Jugoslavenski

English translation: Yugoslavian

18:20 Jul 28, 2011

Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Croatian term or phrase: Jugoslavenski

Mi smo bili Jugoslavenski borci.

Yugoslav or Yugoslavian?

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English translation:Yugoslavian

Explanation:
Both are fine. But "Yugoslavian" better signifies the people of former Yugoslavia or the relation to Yugoslavia or its inhabitants.

Yugoslavian:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Yugoslavian

Also see - Yugoslav:
http://www.memidex.com/yugoslav adjective

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Aneta Risteska
North Macedonia
Local time: 23:53

Grading comment

Although I opted for the shorter version, since everyone agreed with you and the answer is correct, i am choosing your answer as most helpful. Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +5

Yugoslavian

Aneta Risteska

Summary of reference entries provided

Croat/Croatian, Serb/Serbian

dkalinic

Discussion entries: 8

Romana (X)

ASKER

02:12 Aug 3, 2011

Thank you all for your input. I appreciate your comments. I wish i could reward all of you with the points. Thanks. I opted for Yugoslav in the end.

Aneta Risteska

North Macedonia

Both are (politically) correct.

15:28 Jul 29, 2011

I guess it depends on the translator's preference. I live in Macedonia and I remember there were a lot of disputes about the name (there still are, hehe), but I am talking about the grammatical form of the name, namely, whether to be "Yugoslav" or "Yugoslavian". I prefer "Yugoslavian" because of the following analogy: "Macedonia(n.)-Macedonian(adj.)", "Serbia(n.)-Serbian(adj.)", "Slovenia(n.)-Slovenian(adj.)", etc.

Anthony Bock

Both are fine

15:14 Jul 29, 2011

I would also like to see some references regarding the preferred usage of Yugoslav/Yugoslavian. As far as I know neither is preferred over the other in the US.

I also disagree that one refers to people and the other to the country. As an example you have the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which refers to the country an not the people.

Daniela Slankamenac

Serbia

I would say Yugoslav,

09:59 Jul 29, 2011

not Yugoslavian. I don't have an explanation, it simply sounds better to me:-)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belarus/136...
Yugoslav drama theatre, Yugoslav Airlines, Yugoslav People's Army, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

dkalinic

Dejan...

09:12 Jul 29, 2011

this applies to Croat/Croatian, Serb/Serbian as well. American usage prefers the nouns and adjectives on -ian, while British English uses Croat/Serb.

Dejan Škrebić

Bosnia and Herzegovina

SOT

09:05 Jul 29, 2011

Davor, thank you for the contribution. Do you have any references regarding this? Does that also refer to Croat/Croatian, Serb/Serbian?

dkalinic

On the surface...

06:29 Jul 29, 2011

one could say this is true. Actually it's not. The point is that "Yugoslavian" is preferred American usage while "Yugoslav" is British usage only. Referring to people or to the country doesn't have and significance here.

Dejan Škrebić

Bosnia and Herzegovina

either

18:26 Jul 28, 2011

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Yugoslavian

Yugo·slav, Yugo·slavi·an adj. & n.

I guess, if one wants to make any difference between the two that Yugoslav would refer to (belonging to) people, and Yugoslavian to (belonging to) the country. Guess, not sure.

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Yugoslavian

Aneta Risteska
North Macedonia
Local time: 23:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Macedonian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Although I opted for the shorter version, since everyone agreed with you and the answer is correct, i am choosing your answer as most helpful. Thanks.

Reference comments

15 hrs

Reference: Croat/Croatian, Serb/Serbian

Reference information:
Dejan, Croatians refers to people who are identified with the Republic of Croatia while Serbians refers to people identified with the Republic of Serbia. As for the ethnic group, both British and American English uses Croat / Serb. As for the adjetives, -ian is preferred in the States while British English varies between short and long forms, short being more common.

dkalinic
Native speaker of: Croatian

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