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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

mid-continent

Polish translation:

centralne Stany Zjednoczone

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Nov 8, 2022 12:06
1 yr ago
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English term

mid-continent

English to Polish Other Geography
In 1989 a senior director of the mid-continent regional education laboratory told the 50 governors of the United States assembled in Kansas City for their annual meeting the following... This is a direct quote, not a word is changed: "What we're into is the total restructuring of scientific scholarship, specifically the importation of German research university values to America at the end of the 19th century covered the track of what was going on".

https://youtu.be/MD9SOiivDmU?t=2599

"Środkowokontynentalny" czy jest jakieś szczęśliwsze tłumaczenie? Serdecznie dziękuję :)
Proposed translations (Polish)
3 +2 centralne Stany Zjednoczone
Change log

Nov 8, 2022 12:06: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Nov 22, 2022 08:30: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Nov 8, 2022:
As is often the case, some in the USA do not see beyond their own country and think of themselves as the whole continent. We even call ourselves Americans, forgetting our neighbors to the north and the south. Here, for example, mid-continent would be perhaps Chicago or Saint Louis.

Proposed translations

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centralne Stany Zjednoczone

Centralne Stany Zjednoczone są czasami postrzegane jako część modelu trójregionalnego pomiędzy Wschodnimi i Zachodnimi Stanami Zjednoczonym

https://www.google.com/search?q="centralne stany zjednoczone...
Peer comment(s):
agree legato
9 hrs
Dziękuję legato.
agree Andrzej Mierzejewski : IMO w podanym kontekście można krócej: stany centralne.
10 hrs
Dziękuję Andrzeju.
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