Mar 6, 2002 15:05
22 yrs ago
English term
John
current
Non-PRO
English to German
Other
my current house
Proposed translations
(German)
| 4 +11 | derzeitig |
Evi Zierlein
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| 5 +7 | Mein jetziges Haus. |
brute (X)
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| 5 +5 | Mein gegenwärtiges Haus |
Teresa Duran-Sanchez
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| 5 | Mein derzeitiges Haus |
Kerstin Braun
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| 4 | gegenwaertig |
Rado Varbanov
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| 1 +3 | a non-native vote for "jetziges" |
Dan McCrosky (X)
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| 1 +1 | Partial answer to Michaela Müller's question: |
Dan McCrosky (X)
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Proposed translations
+11
5 mins
Evi Zierlein
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
United Kingdom
20 yrs in translation & project managmnt
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Russian to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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38
Selected
derzeitig
Mein derzeitiges Haus.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+5
5 mins
Teresa Duran-Sanchez
Spain
Spain
Spain
MA in Law, Translation and Interpreting
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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5
Mein gegenwärtiges Haus
Maybe... My German is a bit rusty in the last time...
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Note added at 2002-03-06 15:11:54 (GMT)
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\"Mein Haus zur Zeit\" sounds much better, but please wait for native speakers to give their opinion!
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Note added at 2002-03-06 15:11:54 (GMT)
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\"Mein Haus zur Zeit\" sounds much better, but please wait for native speakers to give their opinion!
Peer comment(s):
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pschmitt
: Agree with "Mein gegenwärtiges Haus"
15 mins
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Thanks, although it's a simple thing, it's better to get the "consensus" from a native speaker
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Ursula Peter-Czichi
: auch: mein jetziges Haus/Your first guess was great! (Ursula, native speaker)
21 mins
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Thanks, Ursula. I thought about "jetziges" too, but I checked a bilingual dictionary and "gegenwaertig" seemed to be more adecuate. I'm going to agree with the guy "downstairs" too...
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Irene De Han
2 hrs
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Cheers, Irene
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| agree |
brute (X)
: RUSTY? C'MON CID!
4 hrs
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VERY rusty indeed! Ich habe soooo viel verlernt! Du kannst es dir nicht vorstellen!
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msebold
7 hrs
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7 mins
Rado Varbanov
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, French to Bulgarian, German to Bulgarian, and 11 more.
gegenwaertig
Mein gegenwaertiges Haus
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Teresa Duran-Sanchez
: Agree,but you add nothing new to what I just said! "ä" can be written "ae", yeah...
3 mins
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When I started writing, your answer hadn't appeared yet.You see: 2 min. difference.You were faster:))
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+7
24 mins
brute (X)
brute (X)
SOLID NATIVE SPEAKER TRANSLATIONS!
Works in: English to German, German to English
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Related KudoZ points
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165
Mein jetziges Haus.
implicit.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Teresa Duran-Sanchez
: Good option to mine too
4 mins
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Thanx, Cid! Yours' as good as mine.
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pschmitt
8 mins
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Thanx!
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ehrnst
21 mins
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Thanx!
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| agree |
Frieda Ruppaner-Lind (X)
1 hr
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Thanx!
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| agree |
BB Doerr
2 hrs
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Thanx!
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| agree |
Geneviève von Levetzow
: Der beste Vorschlag!
20 hrs
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Dankeschön!
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| agree |
Andrea Kopf
1 day 15 hrs
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Thanx, Andrea!
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+3
44 mins
a non-native vote for "jetziges"
This is a good question. I taught English to German business people for over 20 years and this subject with:
current, aktual, actual, derzeitig, jetzig, gegenwärtig, present, etc.
was always very difficult.
I am certainly no German native speaker, but I often hear Germans say:
"mein jetziges Haus/Auto/Mädchen", etc.
The term seems to convey the meaning of "current" very well. That is, this situation is not too old and may soon change.
My non-native German feeling tells me to say "derzeitige Situation" but "jetziges Haus" where my native English feeling tells me to say "current situation" and "present house".
Have I been associating with the wrong class of Germans or maybe even English?
HTH
Dan
current, aktual, actual, derzeitig, jetzig, gegenwärtig, present, etc.
was always very difficult.
I am certainly no German native speaker, but I often hear Germans say:
"mein jetziges Haus/Auto/Mädchen", etc.
The term seems to convey the meaning of "current" very well. That is, this situation is not too old and may soon change.
My non-native German feeling tells me to say "derzeitige Situation" but "jetziges Haus" where my native English feeling tells me to say "current situation" and "present house".
Have I been associating with the wrong class of Germans or maybe even English?
HTH
Dan
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
brute (X)
: You're fine, Dan!
14 mins
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| agree |
Michaela Müller
: Good German feeling!One question:Could one also say Wohnung for house instead of Haus?I heard many people using the word house although it wasn't their house
1 hr
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My answer is too long, please see below.
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Kerstin Braun
: As far as I can see, jetzig is on a slightly lower stylistic level. Plus, it defines a situation as having changed from the past without much regard to the future, whereas derzeitig has more of an interim situation (i.e. has changed and may soon change).
3 days 7 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Partial answer to Michaela Müller's question:
I don't quite understand your question, but here goes.
My feeling again is that as an English native speaker, I would never say "house" for an "apartment" (AE) or "flat" (BE). I would also never say "apartment" or "flat" for "house". You can say "my place" though for everything. Also the renting of entire houses is much more common in English-speaking countries, so people always speak of "their house" although they may be just renting it. I don't think any German would ever say "Haus" for "Wohnung" or "Wohnung" for "Haus" either.
Does that help?
Dan
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michaela Müller
: Thank you,that's what I wanted to know.I heard some English native speakers (Americans)say "house" for "apartment",that's why I was wondering.
3 hrs
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3 days 6 hrs
Kerstin Braun
Native in German
Quality in time.
Native in: German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: English to German, Portuguese to German
Related KudoZ points
:
61
Mein derzeitiges Haus
klingt stilistisch besser als gegenwärtig - das wäre aber auch richtig
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