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glorified computers

Polish translation: przereklamowane kalkulatory

12:34 Mar 10, 2016
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Science - Computers (general)
English term or phrase: glorified computers
Wypowiada się zwolennik teorii spiskowej na temat lądowania statku "Apollo" na księżycu w 1969 r.:

"I found we couldn't have done it. Technology just wasn't there in 1969. Computers were just glorified calculators".

Dziękuję za pomoc!
Epcia33
Local time: 10:33
Polish translation:przereklamowane kalkulatory
Explanation:
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Bartosz Klofik
Poland
Local time: 10:33
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4przereklamowane kalkulatory
Bartosz Klofik
3 +1nobilitowane/nazwane na wyrost kalkulatory
Jerzy Matwiejczuk
3cenione ponad miarę kalkulatory
Adrian Liszewski
2wypasiony
Robert Foltyn


Discussion entries: 3





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
glorified
wypasiony


Explanation:
Komputery były jedynie trochę bardziej "wypasionymi" kalkulatorami.

Robert Foltyn
Poland
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
przereklamowane kalkulatory


Explanation:
Propozycja

Bartosz Klofik
Poland
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrzej Mierzejewski: IMO.
3 mins
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 hrs
agree  Crannmer
4 hrs
agree  Dimitar Dimitrov
4 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
glorified calculators
nobilitowane/nazwane na wyrost kalkulatory


Explanation:
Na przykład: ówczesne komputery to nazwa na wyrost, nobilitująca urządzenia rangi kalkulatorów.

Jerzy Matwiejczuk
Local time: 10:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 159

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomasz Poplawski: To lepiej niż "przereklamowane", gdzie pobrzmiewa słowo "reklama", niezbyt stosowne w tym przypadku
4 mins
  -> Dziękuję! // IMO, "przereklamowane" odnosi się do czegoś, co już wychodzi z mody, jest passé, a tu chodzi o status, do którego dopiero aspirują kalkulatory.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cenione ponad miarę kalkulatory


Explanation:
Propozycja

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Note added at 4 hrs (2016-03-10 17:33:03 GMT)
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Komputery w tamtych latach były niczym więcej niż tylko cenionymi ponad miarę kalkulatorami.

Adrian Liszewski
Poland
Local time: 10:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 8
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