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ACHTUNG! Potential Translation Pitfalls
You need a solid knowledge of the German language to produce a good German translation - obviously.
Now dutifully learning your vocabulary lists is one thing (- you’ll find the meaning of most German words, phrases and idioms in any good German dictionary) but don’t assume that English and German punctuation, or the use of commas and decimal points is going to be the same – because if you do, your German translation is going to be full of mistakes!Consider these features of the German language!
This page is dedicated to highlighting all those other, potential translation traps that you might not have considered before, and providing answers to questions such as:| - Where do I find those German
UMLAUTS
on my keyboard? |
| - How do I write out numbers in German? |
| - What are the German rules of punctuation? |
| - What does the
abbreviation
BZW. stand for? |
So to save you time running around looking for answers to questions like these I’ve worked to put together the following one-stop reference source to provide you with answers to these awkward German translation queries.
Just follow the links below - and don’t forget to bookmark this page for future reference!
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German Alphabet
– The German alphabet in full, a guide to pronunciation, plus a reference list of keyboard commands for German letters (
ä, ö, ü,
ß etc.) on English language keyboards. German Numbers – An overview, writing out German numbers, plus the pluses and minuses (mathematically speaking!)
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No one is ever finished when it comes to learning a language, and German is no exception. This goes for me too - so come back regularly to see how this German language page grows!
And in the meantime, Happy Translating!
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