Glossary entry

polski term or phrase:

na granicy życia i śmierci

angielski translation:

was at the limits of human endurance

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Sep 30, 2015 00:51
8 yrs ago
polski term

na granicy życia i śmierci

polski > angielski Literatura/sztuka Poezja i literatura
"Podróż pociągiem towarowym z X to XX przez XXX z trzymiesięcznym dzieckiem jest na granicy życia i śmierci"

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Oct 3, 2015 20:57: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Sep 30, 2015:
The question is, does the translation still makes sense in English. The journey on/by freight train was (put your answer here). The figurative (life -death) and literal (border) aspect of granica may clash.
geopiet Sep 30, 2015:
it all depends what the author refers to as "na granicy życia i śmierci", the journey itself, or all of the circumstances
LilianNekipelov Sep 30, 2015:
Horrible Polish the expression is wrongly used in the Polish original, but still—what can you do.
geopiet Sep 30, 2015:
a cargo train journey with an infant was a precarious life-and-death balancing act

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Proposed translations

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was at the limits of human endurance

Travel by freight train ...was a
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  12 min

on the borderline of life and death /right between life and death /in the middle of life and death

Tak to tu widzę.
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agree Jacek Konopka : I like it. I buy it:)
2 dni   6 godz.
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borders life and death

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-09-30 01:04:19 GMT)
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Or: IS LIKE/RESEMBLES TEETERING ON THE VERGE OF LIFE AND DEATH.

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Note added at 19 mins (2015-09-30 01:11:27 GMT)
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borders ON life and death.
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agree LilianNekipelov
  6 godz.
Thank you, Lilian.
agree lafresita (X)
1 dzień   9 godz.
agree Jacek Konopka
2 dni   6 godz.
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1 dzień   7 godz.

Perilous, extremely perilous, perilous in the extreme

Life and death doesn't work.
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