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Triumphlied

Thanks for Triumphlied, an interesting addition. Interesting, that the English translation has "omnipotent reigneth", while "Reich eingenommen" literally means "empire taken/occupied", which makes much more sense in the political context. With a few more inline citatios, that would be good for the "Did you know" section of the Main page, did you know? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

At least the King James Bible says "omnipotent reigneth". And I've used this version of the Bible as I really appreciate the English used in it. ;-) -- Orthographicus (talk) 09:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

I am not questioning that, provided the Bible source myself, - but I think it might be worth mentioning that a literal translation of "eingenommen" would be "taken/occupied", and I don't have to explain "Reich", I guess. How about more citations and DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

As this is Wikipedia, please feel free to change whatever you want. :-) For my English is not very good, I always only tend to "start" a page whilst hoping that native speakers or those who attain a native-like level elaborate the article. -- Orthographicus (talk) 12:41, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Understood. Thanks for drawing my attention to this. -- Orthographicus (talk) 08:42, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

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Lyrics of Germanenzug

Dear Orthographicus,

Thank you for your translation of the lyrics of Germanenzug.

I have added a note below the lyrics, which reports the names of the Germanic mythology, as Bruckner-self reported on the manuscript of his work. Hopefully you are agreeing with the translation, which I added in brackets.

Are you OK with the change I made in your translation ("with the strike of Balmung" → "with sword strokes")?

Best regards from Belgium, --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 12:23, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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• Thank you too for your translation of the lyrics of Helgoland.
• If you are interested in another translation, please have a look on the lyrics of Bruckner's Festive Cantata Preiset den Herrn.
  I understand German and I read it fluently, but I am not able to translate it into literary English ...

You don't have to ask me for permission. ;-) We are on Wikipedia. Everyone is entitled to change wherever need be. And my translations are horrible, too, but hitherto, hardly any native-speaker seems to be interested in rectifying the articles. -- Orthographicus (talk) 14:49, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Lyrics of Festive Cantata (Bruckner)

Dear Orthographicus,

I have followed your example. I just have done for Bruckner's festive cantata "¨Preiset den Herrn" the same as you did previously for his cantatas Germanenzug and Helgoland. Hopefully I did it in a not to bad English...

Best regards, --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 11:18, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

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