Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
από το υστέρημα τους
English translation:
of what little they had
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Theodoros Karyotis
Apr 20, 2013 11:46
11 yrs ago
Greek term
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από το υστέρημα τους
Greek to English
Art/Literary
Journalism
"να ευχαριστήσουν τους πολλούς συμπολίτες τους που έδωσαν από το υστέρημα τους για να δημιουργηθεί ο συνεταιρισμός"
προφανως δεν υπάρχει αυτούσια η έκφραση, κάποια ιδέα για το πώς να διατηρηθεί το νόημα, δηλαδή οτι συνεισέφεραν γενναιόδωρα παρ'όλο που δεν τους περίσσευαν τα χρήματα;
προφανως δεν υπάρχει αυτούσια η έκφραση, κάποια ιδέα για το πώς να διατηρηθεί το νόημα, δηλαδή οτι συνεισέφεραν γενναιόδωρα παρ'όλο που δεν τους περίσσευαν τα χρήματα;
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | of what little they had |
Philip Lees
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| 4 +3 | gave what little they could; deprived themselves in order to |
Nick Lingris
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| 3 +1 | gave what they could hardly afford |
Kyriacos Georghiou
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Proposed translations
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of what little they had
who gave of what little they had ...
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Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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gave what little they could; deprived themselves in order to
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transphy
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Kyriacos Georghiou
Cyprus
Cyprus
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English
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Native in: English , Greek
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English
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