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Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:55:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Andreas Stabno writes:
> As much as I am consistently impressed with the mastery of English of our
> ESL[1] members, I also enjoy reverse translating to see what the original
> thought might have been. So many good "word-turns" just can't be translated
> well.
Oh, yes. That is a major problem for me, or at least used to be. At first I
would translate idioms and phrases, and no one would know what the hell I'm
talking about. ;-) ...now I'm pretty accustomed to English slang and
phrases, so it happens less, but instead I find myself sticking English
words in Hebrew sentences for lack of a suitiable translation. ;-)
> I remember reading a humorous book that translated everything
> literally from German to English. I believe it was called "English for
> Runaways" - Englisch für Fortgeschrittene.
Ahhh, those are good. My dad always used to laugh at the phrase "taking a
shower" which I confused with "doing a shower" or "showering" (the literal
translation of the Hebrew phrases). I would translate the English phrase
literally (at 6, when we came back to Israel) and he used to tell me,
"you're not picking up the bath and taking it with you!" <grin>
-Shiri
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 | | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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| (...) LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms does English have...? Take a bath Take a break/breather Take a guess Take a shot/stab [at it] Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste] Take a [various (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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| On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:55:19 GMT, "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote: ...Snip (...) And very soon you will be fluent in Engbrew. You won't even realize you do it. I think I have achieved near mastery of Spanglish. I know a little bit of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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