Can someone kindly translate the written notes on the back of this photograph from my collection?
And the front:
Many thanks,
Nick
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Re: Photo Translation
This is what I could decipher.
The photo in the front did not help to understand the text, though.
Hiltraut
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Ein schönes Mädel
ein schönes Pferd
ist alle Tage das
Neiden* wert.
Gezeichnet Alois
Hinterstößer
*it also could read "Reiten" ( which would translate to "ride" )
but is missing the "t" in the middle (there is a "d" instead);
so it could be "Neiden" ( wich would translade to "envy" )
A beautiful girl
a beautiful horse
is worth envy
everyday
signed Alois
Hinterstößer
The photo in the front did not help to understand the text, though.
Hiltraut
------
Ein schönes Mädel
ein schönes Pferd
ist alle Tage das
Neiden* wert.
Gezeichnet Alois
Hinterstößer
*it also could read "Reiten" ( which would translate to "ride" )
but is missing the "t" in the middle (there is a "d" instead);
so it could be "Neiden" ( wich would translade to "envy" )
A beautiful girl
a beautiful horse
is worth envy
everyday
signed Alois
Hinterstößer
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Re: Photo Translation
Hiltraut,
Thank you very much for taking the time to do that. Alas we'll never know the exact phrase but now i get a better idea. Thanks again
Nick
Thank you very much for taking the time to do that. Alas we'll never know the exact phrase but now i get a better idea. Thanks again
Nick
Fallschirmjäger - Nick M.
Re: Photo Translation
It is "reiten" (to ride) allright.
A beautiful girl,
(as) A nice horse
is worth a ride everyday.
Rattler
"Reiten" in this context is, of cause, a pun with a sexual underlying meaning (they probably were intimate frineds or going to be):Ein schönes Mädel
ein schönes Pferd
ist alle Tage das
reiten wert.
Gezeichnet Alois
Hinterstößer
A beautiful girl,
(as) A nice horse
is worth a ride everyday.
Rattler
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