Oct 24, 2010 19:10
13 yrs ago
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Czech term
srdeční a citová záležitost
Czech to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Quality assurance, docume
Nákup auta může být srdeční a citová záležitost.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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18 mins
Jirka Bolech
Native in Czech
all aspects of electronics, computers…
Native in: Czech (Variant: Standard-Czech) 
Works in: English to Czech, Czech to English, Slovak to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
emotional affair / affair of the heart / cordial affair
Rozhodně bych do překladu nepřenášel redundanci originálu a už vůbec ne se spojkou 'and' v přívlastku...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
6 mins
Karel Kosman
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in English
Czech Republic
University degree in economics, Canada.
Native in: English
Works in: Czech to English, Slovak to English, French to English
personal and emotional matter.
The purchase of a vehicle can be a personal and emotional matter.
Wouldn't suggest a literal translation for this.
Wouldn't suggest a literal translation for this.
14 mins
a matter of instinct and emotions
....'There is no instinct like the heart' Lord Byron
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Note added at 18 mins (2010-10-24 19:28:33 GMT)
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"there is no instinct like that of the heart" is the correct version
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Note added at 18 mins (2010-10-24 19:28:33 GMT)
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"there is no instinct like that of the heart" is the correct version
+1
1 hr
Scott Evan Andrews
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
31 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE!
Native in: English 
Works in: Czech to English, Slovak to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
a heartfelt and emotional event...
Marketing text
"Buying a car may be a heartfelt and emotional event"...
An effort to convey this rather dry sentence into something interesting enough to bother reading the next sentence, while not veering much from verbatim...Depends I believe on who is the customer and what they are looking for... target audience notwithstanding.
"Buying a car may be a heartfelt and emotional event"...
An effort to convey this rather dry sentence into something interesting enough to bother reading the next sentence, while not veering much from verbatim...Depends I believe on who is the customer and what they are looking for... target audience notwithstanding.
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Barry Appleby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Swedish to English, Czech to English, and 1 more.
heart and soul
A straight translation rarely works in an advertising text.
Example sentence:
Buying a car can involve heart and soul
12 hrs
an emotional experience
An emotional affair is close, but affair seems a bit too melodramatic in this case. Experience incorporates senses - the sight of the designs and colors, the smell of the interior, the sound of the motor, and tactile sensations you feel while actually driving a car.
Example sentence:
Buying a car can be an emotional experience.
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