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fairy gold

Romanian translation: desertaciune

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English term or phrase:fairy gold
Romanian translation:desertaciune
Entered by: Catalin C.

17:15 Jul 9, 2010
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: fairy gold
Without this pure Love and devotion to Spirit, all spiritual study remains an intellectual pursuit, fairy gold.
Lavinia Pirlog
Romania
Local time: 12:17
desertaciune
Explanation:
cred ca, daca ducem sensul figurat la extrem si avem in vedere domeniul in care apar aceste cuvinte, ar putea fi si sensul de desertaciune sau , poate, chiar inutilitate. Parerea mea...
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Catalin C.
Romania
Local time: 12:17
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3desertaciune
Catalin C.
4 +1iluzie/amăgire
Dasa Suciu
4aur fals/alamă
Klára Kalamár
3 +1poleiala
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
3 +1simulacru
Mihaela Ghiuzeli


Discussion entries: 2





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aur fals/alamă


Explanation:
Fairy gold is notoriously unreliable, appearing as gold when paid, but soon thereafter revealing itself to be leaves, gorse blossoms, gingerbread cakes, or a variety of other useless things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy

Klára Kalamár
Romania
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
poleiala


Explanation:
Nu chiar fairy gold, dar include si o conotatie de superficialitate.

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roxana Nechita
19 hrs
  -> Multumesc!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
iluzie/amăgire


Explanation:
Este evident că termenul este folosit cu sens figurat. Banii de aur din basme şi legende, care se transformă în frunze moarte după plecarea zânelor, sunt un simbol a ceva fals şi iluzoriu, în final, inexistent, o iluzie deşartă ...

Dasa Suciu
Local time: 12:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Klára Kalamár
3 days 30 mins
  -> Multumesc!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
simulacru


Explanation:
http://dexonline.ro/definitie/simulacru

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-07-09 23:42:52 GMT)
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SIMULÁCRU s. n. aparență falsă, imitație înșelătoare. (< fr. simulacre, lat. simulacrum)
Sursa: MDN | Adăugată de raduborza | Greșeală de tipar | Permalink

SIMULÁCRU s.n. Imitație înșelătoare, aparență falsă; spoială. [< fr. simulacre, cf. lat. simulacrum – copie].
Sursa: DN | Adăugată de LauraGellner | Greșeală de tipar | Permalink

Mihaela Ghiuzeli
Local time: 05:17
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catalin C.
19 hrs
  -> Multumesc, Catalin ! Am incercat sa interpretez pentru ca nu prea merge "intellectual pursuit" cu traducere literala.
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
desertaciune


Explanation:
cred ca, daca ducem sensul figurat la extrem si avem in vedere domeniul in care apar aceste cuvinte, ar putea fi si sensul de desertaciune sau , poate, chiar inutilitate. Parerea mea...

Catalin C.
Romania
Local time: 12:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annamaria Amik
3 mins
agree  George C.
14 hrs
agree  Alina Weidell
1 day 20 hrs
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