English term
the weather-beaten sign left him as to the heraldic bearings
(ADAM BEDE by George Eliot)
| 4 | zniszczony szyld nie dawał żadnej pewności co do szlacheckiego pochodzenia (tej starej rodziny/rodu) |
Beata Claridge
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Nov 12, 2008 00:35: Polangmar changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Polish-English Certified Translator
Native in: Polish (Variants: Standard-Poland, Old Polish, Silesian (śląski)) 
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
zniszczony szyld nie dawał żadnej pewności co do szlacheckiego pochodzenia (tej starej rodziny/rodu)
heraldic bearings - fakt, ze rodzina posiada herb - szlacheckie pochodzenie,
ignorance (in which he was left after seeing the sign) - zobaczyl znak bardzo zniszczony, ktory w zaden sposob nie potwierdzil wg niego szlacheckiego pochodzenia rodu (czy dlatego, ze byl na zewnatrz i tak zniszczony?, moze trudno potwierdzic jego autentycznosc), faktem jest, ze wciaz nie wie czy rodzina ma pochodzenie "herbowe"
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-11-11 20:46:06 GMT)
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Zapomnialam dodac najwazniejsze: niepoprawnie podzielilas zdanie, wiec trudno dostrzec tu logike. Ale jak podzirelisz tak, znaczenie staje sie proste:
The weather-beaten sign left him in ignorance as to the heraldic bearings of this ancient family
A promise of good food will console him for this ignorance
http://www.archive.org/stream/scenescharacters00seguuoft/scenescharacters00seguuoft_djvu.txt
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