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The (funny, in my world) reaction of the show on Twitter is translated literally in the article: Mr. Erdogan brandishing a fire extinguisher at a laptop, while
by darklajid 11y ago
The (funny, in my world) reaction of the show on Twitter is translated literally in the article:
Mr. Erdogan brandishing a fire extinguisher at a laptop, while threatening, “Either you erase this video, or I will extinguish the Internet.”
In German 'löschen' does mean to extinguish a fire (as the cartoon implies with the fire extinguisher), but more generally this is what you'd use for 'delete' in most/all cases.
So while the translation is certainly correct, the double meaning of 'I will delete the internet' is lost.
1: https://twitter.com/extra3/status/714804805798068225 https://twitter.com/extra3/status/714804805798068225
- yoodenvranx 11y agoGerman here: I think extinguish works very well in this case because it translates into a genernal "auslöschen" which is not limited to flames and fire, e.g. "Die Dinosaurier wurden durch den Einschlag eines riesigen Kometens ausgelöscht". I agree that it works better in German but it translates surprisingly well into English.