Polish-English Translation Competition #10 (closed)
Some of readers might be despondent these days. The school year begins today, the weather hasn’t been clement recently in Poland, the days are drawing in, and autumn is imminent. For no apparent reason all those unfavourable circumstances prompted me to make criminality a leitmotiv of the tenth translation competition. Actually not all the phrases below refer to law violations, but in each case there’s at least a tiny connection with some sort of misconduct.
1. dojść do rękoczynów – to come to blows (Steve)
2. podprowadzić coś – to pilfer sth (PMK)
3. wieszać psy na kimś – to badmouth sb (Kasia)
4. podwędzić coś – to pinch sth (Name)
5. przekręt – scam (EM)
6. zbić kogoś na kwaśne jabłko – to beat sb to a pulp (Arturwarrior)
7. możni tego świata* – movers and shakers (-)
8. zaszywać się – to hole up (Name)
9. mały, krępy, niewywrotny** – pudgy (-)
10. nadziany*** – well-heeled (Tomasz)
* bear in mind there’s a numerous group of people in this country who believe everyone who belongs to the elite surely is a criminal…
** hint: use only one word
*** justification – to translate one of Poland’s most outstanding thinkers: “if somebody has money, they must have it from somewhere”
5. Hustle.
7. The Powers That Be.
8. be on detox
2 and 4. Rustle
1. To have a falling out; to blow a matter out of proportion (especially with friends)
2. To steal something; to swipe something; to pilfer;
3. To slander someone; to spread rumors
4. To steal something; to smoke something (in a delicious manner);
5. To hustle; to play someone as a fool; to make someone a sap;
6. To badly beat someone;
7. The elite; the wizards of Oz; shadow society; New World Order; secret masters
8. Sue oneself; Disulfiram injection
9. Stout; beefy; chesty; thick-chested; buff
10. Behind every fortune, there’s a crime.
So many stabs, just one hit…
I guess we can’t all have nice things.
6. to beat crap/shit out of somebody
I meant ” to beat the shit out of somebody”
1.to come to blows
3. to set the dogs on someone
4. also to pilfer something
5. wheeler and dealer
6. to knock the living daylights out of someone
7. high and mighty
8. to pass on
9. solid
10. stinking rich
1. To be moved to murder
3. To lay the blame on someone
4. To swipe something
6. To beat somebody black and blue
7. The fat cats
8. To hole up
9. Wiry
4. to pinch sth
5. scam
3. to cast aspersions on someone
6. to beat sb to a pulp
9. plump
10. loaded
7. wise guys
Erm, I have to make a claim; Bartek to be correct 4 and 5 were mine answers…
My apologies EM, I overlooked sth, corrected
3.haul someone over the coals/drag someone through the mire/throw mud at someone
7. the upper crust/top drawer
10. in the chips/top dog/to be made of money
9. stocky
or thickset? (9)
3. To badmouth someone
10. Loaded
hints:
7. m***** *n* ******s
9. *u**y
10. well-******
7. mighty and serious
9. burly
10. well-heeled