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Control Freak

Croatian translation: manija kontroliranja

19:26 Jun 6, 2002
English to Croatian translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: Control Freak
"My boss is a control freak."
Elle
Croatian translation:manija kontroliranja
Explanation:
Evo par prijedloga:


Moj šef ima maniju kontroliranja.

ili

Moj šef pati od potrebe da sve kontrolira/da sve bude pod njegovim nadzorom
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Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 05:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3manija kontroliranja
Vesna Zivcic
5nadzorni monstrum
Kemal Mustajbegovic


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
nadzorni monstrum


Explanation:
It seems to me that your boss puts too much energy into keeping an eye on everything and everybody. Am I right?

So I would suggest this translation. Of course, there're some other expressions like "nadzorni manijak"...

Don't tell him I helped you.

Cheers!

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Note added at 2002-06-07 06:48:31 (GMT)
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\"Moj šef je nadzorni monstrum/manijak\"

Kemal Mustajbegovic
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 240
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
manija kontroliranja


Explanation:
Evo par prijedloga:


Moj šef ima maniju kontroliranja.

ili

Moj šef pati od potrebe da sve kontrolira/da sve bude pod njegovim nadzorom

Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 869
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agree  slavist: bolje da bude kao karakteristika sefa - ne ima maniju nego manijak je
11 hrs

agree  evaesse
13 hrs

agree  Franka72
19 days
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