A Christmas Carol - Bilingual Text - German English

Bilingual Text – A Christmas Carol

Der Weihnachtsabend – English German – Parallel Text

Who does not know the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a very bitter old miser? Only the ghosts of the Christmas past, present and yet to come can change his character…
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Some of the most famous quotations of “A Christmas Carol”

“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.” – “Bah,” sagte Scrooge, “Humbug.”
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. – Auch in der ganzen weiten Welt ist nichts so unwiderstehlich ansteckend wie Lachen und Fröhlichkeit.
“You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell me why?” “I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.” – „Du bist gefesselt“, sagte Scrooge zitternd. „Sag mir warum?“ „Ich trage die Kette, die ich im Leben geschmiedet habe“, erwiderte der Geist. „Ich habe sie Glied für Glied und Yard für Yard gemacht; ich habe sie aus freiem Willen angelegt und aus freiem Willen getragen.“

Bilingual Text – An example for the text layout

Here’s an example of the text arrangement in the book. The translation stands next to each other, sentence by sentence. For a better orientation when reading the Kindle, every second line is highlighted in colour. The translation can be found so easily, quickly and without a dictionary.