running translation-poczęstowac kogoś..

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Dec 20, 11, 01:40 #1
poczęstowac kogoś/komuś , coś/czymś ? I'm sending a package to my "German" cousin and I need some help with the note................thanks

Zman	Dec 20, 11, 01:41 #2
poczęstować kogoś czymś

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Dec 20, 11, 01:47 #3
Thanks Z!

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Dec 23, 11, 17:23 #4
kawałek opłatku or opłatka?

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Dec 23, 11, 17:27 #5
Poczęstować kogoś kawałkiem opłatka. Ale lepiej by było "podzielić się z kimś opłatkiem"

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Dec 23, 11, 17:30 #6
thanks!

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Edited by: rybnik Feb 19, 12, 16:48 #7
How would you say: "the challenger needs to win decisively"............thanks in advance

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 16:54 #8
rybnik: "the challenger needs to win decisively pretendent musi wygrać zdecydowanie

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 17:11 #9
gumishu: pretendent musi wygrać zdecydowanie forgive me gumishu, is there another word for challenger?

AlligatorThreads: - Posts: 350 Joined: Dec 15, 10 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 17:20 #10
Depends on context: zawodnik, wyzywający, uczestnik.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 17:20 #11
rybnik: forgive me gumishu, is there another word for challenger? can't think of any at the moment maybe someone else can give it though

peter_olsztynThreads: 8 Posts: 760 Joined: Apr 18, 07 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 18:39 #12
rybnik: is there another word for challenger? rywal ?

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 18:44 #13
peter_olsztyn: rybnik: is there another word for challenger? rywal ? rywal doesn't fit here really (this is about a box title fight)

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 19:45 #14
maybe i'll just say the mlodszy zawodnik? what do you think? It'll work, right?

strzygaThreads: 4 Posts: 985 Joined: Apr 30, 08 ♀	Feb 19, 12, 19:50 #15
rybnik: maybe i'll just say the mlodszy zawodnik? what do you think? It'll work, right? not necessarily. The challenger doesn't have to be younger by age. Really, if it's about challenging for a title, then "pretendent" is the best option.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 19:52 #16
rybnik: mlodszy zawodnik no i tell you pretendent is the right word for challenger in a box title fight context (pretendent do tytułu mistrzowskiego)

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 20:00 #17
gumishu: i tell you pretendent is the right word for challenger in a box title fight context (pretendent do tytułu mistrzowskiego) ok. it's just that i've never heard the word before and that led to my be hesitant in using it. I'll use it thanks!!

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Edited by: gumishu Feb 19, 12, 20:47 #18

rybnik:

gumishu:
i tell you pretendent is the right word for challenger in a box title fight context (pretendent do tytułu mistrzowskiego)

ok. it's just that i've never heard the word before and that led to my be hesitant in using it. I'll use it thanks!!

it's ok :)

btw the word originated in context of monarchy - pretendent do tronu - was a person who's ambition was to become a monarch after a heirless death of the previous monarch

it is also often used in context of American presidential candidates

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Feb 19, 12, 20:53 #19
gumishu: btw the word originated in context of monarchy - pretendent do tronu - was a person who's ambition was to become a monarch after a heirless death of the previous monarch it is also often used in context of American presidential candidates interesting. Thanks again :)

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Mar 7, 12, 01:51 #20
podporucznik. Is this a lieutenant?...............as always, thanks.

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Mar 7, 12, 02:37 #21
rybnik: podporucznik. Is this a lieutenant?. podporucznik => second lieutenant porucznik => lieutenant

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Mar 22, 12, 02:16 #22
upominać Google says "rebuke"

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Mar 22, 12, 03:21 #23

rybnik:

upominać
Google says "rebuke"

"To rebuke" looks to me as too strong a word; it carries a sense of authority with it. I would use "to admonish" verb instead. "Google translate" usually gives you several options, as long as you are translating a single word. My advice is: when in doubt, accept one of the Google suggestions and reverse the query from Polish=>English, to English=>Polish (or vice versa). If this does not look good then try another solution.This helps to hunt for language nuances.

to admonish someone => upomnieć kogoś
to rebuke someone => karcić, skarcić kogoś

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Mar 22, 12, 03:52 #24
boletus: I heard upominac on tv tonight in this context: Radisław Sikorski reminded Polonia living in Germany to upominac about Polish TV.as always, thanks

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Mar 22, 12, 06:34 #25
rybnik: Radisław Sikorski reminded Polonia living in Germany to upominac about Polish TV Oh, in this context: "upominać się o coś" => to ask for something insistently, to demand something (gently yet firmly), to stand up for something

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Edited by: rybnik Mar 31, 12, 17:35 #26
doczekliwość?.(google came up with nothing......maybe my spelling?)

boletusThreads: 47 Posts: 1,095 Joined: Apr 13, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 12, 17:42 #27
rybnik: doczekliwosc?.(google came up with nothing......maybe my spelling?) Yes, Google knows "dociekliwość" though. :-)

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 12, 17:54 #28
thanks boss!!!

rybnikThreads: 29 Posts: 1,229 Joined: Jan 16, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 12, 23:02 #29
I'm watching the film "Panny z Wilka" and a word came up podwieczorek. Google translates it as tea. Is that right?

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,783 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Mar 31, 12, 23:07 #30
rybnik: Google translates it as tea. Is that right? err ...let me think ....a meal served between dinner and supper....well it must be tea then ! Honestly rybnik I don't know, possibly, there is no lunch in Poland, also I doubt nowadays somebody is serving podwieczorek. Does it matters ?

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