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German translating help? - 03-22-2009, 06:22 PM

Me and my friends are doing a history project about the Berlin Wall. We are doing a visual novel game about the wall, and we´d need to translate our dialog for the game into German. So I´d really need some help from native speakers!

Here is the dialog, I really appreciate your help!

Today is the 10th of November..
It's the year 1989.
I´m in Berlin, my hometown.
My name is Heinrich Schmidt.
I´m a 20-year-old young man and I work at a café in the centre of Berlin.
Actually I´m on my way there right now.

It's a shame that I hate the road I have to take to get there.
No, I don´t mind the people, not the young ones nor the old ones.
Scents or noises aren't a bother either..
Otherwise I would be pretty satisfied with it, except for one little detail.
It's that damn wall.

The Berlin Wall has stood on that same place since the year 1961.
I was a little boy then, but I remember how my mom wept.
Her parents – my grandparents – were left on the other side.
I haven´t seen them since.
Actually, I don´t even know if they're alive.

Now do you understand why I hate that ugly wall?
It separates families and makes our beautiful city feel like a prison.

But still, every morning, thousands of people walk by, being able to do nothing.
We are powerless.
All we can do is get on with our lives and wait.
Wait for someone in an important political position to do something.
I´m afraid that our waiting will last forever.
But I mustn´t let my mind wander.
The traffic is busy here near the wall.
If I´m not careful, I might bump into someone.

F1: Hey! Watch out!
H: Sorry.
She looks like some kind of an activist.
The sign she´s carrying says ”Love and peace in west and east!”
Well, I know her kind.
F1: Why are you staring at me like that?
F1: Are you working for the government or something?

1* I snort and continue.
2* I shake my head and smile.

1*
I push myself past the activist.
I don´t have time for this.
I´m going to be late from work!
I leave the woman and her opinions to be and move on.


Could you be so kind and write the numbers with letters?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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