His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter...
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His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter, carefully wrapped in cellophane and sealed by a medical bandage.
I don't understand what knows schoolboy German means. Isn't this sentence correct without the "schoolboy"?
Re: His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter...
He knew the language at a beginners' level.
You could say basic German.
Rover
Re: His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter...
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Rover_KE 
He knew the language at a beginners' level.
You could say basic German.
Rover
:up: ... but maybe not even that much. 'Schoolboy ' is both basic, perhaps partially understood, learnt by rote, and long-forgotten.
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