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What is the best word for a menu item on a website for a page that shows how to get to the company offices? [closed]
On a company website one usually has a page which tells customers how to get to the company offices.
In German, the word for this menu tab is "Anreise" but both standard translations sound odd in ...
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Is there any synonymous word in English to describe an inoffensive girl? [closed]
In Asian countries, such as China and Korea, populace's aesthetic is quite different from the US.
We prefer a girl who is more sweet, pure, and inoffensive, (my translation is not authentic in ...
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Expression for encouraging someone to do something that's a bit of work but it will be good for them
I have been asked to translate into English the Spanish word animarse, as in
Se animó a venir al cine.
That could be translated into English as "he decided to come to the movies". The verb "to ...
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Person who never talks in commanding manner [closed]
What is a single word for a person who never talks with anyone in commanding manner in any situation?
I prefer an adjective that can be used when explaining the quality of a person.
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A word or phrase for 'enemy of faith' [closed]
I'm looking for an English word or phrase that sounds better than 'enemy of faith', which is my almost literal translation of the German word Glaubensfeind. The text is about pagan reactions to ...
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is "predatory capitalism" a correct word? [closed]
Jean Ziegler invented the German word Raubtierkapitalismus for huge companies without ethics and morality. For example Amazon, Google and Facebook.
What are similar words in English? Best would be a ...
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The name of the method in translation that insists on accordance to the source language?
I cannot find the right word for this approach in translation theory. I was told that some translation theorists, for example Antoin Berman, say that a translator should have full accordance to the ...
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What to call the approach of one who creates a lot of new words/phrases when translating?
So this guy has his own approach in translation. He creates a lot of new words and phrases when translating a text because there is simply not enough or right words in the language he is translating ...
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How can I express the time between late 80s and beginning of 90s (somewhere around 1988-1992)?
I am trying to translate the title of my thesis:
"Establishment of Political Parties in Georgia (at the conjunction of 80s and 90s of the 20th century)"
I am no sure about the part in bold. There, ...
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Word for talking to a stranger with the purpose of befriending them
I'm looking to translate a word from my local dialect (Algerian) to English.
The exact word is dsara which means trying hard to talk to a stranger with the purpose of befriending them with no mutual ...
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Word for not being able to focus on one task
In Hebrew, my native language, we have a word describing the inability of one to focus on a certain task and instead thinking or doing one or many related/unrelated things. This word roughly ...
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What's the word for the taste of gooseberries, unripe bananas, or betel nuts?
In my native language, Tamil, arusuvai means six tastes namely uvarppu (salty), inippu (sweet), kasappu (bitter), pulippu (sour), kaarppu (pungent e.g. chilli) and thuvarpu. I am looking for a word in ...
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Does English have a word that only means "to create a social bond"?
Is there a word in English that exclusively means something like "to create a social bond", and which can't also mean a physical linkage?
I'm looking for something that can be used in a sentence like ...
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Which generic word to use in a table of responsibilities to describe "action, work"?
I have a table of responsibilities under a short project. I cannot quote the real table in Russian, so I composed a similar one:
Would "execution" fit the purpose? Whereas in the line "Plan of ...
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Someone who thinks he's very important, but isn't
I cannot find a good equivalent of the Russian "Watchman's syndrome" in English. It refers to someone who thinks he's very important, but isn't.
For example, this guy has "Watchman's syndrome":
This ...
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