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Translation - German-English - Im feinen Restaurant.

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Category Poetry

Title	Im feinen Restaurant.
Text Submitted by Minny	Source language: German Im feinen Restaurant. Man sprach und sprach, und nichts wurde gesagt. Man lauschte und lauschte, aber nichts wurde gehÃ¶rt. Was tue ich hier?
Remarks about the translation	Gedicht Britisch Englisch und FransÃ¶sisch aus Frankreich

Title	In a fine restaurant
Translation English Translated by hungi_moncsi	Target language: English In a fine restaurant People spoke and spoke, and nothing was said. People listened and listened, but nothing was heard. What am I doing here?

Validated by lilian canale

- 27 August 2008 12:23

Last messages

	Author	Message
		26 August 2008 23:41
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Hi hungi, I changed "men" into "people", "fine restaurant" into "a refined restaurant" and capitalized the pronoun "I".
		27 August 2008 00:20
	jollyo Number of messages: 330	I think 'feinen' is better translated when the word 'fancy' is used.
		27 August 2008 00:27
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	"fancy" sounds fine too.
		27 August 2008 01:23
	Shaneeae Number of messages: 55	"In a fine restaurant" sounds much better and is much more common than "In a refined restaurant". It is also a more accurate translation of "Im feinen Restaurant". Additionally, when one mentions a fine restaurant, it is implied that it is somewhat, if not very, fancy. I don't think it should have been changed.
		27 August 2008 07:49
	azitrad Number of messages: 970	mais = but!
		27 August 2008 09:19
	Minny Number of messages: 271	I also think "people" is a good translation. And I believe "fine" is the better choice if not "classy". What do you think? Minny :-)
		27 August 2008 10:50
	Lila F. Number of messages: 159	the word people isn't right, and fine is much better than refined for this kind of text.
		27 August 2008 12:09
	Minny Number of messages: 271	Considering the meaning of the poem I find "people" correct. It could also read "guests" or "they". Why, Lila, do you think that people in not right? If nothing speaks against it, I would prefer "people" or "they". Minny
		29 August 2008 03:45
	Shaneeae Number of messages: 55	I agree with Minny. "they" would be a good choice.