Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Sturm und Drang
English translation:
trials and tribulations
Added to glossary by
Arthur Godinho
Jan 9, 2008 14:41
16 yrs ago
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German term
Sturm und Drang
German to English
Science
Astronomy & Space
This quick tour of the lives and death of stars leaves out the details of battle, the "Sturm und Drang" of daily stellar life.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | trials and tribulations | Susan Zimmer |
4 +1 | Storm and Stress | Kim Metzger |
4 | "Sturm und Drang" | Tilman Lichter |
Change log
Jan 9, 2008 15:11: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
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trials and tribulations
I'm not sure I'd use the literal translation in this case. Although originally used for the literary movement, this term has since then taken on a life of its own, I believe.
I'd suggest something like "trials and tribulations" or "struggles and trials" in this case...
I'd suggest something like "trials and tribulations" or "struggles and trials" in this case...
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Storm and Stress
If one is referring to the German literary movement, the phrase would not be translated, but in other other contexts, Storm and Stress would be OK.
Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be storm and urge, storm and longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in response to the confines of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated aesthetic movements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_und_Drang
Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be storm and urge, storm and longing, or storm and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in response to the confines of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated aesthetic movements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturm_und_Drang
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Ken Cox
: it could be paraphrased as 'turbulent activities and powerful driving forces' in this context
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neutral |
Gauri Shringarpure
: In fact the literary movement is often translated as "Storm and Stress". But since this one doesn't refer to the movement, IMO it should either be left untranslated, or be translated as an entirely different and suitable idiomatic English expression.
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"Sturm und Drang"
This is about astronomy. Therefore I believe you have to leave the quote in the original and in quotation marks. Any translation would skew the meaning strangely.
Note from asker:
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Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Ken Cox
: I imagine the asker needs to understand the meaning of the expression, aside from any need or desire to translate it
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neutral |
vic voskuil
: and why nót translate it for astronomy...?
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