Feb 11, 2020 23:48
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polski term
Wielka Brytania
Diploma in Legal/Financial Translation
Native in: angielski (Variants: UK, British) 
Works in: polski > angielski, hiszpański > angielski
w serz
polski > angielski
Nauki społeczne
Historia
Havng trouble with the following sentence in an 18th century history book. This particular section offers a brief description of the island of Malta:
Malta ma w zdłuż na mil 20. w serz połową długości swoiey mnieysza, na około zaś do 60. mil liczy.
Any help would be appreciated as I'm struggling to make an sense out of the first part of the sentence.
Malta ma w zdłuż na mil 20. w serz połową długości swoiey mnieysza, na około zaś do 60. mil liczy.
Any help would be appreciated as I'm struggling to make an sense out of the first part of the sentence.
Proposed translations
(angielski)
| 4 +2 | its width is half of its length (w szerz) |
Darius Saczuk
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Proposed translations
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Darius Saczuk
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Native in: polski (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, angielski (Variant: US)
Works in: polski > angielski, hiszpański > angielski, angielski, and 4 more.
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its width is half of its length (w szerz)
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Peer comment(s):
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
: its width is less than half of its length
1 godz.
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OK. Thank you, Frank.
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TranslateWithMe
: without "less"
7 godz.
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Thanks, TranslateWithMe.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
Discussion
PL wszerz = EN across
PL wzdłuż = EN along
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the above matches roughly the length and the width in your text, but the length of the coastline is 140 km (87 mi), not 60 miles
= is 10 miles wide