efpierce Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Let's play the translation game, German edition.Translate this and then put your own phrase in for someone else to translate.auch Katzen wollen Schuhe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ames Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Cats also want shoes? Ich habe keine Ahnung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 On 8/9/2013 at 6:05 AM, Ames said: Cats also want shoes? Ich habe keine AhnungCats want shoes too* "I have no idea"Man kriegt wahrscheinlich kein Waschbrett vom Saufen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen030 Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 One doesn't get a washboard (a six pack) from drinking (beer)?"Geld zu sparen ist eine Sache des gesunden Menschenverstands" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 On 8/11/2013 at 11:02 AM, Jeroen030 said: One doesn't get a washboard (a six pack) from drinking (beer)?"Geld zu sparen ist eine Sache des gesunden Menschenverstands"It should have been read:"You don't get a six-pack from drinking [them]!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulosai Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 On 8/11/2013 at 11:02 AM, Jeroen030 said: One doesn't get a washboard (a six pack) from drinking (beer)?"Geld zu sparen ist eine Sache des gesunden Menschenverstands"Saving money is common senseIch bin glücklich, in Deutschland zu sein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evapfromm Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I am happy, to be in Germany."Mein Vogel ist viel zu dick und ich gebe ihnen schon Diätfutter." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 On 9/26/2013 at 11:10 PM, evapfromm said: I am happy, to be in Germany."Mein Vogel ist viel zu dick und ich gebe ihnen schon Diätfutter."What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abundzu Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I think he means that his bird is too fat and so he is feeding it diet bird feed now.Maybe: Mein Vogel ist viel zu dick, da füttere ich ihn jetzt mit Diätfutter.Not sure if that's correct. Here's a fun one I learned recently:"Da könnte ich mich reinlegen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korsakoff Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Wow, that's a hard one. I have not the slightest idea how to translate that phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 "Da könnte ich mich reinlegen" --> I could stand up for this (cause). // I am willing to stand up for this cause. Not 100 % sure about this translation. It's not perfect but it should be alright:=) I'm curious to hear your personal version :karate:"Ich habe die Nase voll von diesen Betrügern!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korsakoff Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Finally a phrase I'm able to translate. I would go with "I've had it with these thiefs". I wasn't really sure how to translate the word Betrüger, if it is about internet crimes I would probably go with scammers or cheaters instead of thiefs."Fussball ist unser Leben, denn König Fussball regiert die Welt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caparica007 Posted November 29, 2013 Report Share Posted November 29, 2013 Football is our life, so king football rules the world? Right? :grin:"Ich wünschte, ich hatte gelernt, Tennis zu spielen, als ich ein Kind war." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleredcookbook Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 On 11/29/2013 at 10:48 AM, caparica007 said: Football is our life, so king football rules the world? Right? :grin:"Ich wünschte, ich hatte gelernt, Tennis zu spielen, als ich ein Kind war.""Ich wünsche, dass ich als Kind Tennis zu spielen gelernt hatte." <-- most likely (argh word order!) I wish, that I as a kid had learned to play tennis.//I wish I'd learned to play tennis as a kid.Although probably you'd want wünschen in the present tense, because you're wishing now, not wishing then. Unless you were wishing then, I don't know. and "Als Kind" is "as a kid" kind of like how one would say "Ich bin Amerikanerin" or something of that nature. It's idiomatic. :/Willst du mit mir einen Bier trinken? Ich sterbe vor Durst. (I'm actually headed for the fridge, lmao!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qaximor Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 On 12/3/2013 at 2:25 AM, littleredcookbook said: "Ich wünsche, dass ich als Kind Tennis zu spielen gelernt hatte." <-- most likely (argh word order!) I wish, that I as a kid had learned to play tennis.//I wish I'd learned to play tennis as a kid.Although probably you'd want wünschen in the present tense, because you're wishing now, not wishing then. Unless you were wishing then, I don't know. and "Als Kind" is "as a kid" kind of like how one would say "Ich bin Amerikanerin" or something of that nature. It's idiomatic. :/Willst du mit mir einen Bier trinken? Ich sterbe vor Durst. (I'm actually headed for the fridge, lmao!)Can you bring me a beer? I am thirsty!Try to translate this "Bier auf Wein, das lass' sein; Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich dir." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonshineSally Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 On 9/26/2013 at 11:10 PM, evapfromm said: I am happy, to be in Germany."Mein Vogel ist viel zu dick und ich gebe ihnen schon Diätfutter."Hi, I am a native speaker. You have mixed two things up in your example. First you mentioned your bird (one, singular), then you mentioned you are feeding THEM (plural) dietary feed.So, it would be either:"my bird is way too fat, and I am already feeding him/her/it diet food"or:"my birds are way too fat, and I am already feeding them diet food" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonshineSally Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 On 12/3/2013 at 2:25 AM, littleredcookbook said: "Ich wünsche, dass ich als Kind Tennis zu spielen gelernt hatte." <-- most likely (argh word order!) I wish, that I as a kid had learned to play tennis.//I wish I'd learned to play tennis as a kid.Although probably you'd want wünschen in the present tense, because you're wishing now, not wishing then. Unless you were wishing then, I don't know. and "Als Kind" is "as a kid" kind of like how one would say "Ich bin Amerikanerin" or something of that nature. It's idiomatic. :/Willst du mit mir einen Bier trinken? Ich sterbe vor Durst. (I'm actually headed for the fridge, lmao!)Hello, native speaker here.I am sorry, but the poster was correct, and you have misunderstood something. Wuenschen is not in the present tense, but it is conjunctive (I wished I were American, I wished I had learned this as a child).And about the beer: das Bier in German is neutral, therefore you cannot use "einen" hier (that would only go for a male word, if it were "der Bier", but it is "das Bier"). But the rest is correct.Willst Du mit mir ein Bier trinken? Ich sterbe vor Durst.(Would you like to have a beer with me? I am dying from thirst)about the "Du" (instead of "du"), I am 50 years old and old fashioned. It is a matter of politeness to address the other person that I am writing to (you, the reader) with this polite form. I honour you by writing Du, Dir, Dich etc with a capital D. Just in case anyone wondered... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonshineSally Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 On 1/16/2014 at 10:45 PM, qaximor said: Can you bring me a beer? I am thirsty!Try to translate this "Bier auf Wein, das lass' sein; Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich dir."Hello,no, sorry, your translation wasn't right (the posted question wasn't correct either, but it had a minimal mistake in it)."Willst Du ein Bier mit mir trinken" is an invitation to have a beer with someone, and he is certainly not asking someone else (you!!) to get it for him! Quite the opposite! When someone is inviting you to have a beer, he will have it already there, or will get it for you. He will not ask you to get it! That would be an insult!The quote you brought up about the beer and the wine are practical idioms teaching people what to do. They are rhyming, that makes it easier to remember."Bier auf Wein, das lass' sein!"Bier after wine, leave it! (as in "do not do this! Do not drink beer after you had wine before! You will get sick if you do that!") Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich Dir"(Wine after beer, that is what I am recommending to you) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonshineSally Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 On 11/26/2013 at 6:02 PM, linguaholic said: "Da könnte ich mich reinlegen" --> I could stand up for this (cause). // I am willing to stand up for this cause. Not 100 % sure about this translation. It's not perfect but it should be alright:=) I'm curious to hear your personal version :karate:"Ich habe die Nase voll von diesen Betrügern!"Hi, and sorry, your translation is totally off!Da koennte ich mich 'reinlegen (correctly it would be 'hineinlegen', but nobody except those in the Southwest say that) refers to something really delicious. Food or drink. It is so good, so delicious, they would want to bath in it. Literally, they want to lay in it.Of course that makes no sense literally, but that is what we say. If this cake, this pizza, this chocolate ice cream is soooo good, I want to lay in it. That is what I am saying with that idiom!About your own sentence I am suggesting"I'm fed up with these scams/scammers/thieves" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christendenkt Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'd love for this thread to keep going!Ich wuensche dass habe ich mehr Deutsche Woerten zu sprachen!Habe ich nicht sein viele Jahren gespricht.I'm curious if those are remotely translatable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eulenspiegel Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 On 1/21/2014 at 9:32 PM, MoonshineSally said: <snippity-snip>Da koennte ich mich 'reinlegen (correctly it would be 'hineinlegen', but nobody except those in the Southwest say that) refers to something really delicious. Food or drink. It is so good, so delicious, they would want to bath in it. Literally, they want to lay in it.Of course that makes no sense literally, but that is what we say. If this cake, this pizza, this chocolate ice cream is soooo good, I want to lay in it. That is what I am saying with that idiom!About your own sentence I am suggesting"I'm fed up with these scams/scammers/thieves"You want "lie" not "lay". Lay is transitive. A *very* common mistake.I can't think of a close translation. "This pizza is to die for!" works, but it's a very different image.EDIT Oh, yes, a new sentence. Umm."Ja, dann sind meine Scheibenwischer eventuell defekt." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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