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lambent beauty

Polish translation: olśniewające piękno

21:27 May 6, 2011
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: lambent beauty
Jak przetłumaczyć 'lambent beauty' w zdaniu 'He was hearing voices after all, and seeing elements in the situation – Patrice’s sudden, lambent beauty, for example – which he decided later did not exist.'
Peyton Sawyer
Local time: 01:29
Polish translation:olśniewające piękno
Explanation:
http://www.synonym.com/definition/lambent/

Synonimy to "luminous", "lucent", "bright", "glowing". Kojarzy mi się z blaskiem.

Po polsku w takim przypadku pewnie powiedziałoby się po prostu "olśniewające".
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MagDol
Poland
Local time: 01:29
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3olśniewające piękno
MagDol
3migotliwe piękno/uroda
Jerzy Matwiejczuk
2złudne piękno
geopiet


Discussion entries: 4





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
olśniewające piękno


Explanation:
http://www.synonym.com/definition/lambent/

Synonimy to "luminous", "lucent", "bright", "glowing". Kojarzy mi się z blaskiem.

Po polsku w takim przypadku pewnie powiedziałoby się po prostu "olśniewające".

MagDol
Poland
Local time: 01:29
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  p_t: albo uroda
11 mins
  -> Dziękuję. :)
agree  Polangmar
2 hrs
  -> Dziękuję. :)
neutral  Paulina Liedtke: zgoda na "olśniewające", ale w odniesieniu do osoby powiedziałabym raczej "uroda"
8 hrs
  -> Dziękuję. :) Faktycznie może uroda lepiej brzmi. :)
agree  Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
14 hrs
  -> Dziękuję. :)
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
migotliwe piękno/uroda


Explanation:
Ulotne i złudne, jak wynika z kontekstu.

Jerzy Matwiejczuk
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 138
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
złudne piękno


Explanation:
lam·bent/ˈlambənt/Adjective
1. (of light or fire) Glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance.

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i skoro;

"lambent beauty, for example – which he decided later did not exist"

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 240

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Polangmar: migotliwe i ulotne też nie
51 mins
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