Polish term
tesciowa smierc gotowa
In a dialogue in English, I stumbled upon one sentence in Polish, spoken by one of the characters (a Polish person):
"tesciowa smierc gotowa"
As I don't speak Polish, (I'm a translator English>Dutch) I looked up the meaning of the words, but since I don't know the grammar, I'm not sure I understood the sentence correctly. I don't know what the subject/object is, or the tense. It could be anything from "I have prepared my mother-in-law's death" to "My mother-in-law is preparing my death" or something else entirely.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Kind regards
Leen
| 4 +5 | instant death guaranteed |
petrolhead
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| 3 +1 | mother-in-law deals a lethal blow |
Piotr Czyżewski
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May 25, 2012 19:42: Bartosz Piechaczek changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
May 25, 2012 19:45: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
PRO (3): Darius Saczuk, petrolhead, Bartosz Piechaczek
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Proposed translations
Poland
Automotive tEXtPERT
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, German to Polish, Polish to English, and 2 more.
instant death guaranteed
mother-in-law equals instant death guaranteed
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Note added at 38 mins (2012-05-25 19:45:59 GMT)
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Just in case you are interested in verbatim trasnlation
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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-05-26 04:32:35 GMT)
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"...However, only with Chuck Norris is instant death guaranteed."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chuck Norris&...
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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2012-05-27 05:27:29 GMT)
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And the context does put the whole thing in a new perspective. Here the phrase actually means something like "Mother-in-law(s), she (they) will always drive/put you to death!".
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Caryl Swift
: Yes, indeed :-) as long as the register is right!
4 hrs
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Polangmar
6 hrs
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Monika Darron
: sounds pretty accurate here
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Beata Claridge
1 day 10 hrs
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Andrzej Mierzejewski
: mother-in-law is instant death guaranteed
2 days 14 hrs
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Poland
Doing things to words.
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
mother-in-law deals a lethal blow
Alternatively: IS or MEANS a lethal blow
Discussion
I will provide you with some extra context:
The dialogue is actually a fight between a husband and his Polish wife. The wife says her mother-in-law is to blame for all of their marital problems, and things are not going to end well. He says she is being dramatic. She turns away from him, towards a picture of her parents, and says this sentence (as if talking to the picture).
I will leave it untranslated (it was just meant to sound dramatic), but I wanted to know what it meant, to understand the character a little better.
I already want to thank all of you for your answers!