History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [599]

Apropos Chanukkah latki, the cross-pollination between ethnic "Polish" vs. local "Jewish" cuisine
from the various shtettls cannot be overstated.

Classifieds / Polish tutors needed!! [14]

I do simultaneous, I know. He might also have meant "consecutive" interpreting.

Classifieds / Polish tutors needed!! [14]

Does someone perhaps mean "oral translation"? It's "mouth-to-mouth resuc-
itation".

Classifieds / Polish tutors needed!! [14]

Pani Kasiu!

Just curious as to what sorts of translation you do.

Study / Studying in Poland without speaking Polish? [15]

Learn at least basic Polish, if for no other reason, out of sheer respect! Heck, it can't be any tougher than Ge'ez aka Amharic.

News / New TVP English language news channel [16]

Good to know-:)

News / New TVP English language news channel [16]

Yes, Alien, native GERMAN, not English, speakers! Announcers should be native or at least bilingual native to the language they are announcing, with zero detectable second language interference, full stop.

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]

Najlepszym Papiezem byl Karol Wojtyla, kto "wybaczy"l Zydom smierca Jesus'a!

Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [521]

Dlaczego podjekujemy Papiezu?

Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [521]

Po co?

Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [521]

Strzelcu, musi sie pobiegac powszechnym zdaniom!
"Niemcy to tylko Niemcy" a Polacy to tylko Polacy.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

"Brzydki jak noc"
Same in German, word for word.

News / New TVP English language news channel [16]

Spot on, jon! Just plain laziness or terminal cheapness, probably.

News / New TVP English language news channel [16]

Spotlight English in Germany, as I recall, wasn't much better.
At least hire speakers/readers from the BC abroad such as the local
Consulates, rather than have native German speakers with their
wooden diction and faulty idiom.

Language / Polish Phrases Meaning Old Soul? [14]

Thanks

Language / Polish Phrases Meaning Old Soul? [14]

"Dusz"/"duch" means "soul" or "spirit" as I've seen it written, no?

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [106]

Thanks.

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [106]

This then is dífferent from Halloween.

Language / Oj bidaku ! [22]

@mafketis
Thanks very much!

Language / Oj bidaku ! [22]

Even in the Vocative/wolacz? Perhaps "bidakO"?

Language / Oj bidaku ! [22]

LOL You remember how to form the diminutive, don't you, Rysku? -:)

Language / Oj bidaku ! [22]

I assume then the female form is "Oj' bidaczko!"

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Along with Romania.

Law / Applying for short term visa to Germany while waiting for the decision - possible or not? [15]

Just curious.

Law / Applying for short term visa to Germany while waiting for the decision - possible or not? [15]

@pz1, your precise natíonality would be?

Law / Applying for short term visa to Germany while waiting for the decision - possible or not? [15]

Is there a cut off point as to exactly how short a short term visa is?

Law / Applying for short term visa to Germany while waiting for the decision - possible or not? [15]

Nonetheless, were for instance a Pakístani or, say an Egyptian, to apply to visit Germany, I know for a fact, the German passport authorities are more circumspect in such instances.

Law / Applying for short term visa to Germany while waiting for the decision - possible or not? [15]

It depends on your nationality. Different rules apply to EU vs. non-EU citizens-:)

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

The Sinti-Roma, any remaining, unassimilated Jews, etc...
I wonder if Orban is truly an educated man or merely a party hack more than likely.

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Orban's a bigot who's forgotten that the world has changed and continues to change! The homogeneity of the past no longer applies and the only way to remain a good, competitive neighbor will be to integrate and include!

Sweden, Germany, Great Britain etc. have all had to abandon their ideologies of the past, whereby a more or less single, same population was met with few of the challenges we face today. That no longer remains a viable option.