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Eine Ameise bringt im Sommer viel Korn in ihr Haus.

English translation: During the summer, an ant carries large quantities of grain to its home.


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German term or phrase:Eine Ameise bringt im Sommer viel Korn in ihr Haus.
English translation:During the summer, an ant carries large quantities of grain to its home.
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00:00 Nov 12, 2004
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German term or phrase: Eine Ameise bringt im Sommer viel Korn in ihr Haus.
i need this trnslated.
james
During the summer, an ant carries a lot of grain to its house.(or dwelling; hole)
Explanation:
A literal attempt. Korn would be 'grain' in English. The German word for corn is Mais.
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Fantutti
Local time: 09:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7During the summer, an ant carries a lot of grain to its house.(or dwelling; hole)
Fantutti
4 +1During the summer an ant brings stores a lot of corn into its house.
Dr. Fred Thomson
4an ant fills its house with grain during the summer
R. A. Stegemann
3 +1an ant hoards lots of corn during summer
SwissTell


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
an ant hoards lots of corn during summer


Explanation:
more or less direct

SwissTell
Local time: 12:41
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Will Matter
50 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
During the summer, an ant carries a lot of grain to its house.(or dwelling; hole)


Explanation:
A literal attempt. Korn would be 'grain' in English. The German word for corn is Mais.

Fantutti
Local time: 09:41
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  verbis
4 mins
  -> Thank you, verbis!
agree  Kim Metzger: Definitely grain. I think something more formal is needed for "a lot of" though. / When I met the German girl who became my wife, I sang to her: "the corn is as high as an elephant's eye" and she thought it was about a wheat field
7 mins
  -> I agree. Writeaway below has got it right. Funny!!!! I wished I had caught a glimpse of that!
agree  writeaway: or a lot of schnapps (which would help pass the time during the winter). an ant spends the summer carrying large quantities of grain to its home. (is it a house, a hill, a hole, a tunnel, a castle??) :-)
11 mins
  -> No rest for the wicked! Boozing would only raise the queen's eyebrows. Your translation is perfect, imo.
agree  Will Matter: This is the best translation, sorry it wasn't posted yet when i made my previous "agrees". Very, very good.
40 mins
  -> Thank you, Willmatter!
agree  tappi_k
7 hrs
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby
9 hrs
agree  Milena Sahakian
21 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
During the summer an ant brings stores a lot of corn into its house.


Explanation:
One way to go.

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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2004-11-12 02:06:44 GMT)
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Correction: an ant brings a lot of corn into its house or stores a lot corn in its house.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter: Also acceptable but i would've put "...brings/stores.." instead since you used two separate English verbs to translate the same verb in German.
49 mins
  -> I goofed. I meant to use only "brings." Thank for the heads up.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an ant fills its house with grain during the summer


Explanation:
Disclaimer: My full use of this and other forums has been restricted for reasons unknown, so please forgive my lack of direct support for answers offered by other contributors and critical assessment of non-contributors who are misleading and/or abusive.


R. A. Stegemann
Thailand
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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