kolizja

[dn88]

Hello

Would you understand the meaning of this stand-alone sentence? Is it quite clear?

Nie mogę przyjść na to spotkanie: mam kolizję.

Thanks

 

[Monica610]

I would understand it as if you had had a car accident

 

[dn88]

I would understand it as if you had had a car accident

Thank you, that's what I feared the most. But, on the other hand, we have the present tense here - "mam", not "miałem". What do you think of it?

 

[Monica610]

Well for me it still sounds like a car accident and the Present tense seems to be just a little mistake. Tell me please, what do you exactly want to say?

 

[Thomas1]

I don't like it, to me it doesn't sound good in Polish. For two reasons, the tense that doesn't fit here and the word kolizja, it sounds a bit unnatural. I'd simply say, miałem wypadek.


Tom

 

[dn88]

Well for me it still sounds like a car accident and the Present tense seems to be just a little mistake. Tell me please, what do you exactly want to say?

Well, Nie mogę przyjść na to spotkanie: mam kolizję. (e.g. I have another meeting at the same tame, there's a conflict in the dates of the two meetings).

Thanks.

 

[Monica610]

You're right that it can also mean that... But when I hear "kolizja" I automatically think about a car accident and I can't help it! Maybe you should say "mam kolizję spotkań" ? Anyway it sounds a little odd for me...

 

[Thomas1]

Same here. I'd say then, nakładają mi się spotkania. If you pushed me in a corner and twisted my arm to force me into using something related to kolizja, I'd use spotkania mi ze sobą kolidują. The Polish word kolizja has too many car-crash overtones to use it like that by me.


Tom

 

[dn88]

You're right that it can also mean that... But when I hear "kolizja" I automatically think about a car accident and I can't help it! Maybe you should say "mam kolizję spotkań" ? Anyway it sounds a little odd for me...

Thank you, I have the same problem. Can you possibly think of any other word that conveys the idea better?

 

[Thomas1]

Dn88 możesz nam podać zdanie, które chcesz przetłumaczyć?

Tom

 

[dn88]

Same here. I'd say then, nakładają mi się spotkania. If you pushed me in a corner and twisted my arm to force me into using something related to kolizja, I'd use spotkania mi ze sobą kolidują. The Polish word kolizja has too many car-crash overtones to use it like that by me.


Tom

Yes, that's right... The point is that I would be best off with a noun, but I'm starting to doubt if there's a suitable one...

 

[dn88]

Dn88 możesz nam podać zdanie, które chcesz przetłumaczyć?

Tom

The sentence is I cannot attend the meeting: I have a conflict.

 

[Thomas1]

I don't think there's somethng palatable in Polish where you could use a noun (as a direct translation of conflict), at least I can't come up with anything, perhaps someone ese can. I'd simply use some verbal translation as it works best to me.
Well on the other hand:
Nie mogę przyjść na spotkanie, mam inne/drugie w tym samym czasie.
but that's a different formulation from the English one.

Tom

 

[dn88]

I don't think there's somethng palatable in Polish where you could use a noun (as a direct translation of conflict), at least I can't come up with anything, perhaps someone ese can. I'd simply use some verbal translation as it works best to me.
Well on the other hand:
Nie mogę przyjść na spotkanie, mam inne/drugie w tym samym czasie.
but that's a different formulation from the English one.

Tom

Thanks for your help, Tom.

 

[Monica610]

I agree with Thomas - I'm afraid there's no way to translate it literally.

 

[dn88]

I agree with Thomas - I'm afraid there's no way to translate it literally.

Thanks go to you too.