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Ja, das möchte ich noch erleben!

English translation: Yes, that I'd wish I could live to see


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13:42 May 26, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Ja, das möchte ich noch erleben!
Ja, das möchte ich noch erleben!

Wurde dieser Satz bereits übersetzt?
Elvira Schmid
Italy
Local time: 14:21
English translation:Yes, that I'd wish I could live to see
Explanation:
Just in case it has not been done yet. Apologies, if it has!

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2011-05-27 17:32:22 GMT)
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Of course the context would determine the most appropriate tense etc.
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Horst Huber
Local time: 08:21
Grading comment
Danke!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1Yes, that I'd wish I could live to seeHorst Huber
3 +1yes, that I still want to see!
Bernhard Sulzer
3A Theodor Fontane poem
Oliver Toogood


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Gedicht von Theodor Fontane
A Theodor Fontane poem


Explanation:
A poem by Theodor Fontane

Oliver Toogood
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
yes, that I still want to see!


Explanation:
Might depend on the poem:
(a suggestion/attempt below)

Eigentlich ist mir alles gleich,
Der eine wird arm, der andre wird reich,
Aber mit Bismarck – was wird das noch geben?
Das mit Bismarck, das möcht' ich noch erleben.

It's all the same, don't really care which
some get to be poor, some get to be rich
but now under Bismarck - what else will there be?
all that under Bismarck, yes, that I still want to see.


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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-05-27 02:03:29 GMT)
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http://missmarplespoesiealbum.blog.de/2009/01/29/moecht-erle...


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Note added at 13 hrs (2011-05-27 02:44:57 GMT)
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variation:

what be under Bismarck, yes, that I still want to see.

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 08:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Allison Wright: Or, if the poet is being ironic, "yes, that I would like to see!" or "yes, that I'd like to see!"
3 hrs
  -> thank you, Allison!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Yes, that I'd wish I could live to see


Explanation:
Just in case it has not been done yet. Apologies, if it has!

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2011-05-27 17:32:22 GMT)
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Of course the context would determine the most appropriate tense etc.

Horst Huber
Local time: 08:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Danke!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  wilp: what's the problem even if has been done yet? Right answer!
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Kim Metzger: I wish, not I'd wish
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, as always, for the suggestion!
disagree  Andrew Swift: Sorry, Horst. I was intending to let this pass, but then I saw it had attracted an ‘agree’. “Yes, that I would have wished I could have lived to see”; “Yes, that I had wished I had lived to have seen” etc? Unfortunately, none of them English.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you. It seems I heard this from an older acquiantance; she had a reputation for speaking properly. Quite possibly not too many people around speak English.
agree  Oliver Toogood: The english is fine!
18 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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Changes made by editors
May 26, 2011 - Changes made by Ingo Dierkschnieder:
Term askedGedicht von Theodor Fontane => Ja, das möchte ich noch erleben!


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