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Re:Found in translation: More accurate, fluent sentences in ... by detaro on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @04:48AM (#12965679)
At least it's clearly understandable and grammatically correct, and only a slightly odd (distant) phrasing. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I heard someone saying it exactly like that in an off-the-cuff remark.

Interestingly I wouldn't know how to translate the German back to English while preserving the feel of the phrasing. Languages just don't map 1:1.

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Re:Found in translation: More accurate, fluent sentences in ... by acqq on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @06:20AM (#12966086)
The baby is "fällig" maybe could be "back"-translated (from that translation) to English carrying the sense of the awkwardness as

"Our baby is being scheduled for January"

which maybe brings some "huh?" But I'm not a native speaker, I'm just trying to get an opinion of these who are.

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