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Martin Schmurr
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well, apart from the fact that it's "Koffer" Oct 2, 2003

and not "Kotter", the longest German words encountered in ten years of translation I listed above show that German compounds aren't that terribly long…

Besides, English (which has remained unscathed in this thread so far…) has the problem that if there are several nouns one after the other, one or more of them might also be verbs…

…this is especially a problem for those who do machine-assisted translation: I well remember
"Flocks of milking sheep graze the... See more
and not "Kotter", the longest German words encountered in ten years of translation I listed above show that German compounds aren't that terribly long…

Besides, English (which has remained unscathed in this thread so far…) has the problem that if there are several nouns one after the other, one or more of them might also be verbs…

…this is especially a problem for those who do machine-assisted translation: I well remember
"Flocks of milking sheep graze the valleys" which was machine-translated into
"Flocken des Melkens Schafabschürfung die Täler",
with the additional problem how to render the -ing form, which is also shown in
"deep gorges, rushing torrents, high mountain pastures"
translated
"tief Hohlkehlen, indem man Sturzbäche eilt, hoher Berg weidet"!
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Lorenzo Lilli
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Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungsvertrag Oct 2, 2003

The longest German word (not hyphenated) I've ever come across is Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungsvertrag. It's mentioned once by google, I didn't invent it

[Edited at 2003-10-02 14:28]
 
Martin Schmurr
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I know longer words exist than those I listed, Oct 2, 2003

and I expected ProZians to show examples from their experience!
I remember reading in "Hohlspiegel" about even longer words than yours, Lorenzo, in legalese, something like "………änderungsgesetz"…

Today 16 Oct. on KudoZ Lorenzo proposed "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher "…

[Edited at 2003-10-16 10:44]
 
Mario Marcolin
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;-) Oct 2, 2003

This makes me remember why Computational morphology - computational analysis, construction and deconstruction of words -
is such a rich field in Germany...
*)
mario da venexia

Lorenzo Lilli wrote:
Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherungsvertrag.
[Edited at 2003-10-02 14:28]
 
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