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Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler

English translation: Forbidden desire - I love my student

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German term or phrase:Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler
English translation:Forbidden desire - I love my student
Entered by: Kim Metzger

01:57 Sep 20, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler
Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler
sharon
Forbidden desire - I love my student
Explanation:
One way to translate Verlangen.

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Note added at 2002-09-20 02:12:28 (GMT)
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\"meinen Schüler\" means that it is a boy that the teacher desires
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 19:51
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8Forbidden desire - I love my student
Kim Metzger
3 +3illicit longings - for my student
Nancy Arrowsmith
3 +1Forbidden fruit - I'm in love a student of mine
jerrie
3Forbidden desires - I'm in love with one of my boy pupils
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Forbidden desire - I love my student


Explanation:
One way to translate Verlangen.

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Note added at 2002-09-20 02:12:28 (GMT)
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\"meinen Schüler\" means that it is a boy that the teacher desires

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 19:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 213
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennie Sherrick, MA
28 mins
agree  labusga
2 hrs
agree  Rowan Morrell: I agree with both suggestions to date.
4 hrs
agree  writeaway: I prefer illicit desire
4 hrs
agree  mezacc
4 hrs
agree  Beth Kantus: hopefully not another piece on LeTourneau!
10 hrs
agree  Melissa Field: sounds great, could also be "I'm *in love* with my student".
4 days
agree  Kaiya J. Diannen
6 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
illicit longings - for my student


Explanation:
longings, desire, feelings can all be used, or forbidden love. It depends a lot on the context

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 19:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell
2 hrs
agree  writeaway: I prefer illicit desire
2 hrs
agree  John Kinory (X): illicit desire - longings can be poetic/Platonic or whatever, whereas Verlangen is not.
9 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Forbidden desires - I'm in love with one of my boy pupils


Explanation:
long-winded but get's in the whole idea

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 67
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Forbidden fruit - I'm in love a student of mine


Explanation:
Forbidden fruit - I'm in love with one of my students/pupils (male)

For a bit of literary license.

hth

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jcw: but I prefer "Forbidden Desire" since it's a male student -- can't explain why
15 hrs
  -> Thanks
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