freiburger stadtmagazin“. Alternativ gibt es seit 1998 auch eine Straßenzeitung, der „FREIeBÜRGER“. Diese Zeitung wird monatlich von meist sozial benachteiligten Menschen in den Straßen von Freiburg verkauft.
Apart from these advertisment papers, there are many other magazines, which inform about cultural events and which are published monthly. The two city-magazines Fipps-Freiburg and Kultur Joker belong to them, as well as the two culture magazines Freiburg aktuell and Chilli- das freiburger stadtmagazin. Alternatively, there is also the street newspaper FREIeBÜRGER, which is in existence 1998. This newspaper is published monthly and it is mainly given out by socially disadvantaged people in the streets of Freriburg.
| Date | Text | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 27.10.15 | Consolidation | 50 min |
| 03.11.15 | The Variant ohoi/ Additional Uses | 55 min |
| 10.11.15 | The use of ahoi in Germany: in a maritime context | 40 min |
| 17.11.15 | The use of ahoi in Germany: in water sports | 45 min |
| 02.12.15 | Freiburg: Printmedia I | 55 min |
| 09.12.15 | Freiburg: Printmedia II | 30 min |