Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
prześcigać się w
English translation:
to outstrip / outdo / outvie smb/smth // to vie with smb/smth
Added to glossary by
Caryl Swift
Sep 22, 2008 11:24
15 yrs ago
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Polish term
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Nie jest w polityce naszej firmy prześciganie się w redukowaniu cen za oferowane przez nas usługi.
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Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | to outstrip // outvie // vie with smb/smth |
Caryl Swift
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| 3 +1 | outdo (our competitors)/compete on/by |
Maciek Drobka
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| 4 | outdo oneself |
Grzegorz Mysiński
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Change log
Sep 28, 2008 07:33: Caryl Swift Created KOG entry
Sep 28, 2008 07:34: Caryl Swift changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/555959">Caryl Swift's</a> old entry - "prześcigać się w"" to ""to outstrip / outdo smb/smth // to outvie / vie with smb/smth""
Proposed translations
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to outstrip // outvie // vie with smb/smth
For example:
...to outstrip // outvie the competition in price reductions on the services we provide
...to outstrip // outvie our competitors in price reductions on the services we provide
...to vie with the competition // our competitors in price reductions on the services we provide
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-22 11:38:48 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to add that all three verbs are transitive, so they have to have an object, even though the original doesn't
...to outstrip // outvie the competition in price reductions on the services we provide
...to outstrip // outvie our competitors in price reductions on the services we provide
...to vie with the competition // our competitors in price reductions on the services we provide
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-22 11:38:48 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to add that all three verbs are transitive, so they have to have an object, even though the original doesn't
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3 mins
outdo (our competitors)/compete on/by
It's not our (company) policy to outdo our competitors by reducing...
...to compete on price/by reducing our service prices.
...to compete on price/by reducing our service prices.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
FishX
: może lepiej byłoby: to try to outdo our competitors
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może łagodniej lepiej, dziękuję
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5 mins
outdo oneself
propozycja
Reference:
http://themountainsage.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/liberals-outdo-themselves-in-trashing-gov-palin/
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