15 Advanced German Phrases That Get Straight to the Poodle’s Core. 1. Des Pudels Kern. Literal translation: The poodle’s core. English idiom: The heart of the matter. We’re starting off ambitiously: a highly figurative phrase that was originally a quote from Goethe’s “Faust,” and it uses the genitive case to boot! The result is a diary-styled compilation of notes which leave it to the reader to draw conclusions about the real meaning of Goethe's opinions and statements. The English translation by John (The quote in German is found here.) “Every tradition now continually grows more venerable the farther away its origin lies and the more this origin is forgotten; the respect paid to it increases from generation to generation, the tradition at last becomes holy and evokes awe and reverence; and thus the morality of piety is in any event a 401 likesAll Members Who Liked This Quote. Arul. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — ‘Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.’. The great German poet of the eighteenth century, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe did consider Erwin von Steinbach, the German-born architect who designed and built the Gothic cathedral in Strasbourg, France, in his essay “On German Architecture” which is found in Essays on Art and Literature (1772). While Goethe’s poems on nature, romance Many translated example sentences containing "Goethe Zitat" – English-German dictionary and search engine for English translations. Shakespeare's work had begun to be translated into German in the 1740s, and had attained tremendous popularity and influence in Germany by the end of the century. A young Goethe had presided over and given a speech in celebration of Shakespeare's genius on October 14, 1771, in Frankfurt. A second simultaneous celebration was held in Strasbourg. One translation in 1784 contained the statement: “nothing which makes us happy is an illusion”. In 1868 Jules Verne used the French version of the quotation, « Rien de ce qui nous rend heureux n’est illusion », while crediting Goethe. Image Notes: “Portrait of the Young Goethe” by Angelica Kauffmann circa 1787. - Context often insufficient to properly decide (for a machine) which translation to select if a word has more than one meaning and the other language uses more than one word for it. ("brush" -> "Bürste" or "Pinsel"?) - Translation services giving zero pronunciation and grammar clues In the spirit of self motivation, here are 30 of the best inspirational quotes, sayings, and proverbs in German (with translations) to motivate you: 1. Bald reif hält nicht steif English equivalent: – Early ripe, early rotten – Precocious talent or premature succes is often shortlived. 2. Das Glück hilft dem Kühnen. Translation: Luck helps […] sDhL.