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Glossary entry (derived from question below)

srpski term or phrase:

malte ne sve

engleski translation:

Almost all of them

Added to glossary by Vladimir Micic

Jan 10, 2008 19:48

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srpski term

Paul Merriam

26 questions

malte ne sve

srpski na engleski Društvene nauke Istorija

http://www.sk.co.yu/forum/showthread.php?t=10511&page=18

Trebate biti svjesni da puske koje su se tada koristile su bile daleko nesavrsenije nego bilo koje modernije puske. Uzmimo na primjer da su danasnje puske radjene masinski sa daleko vecom tacnoscu nego, recimo, 1800, kada su *malte ne sve* radjene u vecim kovacnicama. [Asterisks are mine.]

Proposed translations (engleski)

4 +11	Almost all of them	Vladimir Micic
4	so to speak/say all	I H
4	most of them	Gordana Smith

Change log

Jan 10, 2008 20:35: Aleksandar Medić changed "Language pair" from "hrvatski na engleski" to "srpski na engleski"

Jan 11, 2008 07:52: Vladimir Micic Created KOG entry

Discussion

Aleksandar Medić Jan 11, 2008: But the source isn't at all a Croatian site. It's a Serbian IT Internet forum. Therefore, there's no reason you should assume the text is in Croatian.
Dubravka Hrastovec Jan 11, 2008: I also agree with Mark Daniels (see below).
I H Jan 11, 2008: Agree with Dubravka; and even when heard in some local variants it is a 'Serbianism' (in Croatian: serbizam).
Dubravka Hrastovec Jan 11, 2008: Paul Merriam wrote: Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume that Croats use this expression the same way Serbs do. - No, Paul, in standard Croatian we don't. You might hear it in some local variants but not in standard language. I agree with Aleksandar.
Aleksandar Medić Jan 10, 2008: This text is in Serbian (ijekavian variant), not Croatian. Croatian text would have „strojno“ instead of „mašinski“ and „točnošću“ instead of „tačnošću“. Also, „maltene“ is written as one word. The author's knowledge of grammar isn't perfect.

Proposed translations

+11

7 min

Vladimir Micic

339 answers

Native in srpski

Selected

Almost all of them

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Peer comment(s):

agree	eleonora_r 15 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Veronica Prpic Uhing 27 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Sladjana Spaic 37 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Karen Ordanic 41 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Aleksandar Medić 42 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Sherefedin MUSTAFA 48 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	Dubravka Hrastovec 54 min
	zahvaljujem
agree	sazo 1 h
	zahvaljujem
agree	Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X) 1 h
	zahvaljujem
agree	Mark Daniels : Right, or maybe "just about all of them", as "maltene" is quite colloquial. 3 h
	zahvaljujem
agree	Ulvija Tanovic (X) : practically all of them, perhaps 4 h
	zahvaljujem

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Lots of agreement and it fits the context well. Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume that Croats use this expression the same way Serbs do."

5 min

I H

Hrvatska

152 answers

so to speak/say all

so to speak/say all
or:
almost all
practically all

28 min

Gordana Smith

Sjedinjene Američke Države

261 answers

Glossary entry (derived from question below)

srpski term or phrase:

malte ne sve

engleski translation:

Almost all of them

srpski term

malte ne sve

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Glossary entry (derived from question below)

srpski term or phrase:

malte ne sve

engleski translation:

Almost all of them

srpski term

malte ne sve

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Almost all of them

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so to speak/say all

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most of them

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