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bela kuga

English translation: birth dearth

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Serbian term or phrase:bela kuga
English translation:birth dearth

09:52 Nov 27, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-11-30 10:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Serbian to English translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Serbian term or phrase: bela kuga
Bijela kuga je drugi naziv za depopulaciju ili smanjivanje stanovništva neke zemlje ili brojnosti nekog naroda kroz iseljavanje ili kroz niski natalitet.
Tz-BG
birth dearth
Explanation:
I remember this term from back in the 1980s.
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 07:56
Grading comment
Hvala, ovaj izraz već ima smisla. Ja sam koristila jednostavno negative population growth, ali ovo je bolji prevod pošto je baš reč o izrazu
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8birth dearth
Pavle Perencevic
4falling(low) fertility rates
Maja-Licina


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
birth dearth


Explanation:
I remember this term from back in the 1980s.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_dearth
Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Hvala, ovaj izraz već ima smisla. Ja sam koristila jednostavno negative population growth, ali ovo je bolji prevod pošto je baš reč o izrazu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mira Stepanovic
3 hrs
agree  Vesna Maširević: http://www.economist.com/node/14870080
6 hrs
agree  Aleksandar Skobic
7 hrs
agree  Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
10 hrs
agree  Bogdan Petrovic
19 hrs
agree  Mihailolja
23 hrs
agree  sazo
2 days 13 hrs
agree  Maja-Licina
567 days
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567 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
falling(low) fertility rates


Explanation:
bela kuga - Birth dearth, is a neologism referring to falling fertility rates.

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Note added at 567 days (2013-06-17 07:57:46 GMT) Post-grading
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opadanje / pad nataliteta

Maja-Licina
Serbia
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mira Stepanovic: fertility = plodnost, fertilitet a ne natalitet
5 mins
  -> Termin je uzet iz Wiki, i odnosi se na padajući stopu nataliteta. ;ora se uzeti u obzir ceo kontekst...
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