Jan 30, 2010 21:46
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Croatian term

opća kultura

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Prevodim izjave sudionika fokus grupa i na nekoliko mjesta se spominje kako "nama nedostaje opće kulture", npr. vezano uz radne navike. Nažalost, to je sav kontekst koji mogu ponuditi.

Discussion

Lirka Jan 31, 2010:
Yes, they meantion the political systems that's why 'civic culture' fits well here. You may even want to go a step further and say "good citizenship" for opca kultura. "Lack of good citizenship"
Zdenka Ivkovcic (asker) Jan 31, 2010:
Ovako glasi jedan od dijelova u kojima se spominje opća kultura, možda to pomogne:
• Proputovao sam Europu uzduž i poprijeko do rata, naš čovjek je bio priznat jer se prilagodio onom zakonu na koji je došao. Mi smo prešli iz socijalizma u komunizam, ali smo zadržali socijalizam u načinu rada. Mi nemamo, to je dokazano, radnih navika. Pogledajte po zgradama, otkupili smo stanove, iz naše pričuve se sve održava, mi nismo svjesni da mi moramo održavati tu zgradu, jer se i dalje trgaju i vrata i prozori ili djeca išaraju. Mi zaista nemamo ...
• Kulture.
• Opće kulture.
• ... da, opće kulture da to ne treba napraviti jer ćemo iz našeg džepa morati to platiti.

Proposed translations

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public awareness


Meni je u ovakvom jednom kontekstu najengleskije awareness.

Inače je generički termin general knowledge, al ne paše u ovaj kontekst.

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npr. We lack public awareness of what it means to work hard.

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agree bonafide1313
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agree Lirka : yes, that works :)
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agree Natasa Djurovic
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disagree kivana77 : we don't lack awareness - we lack the proper work attitude.
1 day 7 hrs
Public awareness je termin koji u svom značenju obuhvata znanje, stavove, djelovanja i vjerovanja o određenoj pojavi.
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general culture

Mislim da je to rješenje.
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neutral David Stephenson : To me, "general culture" is meaningless, but maybe "opća kultura" is equally fuzzy.
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disagree crobrazilac : mislim da to nije to
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work habits

Budući da je opća kultura širok pojam, ja bih radije to preoblikovao na nekakav pojam koji dosita ima veze s kontekstom. Dakle, ako se radi o radnim navikama (točnost, marljivost, urednost...) onda bih stavio work habits.

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Aha, onda nije work habits.
Možda jednostavno common decency?
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basic/essential skills and competenc(i)es; solid grounding

I believe this is what is meant by "opća kultura" in your context ("we lack a solid grounding when it comes to work habits") rather than broad-based knowledge about things in general

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... da, opće kulture da to ne treba napraviti jer ćemo iz našeg džepa morati to platiti.

This sounds more like "common sense not to do that because etc..."
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overall civic culture

Since it relates to work ethics and the like, civic culture may work well for your [lack of] context. Otherwise, just overall culture, such as in

http://www.navigationforlife.com/significant-improvement-in-...

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or 'lack of good citizenship'
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agree kivana77 : work ethic is a good term
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work attitude

mislim da to dobro obuhvaca nase odnose i osjecaje prema poslu
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Reference comments

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general knowledge

... je mislim jedna mogućnost za opću kulturu u smislu znanja o stvarima, no ne čini mi se najsretnijom za kontekst manjka opće kulture u vezi s radnim navikama? možda za početak:))

http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/brian-cathcart/no...

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http://www.oil-offshore-marine.com/show_cv.php?id=87487

Good all round knowledge gained by experience and team work
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Milena Chkripeska
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agree Bogdan Petrovic
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Hvala Vam!
agree Natasa Djurovic : general knowledge and skills...
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Hvala Vam!
agree Valentina Balšić
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Hvala, Valentina!
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