mein kampf

English translation: "Mein Kampf" by Hitler.

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German term or phrase:mein kampf
English translation:"Mein Kampf" by Hitler.
Entered by: Сергей Лузан

15:36 May 18, 2002
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
German term or phrase: mein kampf
its a title of a book
Bill Marks
"Mein Kampf"
Explanation:
Just leave it so. It's author is Hitler as widely known. Translation might be "My struggle/ fight etc"
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Сергей Лузан
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Local time: 21:59
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4 +13"Mein Kampf"
Сергей Лузан
4 +7My Struggle
sanhara (X)
4 +3my struggle
Elisabeth Ghysels


  

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"Mein Kampf"


Explanation:
Just leave it so. It's author is Hitler as widely known. Translation might be "My struggle/ fight etc"

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
0 min
  -> Thanx personally.

agree  brute (X)
4 mins
  -> Thanx personally as well.

agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
18 mins
  -> Best thanx.

agree  Sheila Hardie
56 mins
  -> Best thanx as well.

agree  Lydia Molea
59 mins
  -> Best thanx as well.

agree  Sven Petersson: Do not translate!
1 hr
  -> Never! Best thanx as well.

agree  Ursula Peter-Czichi
1 hr
  -> Best thanx as well.

agree  Petra Winter
1 hr
  -> Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.

agree  Jeannie Graham: This should not be translated - it is known everywhere by the German title.
2 hrs
  -> Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.

agree  Elvira Stoianov: it wasn't translated in Romanian either
3 hrs
  -> It wasn't in Russian either. Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.

agree  Ron Stelter
3 hrs
  -> Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.

agree  Andrzej Lejman: It is not worth reading; the more forget translating
4 hrs
  -> Absolutely. Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.

agree  jerrie
5 hrs
  -> Best thanx as well. Und besten Dank dazu.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
My Struggle


Explanation:
Hitler's famous book

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Note added at 2002-05-18 15:48:04 (GMT)
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I agree that it would be better to leave it so, maybe the English version to be in brackets..

sanhara (X)
Local time: 21:59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie
57 mins

agree  Rolf Klischewski, M.A.: The English title is "My Struggle".
1 hr
  -> Also the Turkish title is "Kavgam", which exactly means "Mein Kampf". Thank you.

agree  Jennie Sherrick, MA
1 hr

agree  Sarah Downing
4 hrs

agree  jerrie
5 hrs

agree  Сергей Лузан: In Russia we put translation from source language as a footnote.
1 day 15 hrs

agree  Angela C.: it is already translated to several languages, title included
4 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
my struggle


Explanation:
Unluckily, it's a book known under its German name all over the world.
Greetings,

Nikolaus


    Reference: http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/pages/t049/t04961.html
Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 20:59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie: yes, unluckily:)
56 mins

agree  Francis Fine: Yes, in China it was known as §Úªº¾Ä°«.But the book itself was trash and valueless. Nobdy, not even H's sympathizers in China cited or remembered anything from it.
1 hr

agree  Сергей Лузан: Quite an interesting link, thank you.
1 day 15 hrs
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