More German info needed
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ffuturesFor various reasons I want to illustrate my tunnelling machine adventure (see various previous posts) with a sketch of the machine as originally outlined by the Kaiser, who is responsible for its creation. I've used Google for the German translation, is this OK or hopelessly wrong:
I'm trying to decide if I really need to provide translations for other things, such as the names of offices. It'd save me a lot of hassle if I don't, what I'm wondering is if people will feel short-changed if they aren't there, since the adventure is set in Germany.
I'm trying to decide if I really need to provide translations for other things, such as the names of offices. It'd save me a lot of hassle if I don't, what I'm wondering is if people will feel short-changed if they aren't there, since the adventure is set in Germany.
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Re: Close but no cigar
Date: 2004-09-17 03:26 am (UTC)"land mines" are "Landminen" and a nice idiomatic translation for the box would be
"Der erste kaiserliche Entwurf der Kriegsmaschine Kobold"
Don't worry, German is probably the worst language to construct from a dictionary. ;o)
Re: Close but no cigar
Date: 2004-09-17 06:58 am (UTC)Re: Close but no cigar
Date: 2004-09-17 08:34 am (UTC)Re: Close but no cigar
Date: 2004-09-17 01:06 pm (UTC)