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zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt

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Ungeziefer is a mass category (vermin, the unclean creature), not a species; ungeheuer scales (monstrous/enormous) rather than judges. English 'a horrible vermin' forces a count noun and swaps scale for disgust.

German de

zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt

Word

Ungeziefer is a mass category (vermin, the unclean creature), not a species

Note

Keep the category unresolved; do not specify beetle/cockroach. Preserve the un-/un- sound-pair where the target allows some echo.

English en

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Word

English 'a horrible vermin' forces a count noun and swaps scale for disgust.

Note

Keep the category unresolved; do not specify beetle/cockroach. Preserve the un-/un- sound-pair where the target allows some echo.

Compensations recorded: une monstrueuse vermine, とてつもなく大きな虫けら, a monstrous vermin.

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