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danasnji Zapadnjak

English translation: Today's Westerner / The Westerner of today

05:03 Sep 12, 2003
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Croatian term or phrase: danasnji Zapadnjak
danasnji Zapadnjak moze se pribliziti islamskoj kulturi
Laura1
Local time: 09:48
English translation:Today's Westerner / The Westerner of today
Explanation:
mislim da ne mora biti opisno, ovo su poprilicno ustaljeni termini

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Ulvija Tanovic (X)
Local time: 09:48
Grading comment
Hvala na odgovoru.

Laura
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Today's Westerner / The Westerner of today
Ulvija Tanovic (X)
4contemporary/modern Westerner
Kemal Mustajbegovic
4present-day Westerners
Vesna Zivcic
3opisno
A.Đapo


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
opisno


Explanation:
Ja bih ovo prevela opisno jer ako skratite nesto ce faliti
a man who is living in a western country ....
nadam se da je makar malo pomoglo


A.Đapo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian, Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in pair: 38
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
contemporary/modern Westerner


Explanation:
"Contemporary Westerner" or "modern Westerner"

Just an idea.

Cheers!

Kemal Mustajbegovic
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 158

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ulvija Tanovic (X): contemporary and modern may imply that the "Westerner" is very up to date, limiting the term
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Today's Westerner / The Westerner of today


Explanation:
mislim da ne mora biti opisno, ovo su poprilicno ustaljeni termini



Ulvija Tanovic (X)
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 39
Grading comment
Hvala na odgovoru.

Laura
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
present-day Westerners


Explanation:
Budući da se izraz "zapadnjak" odvije koristi generički, u engleskom ga bez ikakvog problema možete upotrijebiti u obliku za plural.


"...a vivid exposition of Muslim contemplation ... from which present-day Westerners tend to avert ... "



    Reference: http://www.oxfordreference.org/isbn/0195156498.html
Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 196
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