Re: GR translation: —What is it that flies? —Los!

[Mike Jing]

Weisenburger says in the Companion: In a figurative sense, the German "Los"
means "fate"; in a contrary and literal sense it means "free."  As
represented in GR, the V-2 flight profile embodies both.

There's also a reference to a poem by Andrei Voznesensky, "Ballad of the
Parabola".


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:06 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>wrote:

> I don't think Michael's suggestion is viable here. The exclamation
> mark makes it impossible.
>
> But as I don't have the Companion, could you tell me, what
> Weisenburger has there, Mike?
>
> 2013/10/17 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
> > Oh, didn't think of that.  Thanks.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Michael Bailey
> > <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> "Was ist los" is colloquialism for "what's up" so it isn't a big stretch
> >> to admit a bilingual joke,
> >> What is it that flies? - Up!
> >>
> >> http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/BBoardDisc.asp?Msg=45007
> >
> >
>
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