Czech translation help - uv ádět v zuřivost

[Cope, Lida]

Hi Mark - 

drive into a state of fury? (stronger than "mad") ...drive X furious

communist propaganda has people behind it -- it's not necessary to see it as an inanimate concept...

Good luck!

Dr. Lida Cope, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Czech translation help - uvádět v zuřivost

Dear colleagues, I'm working on a translation which contains the following problematic sentence:

Hlas Ameriky uváděl desítky let komunistickou propagandu v
bývalém Československu v zuřivost, protože otevřeně hovořil o režimem
tabuizovaných oblastech.

 The difficulty is with "uvádět v zuřivost," a collocation I can't find in any lexicographical sources but almost certainly means "to drive mad." Only that expression would normally require an animate, esp. human, object; here it is inanimate "communist propaganda." I'd appreciate any preferences of the following two ways of rendering the sentence--or any other suggestions.   For decades Voice of America foiled/shamed communist propaganda (efforts) in Czechoslovakia by speaking openly of topics made taboo by the regime.For decades Voice of America drove communist Czechoslovakia's regime propagandists up the wall with its open commentary on taboo subjects.  I think the second option captures the meaning accurately with better English phrasing, but again, I'd appreciate any comments. Thank you for your help. Mark Nuckols









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