polgárosodás
English translation: joining the middle class/achieving middle-class status
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| 08:52 Oct 7, 2008 |
| Hungarian to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Michael Golden United States Local time: 08:12 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | main idea of the transition to citizenship |
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| 4 +1 | joining the middle class/achieving middle-class status |
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| 3 | upwardly mobile |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| a polgárosodás lényege main idea of the transition to citizenship Explanation: Amennyiben valóban a folyamatról van szó (polgárosodás lényege), akkor ezt használmám. Ha mégsem, akkor: "main idea of citizenship" (polgáriság lényege). Szokás szerint nem egyértelmű, hogy miről beszélnek a politikusok. Persze lehet essence of... very idea of... stb. |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1joining the middle class/achieving middle-class status Explanation: Here I think is a natural sounding alternative. But I also like "achieving middle-class status" in this particular context. You could say "the essence of achieving middle-class status". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-07 14:00:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And for the other option you could "the essence of joining the middle class". |
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upwardly mobile Explanation: Reflects the aspiration for wealth and status, including the effort and self-motivation to achieve this. Can be both negatively and positively perceived. Of course the underlying complications of reflecting the Hungarian distinction of polgár-polgári isn't so easy to achieve in a simple phrase. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upwardly_mobile |
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