Übersetzung Englisch nach Deutsch - Questions on translations from English to German.
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What is the German equivalent for these speech fillers from English: “umm…” and “like”?
Do Germans use words like "um" and "like" to fill their speech? "Like" is obviously used by teens in Canada, etc., but I'm sure adults say "um" when they are unsure of something while speaking.
I'm ...
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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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What is the best German translation for the useful word “issue” when describing a problem?
I would like to say the following in German:
Unfortunately, we could not reproduce the Save-as-XML issue that
you are experiencing on your computer.
but I cannot find a word other than ...
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What are the rules behind this translated phrase: “das, was ihr mich habt tun sehen”?
I came across this when reading the German translation of the Book of Mormon:
Denn das, was ihr mich habt tun sehen, ja, das sollt ihr tun.
The English part reads:
For that which ye have ...
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How would you translate “to judge someone” to German?
In English, "to judge someone" often implies a negative opinion, as in "Don't judge me!".
Is there a German equivalent for this? How would you translate the example?
My dictionary gives "jmdn. ...
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How to address more than one person in an E-mail?
I have to address my future German Au Pair family in an E-mail and until now have only been in contact with the woman. However the last E-mail was signed with both names, so I now feel I should ...
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Is there a German analog for the English expression, “It's not rocket science”?
I never heard Raketenwissenschaft in this context in Germany. Is this a case of anglicism, or are there better suited German synonyms for this expression?
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What do you call a “Questions & Answers site” (Q&A) in German?
I am looking for a German term to describe StackExchange - the English term seems to be "Questions & Answers site" (Q&A) which has no equivalent in German (that I'm aware of). The literal ...
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Busy-ness, angry-ness; is there a simple German suffix rule to make an adjective a noun?
Normally, the -ness and -ty suffixes seem to be translated to -heit or -keit. But for busy-ness ("Beschäftigkeit"?), angriness ("Wutigkeit"?) and further "-ness" words it apparently isn't used. In the ...
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What's the right German word to use for the English “troll”?
We do use "Troll" and "trollen" in German forums. But is there another Word that predates the Internet that could be used instead?
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Umgangssprache für «on second thought»
Gibt es eine einfache, deutsche Art zu «on second thought»? Beispiele:
Ich möchte das Bargeld in kleinen Noten haben; [on second thought], es wäre besser, wenn ich grosse Noten haben könnte.
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What is the role of “von” when specifying a person?
I've asked a phrase translation:
Original sentence:
Past friday the server at xxx stopped, disk failure, I have been dealing with this ever since!
The suggested translation was:
Am letzten ...
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“Noted” in German
What's the German translation of "noted" in the following context:
A: Note that if you have a parenthesis outside the Mathjax immediately following a curly brace inside, the curly brace won’t ...
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“Dibs” im Deutschen?
Im Englischen gibt es den Ausdruck "to have dibs on sth.", auch einfach als Ausruf "Dibs!" gebraucht, der bedeutet, dass man ein Vorrecht auf eine bestimmte Sache beansprucht. "Dibs" ist ein Wort der ...
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“Have fun during the exhibition”
I'd like to say:
Have fun during the exhibition.
in German. What I tried to found was "Ausstellungsdauer" meaning "during the exhibition" but my translation doesn't make much sense as it stand:
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What is the best German translation for the verb phrase “to upgrade software”?
When writing IT German, I try find the balance between using accepted German words (e.g. "Festplatte" instead of "Harddrive" even though anyone reading the text would understand "Harddrive") but not ...
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Equivalent of “What would you do in my shoes” in German?
How would you state it? Are there alternatives?
If the expression does exist, where does it come from?
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Übersetzung von “to appear” im Literaturverzeichnis
In Literaturverzeichnissen wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten findet man häufig bei bisher unveröffentlichten Dokumenten den Zusatz "to appear" als Notiz. Ich schreibe gerade eine Diplomarbeit auf deutsch ...
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How to say “take a joke” in German
When pulling a prank on someone or telling a joke that could come across as offensive, usually we say "take a joke" or something along those lines. What is the expression for this in German?
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How do Germans call someone from the United States?
If "the united states" is translated to "Vereinigten Staaten" then how do you call people from there?
I have always heard "Amerikaner" but that one refers to the whole continent.
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Is there an idiomatic equivalent for “polyglot”?
Does the word polyglot, meaning "knowing or using several languages" translate directly into German, or is there an idiomatic equivalent? Google Translate just adds an extra "t" at the end, as German ...
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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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Ein digitales Foto “teilen” (vom Englischen to share)
Meistens wird das Englische "to share" mit dem Verb "teilen" plump in das Deutsche übersetzt.
Im Englischen wird das Verb "to share" dafür verwendet wenn man zum Beispiel ein digitales Foto jemand ...
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How to translate “add” as in “add me on Skype”?
How to translate the "add" when talking about social networks?
Please add me on Skype.
I'll add you on Facebook.
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What is the best way to translate “To do list”?
The closest translation I can find so far is Aufgabenliste which is more literally "Task List".
Is there a more commonly used, native way to express the common english phrase "To do list" when using ...
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Wie sagt man “You should not have gone to work” auf Deutsch?
Im Moment versuche ich einer Freundin eine SMS zu schicken. Ich habe es gerade geschrieben, aber es ist mir aufgefallen, dass ich nicht weiß wie man "You should not have gone to work" auf Deutsch ...
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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.
oder
The State is the organization of robbery writ ...
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Wie sage ich “used to do” auf Deutsch?
Wie übersetzt man "used to do s.th." ins Deutsche? Ich habe früher etwas regelmäßig getan, was ich jetzt nicht mehr tue. Gibt es eine bestimmte Verbform im Deutschen, die das ausdrückt?
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How does one say “Politically Correct” in German?
My question is whether "politisch korrekt" conveys the same meaning as "politically correct" does in English or is there another term that describes this better?
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Translation of clusterfuck
I am a little confused to ask this question here. I mean this question objectively.
In search of English synonyms for the word "disaster", I came across the word "clusterfuck".
clusterfuck
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What is the German equivalent to “to keep under someone's thumb”?
What is the German equivalent to the idiom under someone's thumb.
Even if not exactly, is there any phrase having similar meaning?
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What is the translation of the following citation
Recently, I found a citation in a signature of someone on codeproject:
As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a
borderline sociopath by normal standards.
I would ...
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Translation of IT term “code folding”
I am translating the user interface of a text editor into German. This editor has "code folding" capabilities, i.e. fold (=hide) and unfold (=reveal) sections of code, usually defined by structural ...
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Wie übersetzt man 'Oh, a fellow Swiss'?
"Oh, ein Schweizer" sagt, dass der andere ein Schweizer ist, aber nicht dass man selber einer ist. Gibts solch eine Formulierung?
"Ich bin auch Schweizer" ist eine Möglichkeit, hat den Fokus ...
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How do we translate “eye candy” in a user interface design context?
The term "eye candy" is increasingly used for optical/graphical design gimmicks intended to make the user experience on various desktops more attractive.
Examples:
"Your iPhone application ...
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How do you say “The Swiss do it better”
How do you say "The Swiss do it better" in German?
In the sense of a magazine title or similar.
Possibly a little bit arrogant. ;)
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How to translate “single-threaded” in a software documentation?
As the question states... how would you translate "single-threaded" in a software documentation? "Einzel-gethreaded" sounds kinda weird to me. The sentence I like to translate is the following:
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What is an accurate translation for “I just wanted to run this by you…”?
I'm after a (hopefully idiomatic) translation of:
"I just wanted to run this (thing) by you."
The typical context is that you think of something which you want somebody else's opinion on, or ...
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How should I say “an empty file” in German?
I want to tell someone the file which is being sent is "empty",
Maybe the proper translation of empty is "leer" and I found:
Leerdatei : dummy file
Is it the correct usage? While dummy is not ...
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“erstellen” or “erzeugen”?
Software X is producing printed reports, based on user input. How would I translate accurately 'produced with X' and 'produced by X', as both erstellen and erzeugen seem to be very near in their ...
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Is it possible to have a subordinate clause inside a relative clause?
Can one have a subordinate clause inside a relative clause?
What I want to write in English is this:
The economic crisis which started in 2007 resulted in mergers and state intervention, which ...
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What is the accurate translation of “Best Regards” to finish a letter?
To finish up a letter addressed to a client, I use Best Regards, followed by my signature.
I've looked around for a direct translation, and came up with:
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Adapting a Quote in Old English Style
I'd like to give someone a gift (who speaks German, and is also a fountain pen user) and include a quote from S.B.R.E. Brown (podcast here) written down with my own calligraphy. The problem is that ...
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“Each and every” auf Deutsch ausdrücken - wie?
dict.cc gibt einige Beispiele für die Übersetzung von "each and every" in Abhängigkeit vom Objekt, z. B. "each and every one of us" wird übersetzt als "jeder einzelne von uns". Als Standardübersetzung ...
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How to say “unmaintained”, speaking about abandonware?
I want to say that a given application is unmaintained:
No support,
No new features will ever be added,
Bugs will not be fixed.
Can I say "nicht erhaltet"?
Preferably a short adjective so that it ...
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Suitable translation of “you guys” or “you lot”
What's the suitable translation of "you guys" or "you lot"? For example,
"Are you lot coming over on Friday?" e.g. informal, you and your
friends/family
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Prägnante Übersetzung von engl. “views” (wie in “42 views of this post”)
Ich suche nach einem kurzen und prägnanten Begriff für "view", wie er in Internet-Foren und auch hier auf StackExchange verwendet wird.
This post has 42 views.
"Ansichten" erscheint mir etwas ...
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How can we translate “Don't be a wuss (or cry-baby)” into German?
I'd like to know how should we translate
"Don't be a wuss (or cry-baby)"
into German?
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Wie kann ich “swipe” am besten übersetzen?
Ich übersetze eine Bedienungsanleitung, aber ich finde keine gute Übersetzung für das Wort "to swipe".
Es handelt sich hierbei um "swipe on the screen up or down ...", wie man es von der Benutzung ...
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Is “thou” the English equivalent of “Sie”?
I've always wondered this. Yes, it means "you" but it must directly translate into a more formal "you," correct?
