Gesage
English translation: this repetitive 'I'
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| 11:06 Jun 5, 2006 |
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| 4 +1 | this repetitive 'I' |
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| 3 +1 | summoning of the "I" |
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| 3 | Utterances |
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| 2 +1 | talk |
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| 3 | statement |
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| 3 | reflections on the fussy thing called "I" |
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| 3 | this "I" prattle |
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| 3 | constant reference(s) to |
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15 mins confidence: 
Utterances Explanation: Ich-Gesage. It depends now on how you translated the Ich... Ego.... Normally this could be expressed by waffle, but you are right in saying that this would be too negative here.... |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1talk Explanation: How about re-writing the sentence, something like "Was all this talk about Self more than ..." But it all depends, of course, on how you've been translating "Ich", as smarttranslator has already noted. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2006-06-05 11:47:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Then how about: "Was all this use of "I" ...." |
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1 hr confidence:
statement Explanation: self-statement, or statement of self could this work? |
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1 hr confidence:
reflections on the fussy thing called "I" Explanation: in leaning on a poem, last line, but maybe not fit for this conttext, just a thought, another option |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1this repetitive 'I' Explanation: "Gesage" bleibt vage. ;-) Es soll hier nicht unbedingt hörbare Lautäußerungen beschreiben, sondern die verschiedenen vorher erwähnten Ich-Aspekte zusammenfassen. Eine gewisse Genervtheit schwingt auch mit. Denkbar wäre im Dt. zum Beispiel auch eine Wendung wie "dieses ewige 'Ich'. Wenn unbedingt "sagen" erhalten bleiben soll, plädiere ich für Janes Vorschlag *talk*. |
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6 hrs confidence:
this "I" prattle Explanation: or if you think this is too negative (as in silly, empty-headed) then why not go with "statements" as it seems to me that more than one is concerned |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1summoning of the "I" Explanation: ... taking my clue from the author's own (self-depracating?)reference to 'beschwören' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2006-06-05 21:21:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- depr*e*cating , wie peinlich ;( |
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23 hrs confidence:
constant reference(s) to Explanation: 'constant reference(s) to 'I'/the Self/myself' depending on how you deal with 'Ich' earlier trying to pin the sense down somewhere between Jane's and Anglo-German's versions |
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