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rolnik

English translation: farmer

01:15 May 11, 2006
Czech to English translations [Non-PRO]
Geography / town?
Czech term or phrase: rolnik
think this is the town my grandfather was from. I believe i'm looking at travel documents for my father to come to Canada in 1938
Elaine Kovac
English translation:farmer
Explanation:
in 1938 - farmer


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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-11 18:09:29 GMT)
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Some explanations, because some doubts about two different translations.
Peasant - a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small land-owners or as laborers;
- a member of similar class elsewhere; or
- a usu. uneducated person of low social class.

In S/A slovnik from 1930 rolnik - farmer or husbandman
rolnictvo - farming, husbandry; farmers
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Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 21:47
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3farmer
Maria Chmelarova
4 +1peasant
Pavel Blann


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
peasant


Explanation:
This is the legal term used in those days.

Pavel Blann
Czech Republic
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of: Czech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Igor Seykora
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
farmer


Explanation:
in 1938 - farmer


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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-11 18:09:29 GMT)
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Some explanations, because some doubts about two different translations.
Peasant - a member of a European class of persons tilling the soil as small land-owners or as laborers;
- a member of similar class elsewhere; or
- a usu. uneducated person of low social class.

In S/A slovnik from 1930 rolnik - farmer or husbandman
rolnictvo - farming, husbandry; farmers


Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 21:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Slovak
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarka Rubkova: It is not any town but job
1 hr
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agree  leff
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Andrea Demovič: Simply, I am not sure. 'Peasant' seems the right word for that time, true! Not sure whether they used the word 'farmer' in those days.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Anna Nadvornikova-Hradil: agree
9 hrs
  -> dakujem
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