running on pure adrenaline

Arabic translation: يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس

13:58 Jun 16, 2006
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / expression
English term or phrase: running on pure adrenaline
during a competition a competitor was:running on pure adrenaline (nervous? excited?)
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Arabic translation:يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس
Explanation:
This metaphor shows that a competitor has exhausted the limits of human endurance, but continues to compete fiercely driven by the excitement and the challenge.

يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس
تدفعه روح التحدي والمنافسة
ينافس بشدة مدفوعاً بقوة العزيمة وإرادة الفوز
إلخ
ويمكن وضع هذه العبارات في شكل استثناء
ما يدفعه إلا التحدي إلخ
ينافس بشدة لا يدفعه إلا قوة العزيمة إلخ
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Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 23:12
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس
Alaa Zeineldine
4انتابه الخوف والقلق، غشيه القلق
Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
4متوتر او قلق
Abdelaziz TALIBI
4كان الادرينالين محركه الوحيد
Maryse Trevithick


  

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انتابه الخوف والقلق، غشيه القلق


Explanation:
مجرد اقتراح

Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
Egypt
Local time: 23:12
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متوتر او قلق


Explanation:


Adrénaline :
hormone secrétée par les glandes surrénales : c''est l''un des nombreux neurotransmetteurs présents dans le cerveau. L''un des effets de l''adrénaline consiste en une décharge d''énergie nerveuse lors d''un stress, que l''on appelle souvent "réaction de fuite ou de combat".



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Note added at 55 mins (2006-06-16 14:53:56 GMT)
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bonne chance

Abdelaziz TALIBI
Morocco
Local time: 21:12
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench

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neutral  Maryse Trevithick: la traduction donnee est plutt negative ce qui n'est pas le cas pour le terme en Anglais
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس


Explanation:
This metaphor shows that a competitor has exhausted the limits of human endurance, but continues to compete fiercely driven by the excitement and the challenge.

يدفعه التحدي وشدة الحماس
تدفعه روح التحدي والمنافسة
ينافس بشدة مدفوعاً بقوة العزيمة وإرادة الفوز
إلخ
ويمكن وضع هذه العبارات في شكل استثناء
ما يدفعه إلا التحدي إلخ
ينافس بشدة لا يدفعه إلا قوة العزيمة إلخ


Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 23:12
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fuad Yahya
16 mins

agree  atef Sharia: مندفع
10 hrs

agree  Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword): It is useless to think literal in this context.
19 hrs

agree  A Nabil Bouitieh: Absolutely right.
1 day 3 hrs

agree  ena
4 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
كان الادرينالين محركه الوحيد


Explanation:
I don't think it was a state of mind as in حماس but a pure biological thing...

Maryse Trevithick
Spain
Local time: 22:12
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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