Firefighter English

[Firefighter Germany]

Dear Firefighters,

I have a private Blog in Germany about Firefighting. After some chats with firefighters from the United States I decided to start translating it in english. The problem is, that you use a lot of specific words which are really hard to find in dictionaries.

So, could you please give me a short feedback if the translation makes sence and are understandable? This is my Firefighter Blog.

It wold be a great help if you could give me a rough feeback.

Thanks for your support!


Best regards from Germany

Florian

[EastKyFF]

I read most of the "Drill Yourself" entry and would have thought it had been written by a native English speaker. Sehr gut!

[Firefighter Germany]

Hi EastKyFF,

thanks for your feedback :-).

It is written by a native speaker, she helps me translating everything, but the problem is that she has no idea about firefighting. So I translated the special word by myself and I am not sure if these words are correct.

Best regards

Florian

[NFD-Firefighter]

Hey, just reading over sone of the posts. Looks good.
By the way, I just got back from a trip to Dachau!

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Don't worry about the translation it is wunderbar!

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Just be aware that there is some terminology that a civilian just won't understand, whether it be in English or German... sometimes even the terms used by different parts of the same nation can be difficult to fathom.

[EastKyFF]

Feel free to drop by here and ask for a word as necessary. You could even post a photo and say, "Hey, we call this a _________. What is the English word for it?"

[Dickey]

Wow, looks wonderful.

Didn't see a single translation problem....great job!

[Mr. John Doe]

Hey Hansi. That's a pretty cool looking blog. I just skimmed a couple of the entries. I found a couple things I thought I'd point out. On August 11th, you say "It is intended to relieve the interior attack teams and carry important utensils." Utensils could be used that way, but it's generally used to describe silverware used for eating (Forks, Knives, etc.) Replacing "utensils" with "tools" would probably be more appropriate. You also left out an r at the end of interior in the first sentence.

On February 17th you say, "Particularly in North America, firefighters are ranked very high." I think it would be more appropriate to replace that with, "Particularly in North America, firefighters are highly respected." I think that's what you're trying to say.

I hope that's not being too nit-picky.

[donethat]

Translation

Hansi,
Great Job. Nice blog. Don't pay any attention to FF_Johnston. He couldn't start to translate English into Deutsch.
Your blog is sehr gut!

[Firefighter Germany]

Hi guys,

thank you very much for your very motivating feedback. I hope you will find a few interesting information from the other side of the ocean.

I decided to change my profile from my nickname "Hansi" to my realname "Florian". Just in case you wonder :-).

@FF_Johnston

thanks four your feedback, I corrected it. It's not nit-picky, I learn with every feedback, so I appreciate it. And I love it to understand more and more the english phrases when I read your blogs and forums.


Best regards

Florian

[ChiefKN]

Nice looking blog.

What's an escape hood?

Also, how did you get that picture of my wife in the tattoo article??

[chiefengineer11]

Florian - See if you can make contact with Armin Schlüter at Feuerwehr Kassel. He has been here many times and is quite familiar with the U.S. fire service. He speaks very good (but not perfect) English and may be able to help you.

[Firefighter Germany]

What's an escape hood?

Hi ChiefKN,

it should be such a thing. To rescue victims from area with smoke.


Best regards

Florian

[Firefighter Germany]

Florian - See if you can make contact with Armin Schlüter at Feuerwehr Kassel. He has been here many times and is quite familiar with the U.S. fire service. He speaks very good (but not perfect) English and may be able to help you.

Hi chiefengineer11,

thanks for the tip, I'll try to find him.


Best regards

Florian