Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
samosterowność
English translation:
self-driven personality
Added to glossary by
Robin Gill
Jul 5, 2017 10:42
6 yrs ago
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Polish term
Poland
samosterowność
Polish to English
Social Sciences
Psychology
personality qualities
Description of criminals from a criminological paper.
Jednocześnie te osoby są wyjątkowo groźne z uwagi na swoje cechy psychiczne – skrajną demoralizację, wyrachowanie, a jednocześnie „samosterowność”, wysoką inteligencję połączoną z zanikiem „ludzkich uczuć”.
Jednocześnie te osoby są wyjątkowo groźne z uwagi na swoje cechy psychiczne – skrajną demoralizację, wyrachowanie, a jednocześnie „samosterowność”, wysoką inteligencję połączoną z zanikiem „ludzkich uczuć”.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | self-driven personality |
Katarzyna Kucharska
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| 3 | "self-initiative"/"enterprising personality" |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Proposed translations
21 mins
Katarzyna Kucharska
Poland
Poland
Native in Polish
Works in field
Poland
Professional business translator
Native in: Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
self-driven personality
Cecha może mieć aspekt pozytywny lub negatywny, w zależności od zastosowania. Tu jeszcze artykuł z Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intense-emotions-and-st...
Example sentence:
“They are completely self-driven and more concerned with their image and materialistic things than issues that affect the entire country and even the rest of the world,” Drummond said.
Reference:
http://www.lifescript.com/well-being/articles/c/common_traits_of_the_self-centered_person.aspx
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-great-careers-for-self-driven-people/
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15 hrs
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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106
"self-initiative"/"enterprising personality"
Here, samosterowność is used pejoratively as initiative for committing criminal acts. That is why it is enclosed in quotation marks.
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