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Einwohner und ist damit die mit Abstand bevölkerungsreichste Stadt Deutschlands, größer als die Nummern zwei und drei zusammen. Der urbanisierte Raum reicht über die Berliner Landesgrenzen hinaus und umfasst etwa Millionen die Metropolregion. Bis Mitte des. Jahrhunderts war die Berliner Gegend nur spärlich bevölkert, der Dreißigjährige Krieg hatte die Bevölkerung noch einmal etwa halbiert. Doch nachdem Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm die Regierungsgeschäfte von seinem Vater übernommen hatte, holte er unter anderem viele Hugenotten aus Frankreich in die Region. So stieg die Bevölkerung von rund um auf rund. Die Bevölkerung wuchs nun stetig, so dass Berlin zur Großstadt und um zur Millionenstadt wurde.Die genaue geographische Lage des Berliner Rathauses: nördlicher Breite, östlicher Länge. Die Stadtgebietsfläche beträgt etwa. Brandenburg umgeben und liegt im Osten, etwa westlich der Grenze zu Polen. Die Stadt ist einer der Verdichtungsräume Deutschlands.Das historische Zentrum Berlins liegt an der schmalsten und damit verkehrsgünstigsten Stelle des Urstromtals, welches von der Spree in durchflossen wird. Im westlichsten Bezirk Spandau mündet die Spree in die Havel, die den durchfließt. Der Flusslauf der Havel, eigentlich eine Glaziale Rinne, ähnelt dabei oft einer Seenlandschaft, die größten ausbuchtungen bilden der Tegeler und der Große Wannsee. Wesentliche Gebiete des heutigen liegen außerhalb des Berliner urstromtales auf den beiden hochflächen und teltow, die nördlich und südlich an das Urstromtal angrenzen. Sie werden meist von Grundmoränen eingenommen. Der Bezirk Spandau liegt sowohl innerhalb des Berliner Urstromtals als auch auf der vor allem westlich von Berlin gelegenen Nauener Platte. :.

Answer 1

Inhabitant and is therewith the city of Germany population richest with distance, more largely than the numbers two and three together.  The urbanisierte room hands out country boundaries over the Berliners and comprises about million the Metropolregion.  Until middle the.  Century area was populated the Berliners only sparse, had halved the thirty-year war the population once again about.  Yet after elector had received Friedrich Wilhelm the government businesses of its father, he got among other things many Hugenotten from France into the region.  So the population of round climbed around on round.  The population grew steadily, so that Berlin to the metropolis and by to the city with more than a million inhabitants now became the exact geographic situation of the Berliner of city hall: northern width, eastern length.  The city zone area amounts to about.  Surround Brandenburg and lies in the East, about west of the boundary to Poland.  One of the areas of concentration of Germany is lies the city the historic center of Berlin at the narrowest and therewith traffic most favorable place of the glacial valley, which is flowed through by the Spree in.  In the most western district Spandau, the Spree flows into the Havel, that flows through that.  The river course of the Havel, actually a Glaziale groove, resembles form at the same time often a lake landscape, the largest ausbuchtungen the Tegeler and the large Wannsee.  Essential zones of the current lie outside of the Berliner of glacial valley on both hochflächen and teltow, that border north and south at the glacial valley.  They are taken in usually of Grundmoränen.  The district Spandau lies both within the Berliner of glacial valley and on the Nauener disk lain above all west by Berlin

Answer 2

The text you got here is cut together from the wikipedia article about Berlin. I managed to identify which parts and it was pretty obvious that very important information was missing. Your text hardly made any sense without it... Cutting out all the numbers in your text left it a wreck that even a paid pro wouldn't have been able to put together again without the missing parts.

As you just said you wanted and explanation I translated each sentence individually.

Asking questions is not necessary in this case I think... You'll get what the original text wanted to say by reading my translation.

The parts in [ ] are part of the missing information.

Those ( ) are infos I filled in.

[Berlin] is the city with the most inhabitants in Germany. It's got more inhabitants than they 2nd largest and 3rd largest city together (that's Hamburg and Munich by the way). The urban area reaches over the city limits (which are also state borders and called such in this text) and has [3.7] Million [inhabitants] (the metropolitan region of Berlin and Brandenburg has 4.4 Million). Till the mid [17th] century the Berlin region was only scarcely inhabited, the  Thirty Years' War reduced the population  by 50%.

After taking over the governmental business from his father [in 1640] Frederick William (Elector of Brandenburg) brought many Huguenots from France into the region (just for you to know: they were Protestant and they were persecuted in Catholic France. Frederick William couldn't care less about their denomination because they were highly educated.)

That way the population increased from about [6,000 in 1648] to about [57,000 in 1709]. The population steadily increased making Berlin a city [in 1740] and a "Millionenstadt" (City with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants) [in 1875].

The exact geographic location of the Berlin city hall:

[52° 31′ 6″] north, [13° 24′ 30″] east.

The area of the city is about [892 km²]. Berlin is totally enclosed by the state of Brandenburg and is located in the eastern parts of Germany, about [70] km away from the border to Poland. The city is one of the metropolitan areas in Germany.

The historical center of Berlin is located at a point in the valley that is favorable for transport within the "Urstromtal", through which the river spree runs. (East-West)

In the western district (Spandau) the river Spree flows into the river Havel (North-South).

The river Havel looks more than an accumulation of lakes with the main lakes being the "Tegeler See" and the "Große Wannsee"

Main parts of the city today are outside of the original valley on the two plateaus Barnim and Teltow, north and south of the valley.

The district of Spandau is partly within the valley and partly on the western plateau ("Nauener Platte").

@Alwin: How can you go ahead and say something about the text without realizing, that important information is missing, turning some of the sentences into nonsense? (Especially after me explaining that the text doesn't make too much sense in itself...)

@♥June Germain♥: You did translate the text... with the result that it makes about as much sense as the original...

@sandevyl: If the text cannot be translated by hand without the missing parts, how do you expect a machine to give you a good result with it...

Folks, if anyone wants to go ahead and do a second translation (after me doing it) that is half way understandable, why don't you compare the words to the German source here and take the sentences from there.... Then your text will make sense...

Berlin hat heute 3,4 Millionen Einwohner und ist damit die mit Abstand bevölkerungsreichste Stadt Deutschlands, größer als die Nummern zwei und drei (Hamburg und München) zusammen. Der urbanisierte Raum reicht über die Berliner Landesgrenzen hinaus und umfasst etwa 3,7 Millionen, die Metropolregion Berlin/Brandenburg über 4,4 Millionen Einwohner. Bis Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts war die Berliner Gegend nur spärlich bevölkert, der Dreißigjährige Krieg hatte die Bevölkerung Berlins noch einmal etwa halbiert. Doch nachdem Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm 1640 die Regierungsgeschäfte von seinem Vater übernommen hatte, holte er unter anderem viele Hugenotten aus Frankreich in die Region. So stieg die Bevölkerung von rund 6.000 um 1648 auf rund 57.000 im Jahre 1709. Die Bevölkerung wuchs nun stetig, so dass Berlin 1740 zur Großstadt und um 1875 zur Millionenstadt wurde.

Die genaue geographische Lage des Berliner Rathauses: 52° 31′ 6″ nördlicher Breite, 13° 24′ 30″ östlicher Länge. Die größte Ausdehnung in Ost-West-Richtung beträgt etwa 45 km, die größte Ausdehnung in Nord-Süd-Richtung etwa 38 km. Die Stadtgebietsfläche beträgt etwa 892 km². Berlin ist gänzlich vom Land Brandenburg umgeben und liegt im Osten Deutschlands, etwa 70 km westlich der Grenze zu Polen. Die Stadt ist einer der Verdichtungsräume Deutschlands.

Das historische Zentrum Berlins liegt an der schmalsten und damit verkehrsgünstigsten Stelle des Urstromtals, welches von der Spree in Ost-West-Richtung durchflossen wird. Im westlichsten Bezirk Spandau mündet die Spree in die Havel, die den Westen Berlins in Nord-Süd-Richtung durchfließt. Der Flusslauf der Havel, eigentlich eine Glaziale Rinne, ähnelt dabei oft einer Seenlandschaft, die größten Ausbuchtungen bilden der Tegeler See und der Große Wannsee.

Wesentliche Gebiete des heutigen Berlins liegen außerhalb des Berliner Urstromtales auf den beiden Hochflächen Barnim und Teltow, die nördlich und südlich an das Urstromtal angrenzen. Sie werden meist von Grundmoränen eingenommen. Der Bezirk Spandau liegt sowohl innerhalb des Berliner Urstromtals als auch auf der vor allem westlich von Berlin gelegenen Nauener Platte.

Answer 3

Inhabitant and is with it the town richest in population by far of Germany, greater than the numbers two and three together. The urbanized space stretches beyond the Berlin land borders and encloses about millions the Metropolregion. Till the middle. Of century the Berlin area was populated only meagerly, the Thirty Years' War had possibly halved the population once again. However, after elector Friedrich Wilhelm had taken over the government shops from his father, among the rest, he got many Huguenots from France in the region. Thus rose the population from all around on around. Now the population grew steadily, so that Berlin became the city and around to the million town. The precise geographic position of the Berlin city hall: latitude North, longitude east. The city surface amounts possibly. Brandenburg surround and lies in the east, possibly to the west of the border to Poland. The town is one of the urban agglomerations of Germany. The historical center of Berlin lies in schmalsten and with it the most traffic-favorable place of the Urstromtals which of the Spree in flowed through becomes. In the most western district Spandau the Spree flows into Havel which flows through him. Besides, the river run Havel, actually, a Glaziale channel, often resembles a lake scenery, biggest ausbuchtungen form the Tegeler and the big Wannsee. Essential areas of the today's one lie beyond the Berliner urstromtales on the both hochflächen and teltow which border to the north and to the south on the Urstromtal. They become most from Ground moraines taken. The district Spandau lies within the Berlin Urstromtals as well as on the Nauener situated above all to the west of Berlin record

Answer 4

Will I get a hundred US-dollars for it? No, sure I won't. You could even pay me with Paypal, but that won't help.

You know, the point is: That German text is so specific and uses such specific socio-geographical terms that any reasonable translator who's worth a dime would ask you the following questions:

- What's the intended audience?

- To which sources should I refer?

- Am I free to improve on it?

Without these questions answered, no answer is possible.

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I do go ahead with my answer, realizing that your knowledge about Berlin is restricted, as you skipped some very important information which IS in the Wikipedia.

Feel free to send me mail.