Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
upon its face
Polish translation:
odwrócić do góry nogami
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Jan 29, 2023 14:16
1 yr ago
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English term
upon its face
English to Polish
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
The great American colleges have created technicians of high quality – scientists of high quality, engineers of high quality - but in the field of philosophy, in the field of where we need people at present to give safety and surety to our people, we have failed absolutely, because our whole approach towards philosophy was a pragmatic approach. That is good which is successful. That had been the philosophy which has substituted all the Christian philosophy by this group of people who had impressed their stamp upon its face.
https://youtu.be/37HgRWTsGs0?t=2368
Bardzo dziękuję za pomoc :)
https://youtu.be/37HgRWTsGs0?t=2368
Bardzo dziękuję za pomoc :)
Proposed translations
(Polish)
| 2 | odwrócić do góry nogami |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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| 2 | na jej wizerunku/obliczu |
mike23
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Jan 29, 2023 14:16: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Feb 10, 2023 11:26: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
2 days 6 hrs
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Polish
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.
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850
English term (edited):
stand on its head
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odwrócić do góry nogami
The sense of this paragraph is that the philosophers have turned things upside down. Good is judged by its pragmatism, not by its moral value.
The speaker is mixing metaphors and missing the intended message - to turn upside down.
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stand (something) on its head
1. To misinterpret or misrepresent something so that it is completely incorrect or the opposite of what it should be.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stand on its head
The speaker is mixing metaphors and missing the intended message - to turn upside down.
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stand (something) on its head
1. To misinterpret or misrepresent something so that it is completely incorrect or the opposite of what it should be.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stand on its head
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 day 4 hrs
na jej wizerunku/obliczu
... odcisnęli swoje piętno na jej wizerunku/obliczu
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