Translation of "Jahrhundertwerk" in English

Lektüren brings together substantial and surprising confrontations with a literary work of the century of modernity.

With his book "The Tin Drum", Grass created the work of a century, a milestone of German postwar literature.

This 'achievement of the century' is saving the fifteen EU finance ministers a cool EUR 18 billion over against the financial decisions reached in Berlin!

Whereas we have, over and over again, invented new and grand names for the enlargement of the European Union -'Europe's achievement of the century' and 'peace project for the continent' spring to mind - recent weeks have seen the addition of a new name for it: the 'enlargement savings bank'.

This Convention, the result of the conference, is intended as a comprehensively codified work to last a hundred years and, to a large extend, to replace the existing order going back to Hugo Grotius.

January will be the month of the Euro-cynics, and not only am I calling on the Commission to explain to us about matters on which there is still some delay, I am also calling on the media which should try not to focus on the negative aspects only after 1 January but to recognize that the work of a century is to be completed here, and that of course takes time.

Two single track tunnels, both 57 kilometers long, running between Bodio (Ticino) and Erstfeld (Uri) are at the heart of the New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA): the Swiss masterpiece of the century.

A masterpiece of the century in four ground-breaking choreographies: The original by Vaslav Nijinsky was deemed lost until it was reconstructed in 1987.

A radical book of its century – or at least one which understands its – still infant - century: catastrophes, bomb threats, Islamic fundamentalists, and in the midst of all that: people, always people, small and great, the whole sorry pile of us. Including the heroine of this book.

It was designed by the award-winning Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, who has created a one-of-a-kind work of breathtaking audacity.

But here it is, only on »Give Me Your Love«, an oeuvre of the century and a calling we have all followed or will follow thanks to this re-release.

The Prime Minister thanked cordially the generous donors and the partners like Walt-Galmarini and Prof. Speerli who enabled “Pro Bhutan” to complete this unique project, and the local staff of “Pro Bhutan” who, with the Bhutanese contractors, had worked so hard to finish the construction in time.

The Project Group "The New Apostolic faith", established expressly for this purpose, is working on the project at full speed, although admittedly, such a "work of the century" will take some time to complete.

Certainly, Zemeckis has not created a major work of the century, but a science fiction film blissfully standing out among your ordinary crash-boom-bang razzle-dazzle.

Jan Scholten has written an outstanding work of homeopathy, which will have a lasting impact on medicine, comparable to that of the Organon.

Brok continued: "Scare-mongering and the dissemination of incorrect and distorted facts in order to stir up people's emotions are completely inappropriate when seen in the context of the grand project of European unity.

These six dances form the final culmination of Bartók's "Mikrokosmos" (HN 1408-1410), that work of the century comprising over 150 pieces.