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to chip away

Serbian translation: postepeno razvijati

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English term or phrase:to chip away
Serbian translation:postepeno razvijati
Entered by: Fikrija Skarep

21:07 Sep 14, 2008
English to Serbian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: to chip away
"Scientists have also been chipping away at a second generation of biofuels."
Na internetu nalazim veoma kontradiktorna znachenja fraze "to chip away". Help? :)
Fikrija Skarep
Canada
Local time: 12:27
postepeno razvijaju
Explanation:
Naučnici takođe postepeno razvijaju drugu generaciju biogoriva"

Bez šireg konteksta, mislim da je to značenje ovde.

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Note added at 43 mins (2008-09-14 21:51:05 GMT)
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Ili "...sve su bliže stvaranju/proizvodnji druge generacije biogoriva"

Smisao "chip away" ovde jeste da naučnici uklanjaju jednu po jednu prepreku u osvajanju ove nove tehnologije.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 09:27
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:) Srpski, hrvatski, bosanski, crnogorski... Svi su od pomoci! :) I svi se razumeju. :)
Hvala, Pavle, na pomoci, i hvala ostalima na komentarima.

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3 +5postepeno razvijaju
Pavle Perencevic
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
postepeno razvijaju


Explanation:
Naučnici takođe postepeno razvijaju drugu generaciju biogoriva"

Bez šireg konteksta, mislim da je to značenje ovde.

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Note added at 43 mins (2008-09-14 21:51:05 GMT)
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Ili "...sve su bliže stvaranju/proizvodnji druge generacije biogoriva"

Smisao "chip away" ovde jeste da naučnici uklanjaju jednu po jednu prepreku u osvajanju ove nove tehnologije.

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
:) Srpski, hrvatski, bosanski, crnogorski... Svi su od pomoci! :) I svi se razumeju. :)
Hvala, Pavle, na pomoci, i hvala ostalima na komentarima.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zoe1
39 mins
agree  Dubravka Hrastovec: Slažem se, s time da je hrvatski pravilnije reći "postupno". // Eh, da, tek sam sad vidjela da se tražio srpski! ;-)
1 hr
  -> U kojem slučaju bismo takođe rekli "znanstvenici također", a ne "naučnici takođe". Odgovor se, međutim, tražio na srpskom :)
agree  Katarina Delic
8 hrs
agree  Milos Veljovic
14 hrs
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X)
1 day 20 hrs
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Reference

Reference information:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chip away
Phrasal Verbs:
chip away
To reduce or make progress on something incrementally: We chipped away until the problem was solved.

Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 12
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