Talk:Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Gerda Arendt in topic Translation
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editThe Google translation is plain wrong, it hurts to read it. I am German and tell you: no translation is better than this. I reverted it once, but don't revert again. It needs discussion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:32, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Example: "bis an sein höchsten Bord" is given as "until his' highest board", - "until" talks about time, while "bis" means a size. "his'"? should be "its" or "her" as ships a feminin in English, "Bord" is here the top of the boat, unto where you can load, - I am not good enough in English to know how that would be called, so can't help further ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
- I understand the translation is rough. You improved it a bit. You might even find you can improve it more. Others may improve on it as well. At some point we may have a very nice English translation of this old German poem. This is just a start. (If you know of any German/English speaking editors that might be able to help you might drop them a note on their talk page.) – JBarta (talk) 12:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
- Michael Bednarek found the better solution. - If we can avoid it, we should not "make" translations, but rely on sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:20, 7 October 2014 (UTC)