Posted on 03/28/2008 6:11:45 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Ausserdem in Bayern haette Niemand auf Deutsch gasagt, “Ich bin da Heim, gel?” Statt wuerden die fast Alle sagen, “Ich bin zu Hause.”
Genausowie es gibt kein Wort auf English, fuer “Gemuetlichkeit.”
Ebenso, es gibt auch kein Wort fuer “Dienstleistungimportuberschuss”, oder fuer “Sammenaustossendesgassenschlampe.”
Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Translations are like women - if they are beautiful, they are not faithful; if they are faithful, they are not beautiful.”
Perhaps we best leave it at that.
Good quote.
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