German Misc. Translations

[Steena]

Now that we have this new place here, let's separate the misc. translations

If you have short sentences or non-lyric requests, please go ahead and use this thread. Your questions are most welcome and we'll try to translate them as good as we can!

[Måneblomst]

ooooh seems that I'm the first
how would you say something like:
" I miss you, are you still living in Montreal?"

[Tahira]

Hi Maneblomst, welcome to the forums; now to your question:

Ich vermisse Dich; lebst Du noch immer in Montreal?



See you
Tahira

[feuersteve]

Steena sind Sie noch auf dem Forum. Dieses Thread ist so alt.

[Tahira]

Hi feuersteve, ja Steena ist noch aktiv;
Sie können sie auch per "send a private message" kontaktieren.

[Lobelia]

Hello, I have a question.

It's a line from a song by Oomph! (Tief in dir), it goes:

Ich bin deiner Macht erlegen

I've seen it translate in four different ways:
- I'm your power to kill
- I have surrendered to your power
- I'm your surrendered power
- I'm the one who gives you energy

Opinions?

[Steena]

I'd chose the second That's closest to what it wants to say.
The first is so, so wrong, the third changes the meaning though it gets all the words right and the fourth is completely wrong.

If you want a fifth translation I took "succumb to" to fit the meaning of "jemandem/etwas erlegen sein"

[Lobelia]

Originally Posted by Steena

I'd chose the second That's closest to what it wants to say.
The first is so, so wrong, the third changes the meaning though it gets all the words right and the fourth is completely wrong.

If you want a fifth translation I took "succumb to" to fit the meaning of "jemandem/etwas erlegen sein"

Wow, you can't imagine how helpful that was! I've wondered about this for a few months but every time I searched for the song new meanings kept appearing for that line, now I finally know and your translation (using "succumb to") is definitely the best one .

[Steena]

Not sure about that still . But nevertheless, you can come here any time to ask questions .

[feuersteve]

I also agree that "succumb to your power" is the best translation

[x0babiigirlx0]

thanks i will always carry you in my heart and that i am always going to love you so you better not forget it

how will you learn if you never try remember if you try you might get some where you never know

thanks for being a part of my life your very special to me

I am sorry i have not called you it's just i been busy lately

i have not stopped smiling and being happy thanks to you

I appreciate this translation !

[Steena]

There you go


Danke, ich werde dich immer in meinem Herzen tragen und dich immer lieben, das solltest du besser nicht vergessen. Danke, dass du ein Teil meines Lebens bist, du bist etwas ganz Besonderes für mich. Es tut mir leid, dass ich dich nicht angerufen habe, ich hatte leider so viel zu tun. Ich habe nicht aufgehört, zu lächeln und glücklich zu sein. Ich danke dir.

[citlalli]

Halli Hallo!

Dear Steena, the second line's missing; here's my suggestion for it but you may improve it of course:

how will you learn if you never try remember if you try you might get some where you never know
Wie wirst du lernen, wenn du es nie versuchst? denk daran, wenn du es versuchst, könntest du etwas finden wo du es nie erwartet hättest.

[x0babiigirlx0]

thanks !! =]

[Kaulitz_girl_483]

citlali says "hallihallo" wow i guess i know what means xD
but it does exist "hallochen" i think i read it before, what means hallochen?

[Tahira]

Hallöchen means also Hello

but only girls say it among each other.

[citlalli]

Hi there!!

Literally speaking, "hallochen" would be "little hello", but of course that doesn't exist in english, so it'd be better to translate it only as "hello" as Tahira said. Note however that the ending "-chen" always gives the meaning of "small/little":

-Haus (house)----->Häuschen (little house)
-Hand (hand)------>Händchen (little hand)

[Tahira]

Thank you for explaning more detailled than I did.
I felt stupid to write "little hello" as it sounds so funny :-)

[Steena]

At least little Hello saves this thread from Tote Hose
What a strange language we speak!

[citlalli]

LOL dear Tahira! no reason to feel like that... languages are just weird sometimes

[citlalli]

Hehehe, tja! Dear Steena, your comment reminded me of when I first heard the band Die Toten Hosen: I was just starting to learn "Guten Tag, mein Name ist... usw" so I asked my teacher about the name of this band, and when she said "The Dead Trousers" I had a laugh attack

[Tahira]

OH, and me when I started school for foreign languages (ages ago) I was listenting that time to bands like Dead Kenndys, Sex Pistols, The Clash and so on, and I was translating for me their lyrics in to german. And so I learned a lot words/vocabularies which are not used in daily talk.

And sometimes when we came across a weird word (during the lesson) my teacher used to ask to ask me "this time from the Sexpistols or Dead Kenndys".

But I was alway curious, that´s the way I found this forums.

IN another thread we had the expression of "Leiche im Keller" which is in english "Skeleton in a cupboard", I like this expression so much, it always reminds me of a forgotten lover in ones bedroom´s cupboard. LOL

[feuersteve]

So I guess I better quite saying "Hallöchen" ( even if I only say it to the girls)

[Kaulitz_girl_483]

Originally Posted by citlalli

Hi there!!

Literally speaking, "hallochen" would be "little hello", but of course that doesn't exist in english, so it'd be better to translate it only as "hello" as Tahira said. Note however that the ending "-chen" always gives the meaning of "small/little":

-Haus (house)----->Häuschen (little house)
-Hand (hand)------>Händchen (little hand)

"little hello" sound weird, but you know that word "hallochen" could exists in spanish. it sounds retarded, but some people says "holita" xDD, i've never say it, but in german sound more...nice xD

[TheNuttyOne]

'chen' can only be added to feminine nouns and women's names, I think. But in spanish you could say Carlito (little carlos), there's a difference . Not a fluent speaker of either language so that could be wrong. LOL

[Tahira]

Hallöchen Nuttyone :-)

CHEN can also be added with male nouns. perfect example: HANS (male name) and Hänschen (= little Hans)
or der Schrank (cupboard) - das Schränkchen (little cupboard)
der Tisch (table) - das Tischchen (little table)

..ah but I recognize myself now, that the article changes then into DAS.
But I do not know if this is a general rule.

[citlalli]

Hi Tahira and everyone else around here!

Yes, the article with the endings -chen and -lein is always "das" (in Nominativ I mean)

[citlalli]

Originally Posted by Kaulitz_girl_483

"little hello" sound weird, but you know that word "hallochen" could exists in spanish. it sounds retarded, but some people says "holita" xDD, i've never say it, but in german sound more...nice xD

Yup, same here! use it in german but never in spanish (at least not up to now )

[Tahira]

Originally Posted by citlalli

Hi Tahira and everyone else around here!

Yes, the article with the endings -chen and -lein is always "das" (in Nominativ I mean)

Thank you Citlalli. I was thinking about that the whole morning and its definitelly so. I never recognized it before. this must be one of the grammar structures you learn when youlearn a foreign language but if it is your mother tongue you just know "it is that way" without knowing that it is a structure.

And some things change when speaking in dialect; you know in Bavaria with have "der Butter, das Ohrring, der Radio" instead of "die Butter, der Ohhring, das Radio".

[citlalli]

Yes, you're very right! I know the rule coz I was taught it during a lesson, but when it comes to my first language I sometimes struggle to identify the rules, I just know "it's that way" and that's all

... Oh oh oh, the changing articles between Hochdeutsch and Bayrisch are still such a big pain in my neck!