Eureka! Mir geht ein Licht auf!

Posted on 10/02/201713/02/2017 by Tobias M. Schiel

“A light dawns on me” is how we say eureka! in German.

I am happy to continue the “Worlds Within Words” series with a contribution for Thursday’s Special at Lost in Translation. Paula wished to see profiles – and I think based on her description and the etymology, these pictures can also be regarded as a mini study of the concept.

6 thoughts on “Eureka! Mir geht ein Licht auf!”

restlessjo 13/02/201722:33 Reply

Fantastic! That’s so clever! I love your mini guys 🙂 🙂
1. tms 14/02/201717:38
  
  I am glad you do. Thank you so much!
Bullyboy Shammypapa 10/02/201716:42 Reply

Awesome pics.
1. tms 10/02/201717:11
  
  Thank you!
Paula 10/02/201713:11 Reply

:O Wonderful! Really is! The composition in the second one is fantastic. Does your German expression literary translates as “A light goes to me”? And thank you, Tobias. I love your creativity and outburst of ideas.
1. tms 10/02/201717:10
  
  Thank you Paula! This, coming from you, means a lot to me. About our complicated language: Mir geht ein Licht auf literally means “A light goes up for me” which I think is not really English, hence my attempt to translate it into “dawns on me” [i.e., like he sun], dawn being Sonnenaufgang.