Oct 30, 2013 20:54
10 yrs ago
English term
Nincompiffle
English to Polish
Other
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
comedy
Dłuższy fragmencik monologu kandydatki na burmistrza:
"Ours is a proud city, a city I’m proud to serve and I’m not ashamed to say that, I am proud. In fact I’m proud of that pride, but the city also has a sickness at its heart a sickness of crime. We need boots on the ground, fists in the face but this isn’t just about tackling crime, it’s about tackling the fear of crime, our police need to be more visible, that’s why my frontline initiative won’t just put a thousand extra bobbies on every single street of this city but will dress them in these.
Some may call this nincompiffle. But those backward thinkers are precisely the kind of people I’ll replace as Chief of Police when I become your mayor. "
"Ours is a proud city, a city I’m proud to serve and I’m not ashamed to say that, I am proud. In fact I’m proud of that pride, but the city also has a sickness at its heart a sickness of crime. We need boots on the ground, fists in the face but this isn’t just about tackling crime, it’s about tackling the fear of crime, our police need to be more visible, that’s why my frontline initiative won’t just put a thousand extra bobbies on every single street of this city but will dress them in these.
Some may call this nincompiffle. But those backward thinkers are precisely the kind of people I’ll replace as Chief of Police when I become your mayor. "
Proposed translations
(Polish)
3 | bzdura, nonsens | Mirka Lenarcik |
1 +1 | bzdury/brednie/banialuki/duby | Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. |
Proposed translations
22 mins
Selected
bzdura, nonsens
Polaczenie slowa nincompoop oraz piffle.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Dzięki :)"
+1
21 mins
bzdury/brednie/banialuki/duby
I do not know this word at all, but it sounds like a bunch of hogwosh (see balderdash).
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Dimitar Dimitrov
: || Też niezły pomysł! :-)
2 days 12 hrs
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Thanks, Dimitar. I think that the comic effect of Nincompiffle is best rendered with another compound term like bzdurki na pagórki.
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