Abby Screenshot Reader and DeepL make your own parallel text

[mentecuerpo]

Parallel text is a great way to learn vocabulary.

Tools I use for creating short parallel text.

If I have PDF or a picture with text on my windows pc, I use "ABBYY Screenshotreader" to get a simple text.

I go to deepl and paste the text.


German text

1. Julia ist krank

Julia fühlt sich nicht gut. Sie hat Fieber und liegt im Bett. Ihre Mutter kommt aus der Arbeit.

Sie geht in das Zimmer ihrer Tochter und fragt : „Liebes, was hast du? Geht es dir nicht gut?“

Julia antwortet: „Nein, es geht mir nicht gut. Ich fühle mich schlecht.“

Die Mutter bringt ihre Tochter zum Arzt. In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin.

Die Arzthelferin nimmt die Versicherungskarte von Julia.

Dann nimmt sie Julias Patientendaten auf.

Sie sagt: „Bitte nehmen Sie im Wartezimmer Platz. Ich rufe Sie auf, wenn Sie dran sind.“

Nach einer Weile wird Julia aufgerufen. Die Arzthelferin begleitet sie ins Sprechzimmer.

Später kommt der Arzt rein und begrüßt sie lächelnd. Er untersucht Julia. Er berührt ihre Stirn. Julia hat Fieber. Er sagt: „Öffne deinen Mund und strecke deine Zunge aus.“

Nach der Untersuchung sagt er ihr: „Du bist erkältet. Ich verschreibe dir ein Rezept. Nimm dieses Medikament dreimal am Tag: morgens, mittags und abends.

“Julia und ihre Mutter bedanken sich beim Arzt und verabschieden sich.

Sie verlassen die Arztpraxis und gehen zur Apotheke.

Sie kaufen das Medikament und fahren zurück nach Hause.

Julia nimmt drei Tage lang die Tabletten ein. Danach ist sie wieder gesund.

Fragen

1 Was hat Julia für eine Krankheit?

2 Wohin bringt die Mutter ihre Tochter?

3 Wohin gehen Julia und ihre Mutter nach der Arztpraxis?


DeepL generated English text:

1. Julia is sick

Julia is not feeling well. She has a fever and is lying in bed. Her mother comes home from work.

She goes into her daughter's room and asks : "Dear, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"

Julia answers, "No, I am not well. I feel bad."

The mother takes her daughter to the doctor. At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets her.

The physician assistant takes Julia's insurance card.

Then she takes Julia's patient information.

She says, "Please take a seat in the waiting room. I will call you when it is your turn."

After a while, Julia is called. The physician's assistant escorts her to the consulting room.

Later, the doctor comes in and greets her with a smile. He examines Julia. He touches her forehead. Julia has a fever. He says, "Open your mouth and stick out your tongue."

After examining her, he tells her, "You have a cold. I'm going to write you a prescription. Take this medicine three times a day: morning, noon, and night.

" Julia and her mother thank the doctor and say goodbye.

They leave the doctor's office and go to the pharmacy.

They buy the medicine and drive back home.

Julia takes the tablets for three days. After that, she is well again.

Questions

1 What kind of illness does Julia have?

2 Where does the mother take her daughter?

3 Where do Julia and her mother go after the doctor's office?

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[mentecuerpo]

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[einzelne]

In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin — At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets her.

That's why I never trust AI translations for learning. They fail you all the time.

[Kraut]

In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin — At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets her.

That's why I never trust AI translations for learning. They fail you all the time.

If you think the word order is wrong, it isn't.

[Doitsujin]

If you think the word order is wrong, it isn't.

IMHO, "einzelne" probably expected the sentence to be translated as:

"At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets them [=mother & daughter]."

Even though the actual translation would also be acceptable if the mother had dropped off her daughter.

I'm pretty sure that native speakers wouldn't have used the simple present in most of the sentences, though, but the DeepL translation should be sufficient for vocabulary learning purposes.

[einzelne]

In the original, it's the mother who greets the assistant, not the reverse.

[Kraut]

In the original, it's the mother who greets the assistant, not the reverse.

That's what I thought you had in mind.

Here is a search that can illustrate the mistake:

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22in+d ... nt=gws-wiz


In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin: "sie" is accusative.

[Herodotean]

In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin — At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets her.

That's why I never trust AI translations for learning. They fail you all the time.

And here I thought you were going for the translation of Arzthelferin as "physician's assistant," which would mislead a native speaker of American English, at least: in the US, there are "physician assistants," who are not receptionists but healthcare providers in their own right.

[Nogon]

In the original, it's the mother who greets the assistant, not the reverse.

No. It's the assistant who does the greeting.
"Begrüßen" somehow implies that the one who does it, is at home, or so to say "owns" the place where they meet, while the other one is coming to that place.
There is also the expression "sich (gegenseitig) begrüßen". Both greet the other one, probably at a neutral place. You and your friend would "euch begrüßen", when meeting at a restaurant for example, or at work... Possibly even if you are visiting them at their place, but if only one person does the "begrüßen", it would be your friend if you are visiting them, and you would "begrüßen" them if they are visiting you.

[Kraut]

In der Praxis begrüßt sie eine Arzthelferin — At the doctor's office, a physician's assistant greets her.

That's why I never trust AI translations for learning. They fail you all the time.

And here I thought you were going for the translation of Arzthelferin as "physician's assistant," which would mislead a native speaker of American English, at least: in the US, there are "physician assistants," who are not receptionists but healthcare providers in their own right.

We also have "physician assistant" now, which might be the equivalent. They don't even seem to bother to find a German word for it.
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