Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 25, 2008 18:53
15 yrs ago
English term
Souls alive!
English to German
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Kennt jemand diese Wendung? Danke!
"***Souls alive***, what news! It makes my heart go quite bumpily-bump!"
"***Souls alive***, what news! It makes my heart go quite bumpily-bump!"
Proposed translations
(German)
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Catherine Winzer
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Change log
Sep 2, 2008 06:59: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Souls alive" to "Souls alive!" , "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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9 mins
Catherine Winzer
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Oxford graduate, reliable and efficient
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British) 
Works in: German to English, English
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English term (edited):
souls alive
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Mensch!
I think it's an exclamation of surprise, like "goodness me". I wondered first about "meine Güte", but I think that sounds a little negative, whereas I'm not sure that the English has to be negative (depending on what kind of news it is).
I think perhaps just the exclamation "Mensch! Was für eine Nachricht!" would be a similar register in German.
I think perhaps just the exclamation "Mensch! Was für eine Nachricht!" would be a similar register in German.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: oder "Mensch Meyer", kam mir spontan in den Sinn
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Danke, Ingeborg
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Kim Metzger
: Heavens to Betsy. Meine Güte, take your pick.
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Danke, Kim
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Inge Meinzer
: Another possibility albeit a bit older would be *Sapperlot*
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Danke - die Variente kannte ich noch nicht! :)
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Bernhard Sulzer
: ach du liebes bisschen, mein Gott, Menschenskinder, ... ich denk es is eher positiv aber na ja..
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Sehr schön :) Danke, Bernhard
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Dorothea Rose
: in Süddeutschland/Österreich gibt's auch: "Meiner Seel!"
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Danke, Dorothea
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Sonja Köppen
: Donnerwetter, Sack Zement, Heilig's Blechle / Kanonenrohr, mein lieber Schwan / Otto / Herr Gesangsverein, alter Schwede! ;)
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Schöne Liste :) Danke, Sonja
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Anja C.
: Menschenskind!
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Thanks, Anja
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Susanne Stöckl
: Mir fällt noch ein : Jungejunge;-)
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Danke, Susanne
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke! :)"
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