Polish Language and Translation Forum : Learning Polish and Polish Translation

How to find online furniture

dummy@example.com (thomsannager) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:47:59 +0000

I found that I was able to leather bed for home and a great price at the spacify.com. It was less costly than elsewhere.

Leather Bed

English to polish for a tattoo

dummy@example.com (ButterflyX0X0) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:10:27 +0000

Hi, I'm getting a tattoo down my back and I was wondering if someone could translate "Don't let the butterflies float away, Love is true" into polish. Thank you so much.

Translation

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:58:47 +0000

Hello I'm getting a ring for my boyfriend and the engraving inside I would like to be polish. I want it to be spelled correctly and don't know much about the polish language to understand if an online translator is telling correctly. The phrase "Forever by your side." is what I need help with being translated into polish. Thanks so much

Polish AUDIO translation

dummy@example.com (tadeusz7) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:24:29 +0000

Hello all, I'm taking part in a national online trivia/research contest this week, and one of the questions requires polish translation of an audio file, can anyone please hear it and tell me the translation in english?
this is the link:

http://www.dna2006.org/desafio/etapas/swf_questoes/e_idiomaadasdads_q09.mp3

please contact me at felipeeca@hotmail.com,

thanks.

Learn spanish by oneself

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:30:29 +0000

Although this is an English software, but also can be used to learn Spanish.
http://lib.verycd.com/2005/07/25/0000058130.html
http://www.skycn.com/soft/17119.html

Familial Vocabulary

dummy@example.com (winechristmas) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:29:31 +0000

I was memorizing vocabulary from the page of familial terms in The Oxford Picture Dictionary, when I realized they'd made a small error, by failing to correctly indicate the difference between a siostreniec and a bratanek. Poles seem to specify gender of relations, including intermediary links, more finely than speakers of other languages. I decided to compile a list of the more-complex familial terms I could discover in my dictionary (PWN-Oxford Multimedialny Słownik 2005) and through Wikipedia. Since this list might be useful to other learners, I'm posting it here. Enjoy!

Familial Relationships/Powinowactwa lub Koligacja

Great-Grandparents & Great-Grandchildren
great-grandfather: pradziadek, pradziad
great-gradmother: prababcia, prababka
great-grandson: prawnuk
great-granddaughter: prawnuczka

Uncles & Aunts
uncle: wujek (colloquial), wuj
uncle (paternal [father's brother/father's brother-in-law]): stryj (archaic)
uncle (husband of parent's sister): wuj pociot, wuj naciot (technical)
aunt: ciotka
aunt (wife of parent's brother): wujna, wujenka (archaic)

Nephews & Nieces
nephew (brother's son): bratanek
nephew (sister's son): siostrzeniec
niece (brother's daughter): bratanica
niece (sister's daughter): siostrzenica

Cousins
sibling: rodzeństwo
cousin (aunt's child): rodzeństwo cioteczne
cousin (aunt's son): brat cioteczny
cousin (aunt's daugter): siostra cioteczna
cousin (uncle's child): rodzeństwo stryjeczne
cousin (uncle's son): brat stryjeczny
cousin (uncle's daugter): siostra stryjeczna
cousin: kuzyn
second cousin: drugi kuzyn/druga kuzynka
third cousin: trzeci kuzin/trzecia kuzynka

Inlaws
father-in-law (husband's father): świekier, śwokier
mother-in-law (husband's mother): świekra
father-in-law (wife's father): teść
mother-in-law (wife's mother): teściowa
son-in-law: zięć
daughter-in-law: synowa
brother-in-law: szwagier
sister-in-law (sister of wife or husband): szwagierka
sister-in-law (wife of brother): bratowa

Stepfamily
stepfather: ojczym
stepmother: macocha
stepson: pasierb
stepdaughter: pasierbica
stepbrother: przyrodni brat
stepsister: przyrodnia siostra

Twins
twin: bliźniak
twin-brother: brat-bliźniak
twin-sister: siostra-bliźniaczka

adopted: przybrany

Corrections and comments are most welcome.

While searching for a thread in WordReference's forums I might have appended this information to, I found one with an interesting list of familial diminutives, compiled by meta_fora. I thought I'd format this information nicely and include it here:

matka (mother)
Modern Diminutives: mama, mamusia, mamcia, mamuś, mamunia
Archaic Diminutives: mateczka, matuś, matula, matusia

ojciec (father)
Modern Diminutives: tata, tatuś, tatunio
Archaic Diminutives: tatko, tatulo, ojczulek, papa, papko

babcia (grandmother)
Diminutives: babuś, babunia, babusia, babuńcia

dziadek (grandfather)
Diminutives: dziadzio, dziadziuś

Polish slang and bad words

dummy@example.com (winechristmas) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:26:12 +0000

I'd like to be able to learn some essential Polish slang?

One phrase I'd like to be able to use is:

get lost (go away) ...

Any other useful Polish traveller phrases would be great. I'm sure lots of other visitors would also find it useful.

Polish electronic translators

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:20:08 +0000

I have seen on the internet that there are elecronic translators that when you speak into it, it will translate into Polish or vice versa. Has anyone used these and do they do a fairly good job.

Translation to Polish

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:57:56 +0000

Can you please translate the following for me? Thank you in advance for your time and help!

___________
1. The ultimate castel game is evolving.

2. Thousand of players are massing

3. War is coming
Is your village ready?

4. He calls himself the "Black Knight"

5. He is researching Command.

6. Chaos is taking over the Parish Capital

7. Lady Megan is building a Garden

8. Merepatra is holding a Banquet

9. The Black Knight pillages Lord Stronghold's village

10. Lord Stronghold in response declares... war!
___________

Tips for Translation

dummy@example.com (Herry00) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:14:20 +0000

There is no need to explain what translation means in our everyday non-professional understanding. It is a process when a text – be it oral or written - created in one language is transferred into another language. But translation has never been just a word for word substitution – it is a difficult and creative process that requires real professionals with a wide experience in translation industry. It is the language differences that made people resort to this hard yet vitally important job and made the translation itself one of the oldest occupations in the world. Different cultures, mentalities, levels of development, traditions – all of them come forward when a need arises to translate. It is easy to make oneself lost in this ever-changing world of words and meanings.

Translation Needed For Tattoo..

dummy@example.com (Peter00) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:44:32 +0000

Hello everyone

If it isn't too much trouble, I would like to see if anyone could help me out. I'm getting a tattoo as a surprise for my husband. He is Polish, and so I want it to be in the Polish language. I have used translators online, but this is so permanent, I don't want to have any mistakes. This is what several translators have given me:

Będę wam miłością aż umrę.

I want it to basically say, "I'm gonna love you til I die." Have the translators done a good job, is it correct?

Thanks in advance for your time,

Mallory

Meaning of Translation

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:22:44 +0000

Translation is, above all, an activity that aims at conveying meaning or meanings of a given-linguistic discourse from one language to another, rather than the words or grammatical structures of the original. The meaning of a given word or set of words is best understood as the contribution that word or phrase can make to the meaning or function of the whole sentence or linguistic utterance where that word or phrase occurs. The meaning of a given word is governed not only by the external object or idea that particular word is supposed to refer to, but also by the use of that particular word or phrase in a particular way, in a particular context, and to a particular effect.

Translation requires a high standard of knowledge of a language and a meticulous approach to words and processing text. Many specialise in specific fields such as legal or medical texts. Translators also usually only translate into their native language. A translator would need a high degree of fluency to translate out of their native language, as no matter how long you’ve lived in a country, there will always be forms of the language you don’t know.

Free Online Translators

dummy@example.com (Translation) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:45:15 +0000

Here are a few online translators if in need for quick, rough translation.

e-DICT
Very good for 'one worders' and slang words.

Poltran
Not very good for translating big chunks of information. Better to use as an online dictionary rather than a translator.
Occasionally, can be quite slow.

Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
In my opinion, the best online translator. Great for translating chunks of information, but not always accurate.
Can translate entire webpages.

http://www.anglik.net/polish.htm
If you are not in a hurry there is one site which offers a completely FREE human translation of short texts up to five words long.

http://www.endlezz.be/polish-english-dictionary.pdf
If you are in need of a Polish -> English dictionary, download one (in PDF format) on Endlezz's website.
(right click this link and choose "save as...") - 1.73MB

www.getionary.pl
Sometimes it's quite slow but it's OK.

http://mtranslator.pl/

http://tlumacz.interia.pl/

http://www.activ-traduceri.ro/en/free-o … ons-47.htm

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Please remember to spell Polish words correctly, making sure you've included the special characters.

ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ż ź

English Polish technical translation services

dummy@example.com (kayleemiller) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:27:34 +0000

If you ever need a complex translation of a technical or scientific text, try Mediana Translation Services: http://tlumaczenia-biuro.pl/index_en.html

net weight translation

dummy@example.com (kayleemiller) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:19:11 +0000

Help....How to say "net weight" in polish??