English translation of "la excitación se adueñó de" - "the eleven were overcome with emotion."

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169 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	la excitación se adueñó de
Context:	En efecto, la aflicción dejaba paso a la rebelión del alma. Con lágrimas en los ojos, la..
Keywords:	...excitación se adueño de los once. Todos proclamamos la determinación de morir por el Señor, arrastrados por el sentimiento y la desperación...The feelings of the remaining 11 disciples at the time of the Last Supper. I'm not happy with the literal translation of this phrase.

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169 months ago

P Diane wrote:

the eleven were overcome with emotion.

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169 months ago

P Diane wrote:

the excitement (the painful feeling) overcame the eleven ones

169 months ago

María P. Álvarez wrote:

... excitement took hold of the eleven...

My comment:

"Excitación" is a positive emotion, later described as 'euphoria'...

My references:

Los Huesos de La Noche - "... Jesús esperó el paso de la euforia..."

169 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

anxiety took over

169 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández wrote:

agitation

My comment:

With tears in their eyes, agitation took over the eleven. (I agree, literal is not a nice translation.)

How about changing the order?

Agitation, with tears in their eyes, took over the eleven of them.

I hope it helps.

My references:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitation

169 months ago

LOGOS TRANSLATIONS wrote:

excitement overcome them

My comment:

or took hold of them

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169 months ago

wrote:

Ýes, but I would restructure: the eleven were overcome with excitement. English tends to avoid abstract nouns like this except in certain situations...

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