Talk:Viva Colonia

Bad translation

The following line is not correctly translated:

Wir glauben an den lieben Gott und han auch immer Durst

Really means: "We believe in dear God and have always Thirst".

It should be corrected.

--201.197.2.118 (talk) 01:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It's true, that's what the lyrics literally mean, but for a more idiomatic translation, I have translated it differently. It sounds better in English this way, without changing the meaning very much. Oreo Priest 16:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

About the line: Wir lieben das Leben, die Liebe und die Lust. Why is 'Lust' translated to 'fun'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.58.215.69 (talk) 23:11, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Because it doesn't have the exclusively sexual connotation it has in English. We tried 'desire', but that also has problems with sexual connotations. Oreo Priest ^talk 11:05, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

The translation "Count us in" for "Da simmer dabei" is correct. That's Kölsch for "Da sind wir dabei", which means word-by-word: "We take part in that". Also "und hab'n noch immer Durst" means "and we still are thirsty". "noch immer" does not mean "always". 92.204.46.149 (talk) 22:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

The current "accurate" English translation ("We believe in the loving God, and always have the thirst") makes absolutely no sense -- it's just a direct translation of German. Something more accurate would be: "We believe in the dear Lord and are still thirsty." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.76.200.76 (talk) 03:04, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

"It's always that way" isn't the right literal translation for "Da simmer dabei!". In standard German it would mean "Da sind wir dabei" which translates to "We are taking part" or "We are there". "It's always that way" would be translated as "Et es wie et es" or "et es immer esu" or something like that. Or in standard German "Es ist immer so" 93.129.170.4 (talk) 13:49, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Fact or Opinion?

Is the following statement fact or opinion? "Despite the absence of particularly Kölsch words, it is not easily understood by all German-language speakers due to the large differences in German dialects". To me, it sounds like opinion. Jammycaketin (talk) 14:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

My understanding was that it is in fact easily understandable by most German speakers, but someone changed it asserting that it isn't. I still think it is; I have German friends who don't speak Kölsch who understand it pretty well, and even I, who have only a crude knowledge of standard German (and none of Kölsch), understand most of it. I'll change it back. -Oreo Priest ^talk 19:27, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I have a lot of German friends from cologne that don't get the lyrics. But I think it depends on whether they only hear it or read the lyrics.93.129.170.4 (talk) 13:39, 6 February 2013 (UTC)