Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
budnik
English translation:
collier
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Oct 18, 2010 09:03
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Polish term
budnik (budnicy)
Polish to English
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History
Witam,
zastanawiam się jak przetłumaczyć "budników" w sensie: "ludzie, którzy wędrowali po puszczy, wycinali las i wypalali węgiel drzewny." Czy ktoś spotkał się z jakimś analogicznym angielskim określeniem?
zastanawiam się jak przetłumaczyć "budników" w sensie: "ludzie, którzy wędrowali po puszczy, wycinali las i wypalali węgiel drzewny." Czy ktoś spotkał się z jakimś analogicznym angielskim określeniem?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | collier |
Barbara Gadomska
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| 3 | charcoal burner(s)/ maker(s) |
Iwona Szymaniak
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Proposed translations
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Barbara Gadomska
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collier
OED:
collier
†1. A maker of wood charcoal (who also was often the bringer of it to market). Obs.
Słowo w tym znaczeniu już nieuzywane, ale ostatecznie "budnik" też nie jest w powszechnym uzyciu.
collier
†1. A maker of wood charcoal (who also was often the bringer of it to market). Obs.
Słowo w tym znaczeniu już nieuzywane, ale ostatecznie "budnik" też nie jest w powszechnym uzyciu.
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Comment: "Dzięki wielkie! Nie orientuję się w tych punkcikach jeszcze, więc mam nadzieję, że nie za mało dałam :-)"
30 mins
Iwona Szymaniak
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charcoal burner(s)/ maker(s)
Może tak
Propozycja
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Note added at 33 min (2010-10-18 09:36:14 GMT)
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Reference do obu propozycji: Basinej i mojej
http://www.allairevillage.org/TradesandCrafts/Colliers.htm
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Note added at 35 min (2010-10-18 09:38:36 GMT)
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"The collier, or charcoal burner, begins his pit by sticking a pole bout three inches in diameter and 10 feet in height into the ground."
Propozycja
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Note added at 33 min (2010-10-18 09:36:14 GMT)
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Reference do obu propozycji: Basinej i mojej
http://www.allairevillage.org/TradesandCrafts/Colliers.htm
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Note added at 35 min (2010-10-18 09:38:36 GMT)
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"The collier, or charcoal burner, begins his pit by sticking a pole bout three inches in diameter and 10 feet in height into the ground."
Reference comments
48 mins
Reference:
(Charcoal was sometimes known simply as coal, and in early times charcoal burners were called colliers.)
http://www.manukau-libraries.govt.nz/EN/ManukauOurHistory/Ma...
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Note added at 49 mins (2010-10-18 09:52:31 GMT)
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Charcoal burners’ camps
Few if any photographs were taken of charcoal burner’s camps in New Zealand.
http://www.manukau-libraries.govt.nz/EN/ManukauOurHistory/Ma...
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Note added at 49 mins (2010-10-18 09:52:31 GMT)
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Charcoal burners’ camps
Few if any photographs were taken of charcoal burner’s camps in New Zealand.
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