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Aug 28, 2013 06:44
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German term
Bi-lingual British / German translator
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: German to English
die Alte
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
fictional novel
Term used in a fictional novel by a group of adolescents in reference to their teacher, who is in her 40s. They want to see if they can get her to blush in class and say "mal sehen ob wir die Alte zum glühen bekommen können".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | old bird |
Rowan Morrell
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| 4 | hag or haggard |
thefastshow
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Proposed translations
+1
26 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
Works in field
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
old bird
Just another option.
If your intended audience is American, "old gal" could be another possibility.
If your intended audience is American, "old gal" could be another possibility.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
franglish
: That was my very idea, and as an alternative "old biddy".
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Horst Huber (X)
: "Old girl" would work well, "biddy" would be seen as overly derogatory.
6 hrs
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1 day 17 hrs
hag or haggard
...if that´s not too strong, that is.
It would be helpful to know whether they just wanted to wind her up or aimed to arouse her since this would definately influence the choice of word here for "Alte".
In other words are we dealing with a slightly pornographic context here? - "Zum Glühen bekommen" could also insinuate something else in a different context and we do not know the nature of your text. ;))
It would be helpful to know whether they just wanted to wind her up or aimed to arouse her since this would definately influence the choice of word here for "Alte".
In other words are we dealing with a slightly pornographic context here? - "Zum Glühen bekommen" could also insinuate something else in a different context and we do not know the nature of your text. ;))
Discussion
Why the duplicate?