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Nur Reisen ist Leben, wie umgekehrt das Leben Reisen ist.

Englisch translation: The journey alone is living, much as life [itself] is a journey

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Deutsch Begriff oder Satz:Nur Reisen ist Leben, wie umgekehrt das Leben Reisen ist.
Englisch Übersetzung:The journey alone is living, much as life [itself] is a journey
Eingetragen von: Cynthia Göttle-Greenwood

17:56 Jun 1, 2010
Übersetzungen Deutsch > Englisch [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophie
Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: Nur Reisen ist Leben, wie umgekehrt das Leben Reisen ist.
A thought from Jean Paul.
Does anyone know of an official translation or a webside where I could find it?
Cynthia Göttle-Greenwood
Local time: 06:54
The journey alone is living, much as life [itself] is a journey
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My stab at it.

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Note added at 2 days15 hrs (2010-06-04 09:17:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Cynthia
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Helen Shiner
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 05:54
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Thanks Helen and everybody else for their comments. Confirms my thinking.
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4 +9The journey alone is living, much as life [itself] is a journey
Helen Shiner
2 +1Only travel is life, as life is travel
Jonathan MacKerron
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Johanna Timm, PhD

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20 Min.   Antwortsicherheit: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 Zustimmung (Netto): +1
Only travel is life, as life is travel


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a place to travel

Jonathan MacKerron
Muttersprache: Englisch
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Zustimmung  Bernhard Sulzer: or: only travelling is living, as living is travelling
3 Min.
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1 Stunde   Antwortsicherheit: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 Zustimmung (Netto): +9
The journey alone is living, much as life [itself] is a journey


Erklärung:
My stab at it.

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Note added at 2 days15 hrs (2010-06-04 09:17:35 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Cynthia

Helen Shiner
Vereinigtes Königreich
Local time: 05:54
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Muttersprache: Englisch
PRO-Punkte in Kategorie: 43
Grading comment
Thanks Helen and everybody else for their comments. Confirms my thinking.

Kommentare zu dieser Antwort (und Antworten vom Beantworter der Frage)
Zustimmung  Armorel Young: Yes, if we're talking about spiritual journeys rather than tourists flocking to Marbella, "journey" is a distinctly better word than "travel"
1 Stunde
  -> Thanks, Armorel - more fitting perhaps for a Romantic writer!
Zustimmung  Bernhard Sulzer: the spiritual way/path. / I find "living" very appropriate; it's movement in time.
2 Stunden
  -> Thanks, Bernhard
Zustimmung  Lancashireman: Or "Bon voyage - c'est la vie" as they say in France.
3 Stunden
  -> Evidement. Thanks, Andrew
Zustimmung  DFTS (X): I like it. I would however consider "The journey alone is life, much as life itself is a journey", because it is still correct in my ears to say that something is life like "that is the life", and using the same words conversely seems ideal if possible.
4 Stunden
  -> Thanks, Dave122, yes, that works just as well. Lacks a little in poetry without the juxtaposition of living and life, but since that is not there in the German ...
Zustimmung  Vera H.: I am with Dave122, it sounds smoother!
6 Stunden
  -> Thanks, Vera H
Zustimmung  British Diana: Disagree with the previous two peers - the juxtaposition of "living" and "life" is necessary and brillliant!
9 Stunden
  -> Thanks, British Diana - I prefer it that way, too.
Zustimmung  Rolf Keiser
11 Stunden
  -> Thanks, Goldcoaster
Zustimmung  Lirka: it sounds very well indeed, but I second Armorel's comment; it would not work as a tourist slogan...
15 Stunden
  -> Thanks, lirka, but since it is Jean Paul, it is unlikely to be a tourist slogan. I believe Armorel was supporting me in that!
Zustimmung  Reinhold Wehrmann
15 Stunden
  -> Thanks, Reinhold
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7 Stunden
Reference: Quelle

Reference information:
Das Zitat stammt übrigens aus Jean Pauls Roman "Das Kampaner Tal" (The Campanian Valley), 1797. Not sure if it's available in translation.

Johanna Timm, PhD
Kanada
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Fragesteller: Many thanks for the tip Joanna.

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