Translation from German required, please., In memorium card

Can a helpful member please volunteer to provide me with a translation into English from a German text?

I have just added this "in memorium card" to my collection.



Apart from having very little knowlege of German, I have a problem with the Gothic script used on the card.

I can understand that the subject of the card (rest in peace) was a soldier in the 4th company of the 28th Infantry Regiment who was killed in Romania, on 9 August 1917, at Marasesti. Is Marasesti correct? I think the date would fit with that battle.

Thanks in anticipation.

Alan in Bradford

100% correct it is Mărăşeşti.

28 Lebenjahre = 28 years old

There are some on-line translation services. I like this http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Not perfect, but a good start.
Radu

the text:

In Christian Remembrance for the virtous youngling
Nikolaus Keilhacker
servant in Höselsthal

Soldier of the 28th infantry regiment, 4th company
fallen on the field of honour, at
Marasesti in Romania, on August 9th 1917
at the age of 28.


filled with courage you went to war,
filled with hope to return,
but the Lord has chosen different,
and enlisted you in the army of heavens.

Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love!
(300 days indulgence)

Dead-cat, it's only me, or the text contains the letter 's' in both old and new style of writing? Like in the name 'Maraselsti'?

Gen. Dénes

as far i know, both "s" are valid in the gothic script and i imagine having seen both in a prayer book from about 1780.
i belive there is even a rule when each is to be used. the one looking like "f" is supposed to be a long "s", while the regular "s" is being used as "short s", chiefly in one-syllabe words.
if i'm not entirely mistaken, the diffrence stems from the "old" ortography (pre 20th century).

The use of a long letter that looks like an "f" instead of "s" is also a feature of "Ye Olde English". Makes reading Chaucer or Shakespeare "in original" kind of difficult.
An explanation here http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq...shioned?view=uk
Radu

http://ora-web.swkk.de/digimo_online/digim...eigen&a_id=2113
on page 5 is an example of usage for both "s" variants in the original "dracula" monography, printed in 1488 at Nürnberg.

This post has been edited by dead-cat on January 16, 2009 12:32 pm

Both variants were used, depending on word.

"s" simple is read as Z in romanian, "ss" and ß were S. in the new german ortography ß and the Umlaute disapeared.

erm, no. the "new" german ortography does allow ss instead of ß (among other things) but it certainly neither eliminates the ß, nor the umlaut.

MANY thanks for ALL responses, but especially to dead-cat.

From - a very grateful - Alan