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61 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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61 months ago

MatthewHallisy   wrote:

"with too much anticipation than she can handle"

My comment:

She is so excited about getting to her first day on the job that any traffic delay whatsoever is making her nervous she might be late and make a bad impression.

61 months ago

MatthewHallisy   wrote:

the knot is my stomach is killing me

My comment:

stomach rather than bowels sounds more English here.
"killing me", a reference to "my girdle is killing me"!!!
By the way, did you know that the French word "tourneboulé" originally means with the bowels turned up. It would have been a better translation for the cartoon "Upside Down" than "Vice Versa".

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61 months ago

   wrote:

The Knot in. Sorry for the typo

61 months ago

   wrote:

Other translation: the knot in my stomach is too / exceedingly peppy

61 months ago

CMD   wrote:

with vim and vigor

My comment:

(to feel the inner suddenly knotted up) with vim and vigor:
for she is on edge and high-spirited but also skittish and feels her inner totally cramped

NB: entrain = "sens très positif"
1. animation et vivacité (dans les actes + les paroles), 2. vivacité + bonne humeur communicatives

61 months ago

martynback   wrote:

My stomach was in knots.

My comment:

Don't try to translate it too literally.

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61 months ago

   wrote:

Actually, the working translation I came up with before entering this question is "my stomach is ALL in a knot". I think it's important to express just how uncomfortable the protagonist's anxiety is.

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61 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle   wrote:

enthuiastically or engertically

My comment:

It means with high enthusiasm or energy