Re: Flight of the Valkyries
Walter Amos (amos@sedl.org)
Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:04:52 -0600 (CST)
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Scott Swoboda wrote:
> While flipping through the LoGH TownMook for the first movie, I took
> note of the Romanji text for the Valkyrie on page 35. It reads,
> "Weltall-jagdflugzeug 'Walkurie'" and find that trying to pronounce
> this as difficult as a tongue-twister to the non-German speaker. I
> would be interested to know how well this phrase translates, or if it is
> a unique brand of Germanese similar to the title of our beloved series.
Actually I think this isn't bad as Germanese goes. Basically this just
translates to "Space Fighter Plane Valkyrie."
Weltall = Space
Flugzeug = plane
jagd = fighter (root is jager=hunter)
Walkurie = German spelling of Valkyrie
approx. pronunciation:
Veldt Ahll Yahkt floog zoig Vahlkyureh
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