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exacerbé

English translation: set on edge

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French term or phrase:exacerbé
English translation:set on edge
Entered by: jambo

21:11 Jun 11, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: exacerbé
And another one...The full sentence is...

Il était, lui aussi,exacerbé d'une extra sensibilité.
jambo
Local time: 08:02
carried beyond himself
Explanation:
It usually means "made worse" but the sentence takes it in another direction.

Maybe "set on edge"?

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-06-11 21:29:13 GMT)
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"he also" - like his wife? she wrote some pretty cool Celtic fiction...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-11 23:04:22 GMT)
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I think "burdened/cursed" will likely fit - but not oversensitivity, because the idea is that Morrison had "these powers"...that not just anybody had.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-11 23:06:54 GMT)
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If you say "heightened" you almost have to say "awareness"... but not "afflicted" because that's really handicapped in US-speak.
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Jeffrey Lewis
United States
Local time: 01:02
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2burdened by / cursed with
Jennifer Gal
4afflicted by a heightened sensibility
sktrans
3 +1carried beyond himself
Jeffrey Lewis
2 +1irritated
LAB2004
3exacerbated, exasperated
Najib Aloui
3exaggerated
CMJ_Trans (X)
1handicapped
Tony M


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
handicapped


Explanation:
Well, not having seen any of your previous questiuons, I can only guess what "and another one...means" --- you really ought to post complete context with each question...

However, this is just one idea that could possibly work, depending of course on what that mysteriosu context is....



Tony M
France
Local time: 08:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sorry about the lack of " context" Tony. "And another one " simply meant another question...but I take your point, I'll give a bit more info next time. Thanks for your help.

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
burdened by / cursed with


Explanation:
"burdened by" oversensitivity or "cursed with" oversensitivity

different emphases, per context.

another possibility:

wears his feelings on his sleeve


Jennifer Gal
Hungary
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeffrey Lewis
1 hr
agree  NancyLynn: cursed with, I would say here
3 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
afflicted by a heightened sensibility


Explanation:
... caused and the pressures it placed on the afflicted and their caregivers. ... between the sick body as a source of heightened sensibility and of shame.” ...
oregonstate.edu/dept/humanities/ Newsletter/Spring%2005/Mutschler.htm - 7k - -


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sktrans
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
irritated


Explanation:
just another option. Agree with Dusty though about context - guilty of that myself this weekend. Is this about Jim Morrison?

LAB2004
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sorry about the lack of context good guess though! Yes it is about Jim Morrison.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin: il manque une virgule après exacerbé me semble-t-il
8 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
exacerbated, exasperated


Explanation:
...exactly the same meaning as in french

Najib Aloui
Local time: 07:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
carried beyond himself


Explanation:
It usually means "made worse" but the sentence takes it in another direction.

Maybe "set on edge"?

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-06-11 21:29:13 GMT)
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"he also" - like his wife? she wrote some pretty cool Celtic fiction...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-11 23:04:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I think "burdened/cursed" will likely fit - but not oversensitivity, because the idea is that Morrison had "these powers"...that not just anybody had.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-11 23:06:54 GMT)
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If you say "heightened" you almost have to say "awareness"... but not "afflicted" because that's really handicapped in US-speak.

Jeffrey Lewis
United States
Local time: 01:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: I liked "set on edge"by a very intense sensitivity. I suppose that could apply to a lot of artists. Thanks for your help.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Najib Aloui: Your proposal, I think, is worth agreement; with colloquial English you render partly etymology "exa"= "outside", "exacerbated"=driven out of ordinary, nice self replaced by another made of bitterness, agressivity
1 hr
  -> I'm not worthy...
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
exaggerated


Explanation:
he, too, suffered from extremely/highly exaggerated sensitivity

or, simply, he also had a degree of sensitivity that was highly exaggerated

he also had an extremely exaggerated sensitivity

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 94
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