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Translation help?
Kifli is to be PotD on January 20, and the article is in rough shape. Usually we start the PotD blurb with the article lead, but it's just a list of names in different languages. There's a description/definition at http://woerterbuchnetz.de/cgi-bin/WBNetz/wbgui_py?sigle=DWB&sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GK05212 but machine translations are difficult, can you provide any assistance? What the machine translation gives me is
KIPFEL , n . estr. word, small wheat bread, coffee roll in the form of a small two-pointed wake. Schm. 2, 318 . Höfer 2, 134 , tyrol. masc. Schöpf 316 , Frommann 6, 295 , also in Austria. Italy as 'un Kipfl' known ( s Verona. Fromm. 5, 435 ) to Vienna Medlinger russet and küpfel. Hohberg 1, 199 a ( see zipolten); vil long, short, crooked and straight top. Abr. a S
I don't know what 'a small two-pointed wake' could mean -- a "wake"? Also "to Vienna Medlinger russet and kupfel" doesn't mean anything to me. Russet can refer to a reddish-brown color, in English.
Thanks for any help! --valereee (talk) 04:45, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Valereee, what the machine translated as "wake" and "russet" are "Wecken" and "Semmel", two names for bread roll that may or may not mean the same type of bread roll in current-day German depending on region. Anyway, here's my take on your Deutsches Wörterbuch excerpt:
- KIPFEL, (neutral gender), a Bavarian/Austrian word, small wheat bread, coffee roll in the form of a small two-pointed bread roll. (various references) Also known as "un kipfl" in Austrian Italy (for example from Verona in Fromm. 5, 535); in Vienna the "Medlinger roll" and "küpfel". Hohberg 1, 199a (compare "zipolten"); many long, short, crooked and straight kipfel. Abr. a S. Clara, there in different form. Now it is a "Hörnchen" (little horn), the moon in the first quarter shines like a kipfl Castelli 183.
- It is said that kipfel were first baked in Vienna in 1683 to depict the Turkish crescent moon, but already in the 13th century there were "chipfen" as fine pastry in Vienna (F. Bech): (and now I don't want to translate the 13th century German, I'd need more coffee, a dictionary, and a lot more knowledge to do that well).
- There is some information (also about the Vienna legend) at de:Kipfel and de:Kipferl, which seem to be overlapping quite a bit, although the articles claim to be about different things. I remember eating them as Hörnchen: when going grocery shopping with my grandma in the Würzburg area as a little kid, she would usually buy a Hörnchen for me, which could be eaten on its own or with butter or jam.
- Hope you have a wonderful 2020 with lots of nice things to eat and write about! —Kusma (t·c) 08:16, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Wow, thanks! There was so much information there, but with all the abbreviations it just got lost. And I'll check out the two de.wiki articles, thanks, and try for Hörnchen, very cool story about your Grandma! Lol on the 13th century German...the machine translation didn't know what to make of it, either! It looks like it's probably just a little poem about the bread. Thanks also for the links to the monk and the dictionary. Wow, I'm an idiot, I didn't even know Grimms weren't just fairy tales. We Americans are so ignorant. I think the dictionary is saying the monk mentioned the item, saying "there in different form. Now it is a Hornchen, the moon in the first quarter shines like a kipfl", according to a commonly-used source named Castelli, p183, is that what it looks like to you?
- Thanks so much! And happy New Year, treat yourself to a Hörnchen on me and think nice thoughts about Grandma! --valereee (talk) 13:18, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Valereee, I am not too certain about the bit you are asking about, but I think I got it now (it is densely written, and somewhat confusing). The monk said "vil lange, kurze, krumpe und gerade kipfel" ("many long, short, crooked and straight kipfel"). The dictionary comments that this means there were kipfel in various forms back in Abraham a Santa Clara's time. It then explains that nowadays, the form is that of a Hörnchen, and gives the Castelli quote for a description of kipfl that look like a crescent moon.
- Interestingly, the monk may also have used "kipfel" as an insult against the people of Vienna. Searching for the phrase, I found this article, the best I have found so far. It is on the website of the Austrian tourism ministry and seems to have decent sources.
- Don't worry about not knowing much about the Grimms -- many Germans also don't know that they were basically the founders of the scholarly study of German language and culture, not just collectors of fairy tales. I have to log off now, but let me know if you need any more translations! —Kusma (t·c) 18:11, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
- Kusma, oh, that Austrian government thing is great, thanks so much! That makes all the difference! --valereee (talk) 15:24, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! And happy New Year, treat yourself to a Hörnchen on me and think nice thoughts about Grandma! --valereee (talk) 13:18, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Kusma,
Would you be able to translate this article for the German Wikipedia? I have been making requests to translators on the List of German translators. Have not yet had any replies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_graffiti_and_street_art_injuries_and_deaths — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xyxyzyz (talk • contribs) 22:17, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- I've been trying to track down how Lao She's gender got switched in the process of handling this DYK. Anything you can do to help? — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 01:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- Jmcgnh, sorry, I was asleep when this hit the Main Page. The problem was this well-intentioned edit. The mistake was copied to the queue by the promoting admin, and wasn't noticed until it hit the Main Page. It was then reported after a couple of minutes, and fixed soon after you posted here. —Kusma (t·c) 09:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for tracking that down; I was only recently introduced to the apparatus behind DYK and am still learning how to navigate it. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 14:26, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
From November 2019 to February 2020 Bodo Ramelow as well was just acting minister-president but this isn't mentioned in the infobox. --2003:C3:4F26:7930:187C:599A:1DC0:B885 (talk) 18:24, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- Sehe gerade, dass deutsch auch deine Muttersprache ist. Ministerpräsidenten und Kanzler sind immer nur geschäftsführend im Amt, nachdem sich der Landtag/Bundestag konstituiert hat. Es macht m. E. keinen Sinn, jetzt in Kemmerichs Infobox zwischen der Zeit als geschäftsführender und "normaler" Ministerpräsident zu unterscheiden. --2003:C3:4F26:7930:187C:599A:1DC0:B885 (talk) 18:26, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- Du hast vermutlich Recht (und es ist auch schon wieder rausgenommen worden). Wenn ich es richtig verstehe, ist der wesentliche Unterschied nur, dass Kemmerich jetzt nicht mehr die Vertrauensfrage stellen kann. Und wie das genau in der Thüringer Verfassung funktioniert, ist zu kompliziert für die Infobox. Ramelow ist allerdings nicht zurückgetreten und man könnte argumentieren, dass die Situation anders ist. Aber wie gesagt, zu kompliziert für die Infobox :) Viele Grüße, —Kusma (t·c) 18:51, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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- Gerda Arendt, thank you for doing this! For a change, I am rather proud of the last wiki-year: I've been a non-admin for a few weeks and written more articles in the last year than in the ten years before :) —Kusma (t·c) 14:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, and thank you, - it shows in DYK Germany ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
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Ernst Heiniger page translation
Dear Kusma,
I wonder if you would be willing to translate the page https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_A._Heiniger to english?
Thank you for your consideration, Tom Martin
RRFWTommartin (talk) 16:30, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
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- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an
RfC regarding on-wiki harassment
. The RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC and is open to comments from the community. - The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles
.
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an