Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
Nie śmieć przykładem
English translation:
All that litter can be gold; Don't set a rubbish example (UK)
Polish term
Nie śmieć przykładem.
4 +1 | All that litter can be gold | Darius Saczuk |
3 +3 | don't set rubbish example | Ewa Dabrowska |
3 | your litter is no titter | SlawekW |
2 | "Do Not Discard recycling company" | TechLawDC |
Aug 23, 2012 12:25: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "tekst kampanii firmy papierniczej" to "tekst kampanii firmy papierniczej / slogan"
Aug 25, 2012 02:25: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/115790">EnglishDirect's</a> old entry - "Nie śmieć przykładem."" to ""All that litter can be gold""
Aug 25, 2012 02:25: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/719042">Darius Saczuk's</a> old entry - "Nie śmieć przykładem"" to ""All that litter can be gold; ; Don't set a rubbish example (UK)""
Proposed translations
All that litter can be gold
To haslo ma byc zacheta, nacechowanym pozytywnie wezwaniem do oddania makulatury (litter), co dodatkowo nagrodzone jest malym gadzetem (gold). Wedlug mnie gra semantyczna na wszystkim dobrze znanym angielskim przyslowiu doskonale wpada w ucho anglojezycznemu odbiorcy po obu stronach oceanu.
your litter is no titter
"Do Not Discard recycling company"
("Do not discard" is highly idiomatic in English.)
don't set rubbish example
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Note added at 14 godz. (2012-08-20 10:08:03 GMT)
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Note added at 1 dzień 13 godz. (2012-08-21 09:23:25 GMT)
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jeszcze przyszło mido głowy "don't lose it, use it"
agree |
petrolhead
2 hrs
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agree |
Grzegorz Mysiński
4 hrs
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neutral |
Caryl Swift
: 'a' is missing: don't set a rubbish example
17 hrs
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thank you Caryl, I should have known better
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agree |
Slawomir Nieciecki
20 hrs
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Discussion
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