German translation

What does this mean?

Talking about The Rock, when he shook hands with a burning stuntman:

Für die Moderation der fünften Taurus World Stunt Awards im Vorjahr war Johnson daher genau der richtige Mann:

Er ließ sich auch nicht aus der Ruhe bringen, als er einem brennenden Stuntman die Hände schütteln musste

Try this. Mind you it can turn into funny stuff.

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educated guess

he didn't (let himself) get worked up/nervous (seeing as the literal translation is 'he didn't let himself come out of the calm")

another option: he didn't let it put him off his stride

It's colloquial. Need a native-speaker.

He remained relaxed while he had to shake hands with a burning stuntman.

That's my guess anyway.

Use a proper translator then.

I'd say he was unphased by shaking hands with the burning stuntman.

Boomtown Rat et al are correct.

No it doesn't, because a native speaker won't be so hot on the English colloquialism that this needs to be translated into.

There's quite a few professional translators on Toytown who spend their days translating from German into English (yes, even colloquialisms!), but I don't think you're going to get their help now.

I liked it better before 'et al' was edited in

well you were right first. Does that count?

Perhaps you'd like to share some of those freelance contract euros with Toytowners helping you with your work?

Qualified guess: Was he talking about that wrestler-gone-actor "The Rock"? And the translator just didn't get it?

Thanks Boomtown Rat and Anwalt.

Just needed confirmation on that one line. That's pretty much what I had.

("showed how cool/unphased he could be"... etc.)

Some people will have issue with asking what a single line means. I don't. That was pretty short and I needed it in a pinch.

But to be fair, sure, I'll grant payment where it's due.

Let's see, 72 characters, €1.5 per line, I'll get boomtown_rat a beer next time I come back into town.

Okee-dokee?

...and scotsman (I liked 'unphased')

That's mighty generous of you, considering that you had the answer all along... unless your initial statement was a slight exaggeration, that is.

OK!

Friday is my being in Vienna, Austria day (most weeks). Anyway, I'll buy you guys a round somewhere along the line (Mun, Vie, Passau) - noted.

You don't say.

"He couldn't be brought either from the quiet."

Considering I'm sitting in Glasgow I'll let the beer slide...this time

There are still some people (me included) waiting for a beer from Translation needed: History.

Yeah, I would say that is also worth a beer.

In accordance with DDBug's vigilance about giving translators (and unwitting translators) their fair due,

perhaps now one could just assume that for the quick translations from the legion of TT experts,

one line or less (one word) = one beer.

For text longer than that, one could just base payment on DDBug's reaction to said length.

btw you'll want to spell it correctly. It's "fazed", not "phased".

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=faze
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=phase

You're getting there Tommy boy

Well wasn't that timely.

Sorry, they already pushed the button, the bombs have been launched.

Annyhoo, "cool" was used.

Thanks for your spät aber doch efforts. Now we'll know better in the future.

Carry on.

sincerely apologize for my late answer. I'll do better next time.