Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Serbian term or phrase:
Hleb sa sedam kora
English translation:
bread with seven crusts
Added to glossary by
Bogdan Petrovic
Feb 7, 2014 11:41
10 yrs ago
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Serbian term
Serbia
Simultaneous and Written translation
Native in: Serbian
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Serbo-Croat, French to Serbian, and 4 more.
Hleb sa sedam kora
Serbian to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Deca osiromašenih radnika jedu hleb sa sedam kora.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | bread with seven crusts |
Daryo
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| 3 +1 | eat a hard-earned crust |
Alison Kapor (X)
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References
| Hleb sa sedam kora |
zoe1
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Proposed translations
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bread with seven crusts
Deca osiromašenih radnika jedu hleb sa sedam kora
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.... are fed on a bread with seven crusts
"... Temby sets the scene for the manner in which these three men will engage in work that will be their 'bread with seven crusts' -- the hardest crust they will ever earn (page 10), creating a space in which the three men and the Nash family blend and shape their respective lives through this cross-cultural encounter. ..."
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.... are fed on a bread with seven crusts
"... Temby sets the scene for the manner in which these three men will engage in work that will be their 'bread with seven crusts' -- the hardest crust they will ever earn (page 10), creating a space in which the three men and the Nash family blend and shape their respective lives through this cross-cultural encounter. ..."
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7 hrs
eat a hard-earned crust
"to earn a crust" = to earn a living
This translation plays on this expression, and also includes the image of bread from the original.
Daryo, this expression is also in your reference; I think the title of that book may well be a direct translation from Italian (I wonder if they also use this image in Italian?). I've not seen "bread with seven crusts" in English before.
This translation plays on this expression, and also includes the image of bread from the original.
Daryo, this expression is also in your reference; I think the title of that book may well be a direct translation from Italian (I wonder if they also use this image in Italian?). I've not seen "bread with seven crusts" in English before.
Peer comment(s):
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Daryo
: I never said that "bread with seven crusts" is the only option; I just found it interesting that the same imagery is used elsewhere,
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Yes, so did I! I've never heard it before, though, and the hits on Google that I got were all for this same book.
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zoe1
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Reference comments
49 mins
Reference:
Hleb sa sedam kora
Ovo je već bilo.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/croatian_to_english/idioms_maxims_...
Pretpostavljam da ima i drugih ideja.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-07 12:42:56 GMT)
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U Bujasovom rečniku postoji - težak/krvav hleb- back braking job ili work one's finger to the bone. Možda možete da uklopite nekako.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-07 12:51:59 GMT)
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back breaking a ne back braking
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Note added at 22 hrs (2014-02-08 10:12:22 GMT)
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Referenca iz jezičkog para HR-EN
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/croatian_to_english/idioms_maxims_...
Pretpostavljam da ima i drugih ideja.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-07 12:42:56 GMT)
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U Bujasovom rečniku postoji - težak/krvav hleb- back braking job ili work one's finger to the bone. Možda možete da uklopite nekako.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-02-07 12:51:59 GMT)
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back breaking a ne back braking
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Note added at 22 hrs (2014-02-08 10:12:22 GMT)
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Referenca iz jezičkog para HR-EN
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