Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
laskuhumala
English translation:
sober up
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Owen Witesman
Feb 3, 2009 05:21
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laskuhumala
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Sentence: "Laskuhumala hiippailee ruumiiseen."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | sober up |
Pietari Valtonen
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| 2 +2 | gloomy stage of drunkenness |
Pauliina Kauppila
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| 3 | hangover |
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sober up
One of those nouns that do not readily have a noun equivalent in English. Verb structure "sober up" would do the trick here: e.g. "I (he/she etc.) felt I (he/she etc.) was beginning to sober up" or some similar structure. Hope this helps.
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Comment: "I wish that I could select more than one answer for points. I ended up incorporating semantic elements from all three answers in the sentence. This is the one that is closest to the term I used for the specific word asked. Here's my final sentence: "He begins to feel sobriety insinuating itself into his body.""
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Pauliina Kauppila
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gloomy stage of drunkenness
A tricky concept to translate. Perhaps something like:
"He was starting to come down and enter the gloomy stage of drunkenness"
"the drink was starting to wear off, making him dull and glum".
"He was starting to come down and enter the gloomy stage of drunkenness"
"the drink was starting to wear off, making him dull and glum".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Merja Jauhiainen
: I especially like your second suggestion.
1 hr
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| agree |
Taija Hyvönen
: I would definitely go with "wearing off".
2 days 9 hrs
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13 hrs
hangover
It sounds like "it"s invading the body (i.e. creeping in). Thus, hangover.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-02-03 19:31:01 GMT)
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This is also called "krapula" in Finnish slang.
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Note added at 5 days (2009-02-09 00:46:29 GMT)
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Hangover is creeping in to the body.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-02-03 19:31:01 GMT)
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This is also called "krapula" in Finnish slang.
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Note added at 5 days (2009-02-09 00:46:29 GMT)
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Hangover is creeping in to the body.
Example sentence:
A hangover (veisalgia) describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of drugs, particularly alcoholic beverages.
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