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Thanks, guys. Much appreciated... I had got the gist, but you have clarified and expanded upon the meaning for me! Many thanks. How is your German so good, btw? Are you Austrian?

yes, I am austrian. But Schiller is still quite hard to translate

not a problem missing my posts, just thought my linguistic value was being under-appreciated! lol well seeing as you asked my opinion hehe firstly my name is alexjoh1, not alek! secondly, if you check my signature, i would hardly call a grade B at AS a beginner's qualification! thirdly i spent so much time in portugal this summer working with portuguese natives that i would say my level in portuguese is higher that the level i am in french and spanish- sounds very odd considering they are the languages i'm studying on my degree programme!! hehe that was all in gest, i am perfectly happy with how you have set it out! just glad to help!

oh dear! no i was kidding! completely! i was being sarcastic!

i don't expect you to change it, i was being sarcastic with the firstly/secondly/thirdly, it seemed arrogant! but no worries, you didn't take it the wrong, i just forget some people don't get my sense of humour sometimes, but not a problem! forget i even said anything!

OK, es tut mir leid, dass dein PC abgestürzt ist. Hast du die Datei wieder heruntergeladen? (Haben sie... - formal)

just to let u know - i used "gecrasht" because imre wanted a translation from GERMAN to ENGLISH once, and it had the word "gecrasht" in it (written by the german person) so thats where i picked it up from. is this a real word? its probably one of them invented, colloquial term, right?
and yes, ur right about the "hast du, haben sie" thing!

well obiviously many young german speaking people like using english or at least genglish terms...

you can also use gedownloadet, no?

well you could but downgeloadet is better, or even better: heruntergeladen

Well, you can use them all