Bon Chance
17 months ago
I couldn’t remember the German for “good luck,” So I had to go with French. Off to a good start, clearly.
I did this a couple of years ago—I got some German books out of the library (Rilke and Hesse, I think) and tried to translate as much as I could with a pocket dictionary for reference. That didn’t last very long. It was kind of tedious, but a good brain exercise. I might just do that again.
Think I’ll also listen to more German opera. The only recordings I have are Die Zauberflote and Die Fledermaus (operas I’ve actually performed in), and those don’t help anymore because I don’t have to pay too much attention to the text to know what’s going on. I think I’ll go to the library and get some R. Strauss or something. Yeah. : )
