German Translation Required - Timo?

Could someone who knows provide a translation into German?

"I would like

an air filter
an oil filter cover plate O ring
a set of HT leads

to fit a 1986 BMW K75"


I'll be in Berlin tomorrow and I may need to buy some parts to bring home
- it's a bit boring and complex.

 

Something like this:

Herr box kopf, bitte, Ich mag würde:
ein Luftfilter
ein Ölfilter Abdeckplatte O-Ring
eine Reihe von HT führt
zu passen ein 1986 BMW K75
und ich verspreche den Krieg nicht zu erwähnen.

 

I haette gerne einen Luftfilter, einen Oelfilterdeckeldichtungsring und ein
Set Hochspannungskabel fuer einen 1986 BMW K75.

 

Don't forget to close politely with

Nehmen Sie ihn in den Arsch?

 

Thanks.

 

I don't speak a great deal of German, but enough.

 

Pretty good. It's "ein Satz Zündkabel" instead of "ein Set
Hochspannungskabel" and "eine BMW K75".

 

"Your German is very good"

 

Takes all the fun out of it. I spent a pleasant half hour in a Gilera
dealer in Trezzo sull'Adda in 94 pointing at parts on their microfiche
reader and saying "come questo". Getting to the right fiche required
just a few key words or a bit of mime. This at least ensured that they
didn't think I could speak the lingo properly and fire complicated
questions at me.

Writing such a list down on a piece of paper can be a good strategy.

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Crikey. I thought he was joking.

 

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"neun-zehn hundert sechs-und-achtzig Bay-Em-Vay Ka-funf-und-seibzig"

I think.

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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
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KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

I think you missed a word between 'is' and 'very'.

 

A BMW you say?
http://www.motorcycleinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.efqfogzxxrcwvkgn&pageId=124615

Steve

 

No, Gordon Jackson didn't say that.

 

I've had similar experiences in France and Italy.

The French parts shop was less than helpful. [1]

The Italians couldn't have been more welcoming or understanding. Many
happy occasions being taught most of the words on this page ... !

http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare238.htm

Paul.

[1] Tho, this being said, i've been helped out on several occasions by
French spanner monkeys when i've just opened the bonnet and pointed at
something broken.

 

In communiqué

Well the French do seem to be often intolerant of those that can't speak
their language, particularly their oldest enemy. I think the blokes in
the Gilera place were so amazed that I had ridden there on a Nordwest
that they went out of their way to be helpful. They even sold me the
alternator rotor puller from their own workshop.

TBF, Patrick at Pointe de Corde in Limoges is also v. helpful, though he
can't, or won't, speak a word of English. Touching on another thread, he
even leant me some tools to take home to England so long as I posted
them back within 3 weeks. Though that did save him having to do the
labour for a warranty job on the Voxan. It's a long story why I didn't
just have it done there.

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
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| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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<shrug> Pas de stock, m'sieur.

When I tried to buy a front brake hose in Liege after my braided
hose broke as I hit the hump on the ferry at Felixstowe. I rode all the
way back to Untersiggenthal with no front brake. Got snowed on in the
Eiffel Mountains and ended up with bronchitis, too...

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

"Ein Spark
Ein Ring
Ein Filter!"

Ich bin ein small pastry!

 

"Vuoi fare una scopatina con la tua sorella" is not exact Italian, but
should work.

 

<Déjà vu mode>

Do you not think it a little extreme though to let someone continue to
struggle in a language they are not fluent in, when you might know even
just a few words in theirs that could prevent a serious
misunderstanding?

This seems IME to be a particularly French trait. I wouldn't hesitate to
crank up my limited French, on the rare occasions that the sabot is on
the other foot.

As an old colleague of mine said to an American who had pushed in front
at a hotel reception desk, then much later said "you don't mind do you
pal, but we are in kind of a hurry" - "Why break the habits of a
nation".


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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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