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Victorian pile

20:53 Aug 30, 2017
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English to Polish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / Antiques
English term or phrase: Victorian pile
Cała zagwozdka z moim tekstem leży w grze słów. Jak podaje Oxford, a pile to także "A large imposing building or group of buildings: ‘a Victorian Gothic pile’" - a z kontekstu wynika, że chodzi o wielki, ale stary i zaniedbany dom, czyli nobliwą kupę (pile) gruzu. Tu cały dłuższy fragment, z którym się muszę rozprawić:

"He’d seen homes like that before. Many times. They were what he’d heard referred to during his time at Christ’s College, Cambridge as Victorian piles. Quite descriptive, he’d always thought. And Quebec, notably Montreal, boasted its share of piles, built by the Scottish robber barons, of railway, booze and banking money. They were held together with hubris, a short- term binder at best since many of them had long ago been torn down or donated to McGill University, which needed another Victorian monstrosity like it needed the Ebola virus."

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Kamila Sławińska
United States
Local time: 04:19


Summary of answers provided
2podupadły wiktoriański kolos (na chwiejnych nogach)
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
1wiktoriańska bryła (budynku)
geopiet


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victorian pile
wiktoriańska bryła (budynku)


Explanation:
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geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 48
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victorian pile
podupadły wiktoriański kolos (na chwiejnych nogach)


Explanation:
Nothing more sad than a dilapidated collosus on wobbly legs. OK, wobbly legs were added for dramatic efect, but it makes it easier for it to fall on its face.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 04:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 55
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