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Hello, I am a German to English translator, but I normally deal with legal and technical text. I also sing in a choir that is performing Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms. The conductor has asked me about a couple of issues with the text, but it involves old German text as it was composed in 1861, so I am hoping a literary translator may be able to help. The issues are:
1) Movement II: the phrase "Siehe, ein Ackermann wartet auf die koestliche Frucht der Erde und ist geduldig d... See more
Hello, I am a German to English translator, but I normally deal with legal and technical text. I also sing in a choir that is performing Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms. The conductor has asked me about a couple of issues with the text, but it involves old German text as it was composed in 1861, so I am hoping a literary translator may be able to help. The issues are:
1) Movement II: the phrase "Siehe, ein Ackermann wartet auf die koestliche Frucht der Erde und ist geduldig darueber, bis er empfahe den Morgenregen und Abendregen." The particular word in question is "empfahe." I am guessing this is some old form of "empfangen"? From what I have found it might have something to do with Luther's translation of the bible.
2) Movement VI: "Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt" The word in question is "hie." I can only find it with "hie und da" in my dictionaries, but I guess the meaning of "hier" still applies. Would it still be pronounced as written (Hie)?
I would appreciate any light someone could shed on this issue. ▲ Collapse
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Heinrich Pesch Finland Local time: 06:18 Member (2003) Finnish to German + ...
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Erik Freitag Germany Local time: 05:18 Member (2006) Dutch to German + ...
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Mar 12, 2008
Heinrich Pesch wrote:
hie = hier pronounced hee
Are you sure about the pronounciation? I think it would rather have too syllables (ok, one and a half) and sound something like ˈhiə (sorry, I'm not too familiar with the phonetic alphabet). But then again, I'm not sure either. I remember singing and hearing it this way in baroque choir music.
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