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und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten

English translation: the time has come

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German term or phrase:und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
English translation:the time has come
Entered by: Kim Metzger

16:29 Nov 7, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
Can anyone think of an elegant way of saying this?
Thank you
Simona de Logu
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:28
the time has come
Explanation:
and the time has come for those horrendous truths that mean war

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:28
Grading comment
Like this one the best as it's the most straight forward.
Thanks for the help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2when the knell tolls, harbinger of the gruesome truth: war is at hand
Connie Leipholz
3 +2the time has come
Kim Metzger
4and the time comes for those dreadful truths that mean war
Melanie Nassar
4and the moment comes when those truths that inevitably give place to war raise their ugly head
Robert Schlarb
3and the hour of those gruesome truths that signify war strikes
Dr. Fred Thomson


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
and the time comes for those dreadful truths that mean war


Explanation:
or, a bit less literal: and the day dawns on those dreadful truths that mean war

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 13:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
the time has come


Explanation:
and the time has come for those horrendous truths that mean war



Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100
Grading comment
Like this one the best as it's the most straight forward.
Thanks for the help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Renate FitzRoy
24 mins
agree  Annika Neudecker
2 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
when the knell tolls, harbinger of the gruesome truth: war is at hand


Explanation:
or something like that

Connie Leipholz
Canada
Local time: 06:28
Specializes in field

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fantutti (X): Great work! Remains true to the style of the source text! My compliments!
4 hrs
agree  Lys Nguyen
11 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
and the hour of those gruesome truths that signify war strikes


Explanation:
Just to get things rolling.

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Note added at 12 mins (2004-11-07 16:41:22 GMT)
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Insteda of gruesome: horrible or dreadful

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-11-07 16:42:28 GMT)
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Or: ghastly or awesome

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Note added at 15 mins (2004-11-07 16:44:31 GMT)
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Or: And the hour strikes whose dreadful/horrible/gruesome truths signify war
Or: signify that war is upon us.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
und die Stunde jener grauenhaften Wahrheiten schlägt, die Krieg bedeuten
and the moment comes when those truths that inevitably give place to war raise their ugly head


Explanation:
die text sounds archaic, you need to use some freedom in translating it in order to retain the original flavour

Robert Schlarb
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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