sarampión juvenil

07:53 Jun 21, 2018 

Thank you very much to all of you, I have learned a lot from this discussion.
I am thinking of using “just a feverish, youthful phase”.

21:57 Jun 20, 2018 

Regardless of whether or not “sarampión juvenil” is a set phrase meaning exuberant behaviour (or whatever...), as in the quote in the original question, I feel that the author’s choice of this precise expression, as distinct from all the other ways of expressing “exuberance” in Spanish, may be politically significant in the ST considering that measles is a real (and growing) problem in Venezuela – comparable in some respects (deaths, freedom of speech, ...) with some of the country’s other difficulties, referred to in the "real" context provided by Asker (reference to the closure of RCTV):

http://efectococuyo.com/salud/35-muertes-por-sarampion-confi...
“La última actualización epidemiológica difundida por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) revela que 1.685 casos confirmados de esta enfermedad fueron reportados por 11 países de América hasta el pasado 2 de junio, 85 % de ellos solo en Venezuela. … A escala nacional se registraron 35 muertes por esta enfermedad …”

In this socio-political context, I would try to retain mention of 'measles' in the translation. In VZ, the illness is not a mere figure of speech – it’s a major fact of life (and death…).

21:40 Jun 20, 2018 

You are right, after posting that I thought that “outbreak” would be better than “a kind of”.
This is just a newspaper article, but it seems that the journalist wanted to write an epic poem… he even included a fragment of Violeta Parra’s “Me gustan los estudiantes”…

21:22 Jun 20, 2018 

"characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy" (Google definition)

21:02 Jun 20, 2018 

...about the Venezuelan context. I also think it's a bit flowery, Manuel, but something along those lines could be made to work, no doubt.
I thought about this quite a lot yesterday, and just couldn't get away from the word "feverish" (one of the main symptoms of measles), but couldn't come up with anything I was happy with, so concluded that Charles' suggestion works best for me.

20:52 Jun 20, 2018 

With Charles; yours is actually very close to neilmac's (an outbreak of youthful exuberance) and keeps as well the original idea of Charles; just youthful high spirits.

20:25 Jun 20, 2018 

It's a bit flowery, IMO, but in your particular context it might work.

19:37 Jun 20, 2018 

What do you think of the phrase “a kind of ephemeral fervo(u)r of youth/
a kind of ephemeral youthful fervo(u)r”?

Too much stilted or affected?

01:00 Jun 20, 2018 

Yes, James, this is a newspaper article about the RCTV case, written in a bit pompous style.

22:13 Jun 19, 2018 

...in Venezuela by Chavez, right? (and the mass student protests that ensued across the country thereafter). Your additional context certainly seems to indicate this. But it would be good to know.

03:50 Jun 19, 2018 

In this particular context I would not go "bitter" as previously suggested; something along Charles' last suggestion (just youthful high spirits) seems to work just fine. There are really different nuances in the examples you have provided that would allow some English expressions to work better in one but not the other case.

02:01 Jun 19, 2018 

I gave this example because I think it shows clearly the meaning of the expression, but the actual sentence I have reads as follows:

“La salida del aire de RCTV fue el detonante que sacó de sus aulas de clase a los estudiantes de las universidades públicas y privadas a lo largo y ancho del país para protestar en las calles. Sin embargo, los mismos estudiantes se han encargado de aclarar que su lucha no es sólo por la reapertura del canal, sino por la conquista de todas las libertades en peligro. Sólo el tiempo dirá si esto fue el comienzo de una primavera tipo Praga o simplemente un sarampión juvenil.”
Thanks again