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German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
German term or phrase: so wie du mich
in a song
Liz Kozoriz


Summary of answers provided
5eye for an eye, tooth for a toothDylkraut
3literally: "as you me"
Armorel Young
1 -1the way you love mecorbettb


Discussion entries: 2





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
the way you love me


Explanation:
just a guess

corbettb
Canada
Local time: 04:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa: I believe the whole phrase was "Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich".
53 mins

disagree  Joel Schaefer: As David said, we need context. Unless you can cite the right song, perhaps?
1 hr

disagree  Sandra Großmann: with Joel and David
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
literally: "as you me"


Explanation:
so wie - as; du - you; mich - me. So the literal translation is "as you me", or more freely "just as you do me", but as others have said the exact way one would choose to word the translation depends on the context (i.e. the whole sentence).

Armorel Young
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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3 days9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth


Explanation:
The full expression is: "So wie du mich, so ich dir". Which simply means "what you do to me, I do to you".

Dylkraut
Germany
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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