odd warship calling on Montenegro

English translation: SAD s vremena na vreme pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali...

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Bosnian term or phrase:odd warship calling on Montenegro
English translation:SAD s vremena na vreme pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali...
Entered by: Kornelija Karalic

10:15 Nov 27, 2006
Bosnian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / news
Bosnian term or phrase: odd warship calling on Montenegro
The United States has sent the odd warship calling on Montenegro but has provided surprisingly little foreign investment.
Kornelija Karalic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 17:48
SAD s vremena na vreme pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali...
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Note added at 47 mins (2006-11-27 11:02:33 GMT)
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Pozdrav, Kornelija.

"Odd" ne znači "stari". To je "oLd".
"Odd" ovde znači "occasional". Primer: The weather will remain cloudy with odd showers here and there. "With odd showers" - s povremenim pljuskovima.
Dakle, "has sent the odd warship" bukvalno znači "šalje povremeni ratni brod", odnosno "povremeno pošalje ratni brod".

E, sad, zašto je u prevodu sadašnje, a ne prošlo vreme? Zato što je u originalu upotrebljen Present Perfect Tense, a ne Past Tense. Kada bismo rekli "SAD su s vremena na vreme slale /bi poslale..." to bi značilo da više ne šalju, a to nije značenje glavne rečenice u originalu. Present perfectom se ovde naglašava sama činjenica da SAD šalju ratne brodove u Crnu Goru. Nije bitno kad se to desilo. Zato ovo ne može da se prevede prošlim, nego samo sadašnjim vremenom.

Cela rečenica bi glasila ovako:
SAD povremeno pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali su joj obezbedile iznanađujuće malo stranih ulaganja.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 08:48
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SAD s vremena na vreme pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali...


Explanation:
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Note added at 47 mins (2006-11-27 11:02:33 GMT)
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Pozdrav, Kornelija.

"Odd" ne znači "stari". To je "oLd".
"Odd" ovde znači "occasional". Primer: The weather will remain cloudy with odd showers here and there. "With odd showers" - s povremenim pljuskovima.
Dakle, "has sent the odd warship" bukvalno znači "šalje povremeni ratni brod", odnosno "povremeno pošalje ratni brod".

E, sad, zašto je u prevodu sadašnje, a ne prošlo vreme? Zato što je u originalu upotrebljen Present Perfect Tense, a ne Past Tense. Kada bismo rekli "SAD su s vremena na vreme slale /bi poslale..." to bi značilo da više ne šalju, a to nije značenje glavne rečenice u originalu. Present perfectom se ovde naglašava sama činjenica da SAD šalju ratne brodove u Crnu Goru. Nije bitno kad se to desilo. Zato ovo ne može da se prevede prošlim, nego samo sadašnjim vremenom.

Cela rečenica bi glasila ovako:
SAD povremeno pošalju ratni brod u posetu Crnoj Gori, ali su joj obezbedile iznanađujuće malo stranih ulaganja.

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Daniels: Da, slazem se, i sa izborom vremena, i naravno sa prevodom reci "odd", koja kolokvijalno znaci "occasional".
3 hrs

agree  Ulvija Tanovic (X)
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