balansujac na granicy

English translation: tread, walk a fine line between legal and illegal; operate on the edge/brink of the law

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Polish term or phrase:balansować na granicy prawa
English translation:tread, walk a fine line between legal and illegal; operate on the edge/brink of the law
Entered by: Darius Saczuk

13:32 Mar 20, 2011
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: balansujac na granicy
windykatorzy, balansujac na granicy prawa, zrobia wszystko, by dlugi odzyskac.


dziekuje !
Erna E.
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:03
treading/walking a fine line between legal and illegal
Explanation:
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Our Blog | Safford & Baker - Legal Advisors to Technology BusinessesMar 8, 2011 ... These services walk a narrow line between legal and illegal, said Matt Bower, a Bloomfield Hills-based Safford & Baker PLLC attorney who ...


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Sea ShepherdWe walk a fine line between legal and illegal. To date, we have avoided criminal convictions. The one exception was when Ben White was arrested in Florida ...
www.furcommission.com/debate/words88.htm - Cached - Similar

More teenagers being left homeless in Birmingham, and help can be ...Jan 9, 2011 ... To survive on the streets, they often walk a thin line between legal and illegal activity. It's not uncommon for youth to survive by selling ...
blog.al.com › Breaking News from The Birmingham News - CachedBusiness Startup The Easy Way? Franchises, Mlm, And Existing ...The more recent and more questionable MLM opportunities often walk a thin line between legal and not the US Federal Trade Commission oversees these programs ...


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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 18:03
Grading comment
swietnie ujete ! dziekuje:)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2treading/walking a fine line between legal and illegal
Darius Saczuk
5operating on the edge
Anna Kurcinowska
3balancing on the edge/brink of the law
Aleksander Pruszyński
3act half-legally
Ensor
3balancing on the borderline
IRA100
3operate on the threshold between what's legally acceptable and unacceptable
bARBARA Marszalek
3bordering on illegal (practices)
Aleksandra Fiddler


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
operating on the edge


Explanation:
... of the law

PWN-Oxford

Anna Kurcinowska
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Polish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
balancing on the edge/brink of the law


Explanation:
www.ling.pl

Aleksander Pruszyński
Poland
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
balansujac na granicy prawa
act half-legally


Explanation:
propo;

Ensor
Local time: 07:03
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
treading/walking a fine line between legal and illegal


Explanation:
prop

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-03-20 13:44:30 GMT)
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Our Blog | Safford & Baker - Legal Advisors to Technology BusinessesMar 8, 2011 ... These services walk a narrow line between legal and illegal, said Matt Bower, a Bloomfield Hills-based Safford & Baker PLLC attorney who ...


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Sea ShepherdWe walk a fine line between legal and illegal. To date, we have avoided criminal convictions. The one exception was when Ben White was arrested in Florida ...
www.furcommission.com/debate/words88.htm - Cached - Similar

More teenagers being left homeless in Birmingham, and help can be ...Jan 9, 2011 ... To survive on the streets, they often walk a thin line between legal and illegal activity. It's not uncommon for youth to survive by selling ...
blog.al.com › Breaking News from The Birmingham News - CachedBusiness Startup The Easy Way? Franchises, Mlm, And Existing ...The more recent and more questionable MLM opportunities often walk a thin line between legal and not the US Federal Trade Commission oversees these programs ...


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http://tinyurl.com/4o8ytrf


Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 18:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 413
Grading comment
swietnie ujete ! dziekuje:)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ensor: brzmi dobrze;
23 mins
  -> Dzięki, Ensor. :-)

agree  Grzegorz Mysiński
4 hrs
  -> Dzięki, Grzegorz. :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
balancing on the borderline


Explanation:
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IRA100
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in RussianRussian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
operate on the threshold between what's legally acceptable and unacceptable


Explanation:
wyrażenie może nie do końca takie samo, ale słowo threshold, chyba by tu dobrze paswało...
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1538497&h...

bARBARA Marszalek
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bordering on illegal (practices)


Explanation:
bordering on illegal, the bounty hunters will do anyting to collect the debt

Aleksandra Fiddler
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Polish
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