A SOMETHING OVERTAKES THE MIND - WE DO NOT HEAR IT COMING
German translation: Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen
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| 10:54 Aug 12, 2008 |
| English to German translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / words I read in an installation | |||||||
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| 3 | Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen |
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| 2 | Was über unseren Horizont geht, nehmen wir nicht wahr |
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| a something overtakes the mind - we do not hear it coming Was über unseren Horizont geht, nehmen wir nicht wahr Explanation: Etwa wie "solange wir etwas nicht verstehen, scheint es Zauber/Magie zu sein". Technology sufficiently advanced will appear as magic to inhabitants of Sol III. |
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| a something overtakes the mind - we do not hear it coming Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen Explanation: Habe mir die Passagen angeschaut und denke, dass könnte passen. |
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| Reference Reference information: It's an Emily Dickinson fragment. See ref below. Reference: http://books.google.at/books?id=jT2d6_R9VFUC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA2... |
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