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Czech term or phrase:
Poturčenec horší Turka
English translation:
To out-Herod Herod
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Radovan Pletka
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Poturčenec horší Turka
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I need to translate this proverb.
The literal meaning is that somebody, who was made a Turkish person, is worse than a Turkish person itself.
The literal meaning is that somebody, who was made a Turkish person, is worse than a Turkish person itself.
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Gerry Vickers
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To out-Herod Herod
I have also heard 'to be more Pope-like than the Pope'. I think if you can think of any other similar similies then you can use that as well.
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Depending on the given situation, maybe 'there's no smoker worse than an ex-smoker' :)
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edit to above - should be 'no worse non-smoker than an ex-smoker'!
or maybe 'Holier-than-thou attitude'
'Do as I say, not do as I do'
I'll stop there... I might be going way off track...
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Depending on the given situation, maybe 'there's no smoker worse than an ex-smoker' :)
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edit to above - should be 'no worse non-smoker than an ex-smoker'!
or maybe 'Holier-than-thou attitude'
'Do as I say, not do as I do'
I'll stop there... I might be going way off track...
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Maria Chmelarova
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"The converted are more fervent than the convertors" >
perhaps it might work ...
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Turkenizee (Jannisary) worse than Turk
je to iba tip, našiel som to v rámci diskusie na jednej stránke, môžete nad tým porozmýšľať
Slave unit should be able to create "jannisary" unit, unit with promotion of advantage against units of nation slave cames from ("turkenizee worse than turk")
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=185605&page=4
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http://socsci.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol5/article...
text uvádza príslovie „Uninvited visitor is worse than Turk“
http://www.cilicia.com/2003/03/one-step-forward-two-steps-ba...
v článku je použité označenie „horší ako Turek“
Slave unit should be able to create "jannisary" unit, unit with promotion of advantage against units of nation slave cames from ("turkenizee worse than turk")
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=185605&page=4
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2009-01-22 05:33:16 GMT)
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http://socsci.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol5/article...
text uvádza príslovie „Uninvited visitor is worse than Turk“
http://www.cilicia.com/2003/03/one-step-forward-two-steps-ba...
v článku je použité označenie „horší ako Turek“
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A convert is worse than a Turk
V anglických textech se občas vyskytují odkazy na srbské/balkánské přísloví, které je téměř stejné s tím naším. Třeba si ale dát pozor na to, pro koho je překlad určen, určitě si to někdo může vysvětlit jako zcela nevhodné.
Example sentence:
These new janissaries, just like those of the Ottoman army of old, have to prove their credentials by being more zealous than the master himself; as the Balkan proverb has it, 'a convert is worse than a Turk.' Nobody is more insanely vehement in his insul
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