Translation 1 5e: Text 5 plus some English stuff page

Edward Martin, Anglistik, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz Campus, Winter Semester 2005/06
Translation 1
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Edward Martin, Anglistik, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz Campus, Winter Semester 2005/06
Translation 1 – Winter 2005/06
Text 5
Translate the following newspaper text into English.
This is our last text before Christmas, so I thought it would be appropriate if it was a light-hearted one.
Translate only the parts of the text in normal print; the parts in italics are just for your information.
Tip 1: B-text language. Of course, the translation is not only meant to be fun… This is the kind of text
you will also be confronted with in T2 and in your final state exams: a general language text (known as
a “B-text”), with more colloquial, colourful language than we are accustomed to in journalese texts
reporting on current events (“A-texts”). Phrases such as “wir wollen uns nichts vormachen”, “sich so
tapfer schlug”, “nämlich gar nicht erst” or “völlig bescheuert” can be quite tricky to translate especially
if you haven’t had your stay abroad yet, because they require the kind of colloquial English you don’t
get much experience of in your school and university books.
Tip 2: Matching articles that don’t match? It will probably be difficult finding matching articles to help
you a lot with this kind language (except for the quotations and the title of the show, of course) because of
its style. There are plenty of news items in the British papers on the story (6th and 7th December), but this
German article is written in a rather personal style, unlike the standard sober reporting style used by
journalists writing on current events, and the style of your English articles will probably use their own
individual kind of style, so you might not find many matches. What will help you if you don’t? As well as
using your learner’s dictionary and your collocations dictionary, check out the Toolbox on the T1
website and see how the British National Corpus and Google and WebCorp can also help you to check
phrases that come to you in a flash of inspiration or from a page in your bilingual dictionary.
Tip 3: Syntax. Well use this text to focus on syntax, too.
Tip 4: Have fun anyway!
Always write your translation on a computer and bring a complete print-out to class next week together
with the matching English texts you have used.
Tochter Thatcher wird Dschungelkönigin
Britisches Fernsehpublikum wählte die 52jährige zur Siegerin einer Gruselshow
Ms. Thatcher ist von einer britischen Reality-TV-Show zur Königin des
Dschungels gewählt worden. Sie konnte mehr Zuschauer für sich
einnehmen als Jimmy Osmond und manch andere Schauspieler und
Komödianten der ITV-Sendung "Ich bin ein Star, holt mich hier raus!".
Aber wir wollen uns nichts vormachen: Sie stimmten für Carol
Thatcher, auch "Thatch" genannt, die 52jährige Tochter der Eisernen
Lady und ehemaligen britischen Premierministerin.
Carol Thatcher (M.) ist
Dschungelkönigin
Die Gewinnerin wurde von ihrem Sieg augenscheinlich völlig
überrascht. Baronin Thatcher hingegen hat das Ergebnis bisher nicht
geworden
öffentlich kommentiert. Auch ist nicht bekannt, ob sie - wie zwölf
Foto: itv.com
Millionen andere Zuschauer - ab und zu mal auf den Kanal zappte, auf
dem ihre Tochter sich so tapfer schlug. Carol hatte ihrer Mutter nämlich gar nicht erst erzählt, daß sie
in der Show auftreten wird. "Meine Mutter wird mich für völlig bescheuert halten - aber das macht
nichts", sagte sie.
In der Sendung "Ich bin ein Star, holt mich hier raus" werden die Teilnehmer physischen und
mentalen Extremsituationen ausgesetzt und müssen verschiedenste Aufgaben - in denen meist eklige
Dschungeltiere vorkommen - überstehen. Carol Thatcher erwies sich als ähnlich unverwüstlich wie
ihre Mutter.
Die Tatsache, daß ihr Auto von einer Brücke abkam und mit ihr in 100 Fuß Höhe baumelte,
beeindruckte sie nicht weiter. Sogar die britische Tageszeitung "Daily Mirror", traditionell ein
Pro-Labour-Blatt, war von ihrer Nervenstärke beeindruckt und legte ihren Lesern in einem
Artikel nahe: "Wählt Thatcher! (Ich wette, ihr dachtet, das würdet ihr nie im ,Mirror" lesen!)"
Doch indem Carol Thatcher in der Show auftrat, in der die Wettbewerber auch schon mal die
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Hoden australischer Wildtiere essen müssen, beweist sie, daß ihre Werte gänzlich andere sind
als die ihrer Mutter. "Das wäre nicht die Art von Show, die sie mag", sagte die temperamentvolle
Tochter, die sich mit der heutigen Kultur der Freizügigkeit und öffentlichen Beichten offenbar
ganz gut anfreunden kann.
Der Familienname Thatcher wird von nun an nicht mehr nur für die Zerschlagung der britischen
Gewerkschaften, den Falkland-Krieg und eine konservative Familienpolitik stehen. Seitdem
Carol Thatcher wasserlassend im Fernsehen zu sehen war, wird der Name "Thatcher" von nun
an für einen weiteren Skandal stehen: "Weegate" - was soviel bedeutet wie "Pinkelgate".
von Tessa Mayis. Die Welt, 7 December 2005.
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Thatcher's daughter crowned Queen of Jungle
British TV viewers elect 52-year-old Thatcher as winner in gruelling
show
Ms. Thatcher has been voted/elected Queen of the Jungle by a British
reality TV show/ TV reality show. She won over/won favour with
more viewers than Jimmy Osmond or any other actors and comedians in
the ITV show I'
m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! But let'
s not
kid/fool ourselves: they were voting for Carol Thatcher, also known as/
nicknamed "Thatch", the 52-year-old daughter of the Iron Lady and
former British P/prime M/minister.
The winner was obviously flabbergasted/ gobsmacked/ completely
surprised by her victory. Baroness Thatcher, on the other hand, has
not yet commented on the result. Nor do we know if/whether she - like
twelve million other viewers – channel-hopped onto/ now and again
tuned into the channel where her daughter was putting up such a good
fight, because Carol had not even told her mother in the first place
m barking
that she was appearing in the show. "My mother will think I'
- but that makes little change [actual words] / I'
m completely
bonkers/crazy/nuts - but that doesn'
t matter," she said.
In the I'
m A Celebrity show, the contestants are exposed to physically
and mentally extreme situations and have to survive/ endure a wide
variety of trials/tasks – which usually feature/ involve nasty/repulsive
jungle creatures. Carol Thatcher proved to be indestructible/ as hard as
nails, like her mother.
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Carol Thatcher wins 'I'm A Celebrity'
Posted on Monday, December 5 2005 at 22:08 GMT (6 Dec at 07:08 in Oz) by
Neil Wilkes
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds27005.html
Margaret Thatcher'
s daughter
Carol has been
crowned the new '
Queen of the Jungle'in ITV'
s
I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!
place respectively.
The journalist beat former bookies'favourites Sheree
Murphy and Sid Owen, who finished in second and third
Carol, nicknamed '
Thatch'
, became noted for her 'no nonsense'attitude to
the many bush tucker trials, which included driving a van over a 100ft suspension
bridge, swimming in a snake-infested swamp and eating a kangaroo'
s testicle.
"I said the other day if I won I would be amazed, astonished and gobsmacked," she
said afterwards. "I'
m all of those to the power of a hundred."
Thatch succeeds previous winners Tony Blackburn, Phil Tufnell, Kerry Katona
and Joe Pasquale.
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Thatcher wins by a landslide
Winner ... Carol toasts success
last night after coming out on
top
Pictures: REX
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From EMMA COX
Deputy TV Editor
in the jungle
CAROL was crowned Queen of the
— as I’m A Celebrity fans Voted Thatcher.
The journalist — daughter
her no-nonsense style in Oz.
Jungle last night
of ex-PM Margaret Thatcher — won over fans with
Carol, 52, said she was “overjoyed, astonished and gobsmacked to the power of 100” to win.
She said: “I had one of the times of my life on the show” and added, “I was very lucky with my
fellow celebs — they were a harmonious lot.”
She hugged all the other contestants — who had come back for the finale in New South Wales
— and said: “I could never have done it without all of you.”
Loser ... but Sheree will
make money after Celeb
“C Thatch” started as a 33-1 outsider, but last night she beat the runners-up — ex-EastEnder Sid
Owen, who was voted out first, and former Emmerdale babe Sheree Murphy.
Carol said she was not going to be able to call her mum to tell her the good news, because she
does not have her number.
She said Lady T would think she was mad for going on the reality show.
Carol added: “My
change.”
mother will think I’m barking — but that makes little
After a quiet start Carol became infamous for the “Weegate” affair, when she was filmed going
on the ground beside her bed.
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Loser ... Sid has already
had many offers of work
Her triumph will cost the bookies £250,000.
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: “We thought Carol was a complete no-hoper at 331, but we have been well and truly stuffed.”
All three finalists are set to make a fortune.
Carol has vowed to write a warts-and-all book about the show and one about her travels all over
the world.
Sheree is believed to be signing a deal with a glossy mag for an “at home” interview with her
and her footballer husband Harry Kewell at their Cheshire mansion.
Sid has already been inundated with offers of acting and presenting work.
----------------------------------Carol Thatcher wins 'I'm a Celebrity'(but mother didn't watch)
By Geneviève Roberts, Independent
Published: 06 December 2005
From Phil Tufnell to Kerry McFadden, the I'
m
a Celebrity... jungle creates some unlikely
heroes. But the daughter of Britain'
s most recognisable former prime minister is
perhaps the most unlikely yet.
Carol Thatcher, crowned
queen of the jungle last night, said that her mother was
not tuning in to see her daughter eat squelching kangaroo testicles or swim across a lake
with poisonous frogs and snakes on her head. But Margaret'
s steely influence could be seen, as
none of the tasks fazed the 52-year-old journalist. Though the Bush Tucker trials
were tough, Thatcher said: "I was brought up to get on with it, you will not be surprised to hear."
The former soap opera actors Sheree Murphy and Sid Owen came second and third in the event.
Thatcher told the presenters, Ant and Dec, she was "amazed, astonished and gobsmacked" to
win, and found taking part in the show a "life-enhancing experience". She said: "In previous
series people have left early as they didn'
t like it or had rows. We have replaced acrimonious
bickering with pleasant banter."
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Thatcher entered the ITV reality show as a 33-1 outsider to win the crown. She made an
unpromising start - throwing up on herself during a 12,000ft skydive into the jungle. Ten million
viewers saw her pull down her knickers and squat on the floor next to her hammock, rather than
go to the camp toilet.
But her self-deprecating humour and fearsome streak endeared her to millions. She told Ant and
Dec that fish eyes and kangaroo testicles are "apparently better with balsamic vinegar". And,
after swimming across a lake with poisonous frogs, snakes and furry bushrats on her head, she
offered to repeat the challenge in order to win pudding for fellow campers.
"I promise I won'
t be the Iron Lady Jnr, which, with my genes, some people might be
surprised about," she said before entering the jungle. "You'
ll get no party political broadcasts
from me and I'
m more than happy to be bossed around rather than be bossy."
Thatcher, who read law and qualified as a solicitor before switching to journalism, had
not
told her mother she was going on the show, for which she is thought to have
earned a £40,000 fee for appearing. Before she won, she told the remaining contestants:
"I left my mother'
s home phone number behind so I don'
t even know her number. She doesn'
t
know I'
m here so she won'
t notice. I'
m more interested in switching on the news."
Thatcher'
s triumph is costing bookmakers £250,000, Ladbrokes said last night. A William Hill
spokesman, Rupert Adams, said: "We thought Carol was a complete no-hoper but we have been
well and truly stuffed. Despite the loss, I cannot help but feel we should not have been surprised
that a Thatcher is as hard as nails."
She will now be offered the book deals and commercial endorsements which previous winners
have experienced. And, while the chances of her becoming an MP stand at 50-1, the odds on her
following in her mother'
s footsteps have been put at 500-1.
Jungle kings and queens
SERIES 1: TONY BLACKBURN, RADIO DJ
Blackburn won a shock victory, beating Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. His career revived, and he
celebrated his 40th anniversary on radio last year during his breakfast show on Classic Gold Digital.
He also rejoined the BBC to present a Monday night soul show on BBC London.
SERIES 2: PHIL TUFNELL, CRICKETER
After 12 million people saw the spin bowler win. He went on to be team captain on the sports quiz
They Think It'
s All Over, appeared on chat shows and joined the after-dinner speech circuit.
SERIES 3: KERRY KATONA, POP SINGER
After her win, a civic ceremony was held in her native Warrington. But as the celebrity lifestyle takes
its toll she has spent time in rehab. She recently denied allegations that she had started drinking
alcohol again.
* SERIES 4: JOE PASQUALE, COMEDIAN
Since arriving back from the jungle he has appeared on An Audience with Joe Pasquale and
presented ITV'
s 50 Greatest Shows. He also plays the role of a lieutenant in the film Dead Long
Enough, yet to be released. His references to his "jacobs" on I'
m a Celebrity boosted the sales of
Jacobs Cream Crackers.