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los remordimientos la atenazaron

English translation: Remorse ate/gnawed away at her

09:48 Apr 23, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Literature.
Spanish term or phrase: los remordimientos la atenazaron
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Latin American Spanish into American English.

Translator colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about Mythology. Is okay to translate it as the remorses gripped her?

It's about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur of the Greek Mythology.

I hope that all of you are healthy and safe from Covid19.

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Ariadna se fue con él, le amaba, desde el primer momento en que le vio le amaba, pero se dio cuenta de que su corazón empezaba a endurecerse con la fama. Tenía ante si el sangriento trozo de vela que cubría la cabeza de su hermano y fue testigo del incendio de la flota de su padre y los remordimientos la atenazaron cuando vio desde la popa a Creta, desvaneciéndose en el horizonte, sabiendo que nunca podría regresar.
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 10:30
English translation:Remorse ate/gnawed away at her
Explanation:
Ariadne went with him, she loved him, she loved him from the first moment she clapped eyes on him, but she realised that her heart was beginning to harden with fame. She held before her the bloodied piece of the sail that covered her brother's head and witnessed the burning of her father's fleet and remorse ate away at /gripped her as she watched Crete fading into the horizon from the stern, knowing she could never return.
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Remorse ate/gnawed away at her
Andrew Bramhall
4She was seized by remorse
Zeinab Hamid
4[feelings of] remorse took hold of her
Marcelo González
4remorse gripped her
Daniel Rodriguez
3regret haunted her
Bartholomeu (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Stuck in despair
José Patrício

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She was seized by remorse


Explanation:
meaning the feeling of remorse took over her

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-04-23 11:00:30 GMT)
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Remorse meaning guilt

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-04-23 11:08:06 GMT)
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Oops! I noticed your suggestion after submitting the answer! Sorry about that. I agree then but perosonally I would use ‘remorse’ rather than ‘remorses’

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-04-23 11:09:52 GMT)
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https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-plural-of/remorse.html

Zeinab Hamid
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: THANKS FOR YOUR HELP ZEINAB. I WROTE SOMETHING SIMILAR.

Asker: It's fine dear. Thanks for your suggestion.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Remorse ate/gnawed away at her


Explanation:
Ariadne went with him, she loved him, she loved him from the first moment she clapped eyes on him, but she realised that her heart was beginning to harden with fame. She held before her the bloodied piece of the sail that covered her brother's head and witnessed the burning of her father's fleet and remorse ate away at /gripped her as she watched Crete fading into the horizon from the stern, knowing she could never return.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 70
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Andrew.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simone Taylor
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Bartholomeu (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  José Patrício
3 hrs
  -> Yep, Thank you!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
regret haunted her


Explanation:
An option

Bartholomeu (X)
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Bartholomew.

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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[feelings of] remorse took hold of her


Explanation:
atenazar
Sujetar algo fuertemente haciendo presión, especialmente con unas tenazas.

Forgotten Laughter: An unforgettable novel of love, loss and ...https://books.google.com.vn › books
Marcia Willett · 2011 · ‎Fiction
Remorse **took hold of her** again. 'Oh, darling, I am so sorry.' Her voice was ragged with weariness and worry. 'I'll do everything I can to help.

Short Sermons: For Family Reading, and for other like ...https://books.google.com.vn › books
Francis Bourdillon · 2022 · ‎Fiction
A bitter **remorse took hold of him** . An insupportable load pressed upon his mind . Yet this did not lead him to God , but rather drove him to destruction .

Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhoodhttps://books.google.com.vn › books
J. M. Barrie · 2014 · ‎Fiction
... I'se praying for Tommy," and remorse took hold of him and shook him on his seat. He broke into one hysterical laugh and then immediately began to sob.

Another option, Yugoslavia, might be 'gripped' (as you've suggested) but perhaps with the passive voice instead:

"...and she was gripped by [feelings of] remorse when she saw ..."

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 04:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Marcelo.

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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
remorse gripped her


Explanation:
:)

Daniel Rodriguez
Brazil
Local time: 11:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Daniel. I suggested the same like you.

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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: Stuck in despair

Reference information:
Stuck in despair and loneliness - https://www.reddit.com/r/Vent/comments/pp5vdu/stuck_in_despa...
Stuck in despair and loneliness - Stuck in despair and loneliness : Vent (reddit.com)

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks a lot.

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