Dear Engin, there is no doubt that Jochen is a keen translator. And there is also a kinship relation between Germanic languages, namely English, German and dutch. Latin languages are different. Yet French is the most germanic of Latin language ( French coming from the North which originated from langue d'Oi which was how the french from the North said "yes" while the french from the south said 'oc', whence the country called Languedoc (langue d'Oc)). At the same time, English was very influenced by latin and for the discursive speach or writing, we can say that half of the English vocabulary comes from latin and old French. But for the colloquial and day to day language it is definitely more germanic in its vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. In German, because of Luther's fascination for latin (and french), he artificially imposed the latin system of declinations to German! And most of the german verbs ending in 'ieren' are direct transpositions of french verbs.

And, as Jochen said,"much depends on how "accommodating" the target language is to an English expression". What is meaningful in one idiomatic expression might be totally redundant when you try to translate it as the one I questioned Gloria about. This is the same with German idiomatic expressions. I think that a translator, from German to English, would have a real treat with those german idioms.

And to answer to your question about how to get the letter #3558? I guess it is the same way as how you got to #3553 unless you use a link different from the following: http://www.heavenletters.org/heavenletters-admin.html