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Przecież podobno

English translation: After all, ... is said to be...

13:50 Nov 23, 2013
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Przecież podobno
Polish term or phrase: Przecież podobno
Współpraca stale się rozwija - mimo różnego rodzaju trudności, nieporozumień i różnic kulturowych. Przecież podobno cywilizacja europejska jest kwadratowa a chińska kulista.

Jak to przetłumaczyć, żeby brzmiało po angielsku?
Tereska Macioł
English translation:After all, ... is said to be...
Explanation:
Another option, only because I don't like 'supposedly' in this context...
Selected response from:

Joanna Carroll
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:50
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Supposedly, (the European civilization is square...and
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
5 +2After all, supposedly, (...)
Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz
4 +3After all, ... is said to be...
Joanna Carroll
4even though apparently
LilianNekipelov


Discussion entries: 12





  

Answers


23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Supposedly, (the European civilization is square...and


Explanation:
You do not even need "but," because "supposedly" has already introduced the element of doubt.


Supposedly- believed or reputed to be the case
according to what is generally assumed or believed


Another line of thought:
But they say that/But some say that/Some hold that/It is thought that

This is an "impersonal they" in the sense of "it is said/claimed." So, here we have a disembodied opinion.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 307

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  LilianNekipelov: I don't fully agree with this suggestion either.
2 hrs
  -> Half-agree then? Thank you, Lilian.
agree  mike23: Well, I do. "Supposedly" grasps it nicely
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, mike23. I am glad you grasped the nuance and the economy of this deceptively simple word.
agree  George BuLah (X): :)))) ... "half-agree" :))) ... you make my Sunday, Frank. Thanks :))
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, JacaZwawa. You made the rest of my week.
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
After all, supposedly, (...)


Explanation:
Można połączyć w ten sposób dwa przysłówki, unikając rozbicia tej frazy.

After all, supposedly, the European civilisation is square while the Chinese one is round.

Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz
Poland
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  LilianNekipelov: How would you translate the sentence using your suggested phrase?
2 hrs
  -> The way I wrote above. There is nothing wrong in combining two adverbs at the front of a sentence, it just doesn't happen too often.
agree  Darius Saczuk
8 hrs
agree  mike23: Agree. It sounds ok
11 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
even though apparently


Explanation:
I would turn the last two sentences into one.

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 11:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 103
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
After all, ... is said to be...


Explanation:
Another option, only because I don't like 'supposedly' in this context...

Joanna Carroll
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:50
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ewa Nowicka
11 mins
  -> Dzieki :)
neutral  LilianNekipelov: It does not fit within the context, as a translation of the Polish sentence -- it would mean something else.
1 hr
  -> I just followed the asker's instruction "zeby brzmialo po angielsku". I take this to mean "what a native speaker (Brit, in this case) would say to express the meaning. I've asked the one I have at home and he agrees :)
agree  maciejm
7 hrs
  -> Dziękuję!
agree  Darius Saczuk
21 hrs
  -> dziekuje!
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