Aber angeblich steht das da
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No, this is wrong. With extended context this might be what is meant, but literally the English translation added a lot.
Aber angeblich steht das da
But allegedly it says so. | But they claim it says so.
Note that "angeblich" is a much more common filler than the English "allegedly".
etwas steht da = something is written there, usually as instruction
When I read the sentence alone, there are two different meanings possible.
without context I read it like Kajjo.
In this case the verb is a separable verb "dastehen"= an dieser Stelle geschrieben stehen/geschrieben sein. ... allegedly it says so. Allegedly it is written there. As Kajjo explained.
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In case it is not a separable verb, we have "da stehen" to stand there. The thing is allegedly standing there.
In written form you cannot see a difference in the separated form in German language. Only context tells you what it means.
without context I read it like Kajjo.
In this case the verb is a separable verb "dastehen"= an dieser Stelle geschrieben stehen/geschrieben sein. ... allegedly it says so. Allegedly it is written there. As Kajjo explained.
...
In case it is not a separable verb, we have "da stehen" to stand there. The thing is allegedly standing there.
In written form you cannot see a difference in the separated form in German language. Only context tells you what it means.
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If I understand this correctly, the situation is that Obelix says that he doesn't want to buy a chariot, but someone saw it in his future after reading his palm. "Apparently it says here that I should" is a good idiomatic way of expressing that in English. It's not a close translation of the German, though.
If the German and English translations were made independently, from a French original, that could explain the difference in the phrasing.
If I understand this correctly, the situation is that Obelix says that he doesn't want to buy a chariot, but someone saw it in his future after reading his palm. "Apparently it says here that I should" is a good idiomatic way of expressing that in English. It's not a close translation of the German, though.
If the German and English translations were made independently, from a French original, that could explain the difference in the phrasing.