HLMenckenFanM to politics English • 1 year ago"He learned from studying Hitler's speeches": Leading civil rights lawyer on 20 ways Trump is a copywww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square32arrow-up1278arrow-down136
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minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish6•1 year agoThe translators do him some seriously unearned favors.
minus-square@RobertOwnageJuniorlink2•1 year agoNo, it’s not really any better in German. The man wasn’t very smart, he hit a nerve.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoHitler im Original ist grausam. Allein seine seitenlange Tiervergleiche. Ich kann Serdar Somuncus Lesung von Mein Kampf sehr empfehlen.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish1•1 year agoI was saying that the German original is even dumber than the translation. It’s my understanding that the translation is in properly written English, while the original is in poorly edited hick German.
minus-square@RobertOwnageJuniorlink2•1 year agoAh, yeah, now that I reread it, that makes more sense. My bad.
The translators do him some seriously unearned favors.
No, it’s not really any better in German. The man wasn’t very smart, he hit a nerve.
Hitler im Original ist grausam. Allein seine seitenlange Tiervergleiche. Ich kann Serdar Somuncus Lesung von Mein Kampf sehr empfehlen.
I was saying that the German original is even dumber than the translation. It’s my understanding that the translation is in properly written English, while the original is in poorly edited hick German.
Ah, yeah, now that I reread it, that makes more sense. My bad.