Dumm, schau hier rüber, damit wir dein Porträt machen können.Dumm, bitte steig auf das Podium und halte deine Rede.Sehr geehrter Herr, bitte nehmen Sie dieses Geschenk in die Hand.Meine Liebe, bitte nimm dieses Geschenk in deine Hand.My dear fool, we'd love to come visit you.You, idiot, we'd like to honor your stupid accomplishments.
(Of course one must be very careful to replace them after translation!) German defaults to formal, so, yes, to obtain informal forms, you must trick the translator via Blake Chafetz suggests a very good solution.įollowing that tip, I've found that for German, besides terms of endearment, using vulgar, insulting terms works most of the time. I've struggled with this annoying problem for years.
