Apr 2, 2006 21:09
18 yrs ago
Polish term
brakorób
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
My dictionary has "waster of raw materials". I need a term for a dialog to describe the character. Any ideas? He is a ...
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bungler, slipshod worker
Here are the terms from my dictionary (Lingvo 10)
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Maciej Andrzejczak
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Monika Darron
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botcher / bungler
accoriding to my dictionary.... but personally I have never heard such terms, so I do not know if they are in fact used
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Jolanta Tuzel
: I heard "botcher" but never heard "bungler"
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Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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screwup
tough call for Polish guys to suggest English slang terms ;-)
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Monika Darron
: screwup is OK, but not in all kinds of conversations...we'd need more context to decide..
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Jolanta Tuzel
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he has two left hands, he is a lousy worker
maybe
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