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PLEASE HELP!! MY PROJECT IN SCHOOL!

German translation: see below

15:51 Sep 7, 2000
English to German translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: PLEASE HELP!! MY PROJECT IN SCHOOL!
Please translate this for me "Hi, I'm Ian. This is my poster, In my free time outside of school I like to play video games and go on the computer. The A+ and the Lockers are becuase my goal is to do good in school. The Candy, is becuase my favorite subject is science, and in science you blow stuff up. So, that's where that came from. The Happy hamburger is becuase my family is happy. My favorite type of music is rock, and I come from America. Thanks." Thank you soo much!!
Ian
German translation:see below
Explanation:
Hi, Ian -

I have to disagree with the previous answer in several points. My translation is:
Hallo, ich heisse Ian. Dies ist mein Poster. In meiner Freizeit verbringe ich gerne Zeit mit Videospielen und am Computer. Der A+ und die Schliessfächer sind darauf weil ich in der Schule gute Noten bekommen möchte. Die Bonbons sind darauf weil meine Lieblingsfächer die Naturwissenschaften sind und da darf man die Dinge in die Luft jagen. Der "happy" Hamburger ist darauf weil meine Familie glücklich ist. Rock ist meine Lieblingsmusik, und ich komme aus Amerika. Vielen Dank.

For the letters ä, ü and ö, you can substitute ae, ue and oe.

Good luck
Nina
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Nina Gettler
Austria
Local time: 15:00
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Summary of answers provided
nasee below
Stefan Kreisher
nasee below
Nina Gettler
natake answer no. 2!
Sibyl Marquardt
naDas A +
Anita Millar (X)


  

Answers


31 mins
see below


Explanation:
Hallo, ich heisse Ian. Hier ist mein Poster. In meiner Freizeit spiele ich gern Video-spiele und benutze gern mein Computer. Die A+ und die Faecher, weil ich gute Schulnoten kriegen moechte. Das Bonbon, weil mein Lieblingsfach Wissenschaft ist, und in den Wissenschaften darf man Sachen in die Luft jagen. Der "Happy" Hamburger, weil meine Familie sehr gluecklich ist. Meine Lieblingsmusik ist Rockmusik, und ich komme aus Amerika. Vielen Dank.

Stefan Kreisher
PRO pts in pair: 13
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59 mins
see below


Explanation:
Hi, Ian -

I have to disagree with the previous answer in several points. My translation is:
Hallo, ich heisse Ian. Dies ist mein Poster. In meiner Freizeit verbringe ich gerne Zeit mit Videospielen und am Computer. Der A+ und die Schliessfächer sind darauf weil ich in der Schule gute Noten bekommen möchte. Die Bonbons sind darauf weil meine Lieblingsfächer die Naturwissenschaften sind und da darf man die Dinge in die Luft jagen. Der "happy" Hamburger ist darauf weil meine Familie glücklich ist. Rock ist meine Lieblingsmusik, und ich komme aus Amerika. Vielen Dank.

For the letters ä, ü and ö, you can substitute ae, ue and oe.

Good luck
Nina


Nina Gettler
Austria
Local time: 15:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 16
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8 hrs
take answer no. 2!


Explanation:
... even though (people are like that) I would also disagree with some things in answer no. 2, in general it sounds more natural to me - and I'm German.

Oh, btw, if I were you, I'd add something like "someone helped me translate this - jemand hat mir bei der Übersetzung geholfen" if you intend to give this to someone who's German - otherwise you'll be flooded with more German and maybe not able to understand it - because after this presentation everyone will think your German is perfect! :-)

Sibyl

Sibyl Marquardt
Italy
Local time: 15:00
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 hrs
Das A +


Explanation:
Hi Ian,
All these suggestions above are wonderful, except for the gender of your grade. It is called "das".
I don't want to spoil things for you, but if this project is for school, your teachers will never believe that you did this on your own. I am a language teacher myself (in the UK), and judging from the contents required in your project, I think you have not been taught German for very long. Have you been taught yet how to say "because" in German? This is quite a difficult grammatical chapter and is usually taught in the latter stages. You'll either have to admit that you got help or you'll have to make up a simpler text in English and ask for help once more.
Good luck anyway, and I hope youll get all the A+s you are trying for! Asking for help on the internet is certainly showing resourceulness!
Best wishes, Anita.

Anita Millar (X)
Local time: 14:00
PRO pts in pair: 19
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