English translation of "vibrait au rythme cadencé" - "his heart beating/his body moving in time with"

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162 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	vibrait au rythme cadencé
Context:	Le vieux chinois, patient en affaires, brocanteur passioné, vibrait au rythme cadencé de..
Keywords:	...ce vieux cadran...Referring to an antique clock, which was the dealer's favorite item.

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162 months ago

wrote:

living life

162 months ago

wrote:

lived to the rythm of...

My comment:

???

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162 months ago

wrote:

rhythm!

162 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

his heart beating/his body moving in time with

My comment:

[...the tick of the old clock]

From your context, it seems that the dealer is old and patient, an old man moving deliberately, his heart rate at a resting 60bpm, much as one would expect from the pendulum of the clock. One could say his heart was 'chiming' with the rhythm but that would overtranslate the clock metaphor, and resonating isn't quite right either. Nice imagery in the ST though...

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