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Spanish term or phrase:
por lo imprevisto
English translation:
out of (sheer) surprise/shock (in this context)
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Carol Gullidge
May 3, 2007 16:50
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Spanish term
por lo imprevisto
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Hola a todos,
Me esta costando traducir "por lo imprevisto" a ingles. Se que "imprevisto" quiere decir "unforeseen" o "unexpected," pero no se que hacer con la frase entera:
"Que extrano que en los primeros momentos los consideraba ataques, por lo imprevisto, sobre todo."
Muchas gracias por su ayuda!!
Me esta costando traducir "por lo imprevisto" a ingles. Se que "imprevisto" quiere decir "unforeseen" o "unexpected," pero no se que hacer con la frase entera:
"Que extrano que en los primeros momentos los consideraba ataques, por lo imprevisto, sobre todo."
Muchas gracias por su ayuda!!
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May 31, 2007 12:33: Carol Gullidge Created KOG entry
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out of (sheer) surprise/shock
ie, it was the element of surprise in particular that made him/her think, in the heat of the moment, that they were being attacked...
If you use the intensifier "sheer", then you could get away without "in particluar", since "sheer" implies that it was simply through surprise/shock - which is perhaps a neater solution...
If you use the intensifier "sheer", then you could get away without "in particluar", since "sheer" implies that it was simply through surprise/shock - which is perhaps a neater solution...
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kironne
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by their unexpected nature / by their unexpectedness / by their suddennes
How odd he/she/they saw them as attacks, by their unexpected nature...
by how sudden they appeared
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for/because of their unexpectedness
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the effect of surprise
the effect of surprise
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as so unexpected
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mainly due to/on account of the lack of warning
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for its suddenness
Por lo tanto, es lógico que, en asuntos como los de la guerra, cuyo plan, trazado con tanta frecuencia sobre circunstancias generales, resulta a menudo alterado por lo imprevisto, los acontecimientos particulares tengan que dejarse librados generalmente al talento, y en tales casos la guía teórica será menos seguida que en cualquier otro.
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