Jul 15, 2018 09:02
5 yrs ago
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Polish term
Wysyłany od Annasza do Kajfasza
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
bureaucracy
czyli takie biurokratyczne błędne koło.
Kontekstem jest prezentacja biznesowa, więc idealnie coś nie zupełnie kolokwialnego
Kontekstem jest prezentacja biznesowa, więc idealnie coś nie zupełnie kolokwialnego
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
51 mins
driven from pillar to post
PWN-Oxford:
być odsyłanym od Annasza do Kajfasza to be driven from pillar to post
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Note added at 53 mins (2018-07-15 09:56:07 GMT)
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https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/be-driven-pushed-from...
być odsyłanym od Annasza do Kajfasza to be driven from pillar to post
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Note added at 53 mins (2018-07-15 09:56:07 GMT)
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https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/be-driven-pushed-from...
3 hrs
become trapped in a Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare
Not colloquial, as requested. Some people may appreciate the literary reference.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kafka...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kafka...
3 hrs
become the ball in the game of bureaucratic ping-pong
For sports lovers everywhere, the analogy is clear. One can also add
become the ball in the Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong.
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Instead of filling her prescriptions and visiting her doctor this month, as she had planned, Holly has been trapped in a Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong, in which she is the ball.
http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/getting-lost-oba...
become the ball in the Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong.
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Instead of filling her prescriptions and visiting her doctor this month, as she had planned, Holly has been trapped in a Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong, in which she is the ball.
http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/getting-lost-oba...
4 hrs
bureaucratic red tape, bureaucratic maze
labyrinth of administrative procedures
13 hrs
caught/stuck/entangled in the red tape
(hopelessly) entgangled - najbardziej dramatyczne
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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-07-15 22:56:15 GMT)
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a moze Catch 22?
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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-07-15 23:09:48 GMT)
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po chwili przemyslenia powyzsze wycofuje, bo jednak znaczenie Catch 22 jest inne - efekt jest zawsze negatywny, a tu niekoniecznie o to chodzi
Natomiast podtrzymuje odpowiedzi z paska
w linku przyklad uzycia 'caught in a web of red tape'
https://www.industrysearch.com.au/trusted-trader-program-to-...
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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-07-15 22:56:15 GMT)
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a moze Catch 22?
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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-07-15 23:09:48 GMT)
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po chwili przemyslenia powyzsze wycofuje, bo jednak znaczenie Catch 22 jest inne - efekt jest zawsze negatywny, a tu niekoniecznie o to chodzi
Natomiast podtrzymuje odpowiedzi z paska
w linku przyklad uzycia 'caught in a web of red tape'
https://www.industrysearch.com.au/trusted-trader-program-to-...
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