"Boat people"

Serbian translation: raja iz čamca

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English term or phrase:boat people
Serbian translation:raja iz čamca
Entered by: Miloš Stojadinović

12:49 Feb 24, 2009
English to Serbian translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: "Boat people"
Those who fled by sea would become known as the “boat people.”

Radi se o ljudima koji napustaju zemlju usled nepovoljne situacije. A oni koji su pobegli putem mora postali su poznati kao...?
Miloš Stojadinović
Serbia
Local time: 09:35
raja iz čamca
Explanation:
Budući da se radi o temi koja nije mnogo poznata u našim krajevima, gde se obično nije masovno napuštala zemlja u čamcima niti brodovima da bismo imali neki adekvatan termin, ovo je neko moje poetsko rešenje: zvuči možda smešno, ali narod često zna da "nadene" neki manje više posprdan/šaljiv nadimak onima koji su u teškoj situaciji.
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Cedomir Pusica
Serbia
Local time: 09:35
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Zahvaljujem
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3ljudi s broda
rosak
3 +1raja iz čamca
Cedomir Pusica
3brodske izbjeglice
John Farebrother
3brodadžije ( brodisti, brodari )
Lingua 5B


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"boat people"
brodske izbjeglice


Explanation:
valjda tako

John Farebrother
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"boat people"
ljudi s broda


Explanation:
prilično sam siguran

rosak
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jelena_s: agree
6 hrs

agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X)
1 day 9 hrs

agree  Bogdan Petrovic
3 days 13 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"boat people"
brodadžije ( brodisti, brodari )


Explanation:

evo i malo slobodnije kovanice. ako vam se uklapa u stil, ---

( u pitanju je brod sa azilantima )

Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in CroatianCroatian
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"boat people"
raja iz čamca


Explanation:
Budući da se radi o temi koja nije mnogo poznata u našim krajevima, gde se obično nije masovno napuštala zemlja u čamcima niti brodovima da bismo imali neki adekvatan termin, ovo je neko moje poetsko rešenje: zvuči možda smešno, ali narod često zna da "nadene" neki manje više posprdan/šaljiv nadimak onima koji su u teškoj situaciji.

Cedomir Pusica
Serbia
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Zahvaljujem

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agree  KatharinaL
39 days
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