{"id":6163,"date":"2015-03-25T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2015-03-25T19:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T19:10:33","slug":"communication-difficulties-der-tatortreiniger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/communication-difficulties-der-tatortreiniger\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication difficulties: Der Tatortreiniger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communication difficulties can arise whenever two people are engaged in a conversation. This also applies to the episode “Nicht \u00fcber mein Sofa” (Not over my sofa) of the German comedy TV series Der Tatortreiniger<\/span><\/em> (The Crime Scene Cleaner). Fortunately, the two interlocutors overcome\u00a0their communication problems and Frau Hellenkamp\u00a0finally opens the door for Schotty to let him clean up the\u00a0crime scene in her mansion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Admittedly, the title Der Tatortreiniger might lead to the assumption that the TV series is gloomy and gory. Of course, you can see theatrical blood every now and then but the murders themselves\u00a0play only a minor role in Der Tatortreiniger. The focus is rather on the conversations between the crime scene cleaner Heiko “Schotty” Schotte (Bjarne M\u00e4del) and a bereaved person.<\/p>\n

While cleaning a crime scene Schotty (pronounced: Shotty) always learns something about the relationship between a dependant and the murder victim. In turn,\u00a0Schotty’s job also becomes a conversational topic\u00a0on every crime scene. But you better do not call Schotty an ordinary cleaner!\u00a0Tatortreinigung<\/em><\/span> (crime scene clean-up) is a specialised field in cleaning and Schotty had to complete an additional training for that. Every time Schotty is assumed to be an ordinary building cleaner he makes clear:\u00a0“Meine Arbeit\u00a0f\u00e4ngt da an, wo andere sich vor Entsetzen \u00fcbergeben!” (lit. My work\u00a0beginns at the point\u00a0where others do throw up because of horror!).<\/p>\n

Let’s get to know Schotty and listen to a slight North German dialect. Below you find the German transcription and the English translation.<\/p>\n

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