Typical German speaker mistakes in English (32)

I often hear these mistakes made by German speakers who are learning English.

They say:  Is this the actual presentation or the old one?

The problem here is the word actual.  It is a mistranslation of the German word ‘aktuell’.  What you mean to say is ‘current’.

Correction:  Is this the current presentation or the old one?

Alternatively we can say:

Is this the latest version of the presentation?

Is this the most up-to-date version of the presentation?

 

Have fun learning English!

Louise

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