Wikipedia talk:German-English translation requests

message: Someone suggest a better translation for deutsche Germanistin than "german germanist".  thanks -Lethe | Talk 09:06, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
: That depends on the article and the context (after all, the above is the literal translation, and something like "female german language academic" is kind of ludicrous) ; e.g., if it's part of a biography, I would opt for something like "...after having studied germanistics.." From which article is this problem? Lectonar 09:13, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say german linguist, but depends on context--Fenice 09:15, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  yes, but per definitionem , germanistics (and romanistics etc.) is more than just linguistics Lectonar 09:21, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Germanist" should stay if that was her specific field of study. I changed the word "German" to "Germany" and appended it after Hamburg. This makes it clear that she was a German Germanist without using bad style. (Patrick 00:59, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

text: That's it :) , although in this case, I for one see nothing wrong with the german germanist, apart from the alliteration Lectonar 09:59, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  deutsche Germanistin 

message: As the German to English translation requests are now on a separate page, I've added a template that points back to this page: -
rather than the general template: -
{| style="background:none; line-height:normal"	漢 	▶	A
on the basis that someone following the link in the general template will be brought to a page where the German to English requests are no longer listed. Valiantis 18:12, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation request from German (old) template 

message: Ok, I have just received an Email from the government of Vienna. 
(German, English, French)
Gemeinderat = City Council = Conseil municipal
Stadtsenat = City Senate = Bureau exécutif municipal
(Amtsführender) Stadtrat = (Executive) City Councillor = Adjoint au Maire
(Amtsführende) Stadträtin = (Executive) City Councillor = Adjointe au Maire
Bezirksvorsteher = District Chairpersons = Maires d'arrondissements
Bezirksvertretungen = District Councils = Conseils d'arrondissements
Ausschüsse der Bezirksvertretungen = District Council Committees = Commissions des Conseils d'arrondissements
a chart can be seen here 
However this part  also talks about a "Vienna Provincial Diet", which is what in German? I am assuming that 
Landtag = Provincial Diet
I prefer the word "State Assembly" although "-tag" would indeed be "Diet", just like Bundestag is  "Federal Diet"? Gryffindor 13:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with "assembly".  If you said "Provincial Diet" everyone in the US, at least, would think you are talking about a rural diet of sorts, meaning food of course.  And the Provinces in Austria are the equivalent of States.  So yes, I think "State Assembly" is a more meaningful term.  --Mmounties 19:03, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Answer: translation for Gemeinderat 

message: Who wants to help me translate the last four articles requested in 2004? I've done the first one, none look too long! Saint|swithin 21:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just took the one on the Burgenland. --Mmounties 18:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Turns out Burgenland was apparently already done.  I left a message on the Zello's page (i.e., the user who has done most of the edits).  Therefore, I returned it to "unclaimed".  Took Heilbronn and Heidenheim instead.--Mmounties 21:20, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heard from Zello.  He had created the English article from scratch.  Will take it on again and compare to the German and augment/revise where needed.  --Mmounties 18:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks!! Saint|swithin 13:40, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 4 from 2004

message: * When an article is finished and in or through review, do I understand correctly that it's ok to remove the request from the page? I think we must, so not to have a cluttered up list but I'm trying to make sure.  Point in case, article on the scottish distilleries under Food and Drink was marked completed in September 2005, but remains on the list for some reason. Not sure why.  --Mmounties 21:20, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, when you complete a translation you're supposed to dlete it from the list and enter it at the bottom of the page in the proofreading section. Sometimes people forget. Other times people translate it without even seeing that it's listed on this page: I do go through every now and then and move things which haven't been reported done, but only in my spare time :-) anyone else is welcome to clear up when they see a mess!
* Also, wanted to know how to best proceed on the article requested on Bagel.  I took a look and the English article seems to be a LOT more informative than the German one.  I'm wondering whether the requestor intended to put it on the English to German request list.  So to me it makes no sense to have that request on the list, but what do we need to do to be able to safely take it off?  --Mmounties 21:20, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article may also simply have changed since the request was made. Or perhaps the person who posted the request simply didn't know if there was information in the German article which wasn't in the English one. If you see that something could be taken off, how about contacting the person who posted the request first and checking if it's OK? Saint|swithin 13:40, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: ok, another question to you my friends: what is the correct translation of "k.u.k. Hoflieferant"? Is it "Imperial and Royal Purveyor to the Court", "Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court"? I even found a "Purveyor to his Imperial and Royal Majesty" once somewhere...? Gryffindor 14:36, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd definitely go with one of the latter two. It's the court (and/or the Majesty) that's imperial and royal, not the purveyor. What does Google say? Angr/talk 14:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the latter two will do fine. —Nightstallion (?) 16:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I kinda agree. Ok, Bakalowits and Conditorei Zauner say the first version (Imperial royal...etc.), I get 3 hits. Ok, for the second version I get 8 hits, however none on any of the homepages of former kuk Hoflieferanten, which poses a dilemna I think. None on the last, but I swear I read it somewhere, i have to find this again.... Gryffindor 17:51, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  how do you translate "k.u.k. Hoflieferant"? 

message: This has just been created and could probably interact with this page nicely. Currently we are moving in the direction of renaming the page to Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board since there is no need to exclude topics related to other German-speaking ares. Please come and join us, Kusma (討論) 04:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:German Wikipedians' notice board]] 

message: I have come across de:Adstringenz in the de:Luo Han Guo article which I am currently translating. However, I could not find any equivalent English term, so I just 'made up' adstringent which isn't a very good solution. Any ideas ?  Cheers ACH 12:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's called astringency in English. Angr/talk 12:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see you already made the edit. Thanks anyway ACH 14:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adstringenz 

message: A request was made on the English Wiki page for Charles Bettelheim to translate the German Wiki article for him.  As I had just finished a translation of the long French Wiki article, I went ahead and looked at the German article and translated several paragraphs from it to the English page as well.  But I notice that there is no official request for translation of the page here.  I'm not sure how to flag this--it may not need flagging!--but anyway, I've done it.  The rest of the article seemed as though it pretty much duplicated the material from the French article.  The German translations are marked in the English article, which now includes material from both.  NaySay 22:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Charles Bettelheim

message: Hi everyone, I've just altered the  template so it can link to German original articles with a different name. If, for example, someone translated :de:Scherenschleifer as Knife grinder today, they could put  at the bottom and it would render as:
:This article incorporates information from the revision as of 8 May 2006 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Angr (talk • contribs) 07:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template for translations 

message: Hi everyone, there are plenty of requests dealing with disambiguation articles which also demand to translate the related articles. In my opinion this undifferentiated way of translating would make no sense. Apart from that it is clearly above the capacity of the contributing translators. Therefore, I would propose to ask the inquirer to refine his requests and - after reviewing - remove them from the list. I would like to hear your opinion. -- mamut 15:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe this is a solution: i summarized the requests after translating the main article. mamut 06:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requests for disambiguation articles

message: German translation has become my main WikiActivity in the past few months, and this page is just an unholy mess. There are no two ways about it. I'm going to overhaul the page, and post my changes in a bit. (I'll be doing the actual work on a sub of my User Page so as not to interfere with the work that is currently ongoing). Let me know what you think of my changes when they've been posted. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 21:23, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Once and for all 

message: Is anyone sure of the correct translation of "Ehrengrab", There are many of them in Berlin. But, In my dictionaries I´ve never been able to find a translation that sounds right. Would "Honourary Grave" be OK ? I´d be grateful for some ideas !! --IsarSteve 21:38, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, tomb honouring the dead of the ... war, war memorial, cenotaph Saint|swithin 16:02, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Ehrengrab -> Memorial grave (please note that, according to the German article, the site is the actual resting place of the person who is commemorated with this special grave site, which is maintained by the city; usually used for important figures or persons of historical significance.(Patrick 06:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  A belated "Thank You" to you both! Patrick´s explanation matches how I´ve seen the word used in Germany. The term "Memorial Grave" is OK but then surely anybody could be entitled to one. An "Ehrengrab" is seen as an Honour bestowed on someone who is given such a grave. --IsarSteve 20:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ehrengrab 

message: Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board/Umlaut and ß Saint|swithin 11:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Collecting data on the use of umlaut and ß in English language publications

message: I've translated a plaque erected in the front of the IG Farben Buildings as:-
This building was designed by the architect Hans Poelzig and erected in the years 1928 to 1931 as the headquarters of IG Farben Industries.
Between 1933 and 1945, as one of the largest chemical concerns of the world, the company put it’s scientific knowledge and production technologies increasingly into the service of the war preparations and warfare of the National Socialist terror regime. From 1942 to 1945 the SS maintained the concentration camp at Buna-Monowitz beside the IG Farben factory at Auschwitz.
Of the ten thousand prisoners forced to work for the company there, most were murdered.
In the National Socialist extermination camps many hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Jews, were killed with the gas Zyklon B, which was sold by an IG Farben company.
From 1945 the building was the seat of the American military government and the High Cmmissioner for Germany. On 19 September 1945 the establishment of the State of Hesse was proclaimed here. From 1952 to 1995 the building was the headquarters of the Vth Corps of US Army.
Aware of the history of the building, the State of Hesse acquired it in 1996 for the Johann Wolfgang Goethe university. In the future it will serve for teaching and research.
Nobody can withdraw from the history of ones people.
One should know that the past may not be based on forgetting
because otherwise it will come again and become the present.
Jean Améry, 1975
I'd be extemely grateful if someone would check this translation from:-
Dieses Gebäude wurde nach den Plänen des Architekten Hans Poelzig in den Jahren 1928 bis 1931 für die Hauptverwaltung der IG Farbenindustrie AG errichtet.
Als einer der damals größten Chemiekonzerne der Welt stellte diese Gesellschaft ihre wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse und Produktionstechniken zwischen 1933 und 1945 zunehmend in den Dienst des nationalsozialistischen Terrorregimes, der Kriegsvorbereitung und Kriegsführung. 1942 bis 1945 unterhielt die IG Farben zusammen mit der SS das Konzentrationslager Buna-Monowitz neben ihren Werken in Auschwitz. 
Von den Zehntausenden KZ-Häftlingen, die für den Konzern dort arbeiten mussten, wurden die meisten ermordet.
Mit dem Gas Zyklon B, das eine mit der IG-Farben verbundene Gesellschaft vertrieb, wurden in den nationalsozialistischen Vernichtungslagern viele Hunderttausande von Menschen, vor allem Juden, umgebracht.
Ab 1945 war das Gebäude Sitz der amerikanischen Militärregierung und des Hohen Kommissars für Deutschland. Am 19. September 1945 wurde hier die Gründung des Landes Groß-Hessen proklamiert. Von 1952 bis 1995 befand sich in dem Haus das Hauptquartier des V. Corps der US Army.
Im Bewusstsein der Geschichte des Hauses hat es das Land Hessen 1996 für die Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität erworben. Künftig dient es der Lehre und Forschung.
Niemand kann aus der Geschichte seines Volkes austreten.
Man soll und darf die Vergangenheit nicht „auf sich beruhen lassen“,
weil sie sonst auferstehen und zu neuer Gegenwart werden könnte.
Jean Améry, 1975 
Many thanks. --Mcginnly 00:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: IG Farben building help

message: I've translated this as simply "The Bürger's house" (I'm translating the medieval section of :de:Schwedische Architektur) although I've also seen it translated as "community centre" - can anyone shed any light on this? Many thanks. --Mcginnly | Natter 10:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to :de:Bürgerhaus there are three different definitions for Bürgerhaus, one in medieval times (which will be the one you want), one in the era of industrialization, and one post WWII (which would be the community center)...I would opt for something like Burghers houseor Freemans house, because being a Bürger in medieval township implicated being a free man, amongst others. Lectonar 16:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks, Burghers house it is then. --Mcginnly | Natter 17:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bürgerhäuser

message: the user is banned, but befor that he requested tons of mostly geographical translations of small villages with hardly any relevance. shouldnt that be cleaned up?--Tresckow 08:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe just reduce this to a single list someplace? I doubt that there is anything much to say about any of these requests. - Jmabel | Talk 03:41, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  sheynhertz 

message: Hello, I'm translating :de:Palais Strousberg. In the Edgeschoss paragraph it says:- "Oberhalb der kleinen, niedrigen Fenster der Wirtschaftsräume im Kellergeschoss verbanden große, über drei Meter hohe Fenster im Vorzimmer des großen Festsaales, im großen Festsaal und in der Gemäldegalerie die Gesellschaftsräume optisch mit den Gartenanlagen im großen Hof, dessen Fassaden korinthische Säulen unter einem Architrav gliederten"
I'm struggling with Wirtschaftsräume - could this be an Accounts room or is it just the servant's work rooms?
I'm guessing it translated as something like "Above the small, low windows of the accounts room in the basement, large windows (over 3 metres high) optically connected the anteroom of the great festival room, the picture gallery, the festival room and lounges, with the plants and garden in the courtyard. The facade to this courtyard was arranged with corinthian columns united under an architrave. Can anyone help me? --Mcginnly | Natter 12:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Wirtschaftsräume are utility rooms (for washing things, cleaning up, storing wood, etc). The Corinthian columns, under their architrave, gave the facades a structure/pattern (the columns are in the nominative, and "gliederten", structured, the facades). Above the small, low windows of the utility rooms in the basement, the windows in the anteroom of the great hall, in the great hall and the portrait gallery, more than three metres high, optically connected these function rooms with the gardens in the great courtyard, whose facades were given structure by Corinthian columns under an architrave. Saint|swithin 17:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I just had another idea: "gliedern" can also mean to divide, so here it could be that the facades are separated by these columns. I can imagine that better - it looks a bit like that in the picture, don't you think, although you can't see the outside? Saint|swithin 06:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Or do you think the Corinthian columns are the ones underneath them, giving them structure? Saint|swithin 07:00, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[:de:Palais Strousberg]]

message: I'm working on translating de:Saalbach-Hinterglemm and can't figure out how to translate GV - it's the title/position of people on the Gemeinderat/Gemeindevertretung. I've translated Gemeinderat/Gemeinderaetin as council member so far - any suggestions for either would be appreciated! Sewerrat 21:59, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen both district council and municipal council used. Although it has to be noted that most translations I have found use the latter of the two. Hope that helps. Aetherfukz 07:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: GV = most likely Gemeindevertreter here, seeing the context (an example on Google: "Die Gemeindevertretung Selent besteht aus 13 Gemeindevertreter/Innen (GV)"  although it also stands for Gemeindevorstand. See also Wikipedia:German-English translation requests/Translation guide for Gemeinde etc. Saint|swithin 19:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GV? 

message: I just translated Front Deutscher Äpfel. I'm tempted to give :de:Überfremdung a go; either a full translation, or a few paragraphs, that I can then link to from Xenophobia, etc., as combatting Überfremdung is a "goal" of the DFÄ. I just translated Überfremdung as "Overforeignisation" in the DFÄ article. Can anyone suggest anything better? In the context of DFÄ, I didn't mind using an absurdist word to describe the concept, but in writing and actual article, I suppose we need a word that sounds serious, self-important, and violent. LEO lists "foreign infiltration", but that just sounds over the top, something to be used in espionage and warfare.
I get the feeling the article would get picked up as non-NPOV/Speedy Deletion before the reader even realises that it's about using "Überfremdung" as a motivation, rather than declaring the state/process of Überfremdung to be noteworthy. samwaltz 11:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, Überfremdung is up. I posted a similar notice on the de.wikipedia page, saying I was doing so, and now have someone from the German site who wants me to treat Überfremdung as a serious concept (describing how Berlin is becoming überfremdet), and not as a NS Schlagwort. Thoughts? Oh, btw, if anyone feels like translating more, go for it. I think one section suffices for the English version, whereas the German page has several. samwaltz 22:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Überfremdung

message: Can anyone please translate the following sentence to English, objectively as possible: "Mögen wir zehnmal von Juden abstammen und ich im Prinzip noch so sehr für Gleichberechtigung der Hebräer sein, im sozialen Leben sind mir Christen lieber ..."--Gilisa (talk) 11:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation Request 

message: Irgendwie scheint hier ja seit laengerem nichts mehr los zu sein... wo sind denn alle?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Janet1983 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tote Hose? 

message: A [] on this topic has been rejected on English wikipedia in part for its commercial overtones. Can someone translate the German article (https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Gridcoin) to see if it is more acceptable. juanTamad (talk) 00:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Translate German page on Gridcoin to English?