ROLF - FYI, Google translate does a pretty good job (much better than the ol' "Bablefish", which wasn't too bad...sometimes).
And BTW, from what I've seen, you're doing very well. Not that my opinion matters, since I only had 1 year of German back (*mumbles and counts on fingers and toes...*) 20 years ago in college. (Great! Now I've gone and dated myself...)