Er fährt zur See - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of Er fährt zur See

Conges terminology question

231 months ago

anglistik43 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Er fährt zur See
Context:	he sails before the mast?
Keywords:	-

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231 months ago

wrote:

HE GOES TO SEA

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231 months ago

Zorica Felbab wrote:

he drives to the sea

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231 months ago

wrote:

I am very sorry I cannot recommend this translation. The German context tells us this is a professional, either in the merchant navy or the navy. He is NOT going to the seaside! So you put the generic expression: He is a sailor. Or specific for the merchant navy: He is a merchant seaman.

231 months ago

Zorica Felbab wrote:

He navigates the seas.

My comment:

Die See is sea, not lake.

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231 months ago

Brenda Elkja wrote:

he's a sailor

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231 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

He is a seaman.

My comment:

The above is a simple, present day occupational descriptor. In decreasing order of up-to-dateness (but possibly usable in literary contexts):
sailor
mariner
seafaring man / seafarer
'He sails before the mast.' is very out of date.

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231 months ago

David Moore wrote:

I'd say this is easily the commonest way to describe a mariner's occupation today.

231 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

He is seafaring (or He is a seafarer)

My comment:

the word 'man' is not needed

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231 months ago