ext_95106 ([identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2009-10-05 04:17 pm

Similar much?




WAAAAAAAY over the top!



[identity profile] pacotelic.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Work makes freedom, right?

[identity profile] pacotelic.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Anyone can play.

[identity profile] xforge.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't even know my computer had that character set.

[identity profile] spencer-mato.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you're both wrong "Arbeit Macht Frei" Literally translates as "work makes free". There is no "dir" there, but I think it's assumed that it's a you statement. "Work brings freedom" would be "Arbeit bringt Freiheit", same with the other guy, freedom is "Freiheit" not just "Frei". There is also a whole slew of uses of the word "frei" because that is the way German behaves, because it is a nasty, evil little language, but I'm assuming it's meant simply as free.

Either way, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a person who didn't speak German just using google translate for the sake of depicting Republicans as Nazis.

[identity profile] pacotelic.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)

मेरा जर्मन भाषा कौशल का सबसे अच्छा नहीं हैं. हिन्दी या चेक में बेहतर है. बेशक, वहाँ वेब पर अनुवादक हैं.

http://translate.google.com is your one stop shop for these things. What does Latvian even sound like?

[identity profile] spencer-mato.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Moonspeak?

[identity profile] pacotelic.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Or Estonian, I'd bet.

[identity profile] merig00.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
You are right on the literally translation.

The slogan has a history of its own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei

[identity profile] spencer-mato.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
I realized that after I looked it up. My specialty is American History, I haven't done a lot about German history yet.

HURR DURR DERP DERP!

[identity profile] roseofjuly.livejournal.com 2009-10-08 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Work makes free. Or a better English translation, "work makes you free."
Edited 2009-10-08 04:16 (UTC)
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