klassresenär
English translation: socially mobile person
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| 00:48 Oct 27, 2014 |
| Swedish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Sven Petersson Sweden Local time: 22:15 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | upwardly mobile/socially upwardly mobile |
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| 5 +1 | socially mobile person |
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| 5 | rags to riches |
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rags to riches Explanation: ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2014-10-27 06:58:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I would use the term go from rags to riches if this is about a person who went from poverty to wealth. |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1socially mobile person Explanation: :o) Reference: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2776079?uid=3738984&ui... |
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8 hrs confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3upwardly mobile/socially upwardly mobile Explanation: The term here refers to the person -- someone who is upwardly mobile, or also, 'socially' upwardly mobile. But everyone will understand without the 'social' bit. Your sentence might be better said as "he is an example of upward mobility'. 'Rags to riches' may fit, but is suited best to the most extreme form of upward mobility -- from poverty to wealth, as opposed to, say, the working class child getting an education to become a middle-class white collar manager. Or the middle-class teacher's kid working to be independently wealthy. Depends on your context. Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/upwardly-... |
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