I need a translator

Started by DragonsLover, July 14, 2006, 04:51:56 PM

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geoo


DragonsLover

Wow! That was quick! :laugh: Thanks!

There are a few more and it will be over. Download this.

Still there, this is only few texts, so it will be as quick as you did for the first one. :laugh:
I like dragons! They're the center of my life! I'll never forget them...

geoo

Ok, done. It should be over anyways, since I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks.

DragonsLover

Don't worry! It's FINALLY over! All other texts are only made of few words that I can understand by using Altavista Babel Fish. Like: Suchen (Search), Ende (Quit), Kopieren (Copy) and so on...

A big THANK YOU!
I like dragons! They're the center of my life! I'll never forget them...

Liebatron

...question, if besuchen freunde is to visit friends, how is suchen 'search?' That's confusing! I sometimes wish that our class would study this German stuff a little more in depth, as all you can get out of it is this:

Besuchen freunde = visit friends
Machen eine reise = vacation
Wie heisst du = what's your name


These have more complex meanings, right? What I mean is, doesn't 'wie heisst du' really mean how are you called or some variation of that?

ccexplore

Quote from: dumb lem on November 24, 2006, 05:31:21 PMif besuchen freunde is to visit friends, how is suchen 'search?' That's confusing!

I know nothing about German, but it seems pretty logical that you have to be able to find where you friends are in order to visit them.  :winktounge:

geoo

Well, every language has its irregularities. Some have more, some less. I'd consider German one of the former group.
Those things probably arose with the development of the language.

"Besuchen freunde = visit friends" is actually an exact translation
"Wie heisst du = what's your name" well, the dictionary says 'heissen' (or actually 'hei?