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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6066 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 1 of 14 24 April 2011 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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From an interesting Russian-language website. The pamphlet was issued in the occupied French zone of Germany in 1946, and gives 300 French words, and also their German translations. It was intended to make communication between occupiers and occupied a little easier and was issued with the French authorities' permission, though I would hardly regard 300 words as adequate. Edited by William Camden on 24 April 2011 at 3:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5114 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 2 of 14 24 April 2011 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You can see pictures of the first pages of both editions here. BTW, I love the French and German pronunciation guides.
If you speak both French and German, here's a mini quiz for you: what's the actual German word written phonetically as "phare-rade, dase" in the French edition and what's the actual French word written phonetically as "ängdikasiong, la" in the German edition? Edited by Doitsujin on 24 April 2011 at 4:59pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5936 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 3 of 14 24 April 2011 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
Fahrrad, das indication, la Do I win something? Edited by ellasevia on 24 April 2011 at 5:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5114 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 4 of 14 24 April 2011 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
'fraid not. But doesn't it feel good to be first one to get it right? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5936 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 6 of 14 25 April 2011 at 5:25am | IP Logged | |||||
Frankly, no. I demand a prize at once. :P 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6066 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 7 of 14 25 April 2011 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes. Probably in the early stages of the occupation, they would have used the Japanese phrasebook issued to US troops early in 1944. http:// americaninchina.weebly.com/uploads/4/1/3/1/4131488/250512_or ig.jpg Some of these had a bright orange cover that must have been a little conspicuous on the battlefield, though this one seems less eyecatching (or the colour might have faded to a duller red due to age). A phrasebook issued in 1950. It was a second printing so presumably there was an earlier edition. http://www.ioffer.com/fs_img.html?http://cdn2.iofferphoto.co m/img/item/154/029/179/TmC6UbMeliYVQYW.jpg Edited by William Camden on 25 April 2011 at 2:37pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6066 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 8 of 14 09 May 2011 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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sprachfuehrer/pic/005278c4/ A US military policeman photographed with the issue French phrasebook in Normandy, 1944. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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