German Translation Please.
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Can someone translate this for me, it does not make sense when I stick it into an online translator!
"Mässiger Zustand, da vom Rallye-Auto. Die beiden kleinen äusseren Hutzen fehlen, bei der grossen ist das Plastikgitter defekt. Die Haube hat Rost durch Steinschläge, ein paar kleinere Beulen sind auch vorhanden. Die Haube ist gewichtsoptimiert, d. h. die inneren Versteifungsstreben sind herausgetrennt worden. Für Freaks oder Hardcoreschrauber. Nur Abholung, kein Versand."
"Mässiger Zustand, da vom Rallye-Auto. Die beiden kleinen äusseren Hutzen fehlen, bei der grossen ist das Plastikgitter defekt. Die Haube hat Rost durch Steinschläge, ein paar kleinere Beulen sind auch vorhanden. Die Haube ist gewichtsoptimiert, d. h. die inneren Versteifungsstreben sind herausgetrennt worden. Für Freaks oder Hardcoreschrauber. Nur Abholung, kein Versand."
Online translators are a complete waste of time (said Ms Translator!!), and a real human one will charge you up to 50 quid for this. 
I'll help you out - but do you need it straight away? I'm up to my eyes at the moment, but I can sort it for you this evening if you can wait until then??
I'll help you out - but do you need it straight away? I'm up to my eyes at the moment, but I can sort it for you this evening if you can wait until then??
you havin' a larf aren't you??? Babelfish came up with this.. it's a start, I guess.
"Moderate condition, there of the Rallye car. The two small outside scoops are missing, with the large are defective the plastic lattice. The hood has rust by falling rocks, a few smaller dents is also present. The hood is weight-optimized, i.e. the internal reinforcement props were ripped out. For Freaks or hard core nut runners. Only collection, no dispatch"
"Moderate condition, there of the Rallye car. The two small outside scoops are missing, with the large are defective the plastic lattice. The hood has rust by falling rocks, a few smaller dents is also present. The hood is weight-optimized, i.e. the internal reinforcement props were ripped out. For Freaks or hard core nut runners. Only collection, no dispatch"
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Babelfish came up with this.. it's a start, I guess.
"Moderate condition, there of the Rallye car. The two small outside scoops are missing, with the large are defective the plastic lattice. The hood has rust by falling rocks, a few smaller dents is also present. The hood is weight-optimized, i.e. the internal reinforcement props were ripped out. For Freaks or hard core nut runners. Only collection, no dispatch"
QED!
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I know a bit of Spanish and a very very small amount of Cantonese already but not good for translating e.g, I could tell a Chinese person to execute a side kick followed by a flying spinning kick then a back fist cross combination but I wouldn't be able to ask them directions or find the nearest boozer
Handy when dealing with Chinese clients, though!
You could tell them what you're going to do to them unless they pay up on time! quote:
Babelfish|http://babelfish.altavista.com[/url] is the best of the free online translators, in my opinion.
Yes, it is. But then again, loads of companies use it as a cheap way of putting a multilingual presence on the Web, and it provides plenty of ammunition for the "funniest translation you've ever seen" threads on translator forums...
But if all you want is an idea of what something says, Babelfish is your man. As it were.
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Ha ha!!! Yeah! Be like one of those dodgy Hong Kong 80's kung fu films..........
This is the problem with specialising in Scandinavian languages. The Scandinavians are so restrained and polite! The best I could insult a Swede with would be "if you don't pay up, darling, I'll come over there and give you a right telling-off".
I like your quotes better!
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Babelfish came up with this.. it's a start, I guess.
"Moderate condition, there of the Rallye car. The two small outside scoops are missing, with the large are defective the plastic lattice. The hood has rust by falling rocks, a few smaller dents is also present. The hood is weight-optimized, i.e. the internal reinforcement props were ripped out. For Freaks or hard core nut runners. Only collection, no dispatch"
That's pretty much it - here's what my formerly degree-level but now sadly rusty German came up with:
"The one (i.e. the bonnet, I presume) from the rally car is in reasonable condition. Both of the two small outer scoops are missing, and the plastic grille on the large one is broken. The bonnet has some rust due to stone chips, and also has a few small dents in it. The bonnet has been stripped down to save weight, i.e. its strengthening bars have been removed. One for freaks or hardcore nutters (!). Must be collected - no delivery."
50 quid to translate that?? It took me less than 5 mins - I'm in the wrong job!
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50 quid to translate that?? It took me less than 5 mins - I'm in the wrong job!
Oh, the joys of minimum charges!
The record so far though has to be 25 pounds for 3 words - I would've done it for nothing, but the client (a regular) insisted she wanted to pay the going rate, so... BTW, cool translation, DrSeuss. If you ever fancy a sideline from the day job, please let me know!!
>> Edited by SGirl on Thursday 26th September 11:18
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Dunno. I think it's just that legendary Northern European coolness. They all do that, sir.
I like it, it makes my life a whole lot easier if people try to be tactful and nice rather than just shouting if something goes wrong. Apologies to any Northern Europeans who I've just pigeonholed!! I mean it in a nice way...
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