Cardboard villain

Serbian translation: Pogledajte opis

18:51 May 27, 2020
English to Serbian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Law (general) / Court proceedings
English term or phrase: Cardboard villain
Drage kolege,
Molim za pomoć oko prevođenja na srpski ovog izraza koji se pojavljuje u knjizi, u opisu postupanja jednog suda, u sledećoj rečenici: ... the show trial that followed were all part of the melodrama scripted for the edification of global public opinion, and it could only end with the conviction...of the cardboard villain, XX.
Hvala puno, srdačan pozdrav,
Zvezdana
Zvezdana Delic
Local time: 17:27
Serbian translation:Pogledajte opis
Explanation:
A cardboard villain is someone who is bad solely to screw up the life of the hero. They have no real motivation, they are just there to cause conflict because that's what the author wanted.

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Note added at 13 h (2020-05-28 08:26:43 GMT)
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U svakom slučaju je "negativac", nadam se da sam pomogao...
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Milos Ilic
Local time: 17:27
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Хвала! Употребила сам ваш превод овог термина.
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Ninoslav Matijevic


  

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cardboard villain
Pogledajte opis


Explanation:
A cardboard villain is someone who is bad solely to screw up the life of the hero. They have no real motivation, they are just there to cause conflict because that's what the author wanted.

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Note added at 13 h (2020-05-28 08:26:43 GMT)
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U svakom slučaju je "negativac", nadam se da sam pomogao...


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Milos Ilic
Local time: 17:27
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
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Хвала! Употребила сам ваш превод овог термина.
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cardboard villain
Cardboard villain


Explanation:
Termin "Cardboard villain" preveo bih malo složenije, kao "protivnik (zlikovac) koji nastoji da upropasti život borbenom i čestitom čoveku", ili neki protivnik koji nastoji da zaustavi borca u nečemu.

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Note added at 4 days (2020-06-01 14:02:41 GMT) Post-grading
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Izraz "Cardboard villain" moglo bi da se prevede i kao "Prekorni karton od strane protivnika (ili neke bitange, zlikovca, u krajnjem slučaju), ili karton od strane protivnika kao vid osude. Mada, nije naznačeno, kakav je tačno karton u pitanju. Medju žargonima, poznati su izrazi "žuti karton", "crveni karton", a u datom tekstu stoji broj 20. "Karton protivnika, sa brojem 20, kao vid osude". Inače, reč "Cardboard" često se prevodi, prosto, kao "karton".

Ninoslav Matijevic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
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