English translation of "un diabólico incipiente" - "devilish premises"

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59 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	un diabólico incipiente
Context:	Pasado su primer aturdimiento, las notas musicales de la orquesta empezaban a tener más sentido en sus oídos, las cadencias del baile más atracción misteriosa, la estrechez del redondel más discretas proporciones, y las apreturas de las parejas, un diabólico incipiente que le dejaban a una más bien con ganas de estarse queda, que no de moverse.

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59 months ago

wrote:

devilish premises

My comment:

A hellish time in the offing / devilish premises

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59 months ago

wrote:

I changed my mind about the translation. In the Spanissh phrase there is the idea of a growing ( incipiente) temptation as is she were possed (by the devil). LIKE A DEVIL BEGINNING TO POSSESS HER would perhaps suit better.

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59 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

an inchoate diabolical incident

59 months ago

CMD wrote:

an infernal prelude

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59 months ago

wrote:

I think your translation of "incipiente" by "prelude" matches the musical context and is better than mine. Talking of music, she must be on the highway to hell!!!

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