tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post6598081379544806159..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: 'The whole bright world rejoices now'Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-15008683678866074542013-04-11T12:32:38.435+01:002013-04-11T12:32:38.435+01:00I wondered if that might have been it - easy mista...I wondered if that might have been it - easy mistake to make!Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-73614409542013145472013-04-11T12:27:01.971+01:002013-04-11T12:27:01.971+01:00Actually, you are right, I misread Heer as Herr; m...Actually, you are right, I misread Heer as Herr; my apologies. (This is why I shouldn't do translations late at night.)Steffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891266202142841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-88419521709353953332013-04-11T10:41:09.659+01:002013-04-11T10:41:09.659+01:00Thanks, Steffen - that's useful! My understan...Thanks, Steffen - that's useful! My understanding of verse 2 is slightly different (though I could well be wrong!); I read it as:<br /><br />The celestial host sings in heaven,<br />The Christian church resounds on earth.<br /><br />But my German is a little rusty - maybe there are some native speakers around who can weigh in!Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-91785065793535061592013-04-10T23:30:37.398+01:002013-04-10T23:30:37.398+01:00If you'll permit me, here's a literal tran...<br />If you'll permit me, here's a literal translation of the German text. Not because I think you don't read or understand German, but as an exercise for myself, keeping my grasp of the language at a tolerable level. <br /><br />There are some clumsy lines owing in part to repetition and pleonasms in the original, such as the frequent use of "now". It is not a complete Steffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01891266202142841626noreply@blogger.com