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be puncutal and exact

Serbo-Croat translation: biti tacan i precizan

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English term or phrase:be puncutal and exact
Serbo-Croat translation:biti tacan i precizan
Entered by: Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.

19:06 May 25, 2003
English to Serbo-Croat translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: be puncutal and exact
evo mog poslednjeg 'saveta'
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 21:28
biti tacan i precizan
Explanation:
i u srpskom mozemo razdvojiti ova dva znacenja...probaj ovako...
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duje
Local time: 04:28
Grading comment
Zahvaljujem svima na odlicnim odgovorima. Larisa

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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Budi tacan i precizan.
Pavle Perencevic
5budi taèan
ewa_markiewi (X)
5precizan i taèan (odreðen)
Sanja Mihailovic
4 +1Pravovremen i precizan
IVAN-57
4na vreme i precizan
Branka Arrivé
3 +1biti tacan i precizan
duje


Discussion entries: 3





  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
budi taèan


Explanation:
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ewa_markiewi (X)
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 3
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Budi tacan i precizan.


Explanation:
I guess...

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Note added at 2003-05-25 21:58:08 (GMT)
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Mislim da se ne moze reci \"budite na vreme\" (be on time). Nije \"u duhu jezika\". Moze \"dodjite na vreme\", \"nemojte da zakasnite\" itd. \"Tacan\" izmedju ostalog, znaci \"koji ne zadocnjava\". Nema nikakvog konteksta, ali recimo da prevod moze da glasi: \"Dodjite na vreme i budite precizni\" (ako se radi o molbi/naredbi vezanoj za konkretnu situaciju) ili \"Budite tacni i precizni\" (ako se radi bilo o konkretnoj situaciji bilo o zahtevu uopste).

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in pair: 194

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aida.: definitivno 'punctual'= tacan, na vrijeme....exact=precizan
1 hr
agree  A.Đapo
11 hrs
agree  Vesna Bozic Taylor
1 day 13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
precizan i taèan (odreðen)


Explanation:
punctual = precizan
exact = taèan, a može i odreðen (kao suprotnost neèemu neodreðenom)

Sanja Mihailovic
Serbia
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in pair: 175
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
na vreme i precizan


Explanation:
"punctual" je neko ko ne kasni, "exact" zavisi... "precizan", "rigorozan"...

Branka Arrivé
Local time: 04:28
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Pravovremen i precizan


Explanation:
Dodajmo ovoj lepezi znaèenja još pokoje:
Punctual:
1. Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.
2. Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.
3. Precise; exact.
4. Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
5. Linguistics Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.

Exact:
1. Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality: an exact account; an exact replica; your exact words.
2. Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate: an exact figure; an exact science.
3. Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules: an exact speaker.

IVAN-57
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in pair: 94

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Ordanic
2 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
biti tacan i precizan


Explanation:
i u srpskom mozemo razdvojiti ova dva znacenja...probaj ovako...

duje
Local time: 04:28
PRO pts in pair: 12
Grading comment
Zahvaljujem svima na odlicnim odgovorima. Larisa

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vesna Bozic Taylor
3 days 3 hrs
neutral  Marina Smith: Posto se radi o 'savetu',onda je 'be punctual and exact' imperativ ' budi tacan i precizan', a ne infinitiv 'biti tacan i precizan'.
3 days 4 hrs
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