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I have a translation/understanding problem: What is a "peculiar injury"? Is it a strange/unordinary injury or a grave/serious one?
Thursday, 10-Jan-13 17:17:06 UTC from Choqok-
@broniebrown Strange/unordinary.
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@broniebrown It is an unusual injury.
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@nerthos Thank you. I looked-up the word but the translation wasn't very clear in this case.
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@ceruleanspark Okidoki. Thanks.
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@broniebrown Usually the bewst way to translate a word is to look up the definition in it's language.
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@nerthos Of course. I often use http://dict.leo.org to translate between German and English and it is very reliable and mostly sufficient for my needs. I had the feeling that "peculiar" could have an extra meaning like "grave" or "serious" in the context of an injury besides being just strange.
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@broniebrown I'll keep that one in mind for when I start studying German.
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@nerthos For a quick vocabulary check it is great. In my case I should have used my Oxford English-German dictionary that stands in shelf, covered with dust.
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