Der Wettergott meinte es gut
English translation: The weather was promising/well-intended (or similar paraphrase)
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| na | The weather god meant it well |
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| na | The weather was promising/well-intended (or similar paraphrase) |
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| na | So the God of weather treat us right |
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The weather god meant it well Explanation: literal translation |
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The weather was promising/well-intended (or similar paraphrase) Explanation: From what I can see in the URLs and dictionaries, _weather god_ in English tends to be used in a more serious context, and not very often. When humor is involved (as here) I like the idea of paraphrasing, especially since _weather god_ is not common English usage. Duden gives the following example in German: "Wenn der Wettergott mitspielt..." = "Wenn das Wetter mitspielt...". It would perhaps help to know what actually happened with respect to the weather and its effect in your story. HTH Tom See above. |
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So the God of weather treat us right Explanation: There is no real God in this case........... Try it without a translation...............just take 'God" as what he is........... Native German/studying Danish/German/English at the University of Southern Denmark |
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