If you compare any dialect spoken in Austria, Germany and Switzerland (which
is no German at all. While working there I had to ask - when spoken to on
the phone- please speak German. The answer came "Sie meine Schrift-
Deutsch"? Yes we DID speak German and the clearest of them all. The
Hamburger doesn't understand the Berliner / the Muenchner - The Wiener the
Linzer etc. but they DO understand us!!! As Luca said, in the Meisler Schule
we certainly learned it. Why, Hardy, is it so important to you to contradict
this fact??
anny
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Lucca <lucca99_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:
> Cornel, you are so right!
> I've also learned my German in Czernowitz (thanks to the blessed Mrs.
> Singer of the Meisler Schule) and in Israel I worked as a professional
> translator (English/German, occasional French and Spanish) and up to the
> present date when my former boss gets an offer in German, he sends it to me
> by e-mail and I do my best to make it clear for him and send it back. I
> always net a bunch of flowers afterwards.
>
> Incidentally, since the translations are mostly technical (I worked in an
> engineering office) I often don't uderstand what exactly I am translating ,
> but as long as my boss was happy for 20 years and is still now, I must
> conclude that my German is acceptable.
> Thanks for your input.
> Lucca
>
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