yerzhan Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Dears, could you please help me in translation of some pieces of Die Springwurzel of Grimm brothers. Could not find any trace of proper translation of these texts. For example: Die Springwurzel erhält man dadurch, daß man einem Grünspecht (Elster oder Wiedehopf) sein Nest mit einem Holz zukeilt; der Vogel, wie er das bemerkt, fliegt alsbald fort und weiß die wunderbare Wurzel zu finden, die ein Mensch noch immer vergeblich gesucht hat. Er bringt sie im Schnabel und will sein Nest damit wieder öffnen; denn hält er sie vor den Holzkeil, so springt er heraus, wie vom stärksten Schlag getrieben. The point is, I would like to grasp the logic here. Separate words and some parts are comprehended, but in general, what is this about, it is not clear. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 On 3/6/2017 at 12:13 PM, yerzhan said: Dears, could you please help me in translation of some pieces of Die Springwurzel of Grimm brothers. Could not find any trace of proper translation of these texts. For example: Die Springwurzel erhält man dadurch, daß man einem Grünspecht (Elster oder Wiedehopf) sein Nest mit einem Holz zukeilt; der Vogel, wie er das bemerkt, fliegt alsbald fort und weiß die wunderbare Wurzel zu finden, die ein Mensch noch immer vergeblich gesucht hat. Er bringt sie im Schnabel und will sein Nest damit wieder öffnen; denn hält er sie vor den Holzkeil, so springt er heraus, wie vom stärksten Schlag getrieben. The point is, I would like to grasp the logic here. Separate words and some parts are comprehended, but in general, what is this about, it is not clear. Thanks in advance. Expand hmm, pretty difficult text, there. I could probably help you, but not without doing some research on the text (topic). If I will find some time, I will comment on this. best, Lingua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzhan Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 On 3/7/2017 at 5:58 PM, linguaholic said: hmm, pretty difficult text, there. I could probably help you, but not without doing some research on the text (topic). If I will find some time, I will comment on this. best, Lingua Expand Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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