Dec 15, 2009 15:02
14 yrs ago
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polski term

w gronie rodzinnym

polski > angielski Inne Idiomy/powiedzenia/przysłowia
spędzać święta w gronie rodzinnym
Proposed translations (angielski)
4 +4 with family
5 +2 in the family circle
Change log

Dec 15, 2009 15:41: M.A.B. changed "Field (specific)" from "Inne" to "Idiomy/powiedzenia/przysłowia"

Discussion

Maciek Drobka Dec 15, 2009:
Thank you, John... ...for a native speaker's perspecive.

Had to look up "felicitous" in my dictionary. ;)
John Fenz Dec 15, 2009:
Re: How common? Maciek, I think you're right, "święta w gronie rodzinnym" is quite a common expression in Polish, "Christmas in the family circle" is not heard commonly in US English...though it is not unnatural.

..."with family" does sound more fluent, or even "among family and relatives".

I would just want to note that "in the family" circle" is the correct, direct translation of "w gronie rodzinnym", if maybe not the most felicitous :-)
Maciek Drobka Dec 15, 2009:
Not to say John's suggestion is wrong... ...but I think 'święta w gronie rodzinnym' (not to mention 'święta w rodzinnym gronie' or 'święta w gronie rodziny') is much more common in Polish than 'Christmas in the family circle' is in English.

That's why I suggested using '(Christmas) with family' (though I realise this can also be translated as 'święta z rodziną' rather than '...w gronie rodzinnym').

I wonder what others think.

Proposed translations

+4
  2 min
Selected

with family

lub have a family Christmas
Peer comment(s):

agree Swift Translation
  6 min
dziękuję
agree Darius Saczuk : more common
  31 min
dziękuję
agree Agnieszka Ufland
  43 min
dziękuję
agree Peter Nicholson (X) : maybe 'with the family'
  2 godz.
Thank you, Peter!
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+2
  17 min

in the family circle

Definition:
1. Family circle
n 1. members of a family regarded as a closed group (french: "en famille")

Example:
Article abstract on Wiley website
2. Life in the *Family Circle*

Amy R. Lyman 1
1 Visiting instructor at the University of California, Davis, in applied behavioral sciences.
Copyright 1988 by Jossey-Bass Inc.
ABSTRACT

Family business women's interactions with family members dominate their personal and professional lives, significantly influencing the depth and breadth of activities in which they engage.

See - http://www.parents.com/family-circle-magazine/
Example sentence:

Note: "Family Circle" is the title of the leading women's magazine in the United States.

Peer comment(s):

agree Darius Saczuk : more formal, also "within one's family circle"
  16 min
agree Miriam300
  5 godz.
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