Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Die Lebensuhr
English translation:
The Sands of Time
Added to glossary by
silfilla
Apr 28, 2005 01:06
19 yrs ago
German term
Lebensuhr
German to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
Die Lebensuhr des Gottlieb Grambauer von Ehm Welk
still translating the literature citations and looking for a suitable rendition of this one.
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Gottlieb Grambauer's Wheel of Life |
silfilla
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| 3 | life clock |
Inese Poga-Smith
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Proposed translations
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Gottlieb Grambauer's Wheel of Life
by Ehm Welk
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-04-28 01:34:33 GMT)
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or:
The Hour Glass of Gottlieb Grambauer
BTW, the books\' full title is:
Die Lebensuhr des Gottlieb Grambauer: Beichte eines einfaeltigen Herzens
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Note added at 32 mins (2005-04-28 01:38:32 GMT)
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or how about:
*Gottlieb Grambauer and the Sands of Time*
This might fit, given the following description of the book:
Gottlieb Grambauer, 90 Jahre alt und mutiger Anwalt der Dorf-Armen von Kummerow, erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens seit der 48er Revolution. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen, wird das kleine pommersche Dorf ihm und den anderen Heiden von Kummerow zur Zuflucht
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3356003704/qid=1114650...
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-04-28 01:41:51 GMT)
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or how about:
*Gottlieb Grambauer and the Sands of Time*
This might fit, given the following description of the book:
Gottlieb Grambauer, 90 Jahre alt und mutiger Anwalt der Dorf-Armen von Kummerow, erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens seit der 48er Revolution. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen, wird das kleine pommersche Dorf ihm und den anderen Heiden von Kummerow zur Zuflucht
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3356003704/qid=1114650...
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Note added at 37 mins (2005-04-28 01:43:43 GMT)
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Sorry about the duplicate entry! Something seems to be wrong with the software; I wasn\'t even at my desk (I\'ve already sent an e-mail to tech support)
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-04-28 01:34:33 GMT)
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or:
The Hour Glass of Gottlieb Grambauer
BTW, the books\' full title is:
Die Lebensuhr des Gottlieb Grambauer: Beichte eines einfaeltigen Herzens
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Note added at 32 mins (2005-04-28 01:38:32 GMT)
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or how about:
*Gottlieb Grambauer and the Sands of Time*
This might fit, given the following description of the book:
Gottlieb Grambauer, 90 Jahre alt und mutiger Anwalt der Dorf-Armen von Kummerow, erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens seit der 48er Revolution. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen, wird das kleine pommersche Dorf ihm und den anderen Heiden von Kummerow zur Zuflucht
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3356003704/qid=1114650...
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-04-28 01:41:51 GMT)
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or how about:
*Gottlieb Grambauer and the Sands of Time*
This might fit, given the following description of the book:
Gottlieb Grambauer, 90 Jahre alt und mutiger Anwalt der Dorf-Armen von Kummerow, erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens seit der 48er Revolution. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen, wird das kleine pommersche Dorf ihm und den anderen Heiden von Kummerow zur Zuflucht
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3356003704/qid=1114650...
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Note added at 37 mins (2005-04-28 01:43:43 GMT)
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Sorry about the duplicate entry! Something seems to be wrong with the software; I wasn\'t even at my desk (I\'ve already sent an e-mail to tech support)
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Comment: "thanks, Silfilla, I like the Sands of Time option"
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Inese Poga-Smith
Canada
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Native in: Latvian
Works in: Latvian to English, English to Latvian, German to Latvian
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life clock
How about the simplest expression? I found different interesting texts about just life/death clock. As they nowadays really exist, those life/death clocks, and they are intended to remind everybody how short the human life is.
Isn't that exciting? I mean the next paragraph.
First, the clock: The Sharper Image Catalog is offering a Personal Life Clock. It counts down what's left of your statistical average lifetime. That comes to 683,280 hours. The clock diplays the remainder to the nearest minutes and seconds. Meanwhile, inspirational messages pop up to spur you on. The thing reminds me of a Colonial American hymn I once heard:
Thy precious time misspent, Redeem,
Each present day thy last esteem.
Isn't that exciting? I mean the next paragraph.
First, the clock: The Sharper Image Catalog is offering a Personal Life Clock. It counts down what's left of your statistical average lifetime. That comes to 683,280 hours. The clock diplays the remainder to the nearest minutes and seconds. Meanwhile, inspirational messages pop up to spur you on. The thing reminds me of a Colonial American hymn I once heard:
Thy precious time misspent, Redeem,
Each present day thy last esteem.
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