Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
und genau dagegen führt XXX einen schrecklichen Vernichtungkrieg
English translation:
and against which Pxxxn is now waging a dreadful war of annihilation
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German term
und genau dagegen führt XXX einen schrecklichen Vernichtungkrieg
Mar 27, 2015 11:16: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "list of software products" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
and against which Pxxxn is now waging a dreadful war of annihilation
This is the principle for which people went out onto the Maidan and (precisely) against which Pxxxn is now waging a dreadful war of annihilation.
Vernichtungkrieg > Vernichtungskrieg
And when they went out onto the Maidan there was no aggression, there was only a quiet strength that changed reality," she said.
http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/article/3w68ve8x
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Jacek Konopka
: hmm
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Armorel Young
: yes - I disagree with Ramey's "immediately", since it isn't A followed by B but A and B happening simultaneously
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EK Yokohama
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Donald Jacobson
1 hr
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Gudrun Wolfrath
1 hr
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franglish
2 hrs
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Cilian O'Tuama
: not sure about "dreadful", but this is English and accurate, IMO
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Ramey Rieger (X)
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and it is exactly against that, that XXX is carrying on a terrible war of destruction
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Lancashireman
: Any chance of rephrasing so that that 'that' that comes before the second 'that' in 'that, that' can be replaced?
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I know, it needs rewording.
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and XXX immediately launched an annihilating counterstrike/a massacre
perhaps
Discussion
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"Majdan, Maidan oder Meydan steht für:
Majdan Nesaleschnosti, meist kurz Majdan oder Maidan genannt, Platz in Kiew"
http://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majdan
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Would be really interesting to read more of your text, Maria! Is it an interview?
@Phil Yes, I found Euromaidan at Wikipedia:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan