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My German (3rd language) is rather horrid, but I thought I'd try with "Es gibt mich Schadenfreude". In return I got "It gives me pleasure". Well, yes, but.. :-)
by sundvor 10y ago
My German (3rd language) is rather horrid, but I thought I'd try with "Es gibt mich Schadenfreude". In return I got "It gives me pleasure". Well, yes, but.. :-)
I then moved on to translating between Norwegian and English, both primary languages of mine (well, the latter for some 16 years), and was thoroughly impressed by the results as long as I stayed away from idioms - well, some. Try something a bit Aussie like "Up sh*t creek in a barbed wire canoe", and it'd fall flat on its face. Then, however it successfully mastered "Bedre med en fugl i hånden enn ti på taket" => "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
Overall, that's really quite amazing work that the team has put in.
- 50CNT 10y agoJust in case you care, it is "Es gibt mir Schadenfreude", and "Es macht mich schadenfreudig".
- sundvor 10y agoAh, thanks! Yes, I do. I was 50/50 between mir and mich there.. Couldn't quite remember the use cases. Really ought to refresh my skills a bit, perhaps by finding some good German C# /asp.net tech sites to peruse. I gained most of my knowledge from reading Das Amiga-Magazin, which I subscribed to for probably a decade. I was going to flunk before I started reading it, but ended up with nearly best grades (high school). It's surprising how actually wanting to read the subject matter can change things around.
- 50CNT 10y agoThat's how I learned English. Hung around on IRC a lot.
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