Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
turn on a proverbial dime
Japanese translation:
急変した
Added to glossary by
kokuritsu
Feb 3, 2012 12:24
12 yrs ago
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English term
turn on a proverbial dime
English to Japanese
Bus/Financial
Economics
The term "turn on a proverbial dime" sounds like an ideomatic expression.
I can't, however, find any appropriate Japanese for the term.
The expression appears in a sentence which talks about the Canadian
economy as follows:
"The ominous looking 2012 Q1 has instead turned on a proverbial dime into a rather tidy risk on trade. "
Your help is much appreciated.
I can't, however, find any appropriate Japanese for the term.
The expression appears in a sentence which talks about the Canadian
economy as follows:
"The ominous looking 2012 Q1 has instead turned on a proverbial dime into a rather tidy risk on trade. "
Your help is much appreciated.
Proposed translations
(Japanese)
| 3 | 急変した |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 1 | おなじみの／予想通りの展開 |
cinefil
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References
| turn on a dime |
Katalin Horváth McClure
|
Proposed translations
19 hrs
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Native in Japanese
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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急変した
この場合、「急変」という言葉が適切ではないでしょうか。
急変という言葉はどちらかと言うと悪い意味に使われる場合が多いので（容体が急変した、態度を急変させた、等）上記の原文には明るい見通しからいきなり不安定な状態に急激に変わった、ということで使えるのではないでしょうか。
ご参考にどうぞ。
急変という言葉はどちらかと言うと悪い意味に使われる場合が多いので（容体が急変した、態度を急変させた、等）上記の原文には明るい見通しからいきなり不安定な状態に急激に変わった、ということで使えるのではないでしょうか。
ご参考にどうぞ。
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to your help, I've translated the sentence into "・・・第1四半期の重苦しい見通しが一変して・・・." Also very many thanks for the reference given by Katalin san."
1 day 14 hrs
おなじみの／予想通りの展開
a guess
Reference comments
2 hrs
Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
Expert: high-tech, software, engineering
Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, Japanese to English, Hungarian to English, and 3 more.
Reference:
turn on a dime
The idiom you are looking for is "turn on a dime".
They inserted "proverbial" to indicate that they are using this proverb (it is not really a proverb, though). It means a rapid change, a rapid turn of events.
I am not sure whether there is an equivalent Japanese idiom, but basically you need to find something that expresses sudden, rapid （瞬間的?) change.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn on a dime
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1384379
They inserted "proverbial" to indicate that they are using this proverb (it is not really a proverb, though). It means a rapid change, a rapid turn of events.
I am not sure whether there is an equivalent Japanese idiom, but basically you need to find something that expresses sudden, rapid （瞬間的?) change.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/turn on a dime
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1384379
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