große Sprünge machen

15:49 Aug 17, 2008 

"He said that wanted to make yet another round of drastic
life changes, which he ended up not doing--and it's
probably a good thing for us that it turned out that way."
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That translation was proposed to me by a non ProZ-er, and I think it's the best. It carries within it the idea of "leaps" as well as the possibility (although not explicit) of a financial dimension. I think ksm71's answer comes the closest to this meaning. So while I'm closing the question without "grading" and "points," I thank you all for your input, without which I would not have been able to be confident that this answer is the best for the context.

21:01 Aug 15, 2008 

I am still not sure which to choose. I am going to try to contact the person who gave this lecture and see what she thinks.

15:59 Aug 14, 2008 

able to spend (a lot of money) - what makes you think that Schiller looked for a new start for his creative work? When did he write/say this? Or who wrote/said this about him?

15:58 Aug 14, 2008 

The problem with "great leaps" is the rest of the sentence: "was er dann aber nicht gemacht hat." Of course, remaining in Germany, he did make wonderful "great leaps" in his creative work. That's the dilemma I have in the translation.

15:58 Aug 14, 2008 

Please don't use quotation marks, or at least remove them for the glossary entry, otherwise the expression will never be found again. I don't quite get the idea due to lack of context (original text). "Große Sprünge machen können" generally means to be

15:52 Aug 14, 2008 

Du bist hier genau auf der richtigen Fährte, Susan. Zumal der Originaltext ja auch nicht sehr förmlich klingt.