"Excited"?

[liesoverthesea.livejournal.com]

What's the best way to translate the word "excited" into Russian, as in really looking forward to something and getting caught up in the anticipation of it? While we're at it, what's the best way to translate the following sentence into Russian: In the days leading up to vacation, I became more and more excited.

Thanks!

Comments

[bogund.livejournal.com]

взволнованный

[liesoverthesea.livejournal.com]

Doesn't that have a connotation of worry? Is there a Russian word for "excited" that has more of a joyous connotation regarding the anticipation?

Thanks for your help!

[temcat.livejournal.com]

To my ear, "взволнованный" is neutral - only context shows if it refers to joyous anticipation or worry.

[gailochka.livejournal.com]

I would say,

По мере приближения отпуска, я жду его со все бОльшим нетерпением (восторгом).

Smth like that.

[frz-blya.livejournal.com]

взволнованный, возбужденный, напряженный...

[frz-blya.livejournal.com]

с нетерпинием is OK, unlike с восторгом. имхо.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

I think, "exited" = "возбуждённый (m), возбуждённая (f), возбуждённые (pl)"

In the days leading up to vacation, I became more and more excited.
По мере приближения отпуска, я возбуждалась всё больше и больше.

[vodolazz.livejournal.com]

If you like lofty style, in this context I would recommend the verb "предвкушать", just mind the grammar

see http://www.lingvo.ru/

предвкушать
(что-л.)
несовер. - предвкушать; совер. - предвкусить
look forward (to); anticipate (with pleasure), foretaste

[schmidt-club.livejournal.com]

The reader can get wrong, what she is going to do on vacation :)

[mivlad.livejournal.com]

«С бóльшим нетерпением» sounds weird. I'd rather say «Я ждал отпуска с нетерпением, особенно когда до него оставалось несколько дней» (though that's not too good either).

[gailochka.livejournal.com]

How about
Я ждал отпуска с возрастающим нетерпением.

Re: Reply to your comment...

[mivlad.livejournal.com]

«Нарастающим» maybe?

[mushrooming.livejournal.com]

обалдевший, удивленный, пораженный

[gera.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not but for the lack of an adequate equivalent in Russian, me, my wife and most Russian speakers around us resort to using the actual English word in our Russian speech.

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

Isn't it odd how that happens sometimes? I tend to throw the Latin word "mirus" into my English speech just because there's not an adequate translation. ;)

[gera.livejournal.com]

I have long passed the point of "odd". That's the daily and hourly reality for me.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

:)
In English "become exited" has double-meaning, same as in Russian "возбуждалась", however this is not what English would think first.

Oh-oh Rasputin
Russian crazy
Love machine...
...
Oh, those Russians!

[alonica.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when my friend used 'Ты возбуждаешься?' as a translation for 'Did you get excited?' I blushed and didn't know what to say :)

Вам чиз послайсить или целым писом?

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

But doncha think this community is dedicated to learning Russian rather than a Brighton Beach slang?

Re: Вам чиз послайсить или целым писом?

[gera.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome to suggest an adequate equivalent. Everything suggested so far, however, sounds pretty helpless.

Re: Вам чиз послайсить или целым писом?

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

I don't like most of the suggested above either. However, "предвкушать" (e.g. "весь в предвкушении" etc.) sounds pretty appopriate, although it lacks original laconicism, but who's perfect? :-)

We aren't to have fun and get excited ;-)

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

At the same time, I have to agree that once you get immersed in a culture that's totally different from your native one, your vocabulary often becomes insufficient to describe a whole damn bunch of new cultural artifacts you run into. What a major point to avoid relocation! :-)

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I've heard "Я просто в восторге."

Wide

[ekeme-ndiba.livejournal.com]

It doesn't add up with the anticipation concept.

Re: We aren't to have fun and get excited ;-)

[gera.livejournal.com]

It's not that I have problems with Russian due to living far from the language mainland. It's just that there is no direct equivalent in Russian, while the term itself is pretty useful and it has sunk deeply in my consciousness.