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Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

udowadniać, że się nie jest wielbłądem

English translation:

demonstrate one's ability to jump through hoops

Added to glossary by Caryl Swift
May 8, 2007 09:27
17 yrs ago
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Polish term

udowadniać, że się nie jest wielbłądem

Polish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Nie będę szczegółowo opisywać kontekstu, ale chodzi o uciążliwe i bezsensowne wielomiesięczne procedury przy wprowadzaniu leków na rynek. Po wyroku Eur Trybunału Sprawiedliwości procedury będę o wiele prostsze. Ogólnie chodzi o bezsens i absurdalność jakichś wymogów, procedury. Można to też odnieść do obecnych oświadczeń lustracyjnych i udowadnianiu, że się nie było wielbłądem :)
Proposed translations (English)
2 +3 (no longer have) to jump through hoops
Change log

May 9, 2007 17:40: Caryl Swift changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/108819">Slawomir Nowodworski's</a> old entry - "udowadniać, że się nie jest wielbłądem"" to ""demonstrate one's ability to jump through hoops""

Discussion

Caryl Swift May 8, 2007:
:-)
Slawomir Nowodworski (asker) May 8, 2007:
Interesting comparison :)
Caryl Swift May 8, 2007:
of the circus, this is done for the amusement and edification of the audience. Makes one wonder about the motives of the procedure proscribers, does it not?
Caryl Swift May 8, 2007:
Sorry. I didn't get a notification of your comment and I've only just seen it. I agree with you - I think it comes from the circus and the tricks the animals are made to perform. Where it gets interesting is when you think about the fact that, in the case
Slawomir Nowodworski (asker) May 8, 2007:
I reckon the "hoop" metaphore comes from a circus where animals were made to jump through hoops. So both the Polish and English phrase refers to animals :)
Caryl Swift May 8, 2007:
:-)))
Slawomir Nowodworski (asker) May 8, 2007:
Sounds brilliant to me! :)
Slawomir Nowodworski (asker) May 8, 2007:
Thanks, Caryl, bu the meaning is along these lines: the importers will no longer have to struggle with the ridiculous/burdensome procedures.
Perhaps I will have to use plain English unlike the popular Polish idiom.
Slawomir Nowodworski (asker) May 8, 2007:
A w zdaniu brzmi to tak: Przedsiębiorcy zajmujący się importem równoległym leków nie będą już musieli udowadniać, że nie są wielbłądami.

Proposed translations

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(no longer have) to jump through hoops

"jump through hoops
To make extraordinary efforts, especially in following a prescribed procedure."
( From: http://tinyurl.com/2uf6lz )

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Note added at 27 mins (2007-05-08 09:54:45 GMT)
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e.g.

'...will no longer have to demonstrate their ability to jump through hoops'.

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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2007-05-09 17:40:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Isn't life a permanent three-ring circus?? My pleasure! :-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Ewa Dabrowska : I like it!
18 mins
Thank you :-)
agree Monika Llewellyn (X) : Go for it! :)
2 hrs
Thank you! :-)
agree Iwona Szymaniak : Excellent! I haven't noticed this question. :)
2 days 23 hrs
Things always get interesting when Sławek turns up! Thank you :-)
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