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daleko komuś do czegoś

English translation: Tu: the Poles are (clearly) stuck in the past

20:45 Mar 16, 2016
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Marketing zwroty/frazy
Polish term or phrase: daleko komuś do czegoś
W zdaniu:
[...] Polakom raczej daleko do nowoczesności. ( a jest na odwrót- zdjecie ukazuje b. nowoczesną architekturę, zatem chodzi o zamierzoną dwuznaczność i przekore opisu)

Z góry serd dziekuję.
Jacek Konopka
Poland
Local time: 16:23
English translation:Tu: the Poles are (clearly) stuck in the past
Explanation:
Taka propozycja na podstawie podanego kontekstu
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Joanna Carroll
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Tu: the Poles are (clearly) stuck in the past
Joanna Carroll
3 +1modernity is but a pipedream/is a distant point on the horizon
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
4Clearly, a modern lifestyle has not left its mark yet;...modernity is nowhere to be seen;
Darius Saczuk
4X. is not our thing
ViBe
4modernity and the people of this country are Poles apart
petrolhead
3be nowhere near sth
Małgorzata Mazurek
3modernity hasn't/has not arrived here, yet
geopiet
Summary of reference entries provided
a few ideas to sift through...
ViBe

  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Tu: the Poles are (clearly) stuck in the past


Explanation:
Taka propozycja na podstawie podanego kontekstu

Joanna Carroll
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23
33 mins
  -> Thanks cery much!
agree  Katarzyna Skroban: super
34 mins
  -> A, dzięki!
agree  Tomasz Poplawski
5 hrs
  -> Ta very much!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
be nowhere near sth


Explanation:
Poles are rather nowhere near modernity

Małgorzata Mazurek
Poland
Local time: 16:23
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
modernity is but a pipedream/is a distant point on the horizon


Explanation:
opcja

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 10:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 87

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23
25 mins
  -> Dziękuję Michale.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Clearly, a modern lifestyle has not left its mark yet;...modernity is nowhere to be seen;


Explanation:
Three: modern civilization is still unheard of

Four: the past still holds a strong grip

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 10:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
modernity hasn't/has not arrived here, yet


Explanation:
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geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 32
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
X. is not our thing


Explanation:
Modernism in architecture is not our thing yet (if written by a Pole; otherwise: “their thing in Poland”).

OR:

Modernism in architecture? We (Poles) don’t belong here yet.

For more ideas you may also want to check out some useful links I posted in my reference entry.


ViBe
Local time: 16:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
modernity and the people of this country are Poles apart


Explanation:
are...
appear to be...
seem to be....

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Note added at 5 days (2016-03-21 20:55:50 GMT)
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Może się przyda....

petrolhead
Poland
Local time: 16:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Reference comments


12 hrs
Reference: a few ideas to sift through...

Reference information:
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ViBe
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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