uporište

English translation: mainstay

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Croatian term or phrase:uporište
English translation:mainstay
Entered by: bjuric2

18:22 Jan 13, 2018
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
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Croatian term or phrase: uporište
I njihov broj i njihov doprinos takvih je svojstava da ne dopušta zaborav, a odricanje od toga duhovnog naslijeđa bilo bi ravno nijekanju najdubljih uporišta i vjerskoga, i od njega nerazdruživa nacionalnog identiteta.
bjuric2
Local time: 16:13
mainstay
Explanation:
Uz "identity" vrlo često u sintagmi nalazimo "mainstay". U prilog ovomu, Google daje 122 000 rezultata za pretraživanje "mainstay of identity".

https://www.google.hr/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enHR752HR753&ei=zVV...
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Elio Verbanac
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4 +1ground
Davor Ivic
4 +1mainstay
Elio Verbanac
4deepest roots [foundations] of the national indentity
Daryo
2foothold
Gordana Sujdovic


  

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ground


Explanation:
U ovom slučaju je množina u rečenici pa onda grounds. Eiječ ima mnogo značenja, ovo je jedno od njih.npr. "You don't have a ground to support that"Dakle utemeljenje ili uporište, nešto n čemu se temeljno zasniva neki koncept (u ovom slučaju je to život)

Davor Ivic
Croatia
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Vuka Mijuskovic
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mainstay


Explanation:
Uz "identity" vrlo često u sintagmi nalazimo "mainstay". U prilog ovomu, Google daje 122 000 rezultata za pretraživanje "mainstay of identity".

https://www.google.hr/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enHR752HR753&ei=zVV...

Elio Verbanac
Croatia
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Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vesna Maširević
3 hrs

neutral  Daryo: I don't find "translating by statistics" a convincing method ... especially when the end result is "deepest mainstays".
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najdublja uporišta nacionalnog identiteta
deepest roots [foundations] of the national indentity


Explanation:

najdublja uporišta nacionalnog identiteta

najdublja = it makes more sense to see it as "roots of ..." or "foundations of ..." or "fundamental traits of ..." or similar.



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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foothold


Explanation:
Nemam potvrdu za kontekst

Human Dignity in Bioethics: From Worldviews to the Public Square

It is in that context that the demands for cooperation and altruism, for social equity, and fairness in exchange gained their deepest foothold in our psychological phylogeny. Eventually, around 15,000 years ago, we settled down and began to practice agriculture and to build cities. At that point, we made a relatively successful ..

Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
https://books.google.rs/books?isbn=1135938261
Jules Boykoff - 2013 - ‎Sports & Recreation
The 2004 Athens Olympics Greece is the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, and the Games have long held a firm foothold in Greek national identity.

https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/foothold/croatian

Gordana Sujdovic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Serbian
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