Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Meint Ihr, ich sehe zu, wie Ihr mein Volk mit in den Untergang zieht?
English translation:
Do you think I'm just going to stand and watch as you drag my people down with you?
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Anthony Chalkley (X)
Sep 11, 2004 18:37
19 yrs ago
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Meint Ihr, ich sehe zu, wie Ihr mein Volk mit in den Untergang zieht?
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Good evening. Back to heck another sentence from the text I'm proofreading...
Proposed translation: Do you think I am going to just stand here at watch you undergo my folk?
What do you think of this?
Proposed translation: Do you think I am going to just stand here at watch you undergo my folk?
What do you think of this?
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Do you think I'm just going to stand and watch as you drdrag my people down with you?
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Do you think that i'm just going to stand by and watch as you drag my people down with you?
Alternative translation that is a little smoother and more grammatically correct.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: but not really different enough to warrant entering as a whole new answer, dontchatink? ;-)
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Actually, it was just a suggestion, proper English grammar *does* require 'that' and i thought that 'stand by' sounded better than just 'stand', that's all. Asker has a choice now if they care to exercise that right.
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Ingrid Blank
: absolutely, no use to correct a word here and there and this sentence is perfect
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Danke!
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Do you expect me to stand by as you plunge/drag my people into ruin (along with you)?
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