Comments on: Tod aus dem All

By: lypeputleva

lypeputleva — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:09:40 +0000

Hello forum! I’m new here, just wanted to stop in and say hi for the first time

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:57:49 +0000

Any chance of taking the metric measurements from the German volume and making a metric English edition?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:02:59 +0000

Re. the wording… I did German in high school, and read/translated the title as “Death from the Universe”, which I think works quite well! EVERYTHING is out to get us!

By: CCW

CCW — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:15:16 +0000

“I’m really happy about this (marred only by the lack of an exclamation point in the title), because I think the book will have broad appeal in Europe; there are lots of space enthusiasts there and I get email from them all the time.”

The publishing of the book in German will not do too much for people in Europe to read the book though. I mean, besides Germany, Switserland and Austria, who is going to read it? Having the English version on the shelves, untill it gets translated in other languages, on the other hand will accomplish it far easier.
But congrats anyway, maybe I WILL read it in German, if the translation is good, there is no language to read doom and destruction in as auf Deutsch!

By: Lars

Lars — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:58:29 +0000

In my experience “All” is the prefect word for “Space”. “Raum” works but it’s confusing when talking about death. Here’s the Major Tom lyric by Peter Schilling:
Major Tom denkt sich
“wenn die wüssten -,
mich führt hier ein Licht durch das All,
das kennt ihr noch nicht,
ich komme bald
Mir wird kalt.”

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:10:34 +0000

Tod aus dem Raum would sound very awkward and everynody would think What room are they talking about? Tod aus dem Weltraum would work, but it does sound a bit clumsy. Weltall or short All is just as common now and as Klopfer said, it makes the title more catchy.
Raumschiff is still used, though, as is Raumstation (space station). Strictly speaking, Weltraum means everything but the Earth and Weltall/All means the universe.

By: John W. Kennedy

John W. Kennedy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:15:42 +0000

I understand why “Raum” could be a problem, but it’s what I’ve always seen, along with “Raumschiff”. I’ve never encountered “All” before. (Ich bin 45 Jahre aus Gymnasium; deshalb ist mein Deutsch ganz futsch. Wär ich kein Operettensinger, dann wär es alzusammen verloren.)