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bača a jeho honelníci

English translation: chief shepherd with sheep punchers

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Slovak term or phrase:bača a jeho honelníci
English translation:chief shepherd with sheep punchers
Entered by: Juro Sebestyen, A.B.I.E.S. s.r.o.

11:32 Mar 2, 2016
Slovak to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Agriculture / ľudová slovesnosť
Slovak term or phrase: bača a jeho honelníci
ľudová slovesnosť
Juro Sebestyen, A.B.I.E.S. s.r.o.
Slovakia
Local time: 17:41
chief shepherd with sheep punchers
Explanation:
Ale nesedí mi to so skutočnosťou. Bača má totiž valachov a honelníka (jedného). Bača a valasi doja ovce, honelník im naháňa ovce.
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Michal Zugec
Slovakia
Local time: 17:41
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Vďaka Vám všetkým za Vaśu pomoc:
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1chief shepherd with sheep punchers
Michal Zugec
4a sheepherder and his herd-boys
Uncle
3farmer and his hands
Stuart Hoskins


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a sheepherder and his herd-boys


Explanation:
Just an idea...

Uncle
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
chief shepherd with sheep punchers


Explanation:
Ale nesedí mi to so skutočnosťou. Bača má totiž valachov a honelníka (jedného). Bača a valasi doja ovce, honelník im naháňa ovce.

Michal Zugec
Slovakia
Local time: 17:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 15
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Vďaka Vám všetkým za Vaśu pomoc:

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agree  Dušan Ján Hlísta: drover by snáď bol nadháňač, a prečo chief aj v biblii sa píše iba o shepherd-ovi. Mimochodom otec mojej mamy mal priezvisko Valach.
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  -> Vďaka - ale honelník je naozaj "nadháňač" - ženie ovce do "štrungov", inak by sa rozpŕchli po košiari (dobrovoľne sa im tam nechce). A "Chief" preto, lebo obyčajný shepherd je valach (pastier) -:)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
farmer and his hands


Explanation:
(“hands” as in “farmhands”)

or “leader and his cronies”

and I would transfer the sheep metaphor to the people = sheeple

“We are like sheeple in a pen, controlled by the farmer and his hands. The farmer rides roughshod over us, whether we sheeple like it or not. And the farmhands do his every bidding, with no regard for the feelings or lives of the sheeple in the pen…”

from: "Sme ako ovce v košiari ,ktorý obhospodaruje jeden bača a jeho honelníci. Bača čo si tu robí čo chce, či sa to ovciam páči či nie. A honelníci skáču, ako on píska,bez ohľadu nato ako sa tie ovce v tom košiari cítia či žijú."


Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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