Questions tagged [german-to-english]
Übersetzungen vom Deutschen ins Englische – Questions on translations from German to English
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Clarification of a piece of German text
I have come across the following sentence:
der Geldautomat: Eine Maschine, die einem Geld von seinem Konto auszahlt.
I could not derive the meaning of this sentence. Shouldn't it have been written as ...
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Frage über eine Übersetzung von Celan: die/der/das Wache(n)?
Ich habe in der von Pierre Joris übersetzten Sammlung von Paul-Celan-Gedichten „Breathturn Into Timestead“ die folgende Zeile gelesen (Atemwende, S.12):
Dein vom Wachen stößiger Traum.
die als ...
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Translating sentences with multiple prepositional objects/Oblig. adverbial complements
Wahlweise kann man eine Wohnung natürlich nach der Erkundigung nach Gepflogenheiten auf Socken betreten oder um Pantoffeln oder Socken für Gäste bitten
I'm trying to translate the above sentence. I ...
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"bieten" with the meaning of "to ensure"
In a newspaper article, I tumbled on the following sentence: "Die Krankenkasse fordert politische Massnahmen, um dem Anstieg der [Krankenversicherungs]Prämien Einhalt zu bieten".
In this ...
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sind for singular
I read this text and dont know why in here use sind for singular subject i know 300g bis 600g is plural but when we use verb at first we need to look at subject and here subject is singular not plural:...
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Advanced German videos at C1-C2 level
All the resources I see on the internet seem to be mostly focused on till intermediate level (B1-B2). I have found this nice channel for C1-C2, but further resources I can't. Could someone recommend ...
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viele oder viel for Verwandte [closed]
i saw in A2 book they write viele Verwandte ?
Der Verwandte und in plural we have Die Verwandten
why we write Viele verwandte
regards
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Speaking partner [closed]
I Am self-studying Deutch my level is A2.1 but I do not practice speaking because I don't have anyone to speak with. I am looking for speaking partner preferably native or at the same level or higher ...
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Translation of poem
I'm struggling to precisely understand this section of poetry (the gist is clear enough) which has an awful lot of clauses, two masculine protagonists and what look like some rather poetic phrasings.
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"Je näher man ein Wort ansieht, desto ferner sieht es zurück."
I'm wondering how to correctly understand this phrase:
Je näher man ein Wort ansieht, desto ferner sieht es zurück.
Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936), Quote from the magazine »Die Fackel«, July 8, 1911.
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Bismarck/Caprivi cigars
I'm not quite sure to what extent this is a language question vs a history/culture question, but here goes...
Can anyone explain what's going on in this discussion of cigars/politics? The humour ...
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When to use the present participle (-nd) in German vs gerund (-ing) in English
I am translating a video game into German and I have many lines which in English use the gerund (-ing form) of a verb. If I understand correctly, in German the present participle (-nd form of a verb) ...
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What is this German nickname?
I am looking for someone to help me translate an old term we used to lovingly call my great-grandfather whose parents emigrated from Austria.
When I was a child, I only knew him as Great-Grandpa ...
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When can I use der/die/das: Need help understanding
I was trying to translate the sentence - This is the most beautiful flower in the garden.
The app showed:
Das ist die schönste Blume im Garten.
Question 1: Can we use "Das" instead of &...
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Ka-Binen Sänger - Joke?
Is anyone able to explain the punchline in this anecdote for me please?
Ein Bassist war einmal gemeinsam mit M. in Ostende, und beide
benutzten zum Baden eine gemeinsame Kabine. In dieser Kabine ...
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