Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
ciemnogród
English translation:
Backward
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-06-22 09:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jun 18, 2012 12:08
11 yrs ago
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Polish term
ciemnogród
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
lub Ciemnogród - jaką nazwę można by nadać wyobrażonemu (nierzeczywistemu) miastu, które jest właśnie takim ciemnogrodem, pełnym przesądów, nietolerancji i zacofania?
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Backward
Raczej nie uiżywałabym słowa "miasto" tutaj, tylko po prostu słowas backward czyli zacofanie. Nie wszystko da się przetłumaczyć dosłownie. :)
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A.G.
: (dla propozycji bez miasta: to stan umysłu (i raczej nie ignorancja) backwater mind etc.
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Dorota Madrzyk
: ale ja bym raczej dodała town, bo pytający mówi o mieście. Podaję parę linków w dyskusji.
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backwater town
prop.
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LilianNekipelov
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Ignorance City
As a proper name you could use this option I think. It is not a real name though.
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Note added at 24 mins (2012-06-18 12:32:34 GMT)
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It might be too explicit though. You can put some make up on it and call it Ignorantia (a Latin word), or something like that.
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Note added at 24 mins (2012-06-18 12:32:34 GMT)
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It might be too explicit though. You can put some make up on it and call it Ignorantia (a Latin word), or something like that.
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Anna Bajor-Ciciliati
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Dark Town/Town of Darkness
Na zasadzie paraleli z Dark Ages.
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ARKADIUSZ KACZOROWSKI
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hick town, walmart town, hillbilly town,
Hick Town
A southern, mostly redneck town that has few offerings other than simply being a community that knows and cares for each other above all else.
Usually characterized as:
A town with one, if any, stop light.
Most of the inhabitants drive trucks or other oversized SUV
Cow/horse pastures everywhere
If you're lucky, 2 convenience stores, a gas station, and a liqour store
One road in and out
Usually full of Hicks, Rednecks, Country boys, and similar.
Most everyone knows each other and loves their town
Look up the songs "Hick Town", "Hillbilly Delux", "Country Boy Can Survive", "Famous in a Small Town", "Small Town Southern Man"
"Hollywood South Carolina? Man what a little hick town."
A southern, mostly redneck town that has few offerings other than simply being a community that knows and cares for each other above all else.
Usually characterized as:
A town with one, if any, stop light.
Most of the inhabitants drive trucks or other oversized SUV
Cow/horse pastures everywhere
If you're lucky, 2 convenience stores, a gas station, and a liqour store
One road in and out
Usually full of Hicks, Rednecks, Country boys, and similar.
Most everyone knows each other and loves their town
Look up the songs "Hick Town", "Hillbilly Delux", "Country Boy Can Survive", "Famous in a Small Town", "Small Town Southern Man"
"Hollywood South Carolina? Man what a little hick town."
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Ignorancity
Z lekka inspirowane przez Lilian.
Note from asker:
| Mnie również. Pasuje to nierzeczywistego świata, a także jako zwykły komentarz na temat zwykłego, istniejącego miasta. |
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Sławoj Stanisławski
: Podoba mi się. Sam myślałem by wpisać "Ignorantia" jako propozycję, a to jest bardzo podobne :)
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Dziękuję!
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City of Darkness / Darkville
Stanisław Potocki, the minister of religious denominations and public enlightenment for the Polish Kingdom from 1815 to 1820, was famous (or infamous) for his book Podróż do Ciemnogrodu [Journey to the City of
Darkness], a biting anticlerical satire that portrayed priests as ignorant and backward. -
http://www.history.lsa.umich.edu/652/Readings/Faith and Fath... - page 6
http://goo.gl/zbYf4 - page 8
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"Ciemnogród" comes from a novel of S. K. Potocki "Podróz do Ciemnogrodu" ("Journey to Darkville") published in 1820, - http://beatroot.blogspot.com/2007/02/simon-mol-charged-withc...
Darkness], a biting anticlerical satire that portrayed priests as ignorant and backward. -
http://www.history.lsa.umich.edu/652/Readings/Faith and Fath... - page 6
http://goo.gl/zbYf4 - page 8
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"Ciemnogród" comes from a novel of S. K. Potocki "Podróz do Ciemnogrodu" ("Journey to Darkville") published in 1820, - http://beatroot.blogspot.com/2007/02/simon-mol-charged-withc...
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Thickburg / Darkburg
Odpowiedz inspirowana Kaczogrodem (Duckburg w oryginale).
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Note added at 1 day50 mins (2012-06-19 12:59:12 GMT)
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Przyszło mi jeszcze do głowy Medieville (w nawiązaniu do średniowiecza) albo Thickville...
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Note added at 1 day50 mins (2012-06-19 12:59:12 GMT)
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Przyszło mi jeszcze do głowy Medieville (w nawiązaniu do średniowiecza) albo Thickville...
Discussion
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http://milepoint.com/forums/threads/nuttfork-illinois-share-...