Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hungarian term or phrase:
vargabetű
English translation:
double
Added to glossary by
Csobay-Novák Tamás
Dec 22, 2009 13:07
14 yrs ago
Hungarian term
Hungary
Hungarian-English-Portuguese translator
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, Hungarian to Portuguese, and 3 more.
vargabetű
Hungarian to English
Social Sciences
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 | double |
hollowman2
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| 3 +5 | detour |
Ildiko Laskay
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| 5 | diversion |
juvera
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| 5 | roundabout way |
Ildiko Santana
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| 3 | zigzags |
John Detre
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Proposed translations
15 mins
hollowman2
Native in Hungarian
A zene az igazi világnyelv. (K.J.Weber)
Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English, Hungarian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
double
vargabetű/ kerülő(út) -> double
kerülőt tesz / vargabetűt csinál -> to take a roundabout way,
kerülőt tesz / vargabetűt csinál -> to take a roundabout way,
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Köszönet és boldog új esztendőt,
Tamás"
+5
16 mins
Ildiko Laskay
Hungary
Hungary
Native in Hungarian
Hungary
Quality is never an accident.
Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English
detour
egy lehetőség: ideological detour - ideológiai vargabetűről beszél
Peer comment(s):
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denny (X)
25 mins
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| agree |
Krisztina Lelik
3 hrs
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| agree |
Gábor Szabó
8 hrs
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| agree |
valderby
1 day 16 mins
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| agree |
Tradeuro Language Services
1 day 3 hrs
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2 hrs
zigzags
in this context
2 hrs
diversion
A diversion, detour, digression szinonímák, az ideológiának leginkább ez a vonzata.
Despite his organized psychological warfare and his attempts at ideological diversion, the opponent has not succeeded in hindering the... www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/worldview.htm
We also have to shield objective investigation from political, financial, and ideological diversion...
www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v20/n9/full/nbt0902-867.html
Outside the imperialist world, ideological diversion is carried out ...
dlib.eastview.com/browse/doc/20239791
International imperialism utilized ideological diversion to weaken the forces of socialism in Hungary.
www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text.../30-2-26....
...Bush Administration would be to create a sort of ideological “diversion” to derail the appeal...
publicdiplomacy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/.../the-war-of-diversion/
Despite his organized psychological warfare and his attempts at ideological diversion, the opponent has not succeeded in hindering the... www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/worldview.htm
We also have to shield objective investigation from political, financial, and ideological diversion...
www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v20/n9/full/nbt0902-867.html
Outside the imperialist world, ideological diversion is carried out ...
dlib.eastview.com/browse/doc/20239791
International imperialism utilized ideological diversion to weaken the forces of socialism in Hungary.
www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text.../30-2-26....
...Bush Administration would be to create a sort of ideological “diversion” to derail the appeal...
publicdiplomacy.foreignpolicyblogs.com/.../the-war-of-diversion/
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Ildiko Santana
: Szerintem "diversion" inkább kitérés, eltérés, nem megkerülés. Hogy bájos képzavarral éljek, "diversion" nem adja vissza eléggé a "vargabetű" eredeti zamatát.
19 mins
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A diversion angol értelemben pontosan azt jelenti, hogy valami okból kanyargós az út, nem vezet egyenesen a célhoz.
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2 hrs
Ildiko Santana
United States
United States
Native in Hungarian
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Accurate / Fast / Cheap -- Pick Two
Native in: Hungarian , English
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, English, and 1 more.
roundabout way
vargabetűt, azaz kerülőutat tesz: go in a *roundabout way* or take an *oblique route* - both meaning to go about something in an indirect way, not necessarily in the physical sense
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-12-22 15:52:02 GMT)
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Ezt csak csemegének küldöm, inkább a "köntörfalazás" megfelelője:
"circumbendibus"
A roundabout or indirect way.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Date "circumbendibus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814.
He took a circumbendibus, i.e. he went round about and round about before coming to the point. "Partaking of what scholars call the periphrastic and ambagitory, and the vulgar the circumbendibus."- Sir W. Scott: Waverley, chap. xxiv. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811
A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus)
circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages, loop; winding; (circuition); zigzag; (deviation)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-12-22 18:24:06 GMT)
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Országh Magyar-Angol Nagyszótár, 1511.o:
"vargabetű: roundabout/circuitous way, detour. --t ír le: go a roundabout way, take a by-way, take the long way around.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-12-22 15:52:02 GMT)
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Ezt csak csemegének küldöm, inkább a "köntörfalazás" megfelelője:
"circumbendibus"
A roundabout or indirect way.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Date "circumbendibus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814.
He took a circumbendibus, i.e. he went round about and round about before coming to the point. "Partaking of what scholars call the periphrastic and ambagitory, and the vulgar the circumbendibus."- Sir W. Scott: Waverley, chap. xxiv. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811
A roundabout way, or story. He took such a circumbendibus; he took such a circuit. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus)
circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages, loop; winding; (circuition); zigzag; (deviation)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-12-22 18:24:06 GMT)
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Országh Magyar-Angol Nagyszótár, 1511.o:
"vargabetű: roundabout/circuitous way, detour. --t ír le: go a roundabout way, take a by-way, take the long way around.
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