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The Walls Are Closing In / Getting Cabin Fever

de jkph00, 2013-majo-22

Mesaĝoj: 13

Lingvo: English

jkph00 (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-22 11:43:42

How would I express, "It seems like the walls are closing in on us. We're getting cabin fever. We've got to get out for a bit?"

Would this work? "Ŝajnas al ni, ke la muroj pli proksimiĝas al ni. Ni akiras kajut-febron. Ni devas eliri por mallonga tempo."

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Moosader (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-22 15:31:09

Additionally (Sorry I can't answer your question, jkph00), is there a website with a list of idioms from English in Esperanto?

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-22 21:49:39

Ni enklostriĝas. Ni devas eliri kelk-iam (kelkan tempon).

By the way JK Kabano would be better than Kajuto.

Edit: on reflection, the origin of the expression 'cabin fever' probably does come from a restlessness induced on log ship voyages, when one is cooped up in a kajuto.

For some reason, however, I find kaban-febro more pleasing on the ear.

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-23 09:15:43

Other ideas for cabin fever. Klostrito (ie klostro -itis), mal-ripozo, kajut-malsano (cp mar-malsano), eskapemo, mur-malsano, kaban-nervozo.

Of these, I find the most attractive, mur-malsano. The question as to whether it would be immediately understandable in context needs testing.

I was looking for a translation of oppressive. Opresia/oprima ought to be intelligible for English and Romance language speakers, but doesn't lend itself to snappy compounding. Sufoka seems too literal.

jkph00 (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-23 13:38:07

Moosader:Additionally (Sorry I can't answer your question, jkph00), is there a website with a list of idioms from English in Esperanto?
There sure is and it's here on Lernu!

jkph00 (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-23 13:51:52

sudanglo:Ni enklostriĝas. Ni devas eliri kelk-iam (kelkan tempon).

By the way JK Kabano would be better than Kajuto.

Edit: on reflection, the origin of the expression 'cabin fever' probably does come from a restlessness induced on log ship voyages, when one is cooped up in a kajuto.

For some reason, however, I find kaban-febro more pleasing on the ear.
Enklostriĝi – I love it! And kelk-iam, too! Kaban-febro does roll from the tongue, doesn't it? Warmest thanks!

Moosader (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-23 15:24:47

jkph00:
Moosader:Additionally (Sorry I can't answer your question, jkph00), is there a website with a list of idioms from English in Esperanto?
There sure is and it's here on Lernu!
Beautiful! Thank you!

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-25 10:43:57

From the reactions so far to my post in the Esperanto forums, it may be that mur-malsano is too opaque.

In less literary style (intelligible to all) one could talk about sento de enfermiĝo.

La enfermiĝo komencas krispigi miajn nervojn.

jkph00 (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-25 21:14:03

sudanglo:From the reactions so far to my post in the Esperanto forums, it may be that mur-malsano is too opaque.

In less literary style (intelligible to all) one could talk about sento de enfermiĝo.

La enfermiĝo komencas krispigi miajn nervojn.
"Krispigi miajn nervojn" – I laughed for five solid minutes. That's delightful! Any kind of response on the Esperanto forums to "kaban-febro"?

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2013-majo-26 10:37:13

Always a delight to answer your questions JK. You are such an appreciative audience.

However on a more serious note, there is a real uncertainty in Esperanto in the creation of metaphors.

Although krispigi la nervojn seems to me to be a perfectly reasonable image, the job of finding evidence for its acceptability is not trivial.

Actually, in the Tekstaro the verb most used with nervoj is streĉi (itself a metaphorical use). But tension-inducing is not quite the same as agitation or restlessness or getting on one's nerves

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