HARD LOAN

12:42 Jan 21, 2003

English to Polish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

English term or phrase: HARD LOAN

It's a shor article about the apartheid in South Africa ad the economic situation at that time. Hard is actually in the inverted commas so I expect it to be a kind of metaphorical meaning.

Iwona Kikolska KudoZ activity Questions: 22 (1 open) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 22:21

Summary of answers provided

"trudna" pożyczka

Maciej Andrzejczak

pozyczka w walutach wymienialnych

GingerR

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

9 mins confidence:

"trudna" pożyczka

Explanation:
loan which was difficult to be accepted by the public

proposal

Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in pair: 4053

Grading comment

the dictionary actually calls it as "twarda pozyczka".

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Comment: the dictionary actually calls it as "twarda pozyczka".

1 day 10 hrs confidence:

pozyczka w walutach wymienialnych

Explanation:
another suggestion, as it is difficult to be sure without more context.

It might mean "hard currency loan" which, for example, can be a loan denominated in US Dollars

GingerR
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 515

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