First (draft) version of

David Grove's Clean Language Questions Translated into German

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German

THE FULL SYNTAX

And [client's words = X]. And when [X] clean question?

 

DEVELOPING QUESTIONS

Identifying the attributes, qualities or characteristics (of a metaphor or symbol):

And ... is there anything else about [X]?

And ... what kind of [X] is that [X]?

Und ... ist da noch etwas über [X]?

Und ... was für ein/e [X] ist jener/e/s [X]?

Converting, or translating, to metaphor:

And ... that's [X] like what?

Und ... das ist ein/e [X] wie was?

Identifying a (symbol's) location:

And ... where is [X]?

And ... whereabouts [X] ?

Und ... wo ist [X]?

Und ... wo genau ist [X]?

MOVING TIME QUESTIONS

Forward in time:

And then what happens?

And what happens next?

Und was geschieht dann?

Und was geschieht als nächstes?

Back in time:

And what happens just before [X]?

And where could [X] come from?

Und ... was geschieht direkt be/vor [X]?

Und wo könnte [X] herkommen?

Translation by Sabine Grauel-Baumann with Philip Harland philipharland@blueyonder.co.uk

See also Clean Language Questions translated into Dutch, French, Italian with a note about the use of Clean Language in Hebrew.

If you can offer any alternative / improved translations, or translations into any other language, please email them to Philip Harland philipharland@blueyonder.co.uk


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