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greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich

English translation: anger at Brussels is spreading

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German term or phrase:greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
English translation:anger at Brussels is spreading
Entered by: silfilla

13:06 May 2, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
German term or phrase: greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
Kanzler Schröder reist morgen in ein Land, das von einer nationalistischen Welle erfasst wurde. Die EU-Euphorie in der Türkei ist verflogen, nun greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich. Ministerpräsident Tayyip Erdogan muss die größte Krise seiner Amtszeit meistern.

TIA!!!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 10:16
anger at Brussels is spreading
Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-02 13:10:40 GMT)
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... has evaporated and anger at Brussels is spreading
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silfilla
Local time: 22:16
Grading comment
Thank you all for help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3anger at Brussels is spreading
silfilla
4 +1... and fists are now being shaken
IanW (X)
4fury/ire starts running rampant against Brussels
swisstell
3there is a growing sense of anger directed at Brussels
Sara Noss


Discussion entries: 7





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
... and fists are now being shaken


Explanation:
There's plenty of ways to translate this, but I'd a more colourful approach:

"... and fists are now being shaken in the direction of Brussels"

IanW (X)
Local time: 04:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Textklick: Sounds like it's from the press anyway, in which case that approach is a good idea.
21 mins
  -> Thanks Mr. T
agree  Francis Lee (X): why not indeed?!
1 hr
disagree  gangels (X): Only the Sun and daily Express talks like that, especially if the subject is anything German
10 hrs
  -> Not true, I've read this hundreds of times and have never once read either of these papers
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
anger at Brussels is spreading


Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-02 13:10:40 GMT)
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... has evaporated and anger at Brussels is spreading

silfilla
Local time: 22:16
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you all for help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Wut greift um sich - um sich greifen - to spread
2 mins
  -> thanks :-)
agree  MMUlr
2 hrs
  -> thanks ;-)
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick: Color is nice sometimes but I would stick close to the original here.
4 hrs
  -> thanks :-)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
fury/ire starts running rampant against Brussels


Explanation:
or: rage against Brussels is escalating

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: You need the present continuous - is starting
1 min
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
greift Wut auf Brüssel um sich
there is a growing sense of anger directed at Brussels


Explanation:
HTH
Sara

Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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