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Old 10th Dec 2010, 15:58
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Keef

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Translating between English and German is a "challenge" if you want to get the syntax to be the way the native speaker would do it. I saw a fine example this morning:

Komponiert in den Jahren 1861, 1865/66 und 1868. Erstaufführung der vollständigen Fassung am 18. Februar 1869 unter Leitung von Carl Reinecke im Gewandthaus zu Leipzig.

Composed in 1861, 1865-66 and 1869; the complete version was premièred at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 18 February 1869, conducted by Carl Reinecke.

Both, in my view, exactly how a native speaker would write it if not translating from the other language.

I don't think Google translate can cope with complex German sentences and comes unstuck with them.
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