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me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo

English translation: a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place

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Portuguese term or phrase:me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo
English translation:a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place
Entered by: airmailrpl

06:15 May 16, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature / Book on spirituality transformation
Portuguese term or phrase: me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo
Text:

"Continuei minha vida naturalmente, em meio a intensas experiências. Nos anos seguintes, tive uma série de sonhos pelos quais pude ir ampliando horizontes. Com essa expansão, fui compreendendo como juntar as “peças do quebra-cabeça” e observá-las. Por volta dos dezoito anos, quando caminhava entre as plantas, me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo que este livro contém. A sensação que tinha era de que toda aquela informação me surgia como em blocos bem sutis, onde percebia o que eles estavam trazendo, mas precisava abrir os blocos e olhá-los com clareza, para poder linearizar em palavras o que continham. Por um instante, soube que ainda iria escrever livros, embora naquele momento não estivesse preparado para colocá-los no papel. Mesmo assim, algo daquelas informações já estava sendo reconhecido."

The word order in the phrase throws me off a bit. It has been think literally "I was coming from somewhere a bit of content" which doesn't sound legit whatsover.
Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 19:58
a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place
Explanation:
me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo que este livro contém. => a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 20:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place
airmailrpl
4The contents of that book came back to me/what that book said came back to me
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4I somehow started to collect portions of this book's content
Teresa Freixinho
4Some of the contents of this book started to appear to me from somewhere
Patrick Kennelly
4It would come to me from somewhere a little be of the content...
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The contents of that book came back to me/what that book said came back to me


Explanation:
O sujeito é um pouco do conteúdo.

Conteúdo que o livro contém é de lascar.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I somehow started to collect portions of this book's content


Explanation:
sugestão

Teresa Freixinho
Brazil
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place


Explanation:
me vinha de algum lugar um pouco do conteúdo que este livro contém. => a little bit of the contents of this book came to me from some place

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 20:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Byers
2 hrs
  -> agradeço
agree  Mario Freitas:
7 hrs
  -> agradeço
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Some of the contents of this book started to appear to me from somewhere


Explanation:
There is a tradition in Brazilian spiritual writing of books that are "channeled" through the author by a spirit from another level, and the book you are translating may come from this tradition. In other words, the content "appears" to the author, almost from out of the blue. The following sentences also seem to support this: the ideas appear at first as "vaguely defined blocks" which come into sharper focus as they are examined more closely.

Patrick Kennelly
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It would come to me from somewhere a little be of the content...


Explanation:
The content will suddenly materialized and it gives an assumption that it was just a remembrance of long lost moments. Something like that.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2017-05-16 22:32:23 GMT)
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A little bit...#

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Brazil
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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