Below are twenty short German sentences of the kind people actually write in forums and chats. Every one of them contains a word that an English speaker will think they already understand.
I am going to read your answer out on camera next to other models' answers. What I need from you is not a translation — it is the thing that goes wrong when an English speaker translates it themselves.
Twenty in, twenty out, in the order given. Echo each id back exactly as written.
Echo the sentence into orig, character for character.
en is what a German reader understands, in natural English. Translate the marked word into what it actually means, not into the English word it resembles. If you leave an English-looking word standing in your en, you are asserting that an English reader will take it correctly — so only do that when it is true.
gets_lost carries the answer, and it has two jobs.
"" only if the sentence genuinely holds nothing beyond its words. Not every sentence here is a trap — some are exactly what they look like, and saying so is a correct answer. Padding an ordinary row is a worse mistake than leaving it empty.
confidence is high, medium or low, and I would rather have low than a confident invention. A wrong gets_lost marked high is the worst answer available here.
Do not invent. If you do not know a word, say so rather than deriving a plausible story from its parts.
Raw JSON, nothing else — no markdown fence, no preamble, no commentary afterwards. Exactly this shape:
{
"rows": [
{ "id": "...", "orig": "...", "en": "...", "gets_lost": "", "confidence": "high" }
]
}
Keep the keys in that order.
Each entry is an id line, then the sentence verbatim on the next line.
[1] id=HB01 Wir machen am Sonntag Public Viewing im Park, bringt Decken mit.
[2] id=HB02 Mein Rechner ist gestern abgestürzt, jetzt läuft er wieder.
[3] id=HB03 Ich tipp das schnell auf dem Klapprechner, Moment.
[4] id=HB04 Hab mir 'nen neuen Body Bag gekauft, passt perfekt aufs Rad.
[5] id=HB05 Mein Handy ist schon wieder leer, ich ruf dich später an.
[6] id=HB06 Hab ich im Weltnetz gelesen, steht da alles schwarz auf weiß.
[7] id=HB07 Bitte wenden Sie sich an den Fernsprecher im Erdgeschoss.
[8] id=HB08 Nach dem Shooting waren wir noch alle zusammen essen.
[9] id=HB09 Steht doch alles im Gesichtsbuch, guck da mal rein.
[10] id=HB10 Der Beamer im Konferenzraum ist schon wieder kaputt.
[11] id=HB11 Beim Treffen standen lauter Oldtimer auf dem Parkplatz.
[12] id=HB12 Er sitzt den ganzen Tag am Datensichtgerät.
[13] id=HB13 Zur Hochzeit geh ich im Smoking, das ist Vorschrift.
[14] id=HB14 Das hab ich neulich im Zwischennetz aufgeschnappt, haha.
[15] id=HB15 Sie hat wegen Mobbing im Büro gekündigt.
[16] id=HB16 Ich hab noch schnell ein Selbstlichtbildnis vor dem Dom gemacht.
[17] id=HB17 In der Kneipe steht noch ein alter Flipper.
[18] id=HB18 Ich bin diese Woche im Homeoffice, ruf mich da an.
[19] id=HB19 Sie hat sich ein neues Peeling für das Gesicht gekauft.
[20] id=HB20 Wir haben morgen früh ein Meeting mit dem Team.
{ "rows": [ { "id": "HB01", "orig": "Wir machen am Sonntag Public Viewing im Park, bringt Decken mit.", "en": "We're having a public screening in the park on Sunday, bring blankets.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Public Viewing' as a dignified public viewing of a coffin or body. In German it is a loan phrase for a public live screening of a sports match or event. The writer is using an English term that German event culture adopted for big shared viewings, not a funeral.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB02", "orig": "Mein Rechner ist gestern abgestürzt, jetzt läuft er wieder.", "en": "My computer crashed yesterday, now it's running again.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker sees 'abgestürzt' and thinks of a plane or person falling/crashing fatally. In German 'der Rechner stürzt ab' just means the computer crashed. The writer is using ordinary tech language, nothing dramatic.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB03", "orig": "Ich tipp das schnell auf dem Klapprechner, Moment.", "en": "I'll type this quickly on the laptop, hang on.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Klapprechner' as something that folds or claps. It's just a laptop — a computer that folds shut. The writer is using a plain descriptive German word, not a trap.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB04", "orig": "Hab mir 'nen neuen Body Bag gekauft, passt perfekt aufs Rad.", "en": "I bought myself a new bike bag, it fits the bike perfectly.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Body Bag' and thinks of a bag for a dead body. In German 'Bodybag' is a backpack worn on the back, or here a bike bag. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for a close-fitting backpack-style bag, not a funeral item.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB05", "orig": "Mein Handy ist schon wieder leer, ich ruf dich später an.", "en": "My phone is empty again, I'll call you later.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker sees 'Handy' and thinks it's a hand-held thing or something handy. It's just a mobile phone — a German word that sounds English but isn't. The writer is using ordinary everyday German for a cell phone.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB06", "orig": "Hab ich im Weltnetz gelesen, steht da alles schwarz auf weiß.", "en": "I read it on the World Wide Web, it's all there in black and white.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Weltnetz' as a world net or network of the world. It's just the German word for the internet/web. The writer is using a slightly old-fashioned or formal German term for the internet, not a trap.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB07", "orig": "Bitte wenden Sie sich an den Fernsprecher im Erdgeschoss.", "en": "Please contact the telephone in the ground floor.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Fernsprecher' as a far-seeing speaker or something remote. It's just an old-fashioned German word for a telephone. The writer is using dated officialese — a German reader immediately senses this is older or bureaucratic language, not modern 'Telefon'.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB08", "orig": "Nach dem Shooting waren wir noch alle zusammen essen.", "en": "After the shoot we were all still eating together.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Shooting' and thinks of a gun shooting or a violent incident. In German 'das Shooting' is a photo or film shoot. The writer is using a borrowed English term for a photography/film session, not a violent event.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB09", "orig": "Steht doch alles im Gesichtsbuch, guck da mal rein.", "en": "It's all in the face book, take a look.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Gesichtsbuch' as a book of faces. It's a German joke-translation of 'Facebook' — Germans sometimes call it that. The writer is making a playful, slightly mocking joke on purpose, and a German reader recognizes the deliberate calque.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB10", "orig": "Der Beamer im Konferenzraum ist schon wieder kaputt.", "en": "The projector in the conference room is broken again.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Beamer' and thinks of a BMW or a person who beams. It's just a projector — a German loanword from English 'beamer' used for a video projector. The writer is using common everyday German tech slang, not a trap.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB11", "orig": "Beim Treffen standen lauter Oldtimer auf dem Parkplatz.", "en": "At the meeting there were only classic cars in the parking lot.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Oldtimer' and thinks of an old person. In German 'Oldtimer' is a classic vintage car. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for old cars, not elderly people.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB12", "orig": "Er sitzt den ganzen Tag am Datensichtgerät.", "en": "He sits at the data viewing device all day.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Datensichtgerät' and is baffled. It's a deliberately clunky German compound for a screen/monitor — the kind of word a German reader recognizes as either a joke, a deliberately technical/avoidant phrasing, or someone who doesn't want to say 'Bildschirm' or 'Monitor'. It signals a certain pedantic or playful tone.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "id": "HB13", "orig": "Zur Hochzeit geh ich im Smoking, das ist Vorschrift.", "en": "For the wedding I'm wearing a tuxedo, that's the dress code.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Smoking' and thinks of inhaling smoke. In German 'das Smoking' is a tuxedo/dinner jacket. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for formal evening wear, not smoking. 'Vorschrift' here means it's required by the dress code.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB14", "orig": "Das hab ich neulich im Zwischennetz aufgeschnappt, haha.", "en": "I picked that up recently on the inter-network, haha.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Zwischennetz' as an inter-network or between-network. It's a joking German coinage for the internet — the kind of word a German reader recognizes as a deliberate, playful made-up term, not a standard word. The writer is making a joke.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "id": "HB15", "orig": "Sie hat wegen Mobbing im Büro gekündigt.", "en": "She quit because of bullying in the office.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Mobbing' and thinks of a group of moose or something mobbable. In German 'Mobbing' is workplace or social bullying. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for bullying, not the English 'mobbing' as a mob action.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB16", "orig": "Ich hab noch schnell ein Selbstlichtbildnis vor dem Dom gemacht.", "en": "I quickly took a self-photograph in front of the cathedral.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Selbstlichtbildnis' and is baffled. It's a deliberately constructed German compound for a selfie — 'self-light-picture-portrait'. A German reader recognizes this as a playful, pedantic, or joking circumlocution for 'Selbstbildnis' or 'Selfie', not a standard word.", "confidence": "medium" }, { "id": "HB17", "orig": "In der Kneipe steht noch ein alter Flipper.", "en": "In the pub there's still an old pinball machine.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Flipper' and thinks of a dolphin or a flipper shoe. In German 'Flipper' is a pinball machine. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for pinball, not a marine animal.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB18", "orig": "Ich bin diese Woche im Homeoffice, ruf mich da an.", "en": "I'm in the home office this week, call me there.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Homeoffice' and thinks of a physical office building called Home Office. In German 'Homeoffice' means working from home. The writer is using a borrowed English term that Germans adopted for remote work, not a place called Home Office.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB19", "orig": "Sie hat sich ein neues Peeling für das Gesicht gekauft.", "en": "She bought herself a new peel for her face.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Peeling' and thinks of the act of peeling something. In German 'das Peeling' is a facial peel or exfoliating treatment. The writer is using a borrowed English word that Germans use for a cosmetic peel, not the verb.", "confidence": "high" }, { "id": "HB20", "orig": "Wir haben morgen früh ein Meeting mit dem Team.", "en": "We have a meeting with the team tomorrow morning.", "gets_lost": "An English speaker reads 'Meeting' and thinks it's just an English word used in German. It is — 'Meeting' is a standard borrowed word in German for a meeting, and here it means exactly what it says. Nothing is lost; the writer is using ordinary German business language that happens to be an English loanword.", "confidence": "high" } ] }