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Widzisz i nie grzmisz..into English.

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JazminnThreads: 1 Joined: Sep 9, 10 ♀	Edited by: Moderator Sep 9, 10, 23:53 #1
Can someone help me with translating this sentence? Widzisz i nie grzmisz. Thanks!!

RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9 Posts: 283 Joined: Mar 29, 08 ♂	Sep 10, 10, 00:17 #2
literary, it means: "You see it, and (or: but) you do not thunder?!"

ShortHairThugThreads: - Posts: 1,374 Joined: May 1, 09 ♂	Sep 10, 10, 00:29 #3
RubasznyRumcajs: "You see it, and (or: but) you do not thunder?!" Would you translate it that way though? Sometimes you have to a bit more creative than that.

nottThreads: 6 Posts: 1,271 Joined: Jun 2, 10 ♂	Sep 10, 10, 00:44 #4
ShortHairThug: Maybe 'smite' instead of 'thunder', has more biblical tang to it. The radical approach would be 'seest Thou, yet not smitest', but I'd say it's too much.

ZedThreads: - Posts: 304 Joined: May 25, 10 ♂	Sep 10, 10, 02:56 #5
It is always (and rarely) used when adding: Boże! Ty widzisz i nie grzmisz???? It's an invocation to God, when one is totally infuriated and mad or deeply offended by something someone has done. Used only in writing really, not in everyday communication for that matter.

AdamKadmonThreads: 38 Posts: 1,120 Joined: Apr 23, 10 ♂	Sep 10, 10, 16:04 #6
Henryk Sienkiewicz - Ogniem i mieczem: Co za czasy! Chamy taki miód piją! Boże, Ty widzisz i nie grzmisz? "Where is God? Why thunder'st thou not?" Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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