Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
masło maślane
English translation:
gobbledegook/mumbo jumbo
May 1, 2004 12:27
20 yrs ago
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Polish term
masło maślane
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
powiedzenia
As in 'you are trying to write something but you are going round and round and round....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | yackety-yak / gobbledegook |
Ensor
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| 4 +3 | tautology |
bartek
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| 4 | pleonasm |
Jakub Szacki
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| 4 | verbiage OR purple prose |
Romuald Pawlikowski
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| 2 | mumbo-jumbo / hugger mugger |
madziag
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Proposed translations
14 hrs
Polish term (edited):
maslo maslane
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yackety-yak / gobbledegook
jezeli chcesz polozyc nacisk na nonsensowna strone wypowiedzi (powtorzenia z reguly nie maja sensu) i jednoczesnie zachowac ta powtorzeniowosc w angielskim, ja bym uzyl moja pierwsza propzycje;
'mumbo jumbo' tez brzmi niezle;
'mumbo jumbo' tez brzmi niezle;
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Comment: "Thanks to all!"
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Polish term (edited):
maslo maslane
tautology
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Kościuszko
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:-)
I understand your problem, but I don\'t know such a phrase. Perhaps something like:
\"you keep repeating the same facts\" or something like that?
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redundancy - should be suitable
zbędny, zbyteczny; niekonieczny, niepotrzebny; jęz. rozwlekły (o stylu); zbędny (o słowie).
redundantly:
nadmiernie, zbytecznie; niekoniecznie, niepotrzebnie.
\"Oh, that\'s redundancy\" - doesn\'t it sound more colloquial?
Kościuszko
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:-)
I understand your problem, but I don\'t know such a phrase. Perhaps something like:
\"you keep repeating the same facts\" or something like that?
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Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2004-05-01 13:46:46 GMT)
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redundancy - should be suitable
zbędny, zbyteczny; niekonieczny, niepotrzebny; jęz. rozwlekły (o stylu); zbędny (o słowie).
redundantly:
nadmiernie, zbytecznie; niekoniecznie, niepotrzebnie.
\"Oh, that\'s redundancy\" - doesn\'t it sound more colloquial?
Peer comment(s):
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madziag
: Bartek jest blizej prawdy: A pleonasm consists of two concepts (usually two words) that are redundant.Well, how about "more than enough; overabundant; excess; and superfluous"
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wszystko, jakby :-)
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Jaroslaw Michalak
: and repetitive :)
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Dzięki :-)
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Agnieszka Hayward (X)
: Please cut this redundant repetition. Tak sobie wyobrażam reakcję poirytowanego prawnika :)
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Polish term (edited):
maslo maslane
mumbo-jumbo / hugger mugger
a moze "hokum"?
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=mumbo-jumb...
Hm, niezla zagwozdka swoja droga.
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nie, nie hokum. Bo to raczej bzdury.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=mumbo-jumb...
Hm, niezla zagwozdka swoja droga.
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nie, nie hokum. Bo to raczej bzdury.
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Jakub Szacki
Poland
Poland
Native in Polish
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40 years of translating experience
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish, French to Polish, and 2 more.
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pleonasm
the use of more words that are necessary to convey meaning - New Oxford. Pleonazm, krotko mowiac
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Romuald Pawlikowski
Native in Polish
Website and software localization pro
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
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2
Polish term (edited):
maslo maslane
verbiage OR purple prose
These are my favorites.
But see below (from Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus) and have your pick:
Entry Word: verbiage
Function: noun
Text: 1 a stylistic fault involving excessive wordiness that obscures or unduly complicates expression <the florid verbiage of the dissertation>
Synonyms circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality; compare VERBOSITY
Related Word nimiety; repetition; expansiveness, floridity, floridness; longiloquence, long-windedness
Idioms purple prose
But see below (from Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus) and have your pick:
Entry Word: verbiage
Function: noun
Text: 1 a stylistic fault involving excessive wordiness that obscures or unduly complicates expression <the florid verbiage of the dissertation>
Synonyms circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality; compare VERBOSITY
Related Word nimiety; repetition; expansiveness, floridity, floridness; longiloquence, long-windedness
Idioms purple prose
Discussion
OK. Context: You are going to see a lawyer (hypothetically). And you tell them a story (or you describe something) and the lawyer says 'Alez to maslo maslane'. hmmm, nie wiem czy sie dobrze wyrazilam???