Question for linguists

[ffutures]

Anyone able to translate this (allegedly Schiller) into English?

Noch niemand entfloh dem verhangten Geschick

I think it's some reasonably well-known quote, but unfortunately it isn't one I know and the automatic translators are as always useless.

later: Thanks, this will be added to the notes for the etext.

Comments

[sweetheartwhale.livejournal.com]

Gutenberg is totally wrong with that translation.

The line says: "No-one can escape the hand dealt by fate"

Trust me, I lived in Germany, studied in Germany, did my degree in German Literature, and am doing my MPhil in German Romanticism...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Since karohemd is German and works as a translator I'll go with his version.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I really like sweetheartwhale's translation of "the hand dealt by fate" but I still say it should be "has escaped" or even "escaped" (entfloh is past tense) but I'm unfamiliar with style elements of the relevant era so this could well be the intended meaning.
I'm a technical translator far from an expert in literature/poetry, never having studied it.

[sweetheartwhale.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with that - just don't go with Project Gutenberg's one!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I really like "the hand dealt by fate" but I'm unsure about the tense.