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German to English Journalism Translation Glossary

German term English translation
sich etwas untertan machen use and change as one sees fit / subjugate
sich freuen (hier) /..., freut sich XX to be pleased/delighted about / ... a pleased XX
sich geben present themselves as/pretend to be/act as if they were
sich stellen und die Tat zugeben to submit oneself to the authorities and volunteer a full confession (of his/her crime)
sichtbar The wide range of events is indicative of the rich cultural life in the city.
Sofort frei. for immediate release
Entered by: Sibylle Gray
Sporttage Sports Bonanza
Tüftler Tinkerers
Tube ziehen Tube rides
Umfeld des Gesuchten from a source/individual close to the suspect
Utl. Untertitel = subtitle
Verbandstätigkeit Association work / work in an association
Verbreitung spätpubertärer Peinlichkeiten spouting embarrassingly juvenile nonsense
verschmolz zu heißem Vinyl melted the vinyl
Vertragsanwaltskanzlei contracted law firm
Entered by: Yuu Andou
Vier für alle Fälle Four Strokes of Good Fortune
Visafreiheit visa exemption
Volksleiden common ailment
vorgeprescht ploughed on
wabern waft
Wald- und Wiesenkrimiliteratur run-of-the-mill detective stories / crime fiction
Was liegt also näher What could be more natural, then, to...
Wegschauen turning a blind eye
weniger deutlich less clear
Entered by: Rebecca Garber
Werbeveröffentlichung marketing publication
Windungetüm hellacious wind, a hell of a wind, a monstrous wind
Zeichen characters
Zeitungs-Schnurren funny newspaper articles
zu Leibe rücken to tackle something (in this context); to breath down someone's neck
zum größten Teil for most of the way
zurückzublicken pflegt was wont to look back upon
Zwischenspurt (zur Jahresmitte) mid-year pickup
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