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German to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
Kletterkunststück		impressive/masterful climbing antics/exploits/feats
Knecht Ruprecht Poem Translation		I came here from the forest
Komsomolze		Komsomol member
konnotativer Bedeutungshof		connotative field of (symbolic) meaning	Stephen Old
Entered by: Stephen Old
Kosmos minus 50		Kosmos minus 50
Kranzelherr		groomsman / usher
Krötenauge		goggle-eyed
Krummschwerter		curved swords
Kulturleichen		Cultural outcasts / establishment outcasts
Kultursprache		major language
kurz und trocken		with a whack/bluntly/deliberately
Laßt mich bei meinem Becher Wein.		Leave me with my wine alone
Larve		larva, pupa	mustafaer
Entered by: mustafaer
Laut-Archäologie		sound archaeology
Lauterbarkeit		probity (legal ctxts+; fair[ness]: *f. trading*); (inher't -, evid't -) integrity/sincerity/honesty/uprightness Cf. ingenuous &c
Lautgedicht		sound poetry	monbuckland
Entered by: monbuckland
lösend und befreiend		a sense of release and liberation
lebenswahr		true performing
Leithandschriftenprinzip		best-text principle
Lenz um Lenz		spring(tide) after spring(tide);year after year
Letztgänger		Guardians of the Hearth
Libellenreigen		cloud of (dancing) dragonflies, flight of dragonflies
literarische Überformung		literary transformation/reworking
literarischer Alleingänger		a literary maverick
literaturwissenschaftlich		literary analysis
locker gereicht		casually served up
Luxuskaschemme		opulent dive	Edwin Miles
Entered by: Edwin Miles
mache mit Lust Geschäfte bei Tage		show zeal for each day's affairs of business
Macht, Mieten und Moneten		Power, Property and Profit
Machtmensch		power freak (among other options)
Man gönnt sich ja sonst nichts!		I simply deserve the best
man weiss nur, was man sieht (Cassandra)		One knows only what one sees
Materialfülle		quantity of material
mattbunt		colo(u)rful yet subdued/faded
Medienlektorat		media editing (service)
Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute		Leipzig's the place for me
Meint Ihr, ich sehe zu, wie Ihr mein Volk mit in den Untergang zieht?		Do you think I'm just going to stand and watch as you drag my people down with you?
Menander quote		The greatest blessing in life is an appreciation of beauty.
Mimik/mienenspiel		facial expressions
mir is alles ans, mir is alles ans...		Ah well, there's little I can do about it.

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