Fortuna

The German paragraph that was presented here seems rather fragmented, as if some sentences are missing, in any case, here is my translation (with the german text included;

Translation ;
"Now that I have the pleasure to set a new memorial at the top of all Orpheus representations, I must expunge another, which almost appeared to me as the youngest of all monumental testimonies for the orphic movement, and profess that I alone am to blame, because after the publication in the "Orphicor. Fragm. S. 46 test. 150" (this is a reference to a testimonial with page number 46) by Doctor Eisler and others, and now also from Guthrie, these can be valued as creditable documentation without further consideration. "

Obviously it (the context indicates he is talking about a specific person that omitted something...) must have been omitted, that the amulet with the image of the crucifix and the inscription "OPΦEOΣ BAKKIKOΣ" at the Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm Museum in Berlin is with high probability a fake.

It must be given credit without offense to such outstanding experts of this matter such as Johannes Reil and Robert Zahn, who have declared this in the "Άγγελος 2, 1926, 62ff.", that even the Italian forger as so many before him had scholarly knowledge and knew about the Orpheus relation to Bakhos. The origin of the amulet is Italy and came to the museum in Berlin from Ed. Gerhard's estate.


LIke I said, the german seeems rather fragmented, like either parts of the german text are missing or that the author is straying in his train of thought.

Fortuna

Roger Viklund

Thanks Fortuna for the translation. Especially the first sentence seems awkward. However, the German is reproduced exactly as presented in the book. The article is six pages long and I could not find anything else in the rest of the text that has anything to do with this paragraph.

Kindly, Roger

Vorkosigan

So it's a different Zahn than I thought. My apologies.

Ted Hoffman

We have two Zahns?

Bede

Two Zahns is nothing. We are onto our third Jacob. Why keep changing the name?

Vorkosigan

Tim, from the 19th century, and Robert, from the 20th.

Ted Hoffman

We are onto the second Hannam. Why change names? Actually am on the fifth Jacob.

Seriously though, the FBI were hunting me down so I had to go undercover . Why not be nice and not blow my cover like that?

Theodore.

Ted Hoffman

Hmmmm....such a wide gap. So, are the works of the relevant Zahn available anywhere?

Theodore

McGargoyle

The author here says that he alone is to blame that Guthrie accepts it as authentic.
Not quite, "entgangen" in this context means "overlooked". It implies ignorance of the fact that it is a forgery.
It is written in a highly formal style with complicated, nested sentences, but it is not fragmented.

I have no knowledge on the subject, I just thought I'd help with the translation.

Fortuna

Dear McGargoyle ,

Thanks for the explanation. I learned German long ago to help with translating science and chemistry texts (my specialty), so I'm a bit better at the techie stuff than literaray commentary. I havent really translated any German for years, but I do have a (usually) good memory and thought I could lend some assistance here.

The complicated sentence structure is what led me to believe that it was fragmented or incomplete. German is more of a hobby with me than a second or third language.

Anyway, thanks again for the explanation and your assistance. Always nice to increase one's knowledge base, (even when dealing with German).

Danka McGargoyle !

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