This Month's Installment
I've been focusing on some other projects lately and got even further behind in translating than I was already, so this month's installment is a bit shorter.
"Much longer, Pastor, as long as the war lasts! Let the others---200---be shot dead for the Fatherland! Let the lame and the crippled limp out of here on their wooden legs or crawl on all fours into the firing line; as the doctor says, I'm sitting pretty here and let myself be taken care of and pampered... is it right like this!?"His patience was torn; he spoke with severe scorn. "God knows, had I suspected that one would make me a prisoner here, I would never have come into this parish garden, harbored in peace; I would have rested in some army field hospital and then gone after the enemy again!""I see, I see... are you so little satisfied with your hospital, Captain? Have we done our business so poorly?"A young girl in a simple calico dress had come out of the house with a bowl full of pears and a plate of light cookies, had placed fruit and cake on the table, and, with eyes in the brownish, place face that wanted to appear naughty and yet were not able to, lookt at the one lying down. "So, 'a prisoner'! And 'some army field hospital' - that was indeed said very friendly. Good that our other patients inside are more content with us."
Commentary
I translated "böse" as "naughty" ("eyes... that wanted to appear naughty"), but I'm not sure this is the best word choice. Evil and wicked are other possibilities, but these seemed too strong for the context.
