"Deshalb habe ich mich zur Ruhe gesetzt."

Translation: That is why I have retired.

[JackBond]

Is this literally "That's why I have set myself to the quiet?"

[alphawolf29]

in Ruhe is more like in peace/peacefulness. Leise is quiet.

[xikst1]

That's why I have sat down in peace and quiet. Thats an idiom like saying: I'm done working. I think. Just a suggestion.

[rokssolana]

Yeah, I'd also like to see the literal translation.

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

I was taŭght that "to retire" is "in Rente gehen" on Memrise, but here you use "sich zur Rente setzen". Which one is more common in German?

[alphawolf29]

definitely in Rent explicitely denotes retirement while in Ruhe only implicitely.

[GoreGrindGeek]

I've never heard "Ruhe" used in that sense. "Ruhestand" - yes, but not just "Ruhe". It's more common to hear "Rente" or "Pension".

[jaxx2009]

Why isn't "I retired because of that" acceptable?

[dperseo]

accepted: I have retired because of that

[ljpernic]

Whoops, they mean to retire from work. I thought they were using a funny old way to say to rest. "Oh my, I must retire to the parlor, for this has been a most taxing day." Huh.

[elventryst]

Is that what this means here? To retire from work? I was also thinking it meant to retire, as in to rest. Hmmm, this is a bit confusing!

[whatada]

"Zur Ruhe" denotes motion toward, while "in der Ruhe gesetzt" would denote a final position, or "sitting in silence."

[lkoc2001]

I'm not a native English Speaker, in fact I don't understand why such grammar exists... Can anyone help explain?

Seems "that's why I retired" is clear enough, why we have to say "That's the reason I retired myself"?

[JackBond]

"That's why I have retired" is perfectly fine. It's the recommended translation for this phrase.

[RolloTreadway]

It doesn't accept 'that is why I am retired'. I presume this is because of a literal translation of 'habe'.

Does German have a separate way of using 'retired' as an adjective, 'I am retired' rather than 'I have retired'?

[Bekir978479]

Kann man "sich in der Ruhe setzen" statt "zur Ruhe" sagen?

[SchnellerHund]

the audio is definitely not saying "zur Ruhe"

[KevinLawso12]

'Hence I have retired. ' Why does this not work?