Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
wzięli diabli pana
English translation:
the devils have taken the lord
Added to glossary by
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Mar 25, 2020 14:32
4 yrs ago
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Polish term
wzięli diabli pana
Polish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Muszę przetłumaczyć tytuł Wzięli diabli pana: antologia poezji walczacej o postęp i wyzwolenie społeczne, Stanisław Czernik
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | the devils have taken the lord |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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| 3 +1 | the devil took the lord |
mike23
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| 3 | Possessed by Demons |
Darius Saczuk
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| 3 | the landlords are gone, the landlords are no more |
geopiet
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Change log
Mar 26, 2020 08:29: mike23 changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Art/Literary"
Mar 29, 2020 12:23: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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3 mins
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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307
Selected
the devils have taken the lord
Peer comment(s):
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Polam
: Wonderful find! No sense in reinventing the wheel.
16 mins
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Thank you, Polam. Fully agree.
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Andrzej Mierzejewski
5 hrs
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Dziękuję Andrzeju. Bądź zdrowy.
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mike23
: Literal translation is certainly a good choice here.
19 hrs
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Thank you, Michael. Warm regards!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you"
2 hrs
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Works in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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276
Possessed by Demons
P
9 hrs
the landlords are gone, the landlords are no more
According to most standards, especially Western and American, the people are still poor. But that the Revolution has enriched their lives, there can be no denying. It has enriched their lives with hope and dignity, as well as materially, economically. They no longer live like dogs. "Before Liberation, I was
illiterate," the old lady said. "But now I can read a newspaper, my son is in the People's Liberation Army, my little girl is in the Middle School. The landlords are gone and can no longer take my daughters into servitude."
- http://www.bannedthought.net/China/MaoEra/ContemporaryCommen... - page 6
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The special miseries of those years of war are over, and White Russia to-day is grappling with the problem of her agelong poverty. For this country was always backward, distressed, and neglected in Czarist days. The Polish landlords are gone and the land has been divided, but, in the dry spaces between the bogs and the lakes, there is room enough to allow only eleven and a half dessiatines (thirty-three acres) to each peasant family of six persons. - https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/34355... - page 96
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But everywhere there was pride in their achievements & a feeling that the wicked landlords had gone forever. - https://libcom.org/library/anarchist-love-mao’s-china-herber...
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What is important is that the peasants should be convinced that landlords are no more, and that they should have an opportunity of ordering their own lives. - https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.217864/2015.217...
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illiterate," the old lady said. "But now I can read a newspaper, my son is in the People's Liberation Army, my little girl is in the Middle School. The landlords are gone and can no longer take my daughters into servitude."
- http://www.bannedthought.net/China/MaoEra/ContemporaryCommen... - page 6
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The special miseries of those years of war are over, and White Russia to-day is grappling with the problem of her agelong poverty. For this country was always backward, distressed, and neglected in Czarist days. The Polish landlords are gone and the land has been divided, but, in the dry spaces between the bogs and the lakes, there is room enough to allow only eleven and a half dessiatines (thirty-three acres) to each peasant family of six persons. - https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/34355... - page 96
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But everywhere there was pride in their achievements & a feeling that the wicked landlords had gone forever. - https://libcom.org/library/anarchist-love-mao’s-china-herber...
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What is important is that the peasants should be convinced that landlords are no more, and that they should have an opportunity of ordering their own lives. - https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.217864/2015.217...
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the devil took the lord
the devil took the lord
I have had a word with my English colleague and here is a slightly different proposal from Frank's: The devil in singular sounds better in English than plural. The same goes for the Past Tense vs Perf. The lord/Lord has both a feudal and biblical connotation to it, just like the Polish original.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2020-03-26 09:54:09 GMT)
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Obviously, the above comment applies to this poetic/idiomatic context.
I have had a word with my English colleague and here is a slightly different proposal from Frank's: The devil in singular sounds better in English than plural. The same goes for the Past Tense vs Perf. The lord/Lord has both a feudal and biblical connotation to it, just like the Polish original.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2020-03-26 09:54:09 GMT)
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Obviously, the above comment applies to this poetic/idiomatic context.
Peer comment(s):
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
: Hello from one poet to another.
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We will be talking in rhyme soon. Thanks Frank and have a great day.
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Discussion
feudal lord
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/feudal lord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord
https://www.britannica.com/topic/feudalism
https://klp.pl/przybos/
...ułożona wespół ze Stanisławem Czernikiem anotologia poezji rewolucyjnej Wzięli diabli pana (1955).
https://docer.pl/doc/xn1vnn8
Poprzez fragment "Ludowe pieśni antyfeudalne, Ściegienny, Szela i możliwy ..." w sieci można znaleźć artykuł zatytułowany "Korespondencja literacka Juliana Przybosia. Cz. II : drobne zespoły opublikowane", a w nim kilka wierszy z wydawnictwa zalinkowanego w moim wcześniejszym wpisie. Wyraźnie widać, że nie chodzi o kwestie religijne.
"antologia poezji walczacej o postęp i wyzwolenie społeczne", - czyli tutaj: pan = właściciel majątku.