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The Gift for Languages

The Gift for Languages

Heaven – with a Capital H or a Small h

Some of the translators asserted that in French the word Heaven (Ciel)
is wrongly spelt if written with the initial letter capitalised. They defend-
ed this opinion relentlessly and put forward as an argument a theory
allegedly taught at one of the most well-known colleges of France, the
Sorbonne in Paris. The Sword-Bishop, however, not speaking any
French, declared: „GOD told me that it can and should be written with
a capital!“

We looked into the matter and were given through a graduate with best
qualifications at the St. Gallen School of Interpreting and Commerce
the following answer from a language teacher, who had recently stud-
ied at the Sorbonne in Paris: „There are two different meanings for
heaven: if it is written with a small letter, the sky is meant; if it is written
with a capital, then is meant the place where the sweet little Angels
dwell.“
M. P. Ä., Sr. L. G., G. P. (Archive No. 22)

We Were Looking in Vain for a French Word

While I was on the road as an interpreter with the Sword-Bishop, there
were times when a certain word would not occur to me, which he, how-
ever, told me in French although he does not speak the language.
When we wanted to be registered in France as a church, we were two
interpreters and both, as well as the French office workers, were, for
lack of a dictionary, looking frantically for the word „Vereinigung“.
When the Sword-Bishop had lost patience with the long wait, he
named the appropriate word: association. We were flabbergasted. –
Such siuations were many!
M. P. Ä. (Archive No. 23)

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