(coś) jest mi bliższe

English translation: I find it easier to relate to

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Polish term or phrase:(coś) jest mi bliższe
English translation:I find it easier to relate to
Entered by: Piotr Czyżewski

21:23 Oct 21, 2009
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Polish term or phrase: (coś) jest mi bliższe
"... tamten kontynent jest mi bliższy niż to co widzę tu..."
Nic mi nie przychodzi do głowy, jak to ugryźć?
Ewa Dabrowska
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:37
I find it easier to relate to
Explanation:
"I find it easier to relate to Africa than to what I see round here."

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Piotr Czyżewski
Poland
Local time: 05:37
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dziękuję, poszło jako "relate"
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3is closer to my heart than
EwciaHo
4 +1feel more at home
Beata Claridge
4I am more familiar with (A) than with B
Marcin Ściebura
4I feel closer to
mariusz szwarc
3I find it easier to relate to
Piotr Czyżewski
3is more familiar to me
M.A.B.
1more home / more like home
geopiet


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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I find it easier to relate to


Explanation:
"I find it easier to relate to Africa than to what I see round here."

Pomysł bazie niedawnego pytania KudoZowego - dotyczyło tłumaczenia na polski:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_polish/poetry_literatur...


Piotr Czyżewski
Poland
Local time: 05:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 4
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dziękuję, poszło jako "relate"
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
feel more at home


Explanation:
I feel more at home in Africa than Europe (which implies I feel more comfortable there and understand the place better)

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http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/feel at home.ht...

Beata Claridge
Local time: 15:37
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Grzegorz Mysiński
9 hrs
  -> Cheers :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
more home / more like home


Explanation:
In his diary on this day, Arthur wrote, "I feel like I am getting near home now, for Africa is more home than any place on earth, for my life work is here, be it long or short." - http://www.quaker.org/quest/issue5-4.html

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Africa is much more like home than you would think. You find all types here, and once you get past your initial culture shock it turns out to be more familiar than you would have imagined. - http://allentoafrica.blogspot.com/


geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 93
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
is more familiar to me


Explanation:
Może tak niedosłownie? Myślałem też o friendly albo comfortable

M.A.B.
Poland
Local time: 05:37
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 6
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I am more familiar with (A) than with B


Explanation:
Propozycja
"...I am more famliar with that continent than with what I see here..."

Marcin Ściebura
Hungary
Local time: 05:37
Native speaker of: Polish
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
is closer to my heart than


Explanation:
A oto kolejna propozycja :)
Z serduszkiem, bo może tam i pobrzmiewa sentymentalna nutka, odzwierciedlająca (choćby i wyimaginowane) przywiązanie do Afryki. Powieściowo-pasujące;)

Ew. is closer to me than...

podaję jeden zbliżony przykład z netu:

I am going to start posting as soon as I am done with this island, which is closer to my heart than Havelock due to it's lesser comercialisation and fewer disturbance than in Havelock.


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(is closer to me/my heart than what <I see here>)


    Reference: http://pl.treklens.com/gallery/photo388351.htm
EwciaHo
Local time: 05:37
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karolina Cichocka
26 mins
  -> dziękuję :)

agree  kaliope: dziekuje
4 hrs
  -> dzięki :-)

agree  Polangmar
11 hrs
  -> dziękuję bardzo :-)
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I feel closer to


Explanation:
inna wersja

mariusz szwarc
Local time: 22:37
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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