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nad czymś wisi fatum

English translation: ...is ill-fated

14:19 Feb 10, 2006
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / correspondence
Polish term or phrase: nad czymś wisi fatum
Niestety musze stwierdzic, że ***nad naszą współpracą wisi jakies fatum***
Chodzi o to, że wskutek okoliczności poza kontrolą obu stron współpraca nie układa się najlepiej.
Pawel Bartoszewicz
Poland
Local time: 01:48
English translation:...is ill-fated
Explanation:
krócej

One of your daughters is ill-fated. As long as she stays in the house, no suitors
will come to call." The widow gasps. "That cannot be! ...
www.storiestogrowby.com/newsletter/news_may_05.html - 16k
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Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 01:48
Grading comment
Dziękuję baqrdzo za wszystkie odpowiedzi. :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5...is ill-fated
Maciej Andrzejczak
4 +2sb/sth is dogged by ill fortune
bartek
5...is doomed
legato
5to be jinxed / there is a jinx on
Ensor


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
nad czym� wisi fatum
sb/sth is dogged by ill fortune


Explanation:
Kosciuszko

bartek
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 142

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nrabate
41 mins
agree  Joanna Carroll: ten zwrot najlepiej oddaje powtarzajace sie niefortunne przypadki, ktore sugeruje kontekst...
20 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
nad czymś wisi fatum
...is ill-fated


Explanation:
krócej

One of your daughters is ill-fated. As long as she stays in the house, no suitors
will come to call." The widow gasps. "That cannot be! ...
www.storiestogrowby.com/newsletter/news_may_05.html - 16k

Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Dziękuję baqrdzo za wszystkie odpowiedzi. :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Gadomska
12 mins
agree  Olga Karp: :) też "ill-starred"
1 hr
agree  Agnieszka Zmuda
1 hr
agree  Magczer
4 hrs
agree  M. Anna Kańduła
6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
nad czymś wisi fatum
...is doomed


Explanation:
Webster's, Roget's

legato
United States
Local time: 17:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
nad czymś wisi fatum
to be jinxed / there is a jinx on


Explanation:
potocznie tak sie to okresla;

Kosciuszko rowniez tlumaczy to jako "wisi nad czyms fatum";

Ensor
Local time: 08:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 127
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