Oct 4, 2019 15:39
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

enviándola una oleada de calor mental

Spanish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Romance Novel
Contexto:

Se inclinó hacia ella enviándola una oleada de calor mental para que sintiera de lo que estaba hablando.

This guy has just explained to the young woman who is sharing a meal with him how he and other unconventional guys like to have sex/be gratified.

Gracias,

Barbara

Discussion

Barbara Cochran, MFA (asker) Oct 4, 2019:
Invasion Of Her Mind My general feeling is that this guy is trying to invade her mind with the same kind of excitement he is feeling, so she will let him invade her body.
Yo diría que la frase en español es incorrecta Me parece que hay un laísmo en esa frase. No es que sea muy importante...

Proposed translations

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5 hrs
Selected

sending her a wave of emotional heat

Another approach.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marco Belcastro Bara
58 mins
Thank you, Marco!
agree philgoddard
12 hrs
Thank you, Phil!
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+1
24 mins

stirring up her emotions

An option.

He leaned towards her, stirring up her emotions ...
Example sentence:

And a handsome stranger from another planet has arrived, stirring up her emotions with his every heated glance.

He had a way of stirring up her emotions and her passion.

Note from asker:
It's true that this guy is from another word, so to speak, even though he was born on Earth.
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : I like this :)
45 mins
Thanks, Neil!
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+1
19 mins

conveying a surge of eroticism

He leaned towards her conveying a surge of eroticism, so she could feel what he was talking about.

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Note added at 27 mins (2019-10-04 16:06:51 GMT)
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I choose 'eroticism' to fit the context of the man having explained how he likes to have sex:

Eroticism

Sexual excitement or desire.

https://www.wordreference.com/definition/eroticism
Peer comment(s):

agree neilmac : Not tonight, Darling :-)
50 mins
Nice one ;-)
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2 days 7 hrs

...telephathically sending her waves of pleasure so she'd feel what he was talking about...

Telepathically encompasses sending something mentally; waves of pleasure is not a literal translation, but it stays true to oleada (meaning wave or surge) and describing gratification. Waves of pleasure would likely be understood by many readers, females in particular.
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+1
2 days 14 hrs

(while) sending her/transmitting (to her) a torrent of emotion-filled heat

...or similarly 'emotion-laden' or 'emotion-infused' might work, too
Peer comment(s):

agree Daniel Hall
6 days
Many thanks, Daniel :-)
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