Translation of "unerreichbar entfernt"

Question

I want to translate the following phrase from German to English/ French:

aber unerreichbar entfernt durch eine zehn Fuß starke Mauer
_{(Günther Anders: Die molussische Katakombe, p. 17)}

I infer that unerreichbar is adverbial and qualifies the other adverb entfert.

→ but not to be reach, at distance through a ten feet thick wall

I find no equivalent to translate unerreichbar entfernt together. I have to separate and juxtapose the two qualifications, first not reachable, then at distance. At distance could be thought to be implied by the ten feet thickness of the wall.

Would you confirm that unerreichbar qualifies entfernt? Or do you have a better explanation?

Answer 1

Your are on the right track.

In the example phrase, unerreichbar is an adverb, which can be translated to English as unreachably (notice the adverb ending -ly). It specifies the adjective entfernt, which can be translated to English as far or distanced. Put together, this becomes:

nicht mehr als zehn Fuß über uns, aber unerreichbar entfernt durch eine zehn Fuß starke Mauer
_{(Günther Anders: Die molussische Katakombe, p. 17)}

→ not more than ten feet obove us, but unreachably far by a wall ten feet thick

Answer 2

How about "but unreachabley distanced by a five foot wall".

Answer 3

this "entfernt" seems not to qualify the distance (in miles), but it stands for the same as "unerreichbar". I think this is a literarical trick. In English it would be "very very unreachable".