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Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

motor postępu

English translation:

engine (room) of progress; driving force of progress

Added to glossary by Darius Saczuk
Jul 10, 2012 08:58
11 yrs ago
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Polish term

motor postępu

Polish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Set phrase
"Czy EURO było motorem postępu dla Polskiej gospodarki?"
Wpisałem "driving force for Polish economy", ale może ktoś ma zgrabniejszy pomysł. To tytuł, nie mam więcej kontekstu, ale tutaj chyba damy radę bez.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 engine of progress
3 +4 a (driving) force for progress
4 +2 progress driving force
4 +1 driver
4 -2 propulsion
Change log

Aug 13, 2012 03:26: Darius Saczuk Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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engine of progress

tak

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Linki pozniej, bo z telefonu.

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Gov Perry Speaks at General Motors Arlington Plant 50th Anniversary
governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/4328/
Jan 23, 2004 – “General Motors has been a vital engine of progress for the Texas economy, producing more than 7 million cars and trucks, generating...

Introduction: From tradition to modernity
archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu09ue/uu09ue05.htm
Marshall had no hesitation in describing "knowledge" as the chief engine of progress in the economy. From Schumpeter to Samuelson, most economists today...

Congressional Record, V. 149, Pt. 19, October 24, 2003 to November
The engine of progress for the American family, the engine of progress for this country's economy, is jobs, good jobs that pay well, that have decent benefits, that ...



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engine of progress -147,000 Google hits
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q="engine of pro...

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;-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Polangmar
7 hrs
Dziękuję. :-)
agree A.G. : prime mover of. . ? (jak słyszę engine, to widzę jednak tłoki)
8 hrs
Dzięki, czemu nie. :-) Jak słyszę "motor", to staje mi przed oczami WSK. ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great thanks. To samo powiedział mi później jeden native, w internecie też jest tego sporo. Blisko oryginału, zgrabnie i na temat."
-2
5 mins

propulsion

lub: motive power, momentum, incentive, spinning wheel
driving power brzmi super
Peer comment(s):
disagree LilianNekipelov : No, not in this context, at least.
1 hr
kilkuletnie doświadczenie w UK w środowisku osób/mediów elokwentnych pozwala mi się nie zgodzić
neutral Mateusz Pawłowski : Ta odpowiedź ma sens techniczny, ale nie znalazłem przykładu wykorzystania w podobnym kontekście. Mimo braku doświadczenia w środowisku osób elokwentnych w UK :)
2 hrs
disagree Dorota Zegarowska : Zgadzam się z Lilian i Mariuszem. Ta odpowiedź w tym kontekście nie pasuje.
4 hrs
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+1
1 hr

driver

Peer comment(s):
agree Mateusz Pawłowski
24 mins
dzięki
disagree LilianNekipelov : No, not driver.
32 mins
then, how would you translate 'driver' in the first reference link I provided above?
agree Ewelina Hoare : Paweł, świetna propozycja - e
41 mins
dzięki Ewelina, bo jak się domyślam to Ty się kryjesz pod tym pseudonimem :)
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1 hr

progress driving force

Mobile communications as a progress driving force
Reference:

http://www.euro-case.org/index.php/database-reports-you-request?db_titre=Mobile%20communications%20as%20a%20progress%20driving%20force

Peer comment(s):
agree LilianNekipelov : Yes, definitely. You could even drop the progress. Just driving force.
12 mins
agree Dorota Zegarowska : :)
3 hrs
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1 hr

a (driving) force for progress

So, in the case of your title, '...a (driving) force for progress in...'

"Education that is both broad-based and flexible can be a driving force for progress in all dimensions of development: political, economic, environmental and social." (http://www.un.org/Docs/SG/agdev.html)

"higher education is increasingly perceived as a social, economic and political driving force for progress in developing countries"
(http://tinyurl.com/c954lmo; page 3)

I've put 'driving' in brackets because it's not indispensible; you could just as easily simply use 'a force for progress in' if you want to keep it short and snappy!

"D. whereas the university is a major aspect of European heritage, now almost a thousand years old, whose significance as a force for progress in society cannot be reduced to its contribution to the economy and whose development cannot be made solely contingent on economic needs;"
(http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&langua...


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My apologies for the 'easily simply use'. What I actually wanted to say was: 'you could just as well use...'. Sorry about that.
Peer comment(s):
agree petrolhead
5 hrs
Thank you
agree Iwona Szymaniak
19 hrs
Thank you - and hello!
agree Mariusz Kuklinski
22 hrs
Thank you
agree heleninpoland
1 day 5 hrs
Thank you
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