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strój wizytowy?



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I have seen this erroneously translated into English as formal attire. Isn't it actually business attire: suit, shrit tie, or for women frock?
In America formal means smoking (dinner jacket, etc.), semi-formal is a suit, and casual is anything goes.
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Could you give us some additional informations about occasion?
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stroj wizytowy is not business attire, and it's not formal attire as you know it in English
If you have 'frak' on the invite then you know it's formal attire - tails suit etc - for a big big do

Stroj wizytowy is semi-formal - black tie and evening dress for evening or cocktail dress etc during a day.
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How a doctor or dentist should come to work. Outside he wears a medical smock or surgical gown (fartuch lekarski) but udnerneath he must wear strój wizytowy. I took this to mean the kind of attire officer workers come to wrok in. No company would reuqire any doctor to wear a coat and tails under his surgical gown!!!
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Normal working clothes consist of standard work suit/shirt/tie for men, skirt/tro suit/ sometimes a dress for women. Usually.

Stroj wizytowy has got nothing to do with business/work clothes. Stroj wizytowy is being worn for out of work engagements - and not to work.
You going to a party, charity ball, friends birthday, dinner etc etc - then you wear stroj wizytowy. You going to your company's Xmas dinner - you can wear stroj wizytowy.

If you are a doctor - then you wear normal 'working clothes' as in the first sentence

There may be a problem with translation/understanding, but I can't imagine a doctor/dentist wearing 'stroj wizytowy' under his gown. Well, unless he's going to a party/dinner straight after work.
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Therefore you are saying the original Polish text is wrong. That may well be the case.
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