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een Grote Toekomst tegemoet

English translation: heading for a Grand Future

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Dutch term or phrase:	een Grote Toekomst tegemoet
English translation:	heading for a Grand Future
Entered by:	yieto

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20:23 Jul 28, 2008

Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

Dutch term or phrase: een Grote Toekomst tegemoet

Obviously this this phrase means basically "facing a Great Future" or "into a Grand Future" or something along those lines. What I'd like help with specifically is ideas on what the capital letters on "Grote Toekomst" are communicating and if this is possibly a pop culture reference? Also, is "Grand Future" the best way to translate it?

The context is in a novel. A girl is imagining how people say goodbye in old Hollywood movies where the star heads out to a waiting plane without looking back, "een Grote Toekomst tegemoet."

Thanks in advance for any help!

yieto

heading for a Grand Future

Explanation:
... thanks