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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:46 am
So I want to add the words Вспомните (it mean's Remember in Russian) and Verdreht (which means Twisted in German). my family hails from both countries so I was wondering how I would incooperate that into a tattoo of a dagger and a vine of Morning Glories. This tattoo has a lot of meaning to me, so it would be great if I can figure out how to letter those two so that way they work in the tattoo.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:16 am
If I may pipe in, I'd hold off on that until you get confirmations from native speakers. I can't speak about the Russian, but I think your German is off.
Granted, I've only been studying German for two years now, I can't find 'verdreht' as an adjective anywhere. I'm pretty sure what you've got is the 3rd person present form of the verb. Throw an 'e' on the end of it and you at least have the past tense, but it still won't have the same connotation you're looking for. German is a very nitpicky and literal language about some things, and what you'd get would mean 'twisted' only in the most literal sense of it, as in, "He twisted together two pieces of yarn."
If you can wait a while for it, I can check with a couple of native speakers for you? I'd hate to see you get the German equivalent of a nonsense kanji tattoo.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:47 pm
Lili Marlene If I may pipe in, I'd hold off on that until you get confirmations from native speakers. I can't speak about the Russian, but I think your German is off. Granted, I've only been studying German for two years now, I can't find 'verdreht' as an adjective anywhere. I'm pretty sure what you've got is the 3rd person present form of the verb. Throw an 'e' on the end of it and you at least have the past tense, but it still won't have the same connotation you're looking for. German is a very nitpicky and literal language about some things, and what you'd get would mean 'twisted' only in the most literal sense of it, as in, "He twisted together two pieces of yarn." If you can wait a while for it, I can check with a couple of native speakers for you? I'd hate to see you get the German equivalent of a nonsense kanji tattoo. Thank you so much! I have no clue who to ask for the russian.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:09 pm
I'll let you know for the German.
Good luck on the Russian... Actuall, I know of a guild that might be able to help. Search 'The Foreign language guild," someone there will likely be proficient with Russian.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:37 pm
I never thought of that, thank you!
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