Don't you sometimes wish your native tongue is German?
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
Can someone enlighten as to why some translators insist on traslating "Ungeziefer" as "an insect" in English when the term really means a vermin of any kind?
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- Akane, Ranma and Juliet
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