bylie

Bulgarian translation: скривам / прикривам

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English term or phrase:belie
Bulgarian translation:скривам / прикривам
Entered by: Pavel Tsvetkov

12:14 Aug 11, 2010
English to Bulgarian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: bylie
Здравейте колеги. Един интересен казус, на който се надявам, че някой ще успее да даде точен отговор.

Термина е от текст, който разглежда стълбата на участие на младите хора при вземане на решение. Цитирани са двама от авторите и дословно предоставям изречението за справка:

"Moreover, as McAuley and Brattman (2002) suggest, “This approach bylies the dynamic and porous relationship that can exist between these different levels of involvement and obscures the possibility that ‘assigned, but informed’ involvement done well can be more effective than, for example, ‘child initiated, shared decisions with adults’ done badly.”

Това, което аз успях да открия за тази дума е че идва от Шотландски и се изписва още като bailie, baillie, ballie. Пояснението, което е дадено не помага за конкретния контекст -
http://books.google.bg/books?id=3CGt3hf7N9kC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA7...
Viviana_bg
Bulgaria
Local time: 18:16
скривам / прикривам
Explanation:
"belie", not "bylie"

According to Collins English Dictionary, belie can mean either to contradict (опровергавам), or to misrepresent, disguise the real nature of something.
PONS English/Bulgarian Dictionary suggests скривам / прикривам for this second meaning, which seems more plausible in the context.
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Colin Rowe
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Local time: 17:16
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3 +3скривам / прикривам
Colin Rowe
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belie
Ivan Klyunchev

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скривам / прикривам


Explanation:
"belie", not "bylie"

According to Collins English Dictionary, belie can mean either to contradict (опровергавам), or to misrepresent, disguise the real nature of something.
PONS English/Bulgarian Dictionary suggests скривам / прикривам for this second meaning, which seems more plausible in the context.

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  etale: друга възможност би била "замаскира"
49 mins
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agree  Andrei Vrabtchev: 'belie" е - прикрива
1 day 1 hr
  -> Благодаря!

agree  Miryana Slavikova: друга възможност е "създава погрешна представа'
1 day 1 hr
  -> Благодаря!
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Reference comments


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Reference: belie

Reference information:
belie [bıʹlaı] 1. давать неверное представление; представлять в ложном свете his appearance belied him - его наружность создаёт неправильное представление о нём his cheerful appearance belied his true feelings - под напускной весёлостью он скрывал свои истинные чувства 2. изобличать, разоблачать; опровергать; противоречить his acts belie his words - его поступки расходятся со словами 3. не оправдывать (надежд ); отступаться (от принципов ) to belie one's principles - изменить своим убеждениям to belie one's faith - отступить от веры to belie one's inner thoughts - лгать самому себе the expectations based on his early successes were completely belied later on - надежды, порождённые его первыми успехами, потом рухнули.

1) to show to be untrue; contradict 2) to misrepresent; disguise the nature of the report belied the real extent of the damage 3) to fail to justify; disappoint.

Ivan Klyunchev
Bulgaria
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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