English to German audio translator

Sie, consistently. Even the chatty “Well, you know, it’s kind of a big deal” came back as “Nun, wissen Sie, es ist eine ziemlich große Sache”. For a business call that’s right; for an interview between friends or colleagues on du terms, change it.

Changing it touches the verbs as well as the pronoun: “wissen Sie” becomes “weißt du”.

German puts verbs elsewhere. “Can you send me the report before Friday?” became “Können Sie mir den Bericht vor Freitag schicken?”, with “schicken” at the end. So lines go out in batches: each German line is written with its neighbours in view, yet keeps its own time.

Gender. “Our doctor said she would call back tomorrow” became “Unsere Ärztin sagte, sie würde morgen zurückrufen”, a woman doctor, thanks to “she”. Without such a clue German uses the masculine: “The teachers were tired” became “Die Lehrer waren nach der Reise müde”.

“6.5 percent” became “6,5 Prozent” and “$1,250” became “1.250 $”, with the sign after the number. Before quoting a figure in a German report, compare it with the English transcript at the same time: a number misheard in English is translated as heard.

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