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Thread poster: JustynaKu
JustynaKu
JustynaKu
Poland
Jan 16, 2022

Dear All,

I am translating Mash by Richard Hooker into Polish. I have such fragment:

“Hey, Henry!” yelled Hawkeye. “Can officers get broads into Leavenworth?”

The situation is that Hawkere and friends did something wrong and want Henry to forgive them.

Coudl you help?
 
Hayley Wakenshaw
Hayley Wakenshaw  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:21
Member (2018)
Dutch to English
Women and prison Jan 17, 2022

Broads is women.
Leavenworth is probably a prison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary,_Leavenworth

Sebastian Witte
 
Barbara Carrara
Barbara Carrara  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 10:21
Member (2008)
English to Italian
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Wrong section Jan 17, 2022

Please post your question in the KudoZ section (Terminology tab > Ask question).

Matthias Brombach
expressisverbis
Michele Fauble
neilmac
Philip Lees
Ester Vidal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 
Mihai Badea (X)
Mihai Badea (X)  Identity Verified
Luxembourg
Local time: 10:21
English to Romanian
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KudoZ Question Jan 17, 2022

This might be an opportunity to reflect on the necessity of a new type of question.

There are questions - like this one - where people who are particularly familiar with the larger context (e.g. a novel or some other kind of work) might be in the best position to give a helpful answer.

I agree with Barbara that this rather belongs to KudoZ.

I apologize for not being particularly helpful.

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This might be an opportunity to reflect on the necessity of a new type of question.

There are questions - like this one - where people who are particularly familiar with the larger context (e.g. a novel or some other kind of work) might be in the best position to give a helpful answer.

I agree with Barbara that this rather belongs to KudoZ.

I apologize for not being particularly helpful.

Note: this posting might not be in line with the rules. Sorry for that. Please feel free to delete. ▲ Collapse
 
JustynaKu
JustynaKu
Poland
TOPIC STARTER
Apologies:) Jan 17, 2022

Sorry, I posted for the first time and I though that the question should be published here. Anyway, thank you for your help!
 
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Nikki Scott-Despaigne  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:21
French to English
@Mihai Jan 20, 2022

This is already possible. The English-English KudoZ section would have been a good place to post this one, for example.

Robert Rietvelt
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 10:21
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Or use "monolingual" in the old interface Jan 20, 2022

Nikki Scott-Despaigne wrote:
The English-English KudoZ section would have been a good place to post this one, for example.

Or, switch to the old KudoZ interface:
https://www.proz.com/ask?kver=old
where there is the option to select "(Monolingual)" in the target language. I don't know why that option was removed from the new interface.
 


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