estaba seguro de que tramaba algo...

English translation: ...he was up to something

20:01 Nov 6, 2021

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Literature.

Spanish term or phrase: estaba seguro de que tramaba algo...

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.

It's about the story of The Pandora Box" Is okay to translate it as he was sure that he was planning to do something?

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Epimeteo, tenía un corazón bondadoso, pero no era tonto y sospechó de las intenciones de Zeus, estaba seguro de que tramaba algo. Sin embargo, nada más ver a Pandora se enamoró de ella y ambos se casaron.
Como regalo de boda, Zeus le dio una caja a los recién casados y con ella....

yugoslavia KudoZ activity Questions: 1993 (3 open) (3 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 04:23

English translation:...he was up to something

Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 04:23

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3 +5

...he was up to something

Darius Saczuk

4 +1

was sure he was coming up with/devising some scheme

Marcelo González

was sure he was scheming for something

Orkoyen (X)

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1 hr confidence:

was sure he was scheming for something

Explanation:
One way of putting it.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scheming+for

Orkoyen (X)
United States
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Orkoyen.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

was sure he was coming up with/devising some scheme

Explanation:
two more options :-)

Also, '... was planning something'

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"... coming up with some sort of scheme" or "a scheme of some sort"

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 22:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 44

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your help Marcelo.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

...he was up to something

Explanation:
p

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Note added at 4 days (2021-11-11 04:06:43 GMT) Post-grading
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;-).

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 04:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Polish,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your help Dariusz.

Asker: Thanks.

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