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kilka, kilkanaście

English translation: several /ten-odd

11:14 Aug 24, 2002
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Polish term or phrase: kilka, kilkanaście
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Paulina Koperska
Local time: 20:32
English translation:several /ten-odd
Explanation:
w tym kontekście; często na "kilkanaście" wystarczy dać "some" bo IMO w tym słowie najważniejszy jest właśnie brak precyzji i jego rozciągliwość; czasem przejdzie nawet "several" albo a handful - przynajmniej są to odpowiedniki jednowyrazowe w odróżnieniu od ten-odd itp. dziwactw

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Note added at 2002-08-25 13:35:55 (GMT)
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here: several seconds for A and just several more seconds for B

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Note added at 2002-08-26 10:34:02 (GMT)
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I have to get away from it -I\'m not an effing monk.\". Right now Jim Fitzpatrick is concentrating on new work: For the past ten-odd years he has been preparing a ...
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pidzej
Poland
Local time: 20:32
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dzięki
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5several; a dozen or so
bartek
4several /ten-odd
pidzej
4several, teen
leff


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
several; a dozen or so


Explanation:
b.

bartek
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 19045

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Piotr Kurek
1 min
  -> Dzięki, Piotrze :-)
agree  tunturi
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Dzięki :-)
agree  Szymon Cegielka
3 days 8 hrs
  -> Dzięki :-)
agree  maciejm
4 days
agree  goldenred: a dozen or so najbardziej chyba, bo several jest zbyt ogólne - to może znaczyć mniej niż 10, a nam chodzi o kilkanaście przecież.
2516 days
  -> a czy ja mówię, że nie?: Ale to asker daje ...głowę :)
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
several /ten-odd


Explanation:
w tym kontekście; często na "kilkanaście" wystarczy dać "some" bo IMO w tym słowie najważniejszy jest właśnie brak precyzji i jego rozciągliwość; czasem przejdzie nawet "several" albo a handful - przynajmniej są to odpowiedniki jednowyrazowe w odróżnieniu od ten-odd itp. dziwactw

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Note added at 2002-08-25 13:35:55 (GMT)
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here: several seconds for A and just several more seconds for B

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Note added at 2002-08-26 10:34:02 (GMT)
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I have to get away from it -I\'m not an effing monk.\". Right now Jim Fitzpatrick is concentrating on new work: For the past ten-odd years he has been preparing a ...
www.jimfitzpatrick.ie/intro.html

pidzej
Poland
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 1733
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dzięki
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
several, teen


Explanation:
several = more than two but not many; of an indefinite but small number; few

teen = the numbers from thirteen through nineteen
[Webster's]

Wprawdzie 'teen' niezupełnie pokrywa się z polskim 'kilkanaście', ale myślę ze stanowi dość dobre przybliżenie tak nieprecyzyjnego wyrażenia.




leff
Local time: 20:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 3239

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  pidzej: azaliż cokolwiek może trwać teen seconds? widziałem "the numer was in the teens" ale teen seconds jeszcze nie
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