Was es ist (English translation)
Was es ist
marinos25 on 2012-02-11
sandring on 2019-01-27
What It Is
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brightswan on 2012-02-11marinos25
maëlstrom
Sun, 12/02/2012 - 15:21
Well, I'm not the one that rated 4 stars and German isn't my first language but maybe I can share my take on this part:
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Aussichtslos sounds stronger than just "not promising" to me. I would suggest hopeless or desperate.
Also, I would probably translate Einsicht as intelligence but I'm not sure if it fits better.
Hope I helped.
brightswan
Sun, 12/02/2012 - 16:36
Thank you maëlstrom,
I used "sense" for Einsicht, hopefully that fits better! 
turcanin
Sun, 12/02/2012 - 19:06
If you want to do a literal translation, I guess you can't say Unglück = doom or unmöglich = not practical. I suppose this might have bothered your first voter.
It is pretty tricky to find the perfect translation, it's more about the "feel", so I it's not easy to give an unbiased vote.
Hope you don't mind if I post my own version (at first, I wanted to put my 50 cents in, but then I realized you can't find a "perfect" translation).
brightswan
Sun, 12/02/2012 - 19:26
No Turcanin, I don't mind - do what you need to do; however, I would like to add that Unglück means more than misfortune, and unmöglich means more than impossible. And you're right - there is no perfect translation. Good luck with yours!
Is there anything I can do to improve upon this?