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    Josef Hader – So ist das Leben

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So that's life

One becomes a roofer
another sells ice cream bars
a third commutes in the morning and is an early commuter
and marries in Tyrol and becomes a ski dealer
 
Everyone thinks it will be good for something
no one wants to be away from home for long
and at some point in the night they sometimes ask themselves will I make it?
in between they play tennis
 
Ref. 1:
That's life
One comes to Paris
the other doesn't come to Paris
as life goes [on]
 
One becomes a forestry inspector
the other a dairy director
a third climbs cranes every day
very few marry on the North Sea and become captains
 
They act great in the movies
but is that really all?
A few have a Carina and designer glasses
[and all] the others go to [a] barbecue
 
Ref. 2:
That's life
One comes to Paris
the other to Schrunns-Tschagunns
yes, yes, life plays tricks on us
 
One becomes a representative for hard Drugs
One becomes a salesman for shoe insoles
A third becomes a salesman for mail-order fish
And marries the love of his life and becomes a professional romantic
 
And they cuddle and talk a lot
And think to each other, "It was always better in the movies"
And at some point in the night she says
"You're just cold" and sues for alimony
 
Ref 3:
That's Life
One goes to Paris
The other gets a slap
That's how it is
 
One becomes a tiler
The other becomes a glasses wearer
A third becomes a chimney sweep
And marries a nurse and becomes a male nurse
 
Most are nitpickers
On vacation they have a tennis racket
And at night they drive drunk over the curb
And are noisy and then they need a car jack
 
Ref 4:
That's Life
One comes to Paris
The other doesn't
 
One becomes a gingerbread baker
The other becomes a pimp
a third planed slatted boards
And marries in Damascus and becomes an assassin
 
In the end, everyone is always dumber
and usually hangs on the lectern
very few become pallbearers
but everyone is commissioned by the pallbearer at some point
 
Ref 5:
So Life Ends
in Paris they bury the Parisian
in Schrunns-Tschgunns the Schrunns-Tschgunnzen
all blood, all blood,
 
all blood,
it doesn't matter anyway
how it happens, so it happens
all blood,
for what then
what for then
I don't care
It doesn't matter
I don't care
I couldn't even say which I prefer
I don't care
don't worry about it
it doesn't matter anyway, how it happens, so it happens
at some point it will stop
 
That's another fade-out, by the way
 
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So ist das Leben

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GuaglioneGuaglione    Tue, 16/09/2025 - 21:19

Hi,
line 7: "darenn i ´s = will I make it?
19: ....have a fireplace (Kamin) and designer glasses
The correct spelling of the Montafon-villages is Schruns and Tschagguns.
41: Topfenneger=untanned person with pale face
53: towards end of life.....at the catheter (med.), not the lectern (Katheder)
Blunze (Blutwurst) = blood pudding (sausage), all is.... means: all is irrelevant, of no account

GuaglioneGuaglione    Thu, 18/09/2025 - 11:26
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Much of the text was not understood in terms of content, which meant that in some places the comedian's jokes were completely destroyed and lost. The (human?) translator seems completely unaware to the utter senselessness and even absurdity of some of the false misunderstood expressions, followed by their incorrect translation.

My efforts as a native speaker of both “languages” to produce a meaningful translation into standard German, including explanations of words and idioms, seem completely futile.

GuaglioneGuaglione    Thu, 18/09/2025 - 11:38

They act great in the movies 18 In the movies are great stories
but is that really all?
A few have a Carina and designer glasses a fireplace in the rich homes :: a barbecue for others

And they cuddle and talk a lot and utter nonsense

Most are nitpickers ????? 44 they are pale as if never been out in the sun,
On vacation they have a tennis racket but show up with a tennis racket

At the (his) end, everyone is always dumber 56
and usually hangs on the lectern??????? the catheter!!
very few become pallbearers

alles Blunzen = Blutwurst = alles ist Wurst no blood!!!

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