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damned if they do, damned if they don't

Romanian translation: cum o dai, tot nu e bine

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English term or phrase:	damned if they do, damned if they don't
Romanian translation:	cum o dai, tot nu e bine
Entered by:	Lina Samoila

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19:14 Dec 18, 2008

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English term or phrase: damned if they do, damned if they don't

o dilema a companiilor care incearca sa faca fata noilor modele de afaceri... adica au incurcat-o si daca accepta noile modele si daca renunta la ele; cum as putea formula (traduce) asta la fel de concis in romana? mersi.

Ilona Roberts KudoZ activity Questions: 169 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 313
Local time: 17:08

cum o dai, tot nu e bine

Explanation:
o idee

Selected response from:

Lina Samoila
Local time: 16:08

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Summary of answers provided

3 +7

cum o dai, tot nu e bine

Lina Samoila

3 +3

rău şi-aşa, rău şi-aşa

Mihai Badea

4 +1

rău şi într-un fel, şi într-altul

Mihaela BUFNILA

4 +1

(con)damnate (sortite eşecului) şi într-un caz şi în celălalt

Claudia Klaus

4 +1

doua variante

Anca Nitu

3 +1

e rău cu rău, e mai rău fără rău

Denise Idel

suna a "o da din lac in put"

Britudia

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

rău şi-aşa, rău şi-aşa

Explanation:
O idee.

Mihai Badea
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 72

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

e rău cu rău, e mai rău fără rău

Explanation:
,

Denise Idel
Israel
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of:

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

cum o dai, tot nu e bine

Explanation:
o idee

Lina Samoila
Local time: 16:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

doua variante

Explanation:
1. nu pot sa castige orice ar face
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=850437
2. sau te ia dracu' sau taica-su'
cer scuze dar "damned" cam asta inseamna:)

variantele se pot utiliza in functie de cat de inclinat spre argou este contextul larg

Anca Nitu
Local time: 10:08
Native speaker of:

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 22

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

damned if they do, damned if they don\'t (con)damnate (sortite eşecului) şi într-un caz şi în celălalt

Explanation:
ex.

Example sentence(s):

(...) Jumatate din centrele comerciale care urmeaza sa apara in Romania in urmatorii cinci ani sunt sortite esecului, potrivit analistilor companiei de consultanta imobiliara Colliers. (...)

Reference: http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/2007-06-28/aglomerati...

Claudia Klaus
Romania
Local time: 17:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian

13 hrs confidence:

suna a "o da din lac in put"

Explanation:
optiunile - una mai proasta decat alta...

Britudia
Germany
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of:

Romanian

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

rău şi într-un fel, şi într-altul

Explanation:
...

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Note added at 16 hrs (2008-12-19 11:31:57 GMT)
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Indiferent de opţiune, companiile se confruntă cu acelaşi rău.

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Note added at 19 hrs (2008-12-19 15:13:51 GMT)
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Eu aş zice aşa: Companiile sunt puse în situaţia de a alege între două (variante la fel de) rele: să adopte un stil de lucru nou ori să şi-l păstreze pe cel vechi.

Mihaela BUFNILA
Romania
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian

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Jan 1, 2009 - Changes made by Lina Samoila:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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