Übersetzung Englisch nach Deutsch - Questions on translations from English to German.
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Translation of John Doe
(At least) in America, not yet identified dead persons are named "John (or Jane) Doe". If you read of a John/Jane Doe, then you know that this is a still unknown dead man/woman.
Does any similar ...
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Englische Worte in deutscher Grammatik - aber wie?
Tagtäglich benutzt man Worte aus dem Englischen im Deutschen, gerade im IT-Umfeld, aus dem ich stamme, sind sie allgegenwärtig.
Bei Nomen ist der Begriff selbst unverändert, hier stellt sich nur die ...
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Continuing situations in German
In English I'm often using the word still to emphasize I'm in a continuing situation.
For example
I still haven't done my Christmas shopping.
It is still raining here.
I hope the film will ...
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Gibt es ein deutsches Pendant zur englischen Wendung «writ large»?
In der englischen Sprache gibt es die Wendung «writ large», die normalerweise so benutzt wird:
Switzerland is a democracy writ large.
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The State is the organization of robbery writ ...
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Is “Diskursabfolge” a real word that is understood?
My email software GroupWise has an option to display a discussion thread. This option is named "Diskursabfolge" in the German language version.
Googling for this term revealed 168 hits only, half of ...
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What's a good translation for “outcome measures”?
For example in the sentence:
Outcome measures for this study include three-year-survival rate and relapse.
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How are words categorized into masculine, feminine and neutral
Recently, while learning German I came across the articles
der, die and das.
which are used to indicate the gender of a noun.
So, categorizing the words into masculine, feminine and neutral ...
