tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 09 11:02:07 2004
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Aw: DCKL translation problems: {luH}
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- Subject: Aw: DCKL translation problems: {luH}
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:08:28 +0100 (CET)
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Von: "Lieven L.Litaer (Quvar)" <[email protected]>
> {luH} is listed as "intestine"
>
> When I looked up "intestine", there where two ways to translate to german
> 1- Darm - which is the 20 ft long pipe in your belly where the food is
> transported
> or
> 2- Eingeweide - this is the summary of all the pieces that you can find
> inside your belly
>
> Hm. I might be confused though, but I hope that some german lurker on this
> list could help me, or
> perhaps the new HolQeD...
>
> Quvar.
>
according to my reading of Webster, the first would be correct;
sometimes, however, the term "Eingeweide" in German is used as
a synonym for "Darm"
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
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