Common mistakes in learning German language

German language has gained the official status in European countries and is included in among the three official languages used in European Union. German language has gained much popularity in the global world and is one of the four most learned languages of the world. In Western Europe German has been given the name as Lingua Franca as it is one of the commonly spoken languages of the natives.

German language has been included in many High school curriculum and learned by large number of people now-a-days. Learning a second language is a trend these days as there are various benefits associated with it. There are many who try to learn German with themselves and sometimes they are not able to sail through in their learning. They face several challenges which hamper their progress and consequently they are demotivated.  Here I have discussed some of the common challenges faced by people:

· German language translation:This is one of the commonly made mistakes of the people. They translate words in German language while thinking in their native language. They should think in German language without translating their mother-tongue.

· Gender differentiation: This is the second most common mistakes done by people in language learning. Not able to differentiate gender while speaking in German can lead to embarrassment. So one should differentiate gender for all nouns used in German language.

· Sentence formation: One of the major barriers in German language learning is sentence structure. German, unlike other languages places subject differently depending upon the situation.

· Misuse of prepositions: This is one of the major mistakes which can be spotted by a native German speaker. For example in German ‘for’ is replaced by ‘against’ in some sentences.

· Umlaut usage: For beginners, the usage of Umlauts is worst nightmare.  Umlauts are used only with A, O and U so you should always give attention on these letters in German language. The usage of Umlauts makes meanings of the words entirely different.

Learning any new language is difficult and it can get trickier if you don’t know the rules. Simple things like capitalization of nouns, use of preposition plays importance in German learning. 

Inseparable : Literature and their translation

In Kerala, people have read several international books in their regional language that is Malayalam. Most of them have read books from famous writers like Marquez as it is easier to get Malayalam translations of Spanish language. They often joke that Marquez is the best writer in Malayalam. Many translators in India translate novels from German to English, English to Russian, French to English, English to Italian and vice-versa.  Now-a-days, the modern novelists like Eduardo Halfon have translators working on their books despite the fact that they have been in America for several years now. However, there have always been discussions about the authenticity of translations; many say that translations never satisfy and say that it is fraud. Lately there has been a discussion on treating translated novels as a separate genre and many readers are of the view that translators are not able to translate the intended info written by the writer.

However, the truth is that writers facilitate the work of writers to reach foreign readers and without them they would have remained as an unknown name in foreign world. Writers like Chekhov, Proust, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Kawabata, Pamuk, Neruda and other would have remained unreachable by the avid readers without the work of translators who translated their work to reach millions of population.Translation is in fact a very critical job yet translators are not given the respect and attention they deserve!

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