Far too much

[Elaina]

OMG.....message overload.

No entendí ni papa!!

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Elaina

OMG.....message overload.

No entendí ni papa!!

Glups

I know that Perikles likes etymology

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I know that Perikles likes etymology

Yes, many thanks for that. But it appears that it's far too much information for some.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Yes, many thanks for that. But it appears that it's far too much information for some.

A veces te odio

(this is a joke, of course)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

A veces te odio

This is ring composition (¿en Español?) - bringing the thread round to the original question.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

This is ring composition (¿en Español?) - bringing the thread round to the original question.

¿Un bucle? (en informática)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I find this rather odd. Suppose you were selling something worth, say, 100 euros, and everyone knows this. You tell the first buyer you want 101 euros. He says "That's a bit too much" You tell another you want 110 euros, he says "That's too much". You tell another you want 5000 euros, and he says "That's far too much". The differences are not too subtle.

And demasiado on it's own deals with all three cases?

"Un poco demasiado" es un anglicismo que a fuerza de usarse en los medios, se ha filtrado al lenguaje común, pero yo diría que todo es "demasiado", una vez que se establece que hay algo que rebasa la línea de "suficiente".

Sin embargo, si el hablante prefiere hacer un énfasis, propondría:

A bit too much ≈ más bien demasiado
Too much ≈ demasiado
Far too much ≈ realmente demasiado

...o como dijo Irma, se puede usar la palabra "excesivo" en vez de "demasiado".

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿más allá de?

Thanks.

I'd like the word Mas alla de lo evidente.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

A bit too much ≈ más bien demasiado
Too much ≈ demasiado
Far too much ≈ realmente demasiado

Gracias

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿Un bucle? (en informática)

I don't think so. Ring composition is a literary technique where an anecdote is expounded in the form A-B-C-D-D-C-B-A, finishing with the topic started. Very common in Homer.

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by Perikles

I don't think so. Ring composition is a literary technique where an anecdote is expounded in the form A-B-C-D-D-C-B-A, finishing with the topic started. Very common in Homer.

Estilo cíclico, perhaps?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Ambarina

Estilo cíclico, perhaps?

Thanks. You could be right. Wiki talks of music and Apocalipsis de San Juan.

[pjt33]

Es una versión más complicado de inclusio.

[irmamar]

Buscando por ahí, he encontrado "estructura en anillo", aunque me parece una traducción muy literal de "ring". Estoy de acuerdo con Ambarina con estructura cíclica (o también simétrica).

Y si hablamos de oraciones, entonces nos estamos refiriendo a un palíndomo. Por aquí hay algún hilo.