a fixer

Polish translation: załatwiacz

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English term or phrase:a fixer
Polish translation:załatwiacz
Entered by: Anna Boutaleb

00:50 Sep 20, 2015
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Other / crime
English term or phrase: a fixer
'a person who makes arrangements for other people of an illicit or devious kind'
A man is searched for by the police/authorities and needs to escape from the country (Russia). He is able to do so with a help of the fixer who escorts him through the airport all the way to the gates.
Anna Boutaleb
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:31
załatwiacz
Explanation:
Zależy od rejestru całości tekstu, ale jeśli nie jest on bardzo formalny, proponowałabym nazwać owego magika "załatwiaczem." Albo "pomagierem."
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Kamila Sławińska
United States
Local time: 21:31
Grading comment
Pan Andrzej mnie ostatecznie przekonał...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1organizator
Jerzy CertTrans
3 +1załatwiacz
Kamila Sławińska
3 +1kombinator
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3pomocnik / zaufany człowiek/osoba
mike23
3kanalarz
Dimitar Dimitrov
2 +1(lokalny) „macher”
geopiet


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
załatwiacz


Explanation:
Zależy od rejestru całości tekstu, ale jeśli nie jest on bardzo formalny, proponowałabym nazwać owego magika "załatwiaczem." Albo "pomagierem."

Kamila Sławińska
United States
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Pan Andrzej mnie ostatecznie przekonał...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski: IMO ex aequo z organizatorem.
1 day 6 hrs
  -> dziękuję!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kombinator


Explanation:
kombinator «osoba załatwiająca coś nieuczciwie lub robiąca podejrzane interesy»
http://sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/kombinator;2563988

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 1126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  malgorzatamaria
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Dziękuję małgorzatamaria.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
organizator


Explanation:
Opcja

Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 20:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski: IMO ex aequo z załatwiaczem.
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Dziękuję bardzo, Andrzej.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pomocnik / zaufany człowiek/osoba


Explanation:
pomocnik - to termin prawniczy (osoba ułatwiająca innej osobie popełnienia czynu zabronionego)
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomocnictwo

Opcja 2: zaufany człowiek/osoba

mike23
Poland
Local time: 03:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 355
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kanalarz


Explanation:
Tak w Bułgarii nazywamy ludzi organizujących a obslugujących "kanały" do nielegalnego przekraczania granicy. Może i u Was się przyjmie? :-)

Dimitar Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:31
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 71
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(lokalny) „macher”


Explanation:
bez takiego ani rusz

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 559

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  malgorzatamaria
1 day 14 hrs
  -> dziękuję
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