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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

brutalmente

English translation:

dramatically

Added to glossary by Michele Hamburg
Aug 20, 2009 23:42
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

brutalmente

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
El principal consumidor mundial es, por mucho, Estados Unidos pero en los últimos años el consumo se ha incrementado brutalmente también en México, España y Brasil, y considerablemente en numerosos países.

I don't think it can be translated as "brutally" or "viciously." I thought maybe excessively.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +9 dramatically
4 +2 radically
4 enormously
4 tremendously
4 brutally
4 dramatically, enormously
4 -1 has reached astounding heights in Mexico, Spain and Brazil
3 sharply

Discussion

Bubo Coroman (X) Aug 21, 2009:
what type of product is being consumed, Michele? I think the best translation may depend on that.

Proposed translations

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dramatically

I think this could work here. Good luck!

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2009-08-22 05:07:46 GMT) Post-grading
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Many thanks to all !!
Peer comment(s):
agree Monica Colangelo : I couldn't agree more.
1 min
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agree delveneto
13 mins
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agree philgoddard
14 mins
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agree jack_speak
29 mins
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agree nefertiti1511
57 mins
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agree Lydia De Jorge
1 hr
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agree David Hollywood
3 hrs
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agree Cinnamon Nolan
6 hrs
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agree franglish
7 hrs
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1 min

enormously

I think maybe this would give the idea
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+2
8 mins

radically

Michele,

Hi. Yes, you are right that in this context it means "excessive" as opposed to "brutal".

Dramatically is a good option for this term.

I went with "radically" just because it seemed to have more of an "edge" to it ;)

Hopefully one of these answers will help! :)
Best regards,
Tonia
Example sentence:

Global competition has increased radically over the past decade.

Reference:

http://books.google.com.br/books?id=g7m1xrZnHxwC&pg=PT282&lpg=PT282&dq=competition+has+increased+radically&source=bl&ots=i5rqQwUrV6&sig=4wcf

Peer comment(s):
agree Tracie Shannon Houlihan : I agree that the "edge"' that radical expresses seems closer to "brutal"
56 mins
Thanks, Tracie. Have a great evening! :)
agree Cinnamon Nolan
6 hrs
Thanks, Cinnamon Nolan. Have a great day! :)
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-1
18 mins
Spanish term (edited): se ha incrementado brutalmente también en México, España y Brasil

has reached astounding heights in Mexico, Spain and Brazil

In this kind of context, "brutal" has the sense of "extreme" or "excess." If a store advertises a sale with the phrase "liquidación brutal," the sense is that prices have been reduced to an absolute minimum ("prices slashed drastically!" or "everything must go!" might be good translations.

My suggestion conveys the extreme extent of the rise of consumption of consumer goods in the present context.

Suerte.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-08-21 00:03:28 GMT)
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OR:

"astounding levels"
"astonishing levels"
"astonishingly high levels"
etc.
Peer comment(s):
neutral polyglot45 : surely it is not so much the levels reached as the sudden and almost violent rates at which it has gone up?
7 hrs
disagree philgoddard : Yes, polyglot is right.
20 hrs
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6 hrs

tremendously

Otra opción:

tremendously Adverbio

1. tremendamente, enormemente, a rabiar; Sinónimos: extremely, astronomically, enormously, greatly, hugely, immensely, terrifically, almighty; Extremely.
He was enormously popular.
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/diccionario/en-es/tremendously....
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8 hrs

sharply

word often used in such contexts

also: violently, abruptly, steeply ....
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10 hrs

brutally

why not!
Peer comment(s):
agree axies : I agree why not? We are translators and that is what we have to do - translate.
1 hr
Thanks Manuel.The tendancy here is to deviate from the substance and I fail to see why.
disagree philgoddard : "Consumption has brutally increased?" I don't think so.
9 hrs
an execellent translation to me.Thanks
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2 days 16 hrs

dramatically, enormously

I think "brutalmente", in this context, makes reference to two things: it means consumption has increased a lot (a lot more thant expected) and also with negative consecuences (not explicit, though).
Example sentence:

En consecuencia el numero de pobres aumento brutalmente...

Reference:

http://www.cadtm.org/spip.php

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