In Keeping With

Question

I recently heard an old favourite song of mine. One particular line intrigued me regarding its translation into Spanish. Here´s the verse where the line appears.

Then she confronted with her writing there

Simply pretended not to care

I passed it off as just "in keeping with"

Her total disconcerting air.

Would in keeping with be "lo transcurrí como si estaba de armonía con"

Here´s the song if anyone is interested. Guys, please don´t look at it if you are still hurting from the first girl who ever dumped you. It may bring back memories.

Girls, I hope it doesn´t make you feel guilty if it reminds you of the first guy you dumped.

For the benefit of the Spanish learning English "to dump a boyfriend - deshacerse de/librarse de un novio"

Diary

en? - lorenzo9, Oct 25, 2010

lorenzo I do not understand your comment. - Eddy, Oct 25, 2010

estaba en armonia con - lorenzo9, Oct 25, 2010

Casi se me saltan las lágrimas, había olvidado esta canción. Qué voz preciosa tiene. - galsally, Oct 31, 2010

Answer 1

Hi, Eddy!

Just a guess;

Simplemente lo asumí como algo acorde a su desconcertante carácter.

Well cogu, your guess has to be better than mine, así que suena bien. - Eddy, Oct 25, 2010

Answer 2

This is somewhat tricky, because even in English I'm not really sure of what this means.

My interpretation is that "I" (the dumped party, I assume), am thinking about her (the dumper) disconcerting air. My conclusion is that these actions are "in keeping with" her personality, in other ways, her acts are consistent with her general weird, incomprehensibly female ways.

If so, I would translate "in keeping" with as: "Lo asumí / lo tomé como su forma de ser"

Alternatively: "Lo tomé como una de esas cosas de ella"

Then again, if I'm completely off with my interpretation of the verse, it would have to be translated differently.

But I think this should work...

Thanks Gekko. Your English interpretation is along the correct lines but not necessarily involving weird or incomprehensible. Just her normal way. - Eddy, Oct 25, 2010

Well, yes--- but isn't a "Normal" female generally weird and incomprehensible for the standard male? That's what I meant. - Gekkosan, Oct 25, 2010

Lagartiiiiiiiiija! ;) - cogumela, Oct 25, 2010

Gekko, I know what you meant, I just didn´t want you to get attacked, hehe. - Eddy, Oct 25, 2010

That's ok. Well all know it's true anyway. ;-) - Gekkosan, Oct 25, 2010