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I love Lennart Poettering's (the OP) response: "Die Wahl Deiner Worte adelt wahrlich Deine Gedanken" It's German and actually really difficult to translate. I
by adimitrov 16y ago
I love Lennart Poettering's (the OP) response:
"Die Wahl Deiner Worte adelt wahrlich Deine Gedanken"
It's German and actually really difficult to translate. I'll give it a shot: "Your choice of words truly ennobles your thoughts."
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I can't understand people like Ralf Corsepius.
- eru 16y agoYour translation is quite literal. I wonder whether we can find a more idiomatic one.
- drats 16y agoI like the translation just fine, but perhaps one of the following: "the words you elect to use perfectly reflect you and your views" "the words you elect to use bring respect to your views" "the words you choose to use can't fail to enthuse those who muse on your views" The last one has lost a smidgen of German stoicism (does "Grüne Eier und Schinken von Herr Doktor Süss" even exist?) though I think...
- eru 16y ago"The words you choose to use can't fail to enthuse those who muse on your views." is great. I'd like to read (or write) "Grüne Eier und Schinken von Herrn Doktor Süss". (I changed Herr to Herrn.)