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koe09 | 18-30f
We checked the teletext and it was true: She was dead.
r EMPTY1^ QUESTION-MARK2 RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* l m videotext stimmt
sh01 | 18-30m
They lack order.
r ORDER1A EMPTY1^ l ALSO1A* m auch ordentlich
sh06 | 46-60f
The youth camp didn't exist before.
r $GEST-OFF1^ YOUNG1* CAMPING1 EMPTY1^ l m jugendcamp
sh01 | 18-30m
There are such acts in other countries, but not so in Germany. There is no such thing here.
r GERMAN1* NOTHING1B $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^ l m deutschland nichts
mst12 | 31-45m
There were none below; they were all floating on the water surface like ships.
r $INDEX1 DOWN1 WATER1 EMPTY1^ ONLY2A HIGH1^* QUOTATION-MARKS2 l m unten wasser nur oben
fra04 | 61+m
You tell something, which is nice. It was always a warm atmosphere when the deaf people were together.
r DEAF1A* WARM1A* HEART1B^* EMPTY1^ WARM1A* TOGETHER6* l $INDEX1* m [MG] warm warm
mue10 | 31-45m
I’m telling you, I feel like it would be much harder if there weren’t any deaf people.
r TO-LET-KNOW1A* IF-OR-WHEN1A* DEAF1A EMPTY1^ $GEST^ I1* FEELING2A* l m sage wenn gehörlos [MG] [MG] vom {ge}fühl schwierig
stu15 | 61+f
I find it quite interesting that only positive aspects are being presented, but anything negative is not mentioned. It gets swept under the carpet.
r BUT1* NEGATIVE1* TO-SAY1* EMPTY1^ UNDER1C* $GEST-OFF1^ l m aber nega{tiv} sa{gen} [MG] unter
sh03 | 61+f
I couldn't see anything smoldering.
r NONE9 TO-SEE1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^ l m [MG] [MG]
ber01 | 18-30m
But in Germany we don't have a king.
r HERE1 GERMAN1 EMPTY1^ l m aber deutsch
sh08 | 46-60m
I didn’t learn that in school. We only rarely used sentences with a lot of words in them.
r EMPTY1^ BACK-THEN1 EMPTY1^ TO-SAY2B* l m
sh08 | 46-60m
I didn’t learn that in school. We only rarely used sentences with a lot of words in them.
r EMPTY1^ BACK-THEN1 EMPTY1^ TO-SAY2B* RARELY2 PERSON1* l m selten
stu16 | 31-45f
We didn't have anything like that.
r EMPTY1^ l m
mvp03 | 18-30m
Rarely, fair or right decisions were made.
r EMPTY1^ RIGHT-OR-CORRECT2* $GEST-OFF1^ EXAMPLE1* l m nicht richtig beispiel
fra03 | 46-60m
I didn’t know about deaf clubs at the time. No deaf person had told me about it.
r NOT1 DEAF1A* EMPTY1^ l TO-LET-KNOW1A* m [MG] [MG]
mst02 | 18-30f
There’s barely anything.
r EMPTY1^ l HARDLY1 m kaum [MG]
fra16 | 31-45f
In the past, I have experienced some hit-and-run offenses, and nobody ever got in touch with me, not one person.
r ON-PERSON1* FLIGHT1A TO-LET-KNOW2 EMPTY1^ l m auf flucht bescheid
hb08 | 61+m
I visited Poland before the Berlin Wall was built.
r GATE2A^* WALL3* EMPTY1^* THROUGH1A* l PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* I2 TO-PLACE1* m [MG]
koe01 | 18-30m
So if I hadn’t had a relationship, no girlfriend, I would have finished school with my A-levels.
r UNWED1 THROUGH1B* I1 EMPTY1^* I1 WAS1 MY1 l m [MG] durch [MG] war
ber01 | 18-30m
It was easy to learn ASL in Essen. Yet, you couldn't do so in East Germany.
r WEIRD-STRANGE1^* EAST1B NONE7B EMPTY1^* l m [MG] ost [MG]
fra02 | 31-45m
There would be no writing; nobody would have invented it.
r THERE-IS3* NOT-YET2* TO-INVENT1 EMPTY1^* l m gibt {es} nicht noch nicht [MG]
Mouth: leer
Translational equivalents: empty; to empty
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fra02 | 31-45m
And now: nothing.
r NOW3 EMPTY1 l m jetzt
fra05 | 46-60m
We never used the word 'Poland'.
r I1 WORD2 $ORAL^ EMPTY1 l m wort polen
fra12 | 61+m
And radio was not available, either.
r $LIST1:2of2d RADIO1B* EVERYTHING1A EMPTY1 l m und radio alles
mue03 | 46-60m
But there was no interpreter. That’s how it was.
r PLUS1* INTERPRETER1* TO-HIRE1A EMPTY1 THATS-ALL1A l m plus dolmetscher [MG]
hh05 | 31-45m
But then hearing people don't get a picture of what the life and the world behind this language look like.
r TO-SWARM1^ WHAT1B TO-SWARM1^ EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m leer
fra12 | 61+m
We didn't understand the man at the microphone and there weren't even subtitles.
r $INDEX1 I1* SUBTITLES3* EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m untertitel [MG]
stu10 | 18-30m
It wasn’t like that for me, I stood there by myself and didn’t know anyone.
r I2* EMPTY1 I2 NEW1A* TO-COME3* l m neu
fra15 | 46-60m
I couldn’t develop my skills in German, really.
r GERMAN1* TO-BUILD-UP2 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 THIS-AND-THAT2^ l m deutsch aufbauen [MG] [MG]
stu01 | 46-60f
As soon as I’m out of ideas I can copy some ideas from them.
r ALWAYS5A I1 IDEA2B EMPTY1 $INDEX1* COPY1A* l m immer [MG] [MG] ab ab
sh05 | 61+m
And all the office’s employees have to be let go?
r ALSO3A TO-WORK1* EMPTY1 OFFICE2 $GEST-OFF1^ l m auch arbeit [MG] büro
koe16 | 46-60f
Nobody had told me, I had no idea. So of course I was a bit sad.
r I2 NONE7A* TO-LET-KNOW1A* EMPTY1 I1 BREAK-DOWN1A^* $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG] nichts darum [MG]
sh05 | 61+m
Once everything is empty, they will let the building to another company.
r $INDEX1 $INDEX1 $PROD EMPTY1 MOVEMENT-OBJECT2^* COMPANY1A l $INDEX1 m aber büro leer andere firma
mue01 | 61+f
Without sports, it’s not nice.
r EMPTY1 NOT3A $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ l m [MG] sport nicht schön
sh05 | 61+m
When I think of your company’s premises, I think it would be a good idea to install a flea market once they are all empty.
r HERE1 I1 TO-SEE1* EMPTY1 $INDEX1 TO-MATCH1 $INDEX1 l m [MG] [MG] leer passt
hb06 | 46-60m
The whole place would be abandoned; no cars on the streets; quiet.
r PLANE3A^* CAR1* EMPTY1 PLANE1^* $INDEX1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG] auto [MG] [MG]
mst11 | 61+m
Everyone had to leave until the basement was empty.
r $GEST-OFF1^ TO-GET1B^* $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 TO-LET1* l m egal [MG] [MG] [MG]
fra03 | 46-60m
There weren't any captions back in the days. I always liked series on TV.
r PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 SUBTITLES2* EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^ TELEVISION1B l ONLY2A m früher untertitel nur
sh05 | 61+m
But the building has to be empty, and when the company has left it can be rented out.
r $INDEX1 MUST1 EMPTY1 COMPANY1A* TO-HIRE1A* TO-BUY1A l m muss leer firma
sh05 | 61+m
It has to be empty.
r MUST1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 $$EXTRA-LING-ACT^ l m muss leer
mue01 | 61+f
Without sports, it’s not nice.
r EMPTY1 SPORTS3A NOT3A* $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ l m [MG] sport nicht schön
ber02 | 46-60m
Yes, all the money was gone.
r WHERE1A TO-TAKE-AWAY2* $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1 GONE-VANISHED1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m wo [MG]
nue03 | 31-45m
If the two of us were younger, we wouldn’t know a language, yet, and could learn it naturally.
r SMALL3* BRAIN1A EMPTY1 BEGINNING1A TO-PUT-IN2* $INDEX1 l $INDEX1 m [MG] leer anfang
mst09 | 31-45f
Oh, I thought you waited until everyone has left and then take the picture.
r I1 TO-THINK1B EMPTY1 TO-REMOVE1A* PHOTO1* FLASH1 l m dachte [MG] [MG] [MG]
mst09 | 31-45f
When I came from the hallway and looked around, I noticed that the front door was gone.
r HOUSE1A TO-JOIN1^* DOOR1A* EMPTY1 $PROD l m hauseingang tür leer [MG]
goe04 | 31-45m
Back then I didn’t hold any offices at the club whatsoever!
r NONE4* DEPARTMENT2A AGENCY4 EMPTY1 $GEST-OFF1^* l m nicht abteilungsamt [MG] nichts
koe01 | 18-30m
Another time we were putting our feet up on the table. Nobody cared because there were no teachers.
r LOOSE1* THIS-AND-THAT3^* TEACHER2* EMPTY1* $GEST-OFF1^* l m locker lehrer [MG]
lei02 | 61+f
There was absolutely no one left.
r ALL1A EMPTY1* l m alle [MG]
fra04 | 61+m
When the hearing people had left, and only one daughter was staying, she was left stranded and eventually started signing with us.
r BUT1* ALONE1B* HEARING1A* EMPTY1* DAUGHTER1* BOTH2A* l ALONE1B m [MG] [MG] alleine tochter
ber03 | 46-60f
The next morning I was completely oblivious.
r EARLY-MORNING1 I2 HEAD1A* EMPTY1* $GEST^ l m … [MG]
stu09 | 18-30m
Most of my classmates would sign and speak a little when he wasn’t there.
r $INDEX1 MOST1A* NOT-PRESENT1 EMPTY1* ONLY2A CLASS5* CLASS1* l m meist nicht da nur kla{sse}
sh05 | 61+m
It will be used up.
r TO-TIDY1* EMPTY1* OFF-OR-TO-REMOVE-STH1A l m [MG] [MG] weg
mst06 | 31-45m
I forgot, doesn’t matter now.
r TO-FORGET1* EMPTY1* WHATEVER3 l m vergessen auch egal
mst09 | 31-45f
If I don’t let them know and then don’t show up, people will wonder about where I am and why my workspace is empty.
r WHERE1A* TO-WORK1* PLACE9 EMPTY1* RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A* l m wo arbeitsplatz stimmt nicht
Mouth: [MG]
Translational equivalents: no; not; nothing; nothing at all; without
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mst15 | 31-45f
I am neither for nor against the church. I don't care about it, since it doesn't support me.
r FOR1* AGAINST1 I1* NONE9 REASON4B ALSO3A CHURCH2A l m für gegen [MG] grund auch kirche
fra12 | 61+m
We didn't have a phone back then.
r BACK-THEN1* PHONE2 $PROD NONE9 l m damals telefon [MG]
mue11 | 31-45f
Ah, I see. Right. I don't have any relatives there.
r RIGHT-OR-AGREED1A I1 NONE3 NONE9 MEMBER1^ l m stimmt ich kein [MG] verwandte
sh05 | 61+m
She can collect money from everyone and get a driver’s licence, because she doesn’t have one yet.
r SELF2 NONE2 DRIVING-LICENCE1 NONE9 l m kein führerschein
goe01 | 61+f
He looks at them as they walk by, but they do not seem to have anything in their pockets.
r $INDEX1 NONE9 $PROD l m [MG] [MG] [MG]
koe01 | 18-30m
She ran in, couldn’t find the door and said, “Shit.”
r NONE9 DOOR1A* KEY1 SHIT1A* l m [MG] tür scheiße
goe01 | 61+f
He wonders where the basket’s gone.
r $INDEX1 WHERE1A* BASKET4A* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^* l m wo korb [MG]
mst04 | 31-45m
Actually, the separation and the border weren’t really necessary.
r BORDER1C NOT3B NONE9 l TO-DETACH1 m grenze nicht
fra12 | 61+m
There were no cars back then.
r CAR1* BACK-THEN1* NONE9 BACK-THEN1* NO3B^ l m auto damals [MG] [MG]
koe12 | 46-60f
There was nothing in English or German, just those incomprehensible characters.
r $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1 NONE9 ENGLAND3 AND2B BIT2A l m [MG] englisch und
mst15 | 31-45f
But I hadn't prepared for it at all, and I couldn't think of any song impromptu.
r TO-INVENT1 SONG1 I1* NONE9 l m [MG] lied [MG]
koe08 | 31-45m
I then do the same thing again. If I can’t find any other hole, it’s just the one.
r I1* $PROD NONE9 $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d HOLE2A* $INDEX1 l m [MG] ein loch [MG]
nue02 | 61+f
Nothing.
r NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG]
fra04 | 61+m
There is no book you could show it with.
r HENCE1* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l $PROD TO-SAY1* m [MG] [MG]
mst11 | 61+m
There was alarm. Oh God, you were overtired and you were lucky that there was no bomb impact here.”
r NOT1 $PROD NOT1 NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m nichts [MG] ni{cht} [MG]
sh07 | 31-45m
She didn't help me in particular but she helped so many other people in the world.
r TO-HELP1* I2 NONE9 $INDEX1* VERY6* MUCH1B l m helfen [MG] aber [MG] viel
koe08 | 31-45m
So I check whether there are any visible bubbles.
r ROUND6A* AIR1* ROUND6A* NONE9 l m blase luftblase
goe06 | 31-45f
And of course, I was right, nobody lived there!
r RIGHT-OR-AGREED1B* $GEST^* TO-LIVE1C NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m stimmt leben [MG]
ber06 | 31-45m
He stated that I was not politically active or spoke badly about the GDR.
r OVER-OR-ABOUT1 GDR4 DISCRIMINATION2* NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m über d-d-r [MG]
ber06 | 31-45m
He was on our side, because he saw that deaf people were suffering a lot. He didn’t believe I was a spy.
r TO-SUFFER1A YOU1 SPY1* NONE9 RIGHT-OR-AGREED1^ $GEST-OFF1^ $GEST-DECLINE1^ l m leid du spion [MG]
koe11 | 31-45f
The whole team cried. We did not win a medal.
r TO-CRY3 $GEST-OFF1^ MEDAL1B NONE9 l m [MG] [MG] [MG]
fra05 | 46-60f
Nothing at all? That's bad.
r NONE7A* NONE9 NOT1 $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG]
koe22 | 31-45m
I looked closely at the walls but couldn't detect anything.
r I2 TO-LOOK-AT3* NONE9 GONE-VANISHED1 l m [MG]
sh03 | 61+f
I couldn't see anything smoldering.
r $ORAL^ $INDEX1* FLASH1^* NONE9 TO-SEE1 $GEST-OFF1^ EMPTY1^ l m aber was [MG] [MG]
mue01 | 61+f
Now, after the fall of the wall, it doesn’t exist anymore, there’s no bonus being paid.
r NOW1* FALL-OF-THE-BERLIN-WALL1* NONE4* NONE9 $INDEX1 $PROD $GEST-OFF1^ l m jetzt mauer [MG] [MG] [MG]
ber06 | 31-45m
But there was no printer, so I had to write down and draw the alphabet on a piece of paper, all by hand.
r TO-PRINT1 SIGN-OR-DRAWING2^* NONE9 TO-BELONG1^* PAPER1* SHEET-OF-PAPER1 l m drucker papier
lei10 | 31-45m
After that she had to go back to work, though, and went through one job creation plan after the other, but didn’t get a real job.
r FINISHED-EMPTY3* SOLID1 TO-WORK1* NONE9 l SHIT2 m [MG] fest arbeit klappt nicht scheiße
koe17 | 61+f
But we didn’t have a flashing doorbell.
r BUT1* PAST1^* FLASH1^* NONE9 l m aber [MG]
fra05 | 46-60f
If you don’t do it, you can’t fly.
r IF-OR-WHEN1A I2 NONE9 I2* AIRPLANE2B* NOT3B l m wenn [MG]
mue10 | 61+m
That doesn’t even exist in the countryside.
r NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m auf dem land
mst10 | 46-60f
That's not possible because there are so many old people and not enough young people in the club.
r MUCH1C* MASS-OF-PEOPLE-ACTIVE1^* OFFSPRING1 NONE9 CLUB-OR-SOCIETY2A $INDEX1 l m viel nachwuchs [MG] verein
mue01 | 61+f
That didn’t exist in the west.
r NONE9 l WEST1C m west [MG]
nue08 | 18-30f
There was nothing like that.
r I1 NONE9 $GEST-OFF1^ l m [MG]
stu15 | 61+f
I don’t have any family members with CIs.
r FAMILY1 DEAF1A* CI2 NONE9 l m familie implantat [MG]
sh08 | 46-60m
If there aren’t any, we miss out on everything and the communication goes awry.
r NONE9 TO-MISS-STH1B* ASKEW1* l m [MG]
mue01 | 61+f
Now it’s different, the boys don’t work in handicraft anymore.
r NOW1 TO-CHANGE1A YOUNG2C* NONE9 $PROD l m jetzt um jung [MG] handwerker
stu15 | 61+f
Even when taking them off, I never heard a thing.
r THEN7 HEADPHONES1 $PROD NONE9 l m dann [MG]
stu15 | 61+f
Nothing.
r NONE9 l m [MG]
koe01 | 18-30m
During the time before I finished school, it was just us students; there were no teachers.
r I2 TOGETHER1A* TEACHER2* NONE9* l m lehrer [MG]
koe06 | 46-60f
I started school late, before that there was just no offer for me.
r SCHOOL1A* PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* $GEST-OFF1^ NONE9* l m schule aber früher [MG] [MG]
ber05 | 61+f
I’ve never even gone to the police. I’ve not had any trouble thus far.
r $GEST-OFF1^* NONE6* TO-COMPLAIN2* NONE9* l m … kein beschweren [MG]
koe08 | 31-45m
So I check whether there are any visible bubbles.
r I2 $PROD NONE9* ROUND6A* AIR1* ROUND6A* l m blase luftblase
koe06 | 46-60f
I don't even notice it.
r $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ I1 NONE9* l m aber [MG] [MG]
goe09 | 61+f
So we didn’t have a full meal as you do today.
r FULL1* TO-STAND1 TO-EAT-OR-FOOD2* NONE9* l m vollständig essen [MG]
mst06 | 31-45m
They always talked about the winners and they didn’t say anything about that here.
r TO-WIN1* LIKE4A^* NONE7A* NONE9* TO-EXPLAIN1* NOTHING1A ZERO2B* l m gewinn [MG] info ni{chts} [MG]
hh07 | 18-30f
It’s at hearing schools, completely normal ones, with not a single deaf student.
r USUAL1* NONE7A DEAF1A* NONE9* l m norm{al} [MG] [MG]
