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| Message-ID | <57E8B4C6.7657@ix.netcom.com> (permalink) |
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| Date | 2016-09-25 22:40 -0700 |
| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
| Newsgroups | alt.atheism, sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: Atheism is Witchcraft |
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Thomas Heger wrote:
>
> Am 25.09.2016 23:16, schrieb Attila <:
>
> >> http://www.reformation.org/british-secret-service-agent-adolf-hitler.html
> >>
> >> https://archive.org/details/HitlerWasABritishAgent
> >>
> >> https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-British-Agent-Solving-History/dp/047311478X
> >>
> >> I'm also quite certain, that the book 'Mein Kampf' is actually a
> >> translation into German from an English original.
> >>
> >>
> >> TH
> >
> > You are insane.
>
> Well, maybe (but most likely not). It is irrelevant anyhow, since I can
> prove, that 'My Struggle' (in English) was the original version, which
> was only translated by Hess and Hitler.
>
> This would require to compare a piece of text from both versions.
>
> You can take actually any piece you like, but for reasons of convenience
> I take a fragment, which I have used recently to show this effect in
> another forum.
>
> So I take a piece of text from the English version and the same from the
> German one and compare them for style, linguistic errors, content and so
> forth.
>
> Since I'm German, my first language is German and I can - of course -
> understand German quite well. My English is a little less, but should be
> good enough.
>
> The German version is rather twisted and almost impossible to
> understand, while the English version is very clear, easy to understand
> and much better written.
>
> English version
>
> "The Revolution of 1848 was perhaps a struggle of classes everywhere,
> but in Austria it was the commencement of a fresh struggle of
> nationalities.
>
> But the German, either forgetting or not realizing that origin, placed
> himself at the service of the revolutionary movement, and he sealed his
> own fate by so doing. He played his part in arousing the spirit of world
> democracy, which in a short time robbed him of the principles underlying
> his own existence.
>
> The formation of a representative parliamentary body, without previous
> establishment of the principle of a common State language, laid the
> foundation stone of the end of the predominance of the German race. And
> from that moment the State itself was bound for destruction. What then
> followed was the historical evolution of an Empire."
>
> German version
>
> "Die Revolution des Jahres 1848 konnte überall Klassenkampf sein, in
> Österreich jedoch war sie schon der Beginn eines neuen Rassenstreites.
>
> Indem damals der Deutsche, diesen Ursprung vergessend oder nicht
> erkennend, sich in den Dienst der revolutionären Erhebung stellte,
> besiegelte er damit sein eigenes Los. Er half mit, den Geist der
> westlichen Demokratie zu erwecken, der in kurzer Zeit ihm die Grundlagen
> der eigenen Existenz entzog.
>
> Mit der Bildung eines parlamentarischen Vertretungskörpers ohne die
> vorhergehende Niederlegung und Festigung einer gemeinsamen Staatssprache
> war der Grundstein zum Ende der Vorherrschaft des Deutschtums in der
> Monarchie gelegt worden. Von diesem Augenblick an war damit aber auch
> der Staat selber verloren. Alles, was nun noch folgte, war nur die
> historische Abwicklung eines Reiches."
>
> We have a very funny error in the German version.
>
> The text is about the Austrian Empire. In the German language the
> citizens of Austria are called 'Österreicher' (Austrians).
>
> 'Deutscher' (German) means 'citizen of Germany' only. But meant in the
> English version is 'Speaker of the German language'.
>
> But the German language has no word for 'Speaker of the German
> language', since obviously 'Speaker of the German language' would
> address the speaker himself.
>
> 'Deutscher' does not mean 'person speaking German', but being citizen of
> Germany. This is funny, since the book talks about Austria. Austrian
> citizens are called 'Österreicher'.
>
> This is similar to 'English', which is also a language and a
> nationality. So a Canadian would not say 'English' about himself, but
> 'Canadian', even if he speaks English.
>
> The German version confuses the relation between nation and language
> even more, since it introduces the term 'race' in connection to
> 'German'. (the English version uses 'nationalities')
>
> The German version is plain nonsense, since you cannot find out, who has
> done what.
>
> So German citizens cannot understand, how they had a role in the
> internal struggles between nationalities in the KuK Empire or how this
> sealed their fate.
>
> Even stranger is the assumed mechanism, which would be so fatal for 'the
> German'.
>
> The German version says:
>
> ' he helped to awaken the spirit of western democracy, who robbed within
> a short period the foundations of his own existence'.
>
> This not only terrible German, but it is also hard to understand, who
> had robbed what (the spirit his own foundations???).
>
> Next: We find a typical English construct in the German version (where
> it makes no sense).
>
> In English you use singular case, if you want to address people. You say
> 'The English', 'The German', 'The Canadian', if you want to address 'sum
> of all the people of England/Germany/Canada'.
>
> But in German you always use the plural form. This is mandatory, since
> the singular 'der Engländer' (for instance) means 'one specific person
> from England'. ('Der' is the specific, singular male form of an article
> in German. So 'der' would address only one male.)
>
> So 'Der Deutsche' does NOT mean 'all speakers of German' or 'all
> citizens of Germany', but 'one single specific citizen of Germany'.
>
> This does not include citizens of Austria, since Austrians are called
> 'Österreicher' in German.
>
> Next: Austrian Parliament was called 'Reichsrat'. The deputies got
> nothing. So the text does not describe the deputy chamber of the
> Austrian Reichsrat.
>
> What is in fact described is the House of Commons.
>
> We see this in the paragraph before the quoted text:
>
> "When the election day is over and the parliamentarians have held their
> last public meeting for the next five years, when they can leave their
> job of getting the populace to toe the line and can now devote
> themselves to higher and more pleasing tasks -- then the program
> committee is dissolved and the struggle for the progressive
> reorganization of public affairs becomes once again a business of
> earning one's daily bread, which for the parliamentarians means merely
> the attendance that is required in order to be able to draw their daily
> remunerations."
>
> This is obviously not a description of the Austrian 'Reichsrat' (deputy
> chamber of KuK Austria), but of the House of Commons.
>
> Reason is simple:
>
> the Austrian Parliament had a variable length of sitting periods, but in
> most cases used six years.
>
> Five years was the term for the House of Commons.
>
> 'Daily remunerations' were also unknown in Austria.
>
> TH
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-18 04:26 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-18 16:15 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-18 11:29 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 09:59 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-19 03:25 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Wisely Non-Theist <aaa@bbb.ccc> - 2016-09-18 20:56 -0600
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft hhyapster@gmail.com - 2016-09-19 00:37 -0700
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-19 00:48 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 16:11 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-19 15:28 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-20 11:37 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-19 23:11 -0400
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-26 17:56 +1000
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-19 08:53 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-19 15:36 -0400
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-20 10:33 -0400
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-20 23:38 +0200
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-21 11:07 -0700
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-21 04:16 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-21 21:42 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-09-21 16:22 -0400
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-22 10:11 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-22 08:34 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-21 23:55 -0700
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft hhyapster@gmail.com - 2016-09-22 17:50 -0700
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-22 17:37 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-22 22:23 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-23 12:38 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-25 06:20 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-09-22 02:28 -0700
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-22 22:11 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-09-22 22:25 +0100
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-23 04:36 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-23 16:18 +1000
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-23 18:20 +1000
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-23 09:30 +0200
Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-23 18:17 +1000
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-09-24 04:29 +0200
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Re: Atheism is Witchcraft "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-21 09:30 +1000
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