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collapsing in on myself

Hungarian translation: magamba roskadok

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English term or phrase:collapsing in on myself
Hungarian translation:magamba roskadok
Entered by: Péter Tófalvi

10:55 Mar 2, 2010
English to Hungarian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: collapsing in on myself
Példa: (nem a szövegemből, de a szövegkörnyezet hasonló):

In 1864 Stephane Mallarmė, aged twenty-three, wrote to his friend Henri Cazalis: "I feel I'm *collapsing in on myself* day by day, each day discourage­ment dominates my mind and the lethargy is killing me. When I emerge from this I'll be stupefied, annulled".
Krisztina Lelik
Greece
Local time: 02:17
magamba roskadok
Explanation:
vagy akár: kikészülök, megtörök

Érzem, hogy egyre inkább...
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Péter Tófalvi
Hungary
Local time: 01:17
Grading comment
köszönöm
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10magamba roskadok
Péter Tófalvi
4 +2(teljesen) magamba fordultam
Peter Boskovitz
4 +1összeroskad / magába roskad
Katalin Szilárd


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
magamba roskadok


Explanation:
vagy akár: kikészülök, megtörök

Érzem, hogy egyre inkább...
stb.

Péter Tófalvi
Hungary
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
köszönöm

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katalin Szilárd: Gyorsabb voltál, és persze egyes szám 1. személy. A lényeg ugyanaz. :)
1 min
agree  hollowman2
6 mins
agree  kyanzes
7 mins
agree  Lavander: napról napra egyre jobban magamba roskadok...
1 hr
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
2 hrs
agree  Katalin Horváth McClure
3 hrs
agree  Judith Kiraly
3 hrs
agree  Ildiko Santana
4 hrs
agree  Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
4 hrs
agree  Kata Koncz
5 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
összeroskad / magába roskad


Explanation:
Szerintem mindkettő jó. Gyakorlatilag a szöveg egy pszichikai összeomlásról ír.

Katalin Szilárd
Hungary
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tamás Donát
5 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(teljesen) magamba fordultam


Explanation:
Leggyakrabban ez nem egy passzív esemény (mint egy összeomlás), amelyet egy külső tényező vált ki, hanem inkább egy szándékos (vagy öntudatlanul végrehajtott) aktív cselekvés, egy belső világba való belemenekülés (vagy elvonulás).

Vagy: „bezárkóztam önmagamba”.

Egyértelmű a példamondatokból:


I feel like I'm collapsing in on myself, to the extent I'll turn inside out, forming a black hole.

I don't know why, I feel a bit like I am collapsing in on myself on the inside at the moment.

I wish for a lititle more sparkle, but, hurt by Johnny Cash has me collapsing in on myself with contentment.

I spent the next few months collapsing in on myself. We lived in a tiny town, and I honestly didn't want to embarrass my family by exposing the fact that I ...

Peter Boskovitz
Hungary
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eva Blanar: egyre inkább magamba fordulok/roskadok - folyamatos jelen itt fontos lehet
1 hr
agree  Ildiko Santana
3 hrs
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