May 3, 2001 15:49
23 yrs ago
English term
Alyse
Hey Sonja! By the time I write back, your birthday probably already came,
Non-PRO
English to German
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
in a letter
Proposed translations
(German)
Proposed translations
4 hrs
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Works in field
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
Hallo Sonja! Wenn ich dir wieder schreibe, ist dein Geburtstag wahrscheinlich schon gewesen.
By the time..., your birthday probably has already ocurred.
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9 hrs
Hildegard KELLY
Native in German
Native in: German 
, French
Works in: German to French, French to German, English to French, and 1 more.
Hallo Sonja, ich schreibe so spät, dass Dein Geburtstag wahrscheinlich schon vorbei ist.
You'll have to adapt the sentence, you can't translate word-by-word.
1 day 21 hrs
Hallo Sonja! Bis ich dir wieder schreibe, ist dein Geburtstag wahrscheinlich bereits vorbei
It can't be translated literally.
In English you say: your birthday probably already came
In German that would be: your birthday probably already passed
hope this helps
In English you say: your birthday probably already came
In German that would be: your birthday probably already passed
hope this helps
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2 days 14 hrs
Hallo Sonja! Wenn ich dir zurueckschreibe, dein Geburtstag ist wahrscheinlich schon vorbei.
You can't translate word-by-word.
You have to have language feelings.
You have to have language feelings.
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