Practicing not being too literal in translations #3

Question

As my title says, I am trying to learn to not be literal in translations, so every day I will post a saying in English and ask for suggestions as to how to convey the thought in Spanish. At the end of the day, I will pick the answer that I think most accurately reflects the idea, and I will choose it as best answer for 20 points to the respondent.

Todays saying is, "Get a grip." I think that this should be a fun one. For our Spanish speaking friends who might not know what this saying represents, basically it is when someone gets too upset about something and they need to come to terms with it, someone will tell them this. Usually they are being way overdramatic about whatever they are upset about.

Good luck!

Thanks for thinking up this thread, KD. Very interesting! :)) - Noetol, Jun 23, 2012

Answer 1

Tranquilízate!

Tómalo con calma, respira profundo, cuenta hasta diez. xD

Answer 2

¡Ay! Vuélvete tranquilo. Or... ¡Relájate!

Not sure I got the tildes in the right places. I hate spelling. - gringojrf, Jun 22, 2012

Answer 3

¡Cálmate!

or as Noetol said,

"¡Contrólate!"

Answer 4

Consiga el control de usted.

Answer 5

Wow, this was the hardest one yet. To all of those that said something with control in the translation, I had to deem this too literal in order to be able to pick the best answer. I have given everyone a vote, but the winner for the day is Juliss for respiro profundo.

Thanks for everyone's participation. Please keep playing! I am learning a lot, and I hope that you are too!

Good thread! Looking foreward to the next one! - Noetol, Jun 23, 2012

Thanks kdrinning, not only for the vote, but for this post. I'm learning new expressions and challenging myself to translate them in a not so literal way. =) - Juliss, Jun 25, 2012

Answer 6

Voy a probar con "¡contrólate!"