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Table 1. TRANSLATING "THE" INTO GERMAN
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die das die
Genitive des der des der
Dative dem der dem den
Accusative den die das die
Table 2 PATTERN FOR "EIN"
M F N P
Nominative ein eine ein eine
Genitive eines einer eines einer
Dative einem einer einem einen
Accusative einen eine ein eine
(This pattern is followed by SEIN, KEIN, DEIN, IHR, UNSER, EUER, IHR)
Table 3 ADJECTIVE ENDINGS FOLLOWING "DER" WORD
M F N P
Nom -e -e -e -en
Gen -en -en -en -en
Dat -en -en -en -en
Acc -en -e -e -en
Table 4 ADJECTIVE ENDINGS FOLLOWING "EIN" WORD
M F N P
Nom -er -e -es -en
Gen -en -en -en -en
Dat -en -en -en -en
Acc -en -e -es -en
Table 5 UMLAUT LETTERS AND DOUBLE S
1. You can use the "Type Accents" checkbox inside of Word Translator for
Windows in order to make the keyboard produce German umlaut characters.
2. Alternatively, you can use the Alt key together with the numeric keypad to
produce German umlaut characters. The following table shows how this can
be done:
ä....alt + 132
N.B.
ö....alt + 148
The numbers on the left MUST be
ü....alt + 129
entered using the numeric keypad
Ä....alt + 142
on the right of the computer
Ö....alt + 153
keyboard. The NumLock key must have
Ü....alt + 154
been pressed prior to using the numeric
ß....alt + 225
keypad.
TRANSLATING
In translating from German to English and English to German, it must be
remembered that word for word translation is impossible as the German sentence
construction is quite different from the English construction.
TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN TO ENGLISH
1. Enter Windows and then Word Translator for Windows.
2. Enter the word processor which is accessible from WINDOWS. "Write" and
"Notepad" may also be used if you do not have a proper word processor.
3. Type in the German document, remembering the umlaut letters.
4. Using the mouse, point to "set-up" in the top left-hand corner of the
screen. Click the LEFT button on the mouse.
5. With the mouse, point to "document translation" and click. Point to the
"down arrow" to the right of "Current Dictionary" and ensure that this is
GERMAN-ENGLISH. Then click on O.K.
6. With the mouse, move the cursor to the beginning of your text. Hold down
the LEFT button and move the cursor to the end of the text. The background
will change color to indicate that the text is "blocked". Now press
TOGETHER the LEFT shift key AND the LEFT Ctrl key. In the window which
appears you will be offered the translations of the English word. Highlight
the one you which is most appropriate and click on "Choose". This word will
appear in the lower Window. Repeat this for the whole text.
7. A window will now appear and you can choose to paste the translation
in place of the original text, or have it pasted elsewhere. Make your
choice and click on the appropriate button.
8. It is best, at this stage, to print the literal translation and then
rewrite the translation in English format.
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TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO GERMAN
1. Follow the instructions 1 through 5 above but ensure that the "Current
Dictionary" is ENGLISH-GERMAN.
2. In your word processor directory type out the English draft of the document
but DO NOT type the word "the". Word Translator for Windows will give the
translation of "the" along with the noun in its correct for Masculine
(der), Feminine (die), Neuter (das) or Plural (die) along with Nominative,
Accusative, Genitive and Dative.
3 Move the cursor to the beginning of the typing then "block" the text as
above.
4. WINTRAN will "pick" each word it comes to and offer one or more
translations. If the English word is a noun and your knowledge of German is
limited, choose the first word that has (der), (die) or (das) in front of
it. The noun, with its correct nominative form of "the", will be printed in
place of the English word. If the English word is not a noun, choose the
first word which is NOT preceded by (der), (die) or (das).
5. If you are able to ascertain whether a noun is Nominative, Accusative,
Genitive or Dative (see below for help), then choose the appropriate German
noun.
6. When the literal translation has been completed and appears in the lower
Window, follow Nos 7 and 8 above.
GENITIVE/DATIVE/ACCUSATIVE sense.
N.B. GENITIVE denotes POSSESSION - the English "OF THE" or 's
DATIVE is used in German when the noun is the INDIRECT
object of the verb.
ACCUSATIVE is used when the noun is the DIRECT object of
the verb
7. When you have printed the first draft, it is time to edit it as follows:
8. If the English noun is preceded by an ADJECTIVE this MUST be placed BETWEEN
"the" and the noun, and it must have the correct ending added (using table
3). The adjective must agree with the noun to which it applies.
9. Following this it is necessary to check on each German verb which WINTRAN
has produced. If the verb is in TWO words e.g. hat getun (English: has
done) then the SECOND word (getun) must be moved to the END of the phrase
in which it appears.
10. If a sentence comprises more than one phrase or clause, the subject noun
and its verb are reversed i.e. "er hat" (English: he has) becomes "hat
er". e.g. Today he has done the work = Heute hat er die Arbeit getun
11. In German an ADVERB (usually ending in ...ly in English) is the same as
the adjective.
12. While the above will NOT give a perfect translation of English into
German, it will produce a rough draft which will be easily understood by a
German reader.
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