The Message
July 29th, 2009I just rediscovered Bronco, a Berlin street artist, thanks to rebel:art.
Sorry, the next one is in German. A rough translation would be “I can’t be amazed anymore”. You actually need to know that “Ich komm in das Staunen gar nicht mehr rein” is a variation of a German saying: “Ich komme aus dem Staunen gar nicht mehr raus”. Thanks to comments of Silvia and Mario, I can give you a better translation for Bronco’s piece: “I can’t get into the amazement anymore” (Silvia) or “I can’t even start to be amazed” (Mario). The translation of the orginal saying would be “I can’t stop to be amazed” (Mario).
Of course it’s a pity when you have to explain a joke, sorry for that.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Hey there,
I’m from Berlin. The second bronco poster it’s a german saying, but he slightly changed it so it means somthing totally different. The right one is “ich komme aus dem Staunen gar nicht mehr raus” – “I can’t get over being amazed”, but he wrote “I can’t get into the amazement anymore”.
:) Cheers,
Silvia
July 29th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Thanks Silvia.
But “I can’t get into the amazement anymore” and “I can’t be amazed anymore” mean more or less the same, no?
“I can’t get into the amazement anymore” sounds just a little weird to me.
Disclaimer: German and English are not my mother-tongue.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I’d say the original German saying “ich komme aus dem Staunen gar nicht mehr raus” is better translated with “I can’t stop to be amazed”, so I’d translate his (or her) variation on it with “I can’t even start to be amazed”
July 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Thanks Mario
July 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am
hello, thank you for posting my work on your beautiful blog!
since i am pretty aware of the difficulties to translate some of my stuff,
i enjoyed your translations/explanations a lot!
i would love to post it as a description of the original photo
on my flickr. would you be ok with that?
greetings from berlin,
brr
July 30th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hey Bronco,
go ahead, add it to flickr … the irony!
July 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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