Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
be puncutal and exact
Serbo-Croat translation:
biti tacan i precizan
Added to glossary by
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
May 25, 2003 19:06
21 yrs ago
English term
United States
linguistic expert
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin ) 
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Croatian, English to Bosnian, and 5 more.
be puncutal and exact
English to Serbo-Croat
Other
evo mog poslednjeg 'saveta'
Proposed translations
(Serbo-Croat)
| 3 +1 | biti tacan i precizan |
duje
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| 4 +3 | Budi tacan i precizan. |
Pavle Perencevic
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| 5 | budi taèan |
ewa_markiewi (X)
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| 5 | precizan i taèan (odreðen) |
Sanja Mihailovic
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| 4 +1 | Pravovremen i precizan |
IVAN-57
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| 4 | na vreme i precizan |
Branka Arrivé
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Proposed translations
+1
15 hrs
Selected
biti tacan i precizan
i u srpskom mozemo razdvojiti ova dva znacenja...probaj ovako...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vesna Bozic Taylor
3 days 3 hrs
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| 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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Zahvaljujem svima na odlicnim odgovorima. Larisa
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25 mins
budi taèan
.
+3
1 hr
Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Canada
Canada
Sparing no effort to get it right!
Native in: Serbian
Works in: Serbian to English, Slovenian to English, Croatian to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
194
Budi tacan i precizan.
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).
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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).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Aida.
: definitivno 'punctual'= tacan, na vrijeme....exact=precizan
1 hr
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| agree |
A.Đapo
11 hrs
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| agree |
Vesna Bozic Taylor
1 day 13 hrs
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1 hr
Sanja Mihailovic
Serbia
Serbia
Native in Serbo-Croat
Serbia
Chartered Linguist MCIL CL, EN>SR/HR/BS
Native in: Serbian 
, Serbo-Croat (Variant: Bosnian)
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Croatian, English to Bosnian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
175
precizan i taèan (odreðen)
punctual = precizan
exact = taèan, a može i odreðen (kao suprotnost neèemu neodreðenom)
exact = taèan, a može i odreðen (kao suprotnost neèemu neodreðenom)
2 hrs
na vreme i precizan
"punctual" je neko ko ne kasni, "exact" zavisi... "precizan", "rigorozan"...
+1
2 hrs
Pravovremen i precizan
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.
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.
Discussion
budite na vreme za 'be punctual'
because in English they don't mean the same thing