German English translation - is there a newsgroup?

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Chris Flipter - 22 Nov 2004 14:37 GMT

Hi All,

I am often wondering how to translate German phrases or idions into English,
and very often these expressionen cannot be found in dictionaries.

Is there a newsgroup I can ask questions?

Example we had today:
"Das paßt (haargenau) zu ihm."

Meaning: this is something typical for him, it is abolutely his way of
doing things, of thinking ...etc.

Thanks for any help!

Chris Flipter

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Michael Hemmer - 22 Nov 2004 14:58 GMT

> I am often wondering how to translate German phrases or idions into English,
> and very often these expressionen cannot be found in dictionaries.
> Is there a newsgroup I can ask questions?

Depending on your preferred language for discussion, I'd suggest
de.etc.sprache.misc or alt.usage.german.

Michael

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einde. ocallaghan - 22 Nov 2004 21:10 GMT

> Hi All,
>
> I am often wondering how to translate German phrases or idions into English,
> and very often these expressionen cannot be found in dictionaries.
>
> Is there a newsgroup I can ask questions?

Try alt.usage.german, where the main language of discussion is English
or de.etc.sprache.deutsch, where the main language of discussion is German.

> Example we had today:
> "Das paßt (haargenau) zu ihm."
>
> Meaning: this is something typical for him, it is abolutely his way of
> doing things, of thinking ...etc.

The depends on the meaning of "passen" here - it can mean "to fit", "to
suit" or "to be typical of" and all of these could be used to translate
your sentence depending on the context.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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German English translation - is there a newsgroup?