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bricht der kollektive Ausnahmezustand aus

English translation: collective madness breaks out

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German term or phrase: bricht der kollektive Ausnahmezustand aus English translation: collective madness breaks out Entered by: Maria Knaier (X)

14:25 Sep 8, 2007

German to English translations [PRO] Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: bricht der kollektive Ausnahmezustand aus Anfang Juli bricht in der Hauptstadt der Provinz der kollektive Ausnahmezustand aus. Der Satz stammt aus einem Reiseführer über Spanien u. es geht um Stierkämpfe und das Fest des hl. Firmian. Ich weiß nicht wie ich *bricht der Ausnahmezustand aus*am besten übersetzen soll. Any suggestions??	Maria Knaier (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 119 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 6 Local time: 10:37
collective madness breaks out/all hell breaks loose Explanation: Acouple of suggestions.	Selected response from: Penny Hewson (X) United Kingdom Local time: 09:37
Grading comment Thanks to you all! I like "collective madness breaks out" best! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
3 +4	collective madness breaks out/all hell breaks loose	Penny Hewson (X)

Discussion entries: 2
Non-ProZ.com 08:46 Sep 10, 2007  My idea was "the whole town goes crazy" but I wasn't really satisfied with that translation. Francis Lee (X) 17:53 Sep 9, 2007  Readership? What are YOUR own ideas? Automatic update in 00:

  

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17 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +4

collective madness breaks out/all hell breaks loose Explanation: Acouple of suggestions.	Penny Hewson (X) United Kingdom Local time: 09:37 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment Thanks to you all! I like "collective madness breaks out" best!
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Paul Cohen: ...and everyone goes completely bananas! Great suggestions, Penny. (It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek, of course.) 51 mins agree  Bernhard Sulzer: they're all going absolutely nuts! 1 hr agree  Susan Zimmer 2 hrs agree  Dr. Fred Thomson 2 hrs
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