Mar 4, 2002 12:58
22 yrs ago
German term
G-Frage & K-Frage
Non-PRO
German to English
Other
Seien Sie froh, es waere eh nicht gegengen. Wenn nicht an der K-Frage, dann waeren Sie spaetestens an der G-Frage gescheitert, der Gattenfrage.
Continuing from my previous question.
Continuing from my previous question.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Dear Mrs. Merkel |
Elisabeth Ghysels
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| 4 +3 | K= chancellor candidate question, G = spouse (candidate) question |
Martin Schmurr
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| 5 | Back to the question, therefore: |
Uli Marggraf
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| 4 | ?! |
Martin Schmurr
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Proposed translations
+2
1 hr
Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
Related KudoZ points
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971
Selected
Dear Mrs. Merkel
Dear Mrs. Merkel, it wouldn't have worked anyway. For, if it wouldn't have been for the K-Frage, the Gatten-Frage (husbands-question) would have flawed your chances. Be honnest: could you immagine your husband at the ladies program (obviously this is chosen intentionally to be 'politically incorrect') with Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Blair, while you are ....
Well, so far to illustrate the tone; apparently the husband is some kind of nuclear physicist, 'aml' is southern dialect for 'once' and Brenzen is southern dialect for Brezel or Brezeln = pretzel (crisp snack made from baked salted dough).
Greetings,
Nikolaus
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Note added at 2002-03-04 14:14:03 (GMT)
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I forgot to translate \'seien Sie froh\': Be glad.
Well, so far to illustrate the tone; apparently the husband is some kind of nuclear physicist, 'aml' is southern dialect for 'once' and Brenzen is southern dialect for Brezel or Brezeln = pretzel (crisp snack made from baked salted dough).
Greetings,
Nikolaus
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Note added at 2002-03-04 14:14:03 (GMT)
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I forgot to translate \'seien Sie froh\': Be glad.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Barbara Schulten, MSc (OXON), DPSI
6 hrs
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| agree |
Ralf Lemster
: Angela Merkel is married to a nuclear physicist
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+3
9 mins
K= chancellor candidate question, G = spouse (candidate) question
was in the news as the CDU/CSU had to decide on a candidate for the September elections
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Note added at 2002-03-04 14:38:04 (GMT)
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seeing the whole text now, you could put it: Even if you had become chancellor candidate and eventually chancellor - could you imagine…
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Note added at 2002-03-04 14:38:04 (GMT)
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seeing the whole text now, you could put it: Even if you had become chancellor candidate and eventually chancellor - could you imagine…
20 hrs
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The subject of the question (G-Frage & K-Frage) is not translated in the selected question, so readers of this translation will be confused to read "K question." ProZ works by translators translating askers' subjects.
2 days 19 hrs
Back to the question, therefore:
K-Frage = Kanzlerfrage (the question of who becomes the candidate for the CDU/CSU)
G-Frage = Gattenfrage, meaning (according to me) the question of Merkel being divorced and (therefore?) having no "companion" to show off at official visits and meetings. What married women do in that case was shown to us by Mrs. Thatcher!
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Note added at 2002-03-07 08:37:17 (GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, with last G-Frage bit I seem to have been riding roughshod over the original text who talks of a husband. There is none as far as I know!
G-Frage = Gattenfrage, meaning (according to me) the question of Merkel being divorced and (therefore?) having no "companion" to show off at official visits and meetings. What married women do in that case was shown to us by Mrs. Thatcher!
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Note added at 2002-03-07 08:37:17 (GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry, with last G-Frage bit I seem to have been riding roughshod over the original text who talks of a husband. There is none as far as I know!
Discussion
Liebe Frau Merkel, Seien Sie froh, es waere eh nicht gegengen. Denn wenn nicht an der K-Frage, dann waeren Sie spaetestens an der G-Frage gescheitert, der Gattenfrage. Mal ehrlich: Koennen Sie sich Ihren Ehemann beim Damenprogramm mit Mrs. Bush und Mrs. Blair vorstellen, waehrend Sie grosse Politik machen? Beim Kaffeekraenzchen locker plaudern ueber Protonenmobilitaet? Oder gar mal kurz auf dem Sprung zum Brezenholen, wenn Sie wieder aml mit Edmund Stoiber fruehstuecken?......
It's the 'Leserbriefe' in a German magazine which I have to translate into Thai. I know nothing about German politics. So apart from G- and K-Frage, could you help with the tone of this letter?