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Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute

English translation: Leipzig's the place for me


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German term or phrase:Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute
English translation:Leipzig's the place for me
Entered by: Natalie Wilcock
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08:59 Nov 23, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Goethe's Faust
German term or phrase: Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute
Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute

Can't find a decent or even 'official' translation of this exclamation by Goethe (in his Faust). Any takers?
Natalie Wilcock
Local time: 14:16
Leipzig's the place for me
Explanation:
Leipzig's the place for me
'Tis quite a little Paris; people there
Acquire a certain easy finish'd air.

http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.7/bookid.1772/sec....


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Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 14:16
Grading comment
Thanks Cilian. Regards, Natalie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1I praise my Leipzig!
Christian
2 +2Leipzig's the place for me
Cilian O'Tuama
3I praise my Leipzig! It is a
Maria Nitsche
1My kind of town...Andrew Swift


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
Mein Leipzig... (see phrase below)
My kind of town...


Explanation:
Leipzig? You can’t beat it. Just like Paris. And such cultured people too!
http://www.waste.org/bauhaus/l/mykindoftown.html


Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Christian: Hm... would Goethe really have said "You can't beat it"?
5 mins
  -> Dave Goethe from Dagenham
neutral  Lori Dendy-Molz: My Leipzig, I hail thee! It's a little Paris and cultivates its people!/ Er, that's supposed to be a joke, BTW, although it's accidentally quite close to a "real" entry below.
8 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Mein Leipzig... (see phrase below)
I praise my Leipzig!


Explanation:
Mein Leipzig lob' ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute. (I praise my Leipzig! It is a small Paris and educates its people.) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Faust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig

Christian
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathleen: That's it!!!
15 hrs
  -> Hi Kathleen, thanks very much!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Mein Leipzig... (see phrase below)
I praise my Leipzig! It is a


Explanation:
I praise my Leipzig! It is a (214 Google-treffer bis hier)
small Paris and educates its people.

(19 mal wird little verwendet)

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-11-23 09:14:22 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipsic

Das hier gefällt mir fast noch besser:

My Leipsic will I praise!
A little Paris, one that cultivates its people.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/faust06.html

Maria Nitsche
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Mein Leipzig... (see phrase below)
Leipzig's the place for me


Explanation:
Leipzig's the place for me
'Tis quite a little Paris; people there
Acquire a certain easy finish'd air.

http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.7/bookid.1772/sec....




Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 14:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Thanks Cilian. Regards, Natalie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: Definitely the nicest translation, although the meter doesn't match up. Will likely remind Americans of the "Green Acres" theme song./A real earwig, that one.
15 mins
  -> Now see what you've done! I can't get it out of my head now, farm livin' an' all that... ;-)
agree  Walter Köppe: with idwerk, definitely.
1 hr
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Changes made by editors
Nov 23, 2005 - Changes made by Marcus Malabad:
Term askedMein Leipzig... (see phrase below) => Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute


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