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175 months ago

Lilian M.Salih (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

pflügt das Meer

Context:

wer sich eine Revoultion vorschreibt, pflügt das Meer

Keywords:

a translation of the whole context

 

 

The answer of   See profile was rated best

All who have served the Revolution have plowed the sea OR Those who have served the cause of the revolution have plowed the sea.

My comment:

Those are Simon Bolivar's last words or last written statement.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simón_Bol%C3%ADvar

My references:

First option is a translation found in "Simón Bolívar : A Story of Courage" (1941) by Elizabeth Dey Jenkinson Waugh, p. 320;
Second one found in: "Man, State, and Society in Latin American History" (1972) by Sheldon B. Liss and Peggy K. Liss, p. 133