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| rita wrote: |
| Could you please tell me what would be a good English equivalent to the German slogan 'sport ist mord' which if you translate it word by word means 'sports means murderer'. Any suggestions? |
I've tried and tried, and I can't think of an equivalent expression in English. You can probably translate it word for word as "Sports are murder", and we'd understand it fine. Maybe you could also say, "Sports are agony." (Note that I'm American, and we usually say "sports" and seldom say "sport". I think the British would probably say, "Sport is...")
Another thing to remember:
Mord = murder
M?rder = murderer
Sorry I can't help more. Maybe Alan has an idea. |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 23, 2006 13:16 pm Sport kills |
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Hi Rita and Jamie,
How about Sport might kill you or Sport kills? As for Alan, he is on a trip through Europe and will be back soon.
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Torsten
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 23, 2006 13:19 pm Sport kills |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| How about Sport might kill you or Sport kills? |
Those are also good suggestions. I especially like "Sport kills." (Here we would probably say, "Sports kill.") |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Mar 23, 2006 14:38 pm Sport is murderer? |
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Hi Torsten and Jamie (K),
Thank you for your numerous suggestions. :-)
Could I also use the slogen "no sports"?
Rita |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Mar 23, 2006 14:40 pm No sports no fun |
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Well, what springs to my mind is no sports no fun which would actually be the opposite of the initial expression. Maybe, no sports no stress is what you are looking for? Let's what Jamie has to say...
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Mar 24, 2006 0:03 am Sport is murderer? |
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| I asked a German here who has the best feeling for English of any German I know personally, and the first translation he blurted out was "Sports kill." I think that's the one to go with. |
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