English translation: Quickly responding to stimulation, over-excited
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07:41 Jul 9, 2010
English to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / literature
English term or phrase:hyper-preparedness, or haywire, or hairtrigger
I'm translating "BODY ARTIST" and I wonder what the mean of the sentence like this: " She had a hyper-preparedness, or haywire, or hairtrigger, and Rey was always saying, or said once, and she carried a voice in her head that was hers and it was dialogue or monologue and she went t the cabinet where she got the honey and the tea bags----a voice that flowed from a story in the paper."
What is "hyper-preparedness, or haywire, or hairtrigger"?
Explanation: Hyper-preparedness: She was always alert, ready to jump up if the situation calls for her. "Hyper" indicates that it was an exaggerated feature in her personality, almost as if she was constantly sitting at the edge of her seat in case she was needed.
And hairtrigger - which again is about the same idea as "hyper-preparedness":
Responding to the slightest provocation or stimulation: a hair-trigger temper; a hair-trigger reaction. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hair-trigger
It should be mentioned, however, that when someone says in English that another person has a short fuse they are saying that the person loses patience easily or can get angry very quickly. I don't think the description in the text is about losing patience or getting angry.
(To be specific, people in the profession use "fuse" for devices that are lit with a match. "Fuze" is reserved for devices with electrical or mechanical ignition. But in general use, the two are interchangeable.)
A very sensitive trigger (of a fire arm) - can be pulled with a human hair (a normal trigger needs a few kilograms of force for same. See also *short fuze* (not fuse) - fuze is the delay element of an explosive device (lit with a match in Westerns) - short means in this case "short time" to detonation.
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Quickly responding to stimulation, over-excited
Explanation: Hyper-preparedness: She was always alert, ready to jump up if the situation calls for her. "Hyper" indicates that it was an exaggerated feature in her personality, almost as if she was constantly sitting at the edge of her seat in case she was needed.
And hairtrigger - which again is about the same idea as "hyper-preparedness":
Responding to the slightest provocation or stimulation: a hair-trigger temper; a hair-trigger reaction. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hair-trigger
Nesrin Local time: 20:48 Native speaker of: Arabic PRO pts in category: 8
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She was always prepared to respond to any stimulus and extremely sensitive these stimuli /see below
Explanation: When something goes "haywire" it is percieved to go crazy, act chaotically. The artist has a haywire - that is to say that she was not the same as other people (she was "wired" differently). Not only did this unique circuitry make her incredibly sensitive to everything around her, but made her perceive it, and respond to it, in a very personal way that seemed strange to other people. The "hair trigger" indicates that even the smallest stimulus could cause her to react.
Jenni Lukac Local time: 21:48 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 12
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