Jan 19, 2008 19:25
16 yrs ago
Polish term
zajmują się
Polish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Nie wpływa to jednak na drobną kontrabandę wyrobami alkoholowymi czy tytoniowymi, którą przeważnie *zajmują się*, prawie każdego dnia, mieszkańcy terenów przygranicznych po obydwu stronach państwowej granicy.
mam kłopot z doborem czasownika w tym zdaniu, bo nie wiem, co pasuje do przemytu.
petty smuggling, carried out? done? by...
mam kłopot z doborem czasownika w tym zdaniu, bo nie wiem, co pasuje do przemytu.
petty smuggling, carried out? done? by...
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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21 mins
Barbara Gadomska
Native in Polish
History, from art to politics
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
engage in
engage in smuggling
...The individuals have limited experience smuggling, although they are likely to have wanted to engage in smuggling for some time. The Type 1 businesses have yet to make a substantial profit from smuggling and have only limited contacts with individuals who can secure the contraband...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_organization
NCPA - Brief Analysis 423, Cigarette Smuggling
Every day, residents of Maryland ($1 tax) and the District of Columbia (65 cents tax) technically engage in smuggling by buying cigarettes in Virginia. ...
www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba423/
...The individuals have limited experience smuggling, although they are likely to have wanted to engage in smuggling for some time. The Type 1 businesses have yet to make a substantial profit from smuggling and have only limited contacts with individuals who can secure the contraband...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling_organization
NCPA - Brief Analysis 423, Cigarette Smuggling
Every day, residents of Maryland ($1 tax) and the District of Columbia (65 cents tax) technically engage in smuggling by buying cigarettes in Virginia. ...
www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba423/
Peer comment(s):
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Andrew Stanleyson
: yep
17 mins
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thanks, Andrew
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| agree |
Iveta Ivanova
39 mins
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thanks, Yvette
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| agree |
Caryl Swift
: Yes, indeed :-) Hi ! :-)
1 day 2 hrs
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Hi, Caryl. And thanks :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Bardzo dziękuję za wszystkie propozycje. Wahałam się między "done" a "carried on", ale ostatecznie przekonała mnie wersja podana przez Caryl."
6 mins
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Works in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
502
done by
Done jest "OK".
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-01-19 19:32:49 GMT)
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Other members of the Chertoff family were very active in the airplane and weapons smuggling done by the Haganah gangsters and the Mossad from the US to...
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-01-19 19:32:49 GMT)
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Other members of the Chertoff family were very active in the airplane and weapons smuggling done by the Haganah gangsters and the Mossad from the US to...
1 hr
Andrew Stanleyson
Native in Polish
Specializes in field
Also an Australian lawyer
Native in: Polish 
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Danish to English, and 1 more.
get involved in
albo tak
2 hrs
... smuggling that keeps frontiersmen busy practically every day.
Wszystkie dały "4", to ja tez! ;)
Peer comment(s):
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Andrew Stanleyson
: frontiersmen, eh?
17 mins
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No... to tak poetycko/nieszablonowo mialo byc... ;)
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1 hr
they are in/into
"they are into smuggling" - Oxford-PWN
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Note added at 2 godz. (2008-01-19 21:35:20 GMT)
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Albo nawet "they are being in"
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Note added at 2 godz. (2008-01-19 21:35:20 GMT)
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Albo nawet "they are being in"
3 hrs
Kinga Palczewska
Native in Polish
Works in field
A feeling for language
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
commit
też narzuca mi sie strona bierna, a więc ...(smuggling) commited by frontiersmen....
3 hrs
carried on
kolejna propozycja
...petty smuggling [trade] carried on...??
...petty smuggling [trade] carried on...??
9 hrs
occupy themselves
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17 hrs
deal in
'deal in' is often used in street and criminal sland for that kind of thing, esp. in movies
Example sentence:
he deals in smuggled antiques
he deals in 'that'
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