Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Die Zukunft erkennt man nicht, man schafft sie.
English translation:
The future isn't something you recognize. You create it.
Added to glossary by
silvia glatzhofer
Apr 19, 2004 11:39
20 yrs ago
German term
Die Zukunft erkennt man nicht, man schafft sie.
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Kennt jemand die engl. Entsprechung für dieses Zitat von Stanislaw Brzozowski?
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | The future isn't something you recognize. You create it. |
Steffen Walter
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| 5 | The future isn't something you recognize. You create it. |
Inge Festesen (X)
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Proposed translations
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The future isn't something you recognize. You create it.
You don't recognize the future, you create it.
Das wären zwei Möglichkeiten lt. u.a. Quellen. Keine Gewähr dafür, ob eine dieser Varianten so etwas wie eine autorisierte Übersetzung ist.
Das wären zwei Möglichkeiten lt. u.a. Quellen. Keine Gewähr dafür, ob eine dieser Varianten so etwas wie eine autorisierte Übersetzung ist.
Reference:
http://www.pletschette.net/Expo2000-Planet-of-Vision.htm
http://www.uniquare.com/english/pdf/UNiQUARE_Corporate-Profile_e.pdf
Peer comment(s):
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David Moore (X)
: I'd take your first suggestion; it is far too good to be a CAT. The second looks like a paraphrase by a company CEO.
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I'd also prefer the first one. Question is, however, whether the relevant book by Brzozowski has been published in English (that edition would thus contain an official translation).
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Martina Keskintepe
: the first option sounds better
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| agree |
Robert Kleemaier
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke. "
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The future isn't something you recognize. You create it.
Found at google: Die Zukunft erkennt man nicht, man schafft sie. The future
isn't something you recognize. You create it. Stanislaw Brzozowski.
isn't something you recognize. You create it. Stanislaw Brzozowski.
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