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English translation: Flatlander


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Polish term or phrase:płaszczak
English translation:Flatlander
Entered by: Kama_Wawa
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18:58 Nov 6, 2011
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / neologisms
Polish term or phrase: płaszczak
Poszukuję utartego terminu w American English ( chociaż tu chyba UK/US jest bez znaczenia) na nazwę mieszkańców. Jest to polskie tłumaczenie oryginału, i o ten oryginał mi właśnie chodzi (termin z książki "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions"). Może ktoś się zetknął z tym neologizmem? Nie chciałabym wymyślać tłumaczenia dla czegoś, co oryginalnie zostało wymyślone w j. angielskim...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Płaszczak_(literatura)
"Płaszczak – popularnonaukowa nazwa oznaczające istoty istniejące w przestrzeni dwuwymiarowej (np. na płaszczyźnie lub powierzchni kuli)."
Kama_Wawa
Flatlander
Explanation:
"Arthur admits that he can't and pleads with his fellow Flatlanders that reason dictates a third dimension"

"He rushes Hex to school and along the way they discuss the laws of inheritance: how each new generation of Flatlanders, beginning with triangles, gains a new side until the shapes become indistinguishable from circles."

Żródło: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland:_The_Movie

Dla porządku dodam, że flatlander ma też i inne, bardziej powszechne znaczenie (zob. wikipedia)
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Melos Oz
Local time: 16:26
Grading comment
Dziękuję :) nie pomyślałam żeby zbłądzić na strony o adaptacji książki.
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Flatlander


Explanation:
"Arthur admits that he can't and pleads with his fellow Flatlanders that reason dictates a third dimension"

"He rushes Hex to school and along the way they discuss the laws of inheritance: how each new generation of Flatlanders, beginning with triangles, gains a new side until the shapes become indistinguishable from circles."

Żródło: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland:_The_Movie

Dla porządku dodam, że flatlander ma też i inne, bardziej powszechne znaczenie (zob. wikipedia)

Melos Oz
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Dziękuję :) nie pomyślałam żeby zbłądzić na strony o adaptacji książki.

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Nov 6, 2011 - Changes made by Crannmer:
Language pairEnglish to Polish => Polish to English


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