German: Alles was ein Mann schöner ist wie ein Aff', ist ein LuxusEnglish translation: Anything that makes a man look better than an ape is a waste. 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Alles was ein Mann schöner ist wie ein Aff', ist ein Luxus | | English translation: | Anything that makes a man look better than an ape is a waste. | | Entered by: | Angelika Joast |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | German term or phrase: Alles was ein Mann schöner ist wie ein Aff', ist ein Luxus | Ein Zitat aus Torbergs Buch "Die Tante Jolesch".
Gibt's hierfür eine offizielle Übersetzung? Falls nicht, sind auch freie Übersetzungsvorschläge herzlich willkommen :) |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseLori Dendy-Molz: 7:28am Jul 19, 2006: I know we've had this before but I can't dig up any trace of it. Strange.
Armorel Young: 8:03am Jul 19, 2006: It's not just you, Lori - I also remember this being discussed before and getting a number of answers, but I can't find it either. It probably had a nondescript word like "quotation" in the title line so "search" doesn't turn it up :-(
silvia glatzhofer: 8:46am Jul 19, 2006: Here's the link: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1072555
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 Lori Dendy-Molz
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| Anything that makes a man look better than an ape is a waste.
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Can't find an 'official' translation, but here's one of a million ways to put it.
| Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
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