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! אני עובד בברגר קינג

English translation: I work at Burger King

18:06 Feb 11, 2008
Hebrew to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Hebrew term or phrase: ! אני עובד בברגר קינג
Hi. Can someone translate this sentence for me please? Thank you.
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English translation:I work at Burger King
Explanation:
The literal translation, 'I am working at Burger King', is not the proper idiomatic translation. Native Hebrew speakers make this mistake all the time.
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elli_fischer
Local time: 16:26
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Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2I am working at Burger King!
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
5 +1I work at Burger King
elli_fischer


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I am working at Burger King!


Explanation:
said by a male

Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 16:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michal Circolone
0 min
agree  Bavel
5 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I work at Burger King


Explanation:
The literal translation, 'I am working at Burger King', is not the proper idiomatic translation. Native Hebrew speakers make this mistake all the time.

elli_fischer
Local time: 16:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: Without any context, both versions are perfectly fine. You just copied yours from Akiva ;-)//Just that the Hebrew doesn't make a differnce between those and without context you can't tell the difference
13 mins
  -> I didn't 'just' copy from Akiva; I agree with him. The difference between the simple present tense and the present progressive tense is generally lost on not-native speakers. There's a big difference between 'I go to school' and 'I'm going to school'
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