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German is easy, the small children in the age of about 1 already learn to speak German, and in the age of about 7 they learn reading and writing German.
Some of them even can write before: their mother's signature, for example.
WiLi
Yea, babelfish & company do quite well for SOME translation, but you wouldn't be distracted if they sometimes express the opposite, do you?
Anyway, if there is something difficult to understand, I am pretty sure here are a couple of Germans around who could help out.
Wissen ist Macht.
Weisst nichts? Macht nichts.