16 MOSTOVI 2/1986/XXI
samo v pogodbe jezik naših zakonov in drugih
pravnih aktov skupaj z dobesednimi prevodi
formulacij iz zakonskih besedil.Sestavljalec
pogodbenega besedila namreč ne želi tvegati,
da bi zaradi spremenjenega ubesedovanja
obveznih zakonskih aktov prišel v nasprotje z
obvezujočimi zakonskimi predpisi.
Tipičen zgled za to so naše pogodbe o vi-
VIRI:
1. BLOXAM G. A., Licensing Rights in Techno-
logy, a Legal
Guide for Managers in Negotiation,
Gower Press, London 1972
SBN7161 0079 7
2. CRYSTAL D. and DAVY D., Investigating English
Style,
English Language Series,
Longman, 1980
3. Iternational Business Negotiation and Contract-
Encyclopedia of Terms and Conditions,
The International Business Practices
Education Center, Tokyo, 1982
šjih oblikah gospodarskega sodelovanja s tu¬
jimi osebami, kjer zlasti določila o garancijah
dajalca licence, ki jih zakon predpisuje, in
omejitvene določbe, ki jih zakon prepoveduje,
praviloma oblikujemo v pogodbah ne samo v
smislu, ampak tudi po črki zakona. To pa
vnaša v naša pogodbena besedila tudi slabe
strani našega uradovalnega jezika.
4. NEVVMAN Aryeh, Mapping Translation Equiva-
lence
Revievved Linguistics, Vol 4, No. 1,
Oxford University Press, 1983
5. NOVAK France, Poslovni in uradovalni jezik,
ČGP Delo - TOZD Gospodarski vestnik,
Ljubljana, 1980
6. VVARNER Alan, A Short Guide to English Style
Oxford University Press, London, 1965
7. THESAURUS of International Terms
International Trade Centre
UNCTAD/GATT
Geneve, 1982
Anica Škoda, Rudi Meden, Stanko Klinar
Načini prevajanja slovenskih besed
baje, češ (da), lahko, menda, sicer v angleščino
(Nadaljevanje »Slovensko-angleškega slovarja /členkov/« iz Mostov št. 16,
december 1983, str. 39-67)
BAJE
ČLENEK
IZRAŽA NEGOTOVOST TRDITVE, MNENJE
ali DOMNEVO
Prevaja se
a) z zvezo be + pretekli deležnik glagola mišlje¬
nja, rekanja ipd. +to/as; tudi z zvezo seem/appear to
+ nedoločnik:
Baje je bila zelo bolna. - She is said /
supposed to have been very ill.
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Baje je bogat. - He is said / reputed / suppos-
ed / presumed / rumoured to be wealthy (tudi:
reported as being ...).
Baje je izginilo veliko denarja. - A large sum of
money is alleged to be missing.
Baje je potem kmalu odšel. - He seems /
appears to have left shortly afterwards.
b) z (opazkovnimi) stavki po vzorcu They say / /
think (z istimi glagoli kot zgoraj), podobno še There
is / ivas a story, (As) the story goes/went:
Baje zna bolje varati izkušeni lažnivec. - They
/ People / Folks (pog.) say that it is the practised
liar who can deceive.
Slišal sem, da je še pred leti baje nekoga ubil.
Somebody told me they thought / had heard he
killed a man once.
Baje ga je nekoč celo ozmerjal z lažnivcem. -
Once, the story went, he had even called him a liar.
(There was a story that... once).
c) s prislovi (izpeljanimi iz zgornjih glagolov)
allegedly, apparentiy, supposedly ipd., ali tem
ustreznimi pridevniki:
Včasih baje tudi potuje zaradi nekih neznanih
opravkov. - Apparently he also sometimes travels
on account of some unknovvn business.
Predmet, ki ga je baje videl, ni bil pri miru. -
The fancied object was not fixed.
č) različno, ali brez prevedka:
»Za kaj je šlo?« »Baje so se fašisti tolkli sami
med seboj.« - “What was the stuff?”“Something
about the fascists fighting among themselves.”
Nekateri trdijo, da prodajata žganje. Baje ga
skrivata nekje tam, kjer gori hiša. - Some claim
they are selling whiskey. Keeping it hid out there
where that house is burning.
ČEŠ (DA)
ČLENEK
UVAJA SUBJEKTIVNO PODAN GOVOR ali
MISEL
Prevaja se
a) z zvezami kot to the effect that in on the
excuse/ground(s) that:
Podpisati je moral izjavo namesto prisege, češ
da ni pokojnika nihče žalil. - He had to sign a
sworn statement to the effect that the deceased
had suffered no abuses.
Nikakor se ni hotel uleči, češ da je že predolgo
ležal na hrbtu. - He refused to lie down on the
excuse/ground that he had been on his back too
long.
b) z glagoli mišljenja, rekanja ipd., največkrat v
deležniku ali nedoločniku (skupaj z as if):
Vrgel je srajco in hlače na gnoj, češ da niso
več za rabo. - He's thrown his shirt and trousers on
the dung heap, saying they’re no use any more.
Zahtevala sem, naj si odlije vino v vrček, češ
da tako pomazane tekočine ne bom pila. - I
demanded that he should have his wine in a mug,
affirming that I could not taste the liquid treated so
dirtily.
Govoril je o njej drugim, češ da je njegova
cipa. - He spoke of her to the others, calling her his
whore.
Nasmehnil sem se, češ naj vidi, da sem pri
volji. -1 smiled to show that I was in good spirits.
Dregal je brata, češ ali bo tega že enkrat
konec. - He nudged his brother to inform him if it
would ever end.
Vzredil sem jo, ker ste jo dali meni, češ naj bo
moja. - I raised her from a calf because you gave
her to me to be my own.
Priklanjala sta se drug drugemu, češ pojdi ti
prvi. - They were bowing and scraping at each
otherto go first.
Matic se je nasmehnil, češ midva že veva ,
kako in kaj. - Matic smiled,as if to say we two
known what's what.
Nazadnje so ljudje nehali pljuvati na njo, češ
da ni zdrave pameti in sama ne ve, kaj počenja. -
In the end people ceased to vilify her. They con-
cluded that she was not right in her head and did
not know what she was doing.
c) z (napovednim) stavkom:
Seveda bi lahko sama sebe goljufala, kakor bi
tudi ti lahko sam sebe goljufal, češ da ti je vseeno,
da je tvoja žena kurba. - Of course, I could always
kid myself. Just like you kid yourself - when you
told yorself you didn’t really čare if your wife was a
whore.
Spet so se sešli,češ da so mu dali denar zato,
da bi odšel. -They held another meeting because
they said that they had given him the money to go
away on.
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In stopim h gospodu, češ, zdaj vas pa več ne
pustim, čeprav gre glava na kose! - (nizko pog.)
And I steps to the young master, and, thinks I, ril
surely never leave him again, and if I get my head
chopped to bits for it!
Tam ostaneš do konca vojne, češ pravica je
dokazana, sum pa ostane. - You have to stay there
interned till the end of the war. The idea is that your
innocence is proved, but you remain suspect.
č) z različnimi, bolj ali manj enkratnimi prevedki
ali brez leksikalnega prevedka:
Vseeno so jo pustili tam, češ da je tako bolje
zaradi kamuflaže. - They stili left it there anyway,
ostensibly for camouflage.
Zamahnil je, češ naj zapre. - He indicated with
a wave of his hand that he wanted the door shut.
Videti je bil jezen in je predlagal kuhinjo, češ
da je zanj bolj primerna. - He looked vexed, and
suggested the kitchen as a more suittable plače for
him.
Lahko bi bil usmrčen,češ da je skušal spodko¬
pati temelje ureditve. - He might have suffered
death for attempting to undermine the foundations
of the establishment.
Gospodar je imel to muho, da je ves čas pripo¬
vedoval, češ da imam rodovnik. -It was a whim of
my master to keep on saying that I had a pedigree.
Menil je, da bi se moral sovražnik ustaviti,
opravičiti in se s pokloni umakniti. Češ, vse je bila
le pomota. - He expected the enemy to suddenly
stop, apologize, and retire bowing. It was ali a
mistake.
LAHKO
(Nasprotje od TEŽKO)
A. PRISLOV
Prevaja se s prislovi easiiy, lightly, readiiy ipd.
ali s ppmenskimi zvezami kot to have no(t) (any)
trouble in to be apt to + nedoločnik:
Ti bi to tako lahko storil! - You could do it so
easily.
Prav lahko je bilo zadostiti njegovi radovedno¬
sti. - His curiosity was quite easily satisfied. (Tudi:
It was quite easy to satisfy his curiosity.)
Kako lahko pozabi na tegobe svojega starega
prijatelja! - How lightly she dismisses her old
friend’s troubles.
Otrok ni lahko pridobiti, da bi bili domači s
tabo. - Children are not readily won to be familiar
with you.
Zdi se mi, da mu bo v teh časih kaj lahko našel
namestnika. - I don’t reckon he will have any
trouble finding a man to fill his shoes/place in these
times.
Izredno lahko ga je preslepiti. - He is
exceedingly apt to be deceived.
B. ČLENEK
1. IZRAŽA ZMOŽNOST, SPOSOBNOST ZA
KAKO DEJANJE
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi in polnaklonskimi glagoli:
Tako drnjohaš, da lahko še senik podereš. -
You snore so much you could even bring the hay
hut down.
Toliko lahko povem: vse skupaj se je začelo s
prepirom. - I may say this: it commenced in a
quarrel.
Zbal sem se zase zavoljo vsega, kar bi lahko v
jezi storil. - I was inwardly terrified when I thought
how far I might go in a fit of temper.
Po tem, kar se je zgodilo, lahko vse prenesem.
-1 can afford to suffer anything here after.
Zdaj sem lahko povprašal tudi zaradi sebe. -
Now I managed to put a question about myself, too.
b) z zvezami kot to be able to, to be capable of ali
zakrito v nedoločniškem odvisniku:
Že so bile zvezde blizu, skoro bi se jih lahko
dotaknila z roko. - Now she had almost reached
the stars and soon she would be able to touch them
with her hands.
Navdušena bo, ko bo videla, da se lahko že
veselo pogovarjam. - Shell be delighted to find me
capable of talking cheerfully.
Tam imam zate dober prostorček, kjer lahko
počakaš. There’s a good plače for you to wait in.
Trajalo je precej časa, preden je zbral toliko
sape, da je lahko zagolčal njeno ime. - It was some
time before he gathered enough breath to sob
out her name.
Nocoj ti bom lahko povedal čedno zgodbico. -
I Shell have a pretty story to teli to-night.
c) z različnimi, bolj ali manj priložnostnimi prevedki:
V tem hotelu lahko prespi nad petsto ljudi. -
This hotel sleeps overfive hundred people.
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Na majhni mizici, tako da ga je lahko dosegla z
roko, je stal pleten košek. - On a small table,
within easy reach of her hand, stood a wickerwork
basket.
Zdaj je končno lahko dihal. - Now he breathed
freely at last.
2. IZRAŽA MOŽNOST URESNIČITVE DEJA¬
NJA ALI STANJA, VČASIH KOT DOPUSTITEV
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Vse se lahko zgodi. - Anything can happen.
Lahko bi bilo vse drugače, lahko bi se začelo z
njo. - And it could ali have been different. I could
have started courting her...
Mene lahko imaš za norca, Boga pa ne moreš
imeti za norca! - You may fool me, but you can’t
fool God!
Lahko da je delal kanček vsega tega. - He may
have done a little in ali these (vocations).
Včasih ima črna kobila lahko tudi belo žrebe. -
Sometimes a black dam might have a white colt.
Lahko da je bilo nekaj resnice na tem. - It
might have been some truth in what he said.
Tedaj je začelo v njem nekaj odmirati, nekaj,
kar mora odmreti, da lahko preživiš. - Then some-
thing began to wither in him, something that had to
die if he was to survive.
Čudno, kako lahko običaji preoblikujejo naš
okus in mišljenje. - It is strange how custom can
could our tastes and ideas.
Takšno spretnost si lahko povsod pridobiš. -
That sort of thing is to be had anywhere.
Hvala bogu, sem si mislil, prav lahko da
zadnjič obedujem z vami. - Thank God, I thought,
this will be the last time I have dinner with you.
b) s prislovi perhaps, maybe, possibly, probably,
likely ali sopomensko zvezo kot to be liable to +
nedoločnik ali it is possible:
Lahko pride danes. - Perhaps/Maybe/Possibly
he will come today. (Tudi: lt’s possible /that/...)
Greš jutri v mesto? Lahko da. - Are you going
into town tomorrovv? Possibly/Maybe.
Samo ženska, ki je sama sprijena, je lahko pri¬
jazna z žensko, ki je v takšni stiski. - lt's only a bad
vvoman herself that is likely to be very kind to
another vvoman that needs the kindness’ thinking.
Moja služkinja se lahko zdaj zdaj vme. - My
maid is liable to be home any time.
c) zakrito v nedoločniškem odvisniku ali kako druga¬
če:
Dovolj je bogat, da bi lahko živel v lepši hiši,
kot je tole. - He’s rich enough to live in a finer
house than this.
Lahko še uživaš srečo! Lahko še delaš dobro! -
There is happiness to be enjoyed! There is good to
be done!
Prav lahko bi bil preoblečen kraljevič. - You’re
fit for a prince in disguise.
Lahko se vam zgodi, da dobite hud prehlad ali
vročico. - I dare say you’ll catch a bad cold, or a
fever.
Redkokdaj lahko govorim z ljudmi, ki razume¬
jo, kako je človeku pri duši. - I don't get to talk to
people often that understand how a fellovv feels.
Človek, ki bi (ti) lahko postal znanec. - A
would-be acquaintance.
Ali veste, da se lahko zgubite v močvirju? - Do
you know that you run a risk of being lost in the
marshes?
3. IZRAŽA DOVOLJENJE, SOGLASJE (v
vprašalnih stavkih PROŠNJO ZA DOVOLJE¬
NJE, SOGLASJE), včasih pa UTEMELJE¬
NOST, UPRAVIČENOST
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Ali lahko malo berem? - Can I read for a while?
Lahko se zaneseš name. - You can trust me.
Gospe in gospodje, ki imajo čisto vest, se
torej lahko pripravijo za odhod. -Those ladies and
gentlemen who have a clear conscience mays is
well make their preparations for departure.
Tvoj sin je, lahko se postavljaš. - You may well
be proud of your boy.
' Vseeno pa sem si lahko mislil, da je bilo nekaj
med njimi, preden sem prišel k obedu. - Ali the
same I might have guessed that something that
occurred betvveen them even before I came in for
dinner.
Ti lahko zaupam skrivnost? - Will you keep a
secret for me?
Koža se sama zaraste. Zato si lahko brez
skrbi. - The skin grow by itself. So you needn’t
worry.
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b) z zvezami kot to be welcome in to have a right to
ali kako drugače:
Če te to zabava, me lahko mučiš do smrti. -
You are vvelcome to torture me to death for your
amusement.
Če hoče, lahko odide. - She has a right to go if
she pleases.
Tvoja mati je lahko srečna, da ima takega
otroka. - Your mother is lucky to have a fine boy
like you.
Šele kasneje sem spoznal, da me je res lahko
bilo groza. - It was only later that I found out how
vvell-grounded my fears were.
Želel si je samo to, da bi bil lahko ponosen
nanj. - His only wish was to find him a worthy
object of pride.
4. IZRAŽA OMILJENO NUJNOST, POTREB¬
NOST, lahko tudi OMILJENO PROŠNJO ali
ZAPOVED
Prevaja se največkrat z naklonskimi ali polnaklonski-
mi glagoli, včasih tudi z golo veielniško obliko:
Komur pa ni kaj prav, lahko gre. - And if
anybody doesn’t like it, he can push off.
Vi si pač lahko privoščite malo potrpljenja pri
njunih muhah. - You can well afford to indulge their
passing whims.
Prav lahko bi se že obril! - You really could
have had a shave by now. (Tudi:Couldn't you
have...?)
Lahko bi šel z menoj. - You may/mig, it come
with me.
To bi že lahko vedel! - You might have known
that, surely!
Lahko si tiho, ko si jo sam nahujskal! - You
may well keep guiet, seeing that it was you that put
her up to it!
Sram te je lahko, da se na stara leta potepaš
po svetu. - You ought to be ashamed of yourself to
be loafing about in that way in your old age.
Mi bi tudi lahko šii, kaj le čakamo? - We ought
to/should be going too. What are we vvaiting for?
Niste več novinec in lahko bi vedeli, da v vojski
posameznik sploh ne šteje. - You’re not a recruit
and you should know that in the Army it’s not the
individual that counts.
Lahko bi se zmenili glede oranja. - Hadn’twe
better have a word abouth the ploughing? (Tudi:
We’d better...)
Joj, k živini bi še lahko pogledal. - Oh dear,
vvould you go and have a look at the animals.
Postavi se za živino, poženi jo in malo biča ji
lahko pokažeš. - Stand well behind the animals,
and show them a bit of whip!
5. v zvezi z reči/trditi/misliti si UVAJA NA¬
TANČNEJŠO DOLOČITEV, DOPOLNITEV ali
PODKREPITEV POVEDANEGA, včasih kot
PRITRJEVANJE
Prevaja se
z naklonskimi glagoli (večinoma vsebovanimi v
opazkovnih ali ustreznih nadrednih stavkih):
Ti se temu lahko smeješ, zame pa ni šala. -
You can laugh about it. It’s no joke to me.
Bilo je dobro, lahko rečem,da zelo dobro. - It
was good, I can / may say very good.
Takrat sem bil zelo srečen. Lahko bi dejal, da
je bilo to obdobje mojih medenih tednov. - I had
been very happy then. You might say that was the
period of my honeymoon.
Zrasel si. Lahko rečem kakšne tri centimetre. -
You’ve grown. Nearly an inch, I should say.
Bal sem se, lahko mi verjamete. - You can
imagine that I was afraid. Podobno: I was
afraid, believe you me / believe me /1 can teli you.
Lahko si misliš, kako sem se ustrašil. - You
can understand that I was frightened. Podobno še:
You may guess that I was frightened. I was fright¬
ened, as you can understand /1 assure you.
On ga že ne bo zmogel, to mi lahko verjamete.
- He’ll never make it. Take it from me / Take my
word for it / And you’d better believe it / Don’t you
believe it.
Lahko pa si mislim, da so jo drugi imeli za nad¬
lego. - But I should imagine she was looked upon
by the others as a nuisance. Tudi: She ..., I can teli
you.
To ni lahko, lahko mi verjamete. - lt’s hard,
let me teli you.
To me je zelo užalilo. Si lahko mislim. - I was
deeply hurt. I can quite understand that / Yes, l’m
sure / Yes, I can imagine.
6. IZRAŽA PRIPRAVLJENOST, PONUDBO ZA
KAKO DEJANJE
Prevaja se z naklonskimi glagoli:
Poskusim lahko. - 1 can try.
Lahko ti naredim kozarec limonade, če hočeš.
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- If you'd like a glass of lemonade I could make it for
you.
Če želite, vam lahko takoj poravnam. - Should
you wish it, l’ll settle with you now.
C. POVEDKOVNIK
IZRAŽA MOŽNOST ALI PA PRECEJŠNJO
ZADOVOLJIVOST (PSIHIČNEGA STANJA,
RAZMER)
Bilo je, ko da se sama sebi smili; lahko tudi, da
se je. - She seemed to be very sorry for herself.
She probably was.
Tebi je lahko govoriti neumnosti! - lt’s ali very
well for you to talk such nonsense.
Lahko tebi, ki si zdrav. - lt’s ali right / lt’s (ali
very) easy for you because you’re in good health.
Lahko ji je bilo pri srcu. - She felt easy in her
mind. / She (just) took it lightly.
D. VEZNIK
1. IZRAŽA MOŽNOST
Največkrat se prevaja z naklonskimi glagoli:
Ne poznam ga, lahko (da) je pošten, lahko (da)
ni. - 1 don’t know him, he may/might be honest or he
may/might not. (Tudi: I don’t know him, he could be
honest but he might not be.)
2. IZRAŽA DOPUSTNOST
Največkrat se prevaja z naklonskimi glagoli:
Lahko je bogat, srečen pa ni. - He may/might
be rich, but he is not happy. (Tudi: Though he is
rich, he is not happy.)
Lahko vse preiščeš, pa ne boš našel. - You
may/might/can search everywhere, but you won’t
find it.
MENDA (MENDA)
ČLENEK
Prevaja se
a) z apparently, evidently, likely, maybe, no
doubt, perhaps, presumably, probably in surely:
Menda je to pričakoval. - Apparently/Evidently
he expected this.
Gospod XY pride menda že zjutraj. - Likely-
/Probably Mr XY will show up in the morning.
No, menda bi res, se je nazadnje odločil. -
Well, perhaps/maybe I vvould, he decided at last.
To bo menda še najbolje. - That will be the
best, no doubt.
Menda je on storilec. - He is presumably the
culprit.
Menda niso sklenili miru? - Surely they haven’t
made peace?
b) s seem, appear.
Post in premišljevanje sta ga menda spravila v
boljšo voljo. - Fasting and reflection seemed to
have brought him to a better špirit.
To je bila zdaj menda njena najljubša zabava.
- It appeared, at present, herfavourite diversion.
c) z / think/believe/presume/suppose/expect-
/hope/hear tell/dare say (am. I reckon/guess/figure),
l’m sure, /Ve heard, it said in podobnimi opazkovnimi
oz. ustreznimi nadrednimi stavki (tudi s t. i. vprašal¬
nimi prirepki):
Takrat je bil star menda šestnajst let. - He had
reached the age of sixteen then, I think/suppose-
/believe.
Menda sem se motil. - 1 presume I was vvrong.
To bo menda zadnji. -1 expect/hope that will be
the last one.
Menda je namenjena k ljudem, ki stanujejo
dalje ob cesti. - She’s visiting somebody back
down the road, I reckon/guess. (am.)
Ženskam menda ugaja. - VVomenfolk call him
handsome, I heartell.
Menda bo deževalo. - l’m sure/l dare say it’s
going to rain.
Menda je bil ljubosumen. - l've heard it said he
did it outof jealousy.
Vsaj tako se menda piše možakar, ki ga išče. -
At least that’s what she says the fellow’s name is
that she is hunting for.
Menda so ji celo odpustili. - It might even be
said that they forgave her.
In res se menda raduje vse naokoli nečesa
posebnega, - And indeed you vvould have said that
ali around was rejoicing in something out of the
common.
Pa menda ne? - You don’t think so?1. IZRAZA DOMNEVO
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Menda se ne čutite bolnega? - You have no
feelings of illness, have you?
č) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Menda naju je imel za sestri. - He must/will
have taken us for sisters.
Menda te nisem prav razumel! - I can’t have
heard right!
Zdaj menda ne bo več tako hudo kakor tedaj. -
It oughtn’t to be so bad now as it was then.
d) z vezami it is as though in it looks as
if/though (am. it looks like):
Mestu je menda postalo jasno, da bo ta človek
do svoje smrti del njihovega življenja. - It was as
though the town realized that this man vvould be a
part of its life until he died.
Menda bi rad izpregovoril. - The man looks as
if he vvants to say something.
Takrat sem menda že začel počivati. - It looks
like I done already started resting. (am. pog.)
2. IZRAŽA SAMOUMEVNOST, posebno v
vprašalnih stavkih tudi ZAČUDENJE, OGOR¬
ČENJE ali NEJEVOLJO
Prevaja se z:
a) doubtless, maybe, perhaps, presumably in
surely, tudi z but:
To je bilo menda jasno celo njemu. - Even he
doubtless knew that.
Pa menda ne misliš, da si se včeraj boril samo
ti? - Maybe you think you fought the whole battle
yesterday. (Podobno tudi: Perhaps you think ...)
Nič ne bo iz tega. Prvič, ker menda niso na
glavo padli, in zlasti ker ... - It will never work.
Firstly, because they where presumably not fools,
and especially, because...
Vrata v svojo izbo pa menda pozna. - He
surely knows the door of his own room.
Menda ne boš dopustil, da bi me udaril?
- But you won’t let him strike me?
b) z opazkovnimi (in ustreznimi nadrednimi)
stavki, npr. I know/suppose/(am.) guess, tako tudi s
t. i. vprašalnimi prirepki:
Svojega sina menda ne sovražim. - I don’t hate
my son, I suppose.
Menda je šel kdo za njimi? - There’s some-
body gone after them I guess?
Menda ga ne poznam. - I don’t know that I
knovvhim.
Pa menda ne misliš, da se bom šel tako
sofistiko. - You don’t mean to teli me you
think l’d go along with such sophistry.
Saj zaradi tega menda ne boš jokala? -
Well, you won’t cry about it, will you?
Na nekaj minut menda ne bodo gledali?
- A few minutes wouldn’t make any difference,
vvould it?
c) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Menda še pomnite naše gostišče? - You
ought to remember our restaurant.
Menda ne misliš, da so hlevska tla, po
katerih štorklja živina, najprimernejši kraj za
besedo božjo? - You vvould believe that a
stable floor, the stamping plače of beasts, is
the proper plače for the vvord of God.
č) brez leksikalnega prevedka, zato pa s
poudarkom na pomožniku in s primernim into-
nacijskim likom:
Menda ne (ravno) v našo četo? - Not our
Company!
Pa menda ni bil Moby Dick tisti, ki vam je
vzel nogo? But it vvas not Moby Dick that took
off thy leg?
Menda nočeš, da bi zabredla v neprilike?
- You don’t vvant to get her in a jam.
3. V MEDMETNI RABI IZRAŽA SO¬
GLASJE, PRITRJEVANJE BREZ PRIDRŽKA
Se ti zdi rešitev pametna? Menda! - Do you
find the solution reasonable? Yes, of course./Yes,
indeed./Certainly/Absolutely.
(pog.) Me vzameš s seboj? Menda ja. - Can I
go vvith you? Of course/Sure (you can).
NAJ
A. ČLENEK
(s povednim ali pogojnim naklonom; z zadnjim
zlasti v odvisnih stavkih, s čimer se poudarja
domnevnost, negotovost ali zadržanost ugotovitve,
ukaza itd.)
1. IZRAŽA ŽELJO, NUJNOST ALI OMILJEN
UKAZ
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Večna luč naj mu sveti. - May eternal light
shine upon him.
Sama naj je, lakota lakomna! - She can eat
that stuff herself, the greedy-guts!
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Šola naj bi začela delovati že jeseni. - The
school schould/ought to/is to/(tudi: is expected to)
be opened in autumn.
Naj mati nikar ne joče, vojna bo kmalu pri
kraju. - Mother need not cry. The war will soon be
over.
Najprej naj obudi kes. (Mrak) - He must
expiate first.
Zdaj naj pride. - He is to come now.
Naj se ne obeša dlje po kuhinji, da bi se prepi¬
rala s to surovino. (Bronte) - She shall linger no
longer to argue with that ruffian.
b) z glagoli let, make, allovv, want, ask, hope ali
vvisb (ponavadi v velelniku ali posebnem opazkov-
nem oz. ustreznem nadrednem stavku):
Naj pogledam! - Let me have a look!
Naj si umije noge in gre spat. - Make him
clean his feet and go to bed.
Potem naj vas najprej spomnim na zanimiv do¬
kument. - Then allovv me first to remind you of
some interesting document.
To je potrebno, če naj se izognemo posledi¬
cam. - This is necessary if we want to/(formalno
tudi: are to) avoid the consequences.
Jernej se ne bo pravdal! Le poslušajo naj in
naj razsodijo brez jeze in brez zlega! (Cankar) -
Yerney won’t do so: he only asks to be listened to,
and to be judged, vvithout vvrath or ill-will.
Znova sem zakrikal. Naj se Štrafela obrne v
spanju. (Potrč) - Again I gave a loud shout and
hoped Štrafela turned over in his bed.
Naj bi nam že nehal pisati. - I wish he’d stop
vvriting to us. (Tudi: If only he would ...)
c) s subjunktivom, velelnikom ali zakrito v nedo-
ločniški/deležniški konstrukciji:
Naj se zgodi njegova volja! - His will be done!
Vrag naj vzame tak hram in grunt! (Potrč) -
Devil take the house and the farm!
Naj pride v hišo! - Send him in!
Kdor noče delati, se naj pobere! - Who doesn’t
want to work - clear out!
(Pismo)nay se odpre po moji smrti. - To be
opened at my death.
Če naj povzamemo stvar, ... - To sum up the
matter,...
Če naj sodim po tvojih besedah,... - Judging
from your words,...
Bil je v zadregi,ko naj bi napisal, za katero
boleznijo je človek umrl. - He was perplexed to
pronounce of what disorder the man died.
č) s protipomenskimi skladenjskimi sklopi ali
kako drugače:
Enkrat sem že videl, kako je hiša gorela, naj
še drugič gori! - l’d seen the house go up in flames
once before. Why not burn it down again?
Naj si vzame hlapca. - Couldn’t he take on a
farmhand?
Šla naj bi na ulico ter tam izpraševala ljudi:
»No, kako je z nogami?« (Cankar) - Why did she
not go out and start asking people in the Street,
“How are your legs today?”
Če naj kuham, moram rabiti ponve. - If l’m
going to cook right, I got to use pans.
Naj živi! - Three cheers for him!
2. IZRAŽA NE POPOLNOMA PROSTOVOLJ¬
NO PRIVOLITEV
Prevaja se
a) z let ali z naklonskim glagolom:
»Mati kličejo!« »Naj kličejo.« “Mothers
calling!” “Let hercall.”
To naj bi še šlo. - It will do this time.
b) s subjunktivom, velelnikom ali kako drugače:
Naj bo. - Be it so./AII right, (then).
Prav, pa naj bo po tvojem. - AH right, have it
your own way.
»Fižol ali špinačo?«»No, pa naj bo fižol!« -
“Beans or spinach?” “Ali right. Call it beans.”
3. V VPRAŠALNIH STAVKIH IZRAŽA UGIBA¬
NJE, OMAHOVANJE, PROŠNJO ZA NASVET
ALI PONUJANJE POMOČI
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Kako naj ga izkopljem? Kako naj ga povežem
v culo, na ramo zadenem? (Cankar) - How shall I
dig it up, how could I fold it in my bundle and carry it
on my shoulder?
Naj prinesem južino? - Shall I bring you your
lunch?
Kaj naj storim? - What should I do? / What
ought I to do?
Naj ti pokrijem noge s suknjo? - Should I put a
coat over your feet?
Čemu naj bi se trudil in napenjal? - Why
should he toil and moil?
Kaj naj to pomeni? - What(ever) can/may that
mean? (Tudi: What is that supposed to mean?)
Kako naj bo zemlja kriva svojih nesreč? - How
could the Earth be guilty of her misfortunes?
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Povej, kje naj potrkam, ko je toliko duri? - Tell
me, where must I knock? There are so many doors
here. -
Na koga naj se obrnem? - Who(m) am I to turn
to?
Kolikokrat naj ti še povem, da nimam nobene
druge ženske, da mi boš končno verjela? - How
many times do I have to teli you I haverTt any other
women before you’ll believe me?
Čemu naj bi se slabo vedla, vas vprašam? -
What does she need to be bad tor? Tell me that.
b) z zvezami tipa to expect/want sb. to, would
like sb. to in to be + pretekli deležnik glagola mišlje-
nja/želenja/volje + to:
Kaj naj še storim? - What more do you want
me to do?
Ali naj se sama ubijam z delom? - You don’t
expect me to carry on slaving away ali by myself?
Ali naj ti povem, kje je? - Would you like me to
teli you where it is?
Ali naj hudodelca še nagradim? - Am I
supposed to begin praising the villain?
c) z (opazkovnim stavkom) ali kakšno drugačno
pretvorbo:
Kam pa ti naj uidejo? V hosto? - VVhere do you
think they’re going to escape to?-tdp into the wood,
eh?
Kaj naj še rečem mimo tega, da se kesam? -
What more is there for me to say, expect l’m sorry?
Kaj naj zdaj z denarjem? - What good/use is
the money to me now?
4. IZRAŽA (NEURESNIČENO) NAMERO,
NAMEN ALI NAČRT, VČASIH KOT DOMNE¬
VO, PRESENEČENJE ALI OGORČENJE
Prevaja se
a) z naklonskimi glagoli:
To skalovje,ki naj bi vas varovalo z boka, daje
kritje tistim, ki vas hočejo napasti. - Those rock
which should/(ought to) protect your flanks give
cover to those who will attack you.
Kako pa naj bi imel čiste oči, če je iz Luže!
(Kosmač) - Why should he have clear eyes, if he’s
from Luža?
Kako naj bi ga poznal, ko ga nisem še nikoli
videl. - How could I know him, when I have never
seen him before.
Bal se je tega, kar naj bi po njegovem name¬
ravala storiti. - He was afraid of what he thought
she might do.
Prišel naj bi jutri. - He is (due) to arrive to-
morrow.
Imela sta, česar naj ne bi imela. - They were
having what they were not to have.
b) z zvezami tipa to be + pretekli deležnik glago¬
la mišijenja/želenja/volje/namere/naročanja ipd. + to
ali njihovimi pretvorbami:
Enolično opravilo naj bi ga uspavalo. - His
monotonous occupation was calculated/intended-
/meant to set him asleep.
Ne jezi se, to naj bi bila vendar šala. - Now
don’t get sore (at me), that was supposed/meant to
be a joke.
In zdaj naj bi se še opravičil! - I suppose l’m
expected to apologize into the bargain!
Ta proces naj bi povzročale neke gijivice. - It
is supposed/thought/believed that this process is
caused by certain bacteria. (Poleg: This process is
believed/thought to be caused ...)
Cesto naj bi razširili. - It is planed to widen the
road.
c) kako drugače, tudi brez prevedka:
Taka izjava naj bi bila dana na nekem sestan¬
ku. - This statement was presumably/(tudi: is
supposed to have been) given at a meeting.
Videl je le knjige, zaprte za steklom, ki naj bi
jih varovalo pred vlago. - He saw only books im-
prisoned behind glass to guard them from humidity.
Kakšen smisel naj bi to imelo? - VVhere is the
sense of that?
5. IZRAŽA GROŽNJO, SVARILO ALI ŠKODO¬
ŽELJNOST
Prevaja se največ z let in naklonskimi glagoli:
Zdaj naj mi samo še kdo reče, da nisem bil
previden! - Let anyone try to teli me I haven’t been
careful!
Naj se (le) pazi! - He had better look out!
Naj si nikar ne misli, da se bo kar tako izvle¬
kel! - He needn’t think he’s going to get out of that!
Prav mu je, pa naj bi bil pazil. - It serves him
right. He should/ought to have been more careful.
(Poleg: Why wasn’t he more careful?)
Naj le poskusi! - 1 should like to see him try it.
6. (publ.) IZRAŽA POJASNILO ALI UTEME¬
LJITEV
Skakalec je padel. A naj povem, da je veter
precej močen. - The ski-jumper has fallen. But I
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must/should say that the wind is quite strong.
B. VEZNIK
1. V PRIPOVEDNIH ODVISNIKIH UVAJA ŽE¬
LJO ALI ZAHTEVO
Prevaja se
a) zlet ali z naklonskimi glagoli:
Pusti me, naj me duši, le naj! - Leave me, leave
me, let it choke me, let it!
Mnenja smo, naj odstopi. - We are of the
opinion that he should/ought to/must/has to
resign.
Ne vem, kaj naj naredim. -1 don’t know what (I
am) to do.
b) z nedoločniško, deležniško ali glagolniško
konstrukcijo ali pa s subjunktivom:
Povedali so mu, v katero hišo naj gre naslednji
dan. - They told him which house to go to the
follovving day.
Ukazujoče je zagrmel, naj izginem, in sem ga
ubogal. - He thundered a command for me to go,
and I obeyed.
Zdaj pa puščam svoje delo, naj ostane tako
nedokončano. - But I leave now my work standing
thus unfinished.
Moral jo bom pregovoriti, naj se udeleži
sestanka. - I will have to talk her into going to the
meeting.
Zahteva, naj se zberemo in naj ji povemo, kaj
imamo zoper njo. - She demands that we gather
and teli her what we have against her.
2. (pog.) UVAJA NAMERNI ODVISNIK
Fanta skrij, naj ga nihče ne vidi. - Hide the boy
so that nobody will/can see him. (Tudi: Don’t let
anybody see him.)
Dal sem ji ga, naj ga shrani. - 1 gave it to her put
it away.
3. UVAJA DOPUSTNE ODVISNIKE
Prevaja se
a) z though, in spite of, as ali fon
Naj sem si še tako prigovarjal, se mi je pitje
bolj in bolj zaustavljalo. - Though I tried to
encourage myself, I could hardly swallow the liquid.
Rad bi bil poskusil mošt, naj je bilo z njegovim
želodcem še tako slabo. - He vvanted a drink of
must in spite of his sickly stomach.
Naj je bila še tako zmedena, je vendar budno
sledila najinemu pogovoru. - Confused as she
was, her wits were alert at applying our conver-
sation.
Naj je mislil še tako plemenito ... - For ali his
noble thinking ...
b) z naklonskimi glagoli:
Naj se loti stvari, kakor hoče, jaz ji ne bom
pomagal! - She may come to the point as she will -
I shan’t helpher!
Naj se stric na glavo postavijo, briga me. -
Uncle can go and stand on his head. I don't give a
damn!
Naj sem bil še tako čemeren, sem se mu moral
smejati. - I had to laugh at him, however
ill-tempered I might be.
c) s subjunktivom ali skladenjskim zasukom:
Naj bo (ljubezen) še tolikšna, letečega svinca
ne ustavi. - Be it ever so great, it could not hold up
the flying lead.
Naj sem znova in znova sklenil, da ga ne
pogledam več, ni nič pomagalo. - Time and time
again I made up my mind ngt to look at him any
more, but it was no use.
4. UVAJA POGOJNE ODVISNIKE
Naj le ona odide, brž bo vse drugače. - Just let
her go/lf she goes everything will be different.
(Tudi: If only she went everything would be
different.)
Naj se otrok prebudi! - What if the baby wakes
up!
5. TVORI LOČNO PRIREDJE
Tako, povedal sem vam, pa naj bodo sanje ali
resnica. - There, I have told you about it now, be it
fact or dream.
Svetla in hrepenenja vredna je vsaka daljava,
naj se človek ozre v preteklost ali v prihodnost. -
Distance intensifies every longing, vvhether man
looks back into the past or forvvard into the future.
(Cankar)
Nikoli mu nihče ne bo mogel očitati, pa naj se
obme (vojna sreča) tako ali tako. - No one will ever
be able to hold anything against him, no matter
which side wins in the end.
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SICER (SICER)
A. ČLENEK
1. IZRAŽA RAZMERE ali STANJE OB DRU¬
GIH, DRUGAČNIH PRILOŽNOSTIH
Prevaja se z
a) ordinarily/by ordinary, generally, in other
ways, normally, usually, anyway in otherwise:
Takrat se jim je docela razodel ves zgornji del
njegovega trupa z marsičim, kar je sicer pod vodo.
- Then the vvhole upper part of his form, with much
of it that is ordinarily submerged, was plainly re-
vealed.
Nista počenila na pete, kakor bi bila sicer,
zakaj oba sta bila s kmetov. - They did not squat
on their heels, as by ordinary (they were both
countrybred) they vvould have done.
Ali je sicer v pogovoru z njo kaj živahen? - Is
he pretty lively with her generally?
Opozorjen na razne podrobnosti se ne odziva.
Sicer je reakcijska slika atipična. - He did not
respond when his attention was drawn to different
details. In other ways the reaction picture is
atypical.
Kaj je s teboj? Sicer nisi tako plašen. - What’s
wrong with you? You aren’t normally/usually so
shy. Tudi: You are not so shy othervvise.
Vrata je odprl visokorasel, mršav moški brez
ovratne rute in tudi sicer zelo zanemarjen. - The
door was opened by a tali, gaunt man, vvithout
neckerchief and othervvise extremely slovenly
Na ulici je bilo vse polno moških, ki sicer sploh
niso zahajali v cerkev. - The Street was lined vvith
men vvho never vvent to church, anyway.
b) though, nevertheless, on. the other hand, lest,
for that matther in for fear of:
Eden od moških, ki je sicer stalno prebival v
mestu, je ni bil še nikoli videl. - One of the men,
though resident of the town, had never seen her
before.
O svojem partizanskem času govori malo.
Sicer gre na vsakoletno snidenje borcev iz svojega
okrožja. - He teliš little about his partisan times.
Nevertheless, he goes along to the yearly meeting
of the territorial veterans.
Sicer je bil novi gospodar kar premožen. - On ^
the other hand, my nevv master was quite vvell-to-
do.
Bolje bo, če ne bo vedela, da je v bližini, ker bi
bila sicer nemirna. - It is better for her to remain in
ignorance of his proximity, lest she should be
restless.
Verjel mu je vse, kar je rekel (sicer pa je
govoril zelo malo in ponavadi resnico). - He be-
lieved ali he said (for that matter, he said precious
little, and generally the truth).
Pridušil je glas, ker bi ga sicer gospodar slišal.
- He subdued his voice to a vvhisper, for fear of
being overheard.
c) (for) the rest (of), else, besides:
Nekaj časa je bila bolna, sicer pa je rasla kot
konoplja. - She had been ill for some time. For the
rest, she grew like a larch.
Sicer je imel medlo rjav obraz, nos pa je imel
zlomljen in ploščat. - The rest of his face was fiat
brovvn vvith broken, flatened noše.
Sicer ni imela žive duše, na katero bi se lahko
obrnila za nasvet. - There was not a soul else that
she might fashion into an adviser.
Do fanta je čutil odgovornost, ki je sicer ni
čutil do nikogar drugega, in tudi do vsega sveta
ne. - He felt a responsibility for the boy vvhich he
owed to no other, nor to the vvhole vvorld besides.
č) (brez prevedka v angleščini):
Ni govoril o tem, od kod je prišla in kaj počne
sicer, temveč o njenem telesu. - He never talked
about her. Not about vvhere she had come from and
vvhat she had even done, but about her body.
Zato se bodo morali mnogi, sicer junaški voja¬
ki, poskriti kot piščeta. - Thus many men of cou-
rage vvould be obliged to desert the colours and
scurry like chickens.
2. IZRAŽA RAHLO OMEJITEV, PRIDRŽEK
Prevaja se
a) of course, in fact, actually, indeed, no doubt,
yes in sopomenskimi opazkovnimi stavki (it is true,
to be sure, I admit/grant ipd.):
To sicer ne bodo posvečena tla, vendar bo
spokojno. - It won’t be hallovved ground, of course,
but it vvill be peaceable.
Prišlo je do nesreče, ki sicer ni bila nesreča, a
je dala Maticu potreben poduk. -An accident
happened vvhich in fact vvas not at accident, but
gave Matic a necessary lesson.
Pretegnil se je, da bi razmajal svoje ude, ki so
bili sicer spočiti, toda omrtvičeni od prekladanja
težkih kamnov. - He stretched so as to loosen his
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limbs, which where rested actualy, only stiff with
shifting heavy stones.
Sekira sicer utegne biti ostra, vendar je njeno
rezilo redkokdaj zastrupljeno z zlohotnostjo. - The
axe may be sharp indeed, but its edge is seldom
poisoned with ill will.
To bi bilo sicer zelo nerodno, toda v tem pri¬
meru ni bilo prav nič važno. - It would be very
unfortunate, no doubt, but in this čase it was of no
consequence.
Govoril je povsem razločno, tiho sicer, vendar
razločno. - He spoke quite distinctly, quietly yes,
but distinctly.
Je sicer bogata, ni pa srečna. - She is rich, it is
true/l admit/l grant, but she is not happy.
Človek bi sicer lahko dvomil, ali si je zaslužila
miren končni pristan. - To be sure, one might have
doubted vvhether she merited a haven of peace at
last.
b) dopustnostno formulacijo (al) though, (it's)
not that, while):
Ima sicer veliko denarja, vendar ni srečen. -
Although he has plenty of money he isn’t happy.
Nagnjenost k premišljanju sicer žensko lahko
naredi mirno, vendar jo naredi žalostno. - A ten-
dency to speculation, though it may keep a woman
quiet, yet makes her sad.
Ni ga sicer presenečalo, da ga vidi tukaj in ob
tej uri. - It was not that he was suprised to see him
there, at that hour.
Svobodna volja mu je sicer dopuščala izbiro,
vendar mu je ponujala eno samo možnost, za
katero se je lahko odločil. - It was an own free will
that vvhile it allowed him choice had presented only
one alternative for him to choose from.
c) naklonskim may, poudarnim do ali brez leksi¬
kalnega prevedka (zato pa s poudarkom na pomož-
niku ali primerno intonacijo):
Ima sicer veliko denarja, vendar ni srečen. -
He may have plenty of money, but he isn’t happy.
Sicer je skrbela zanj, a vendar ne preveč. -
She did look after him, but vvithout overdoing it.
Na smrt sem sicer pripravljena, a objokujem
mladost. -1 am prepared for my death, but I stili cry
for my youth.
Vsi so sicer zatrjevali, da osebno nimajo niče¬
sar proti njemu. - There was nothing against him
personally, they ail insisted.
Spominja me na konja, ki sicer ni slab, toda
brez cene. - He pust me in mind of a horse. Not a
mean horse. Just a vvorthless horse.
3. IZRAŽA UGOTOVITEV, SPOZNANJE RE¬
SNIČNEGA STANJA, včasih tudi POUDARJA
ZANIKANO TRDITEV, UGOTOVITEV
Prevaja se z
a) (but) actually, reaiiy in in fact/truth:
Vsi mu morajo streči. Sicer pa si samo do¬
mišlja, da je bolan. - Everybody has to wait on him.
But actually/really/in fact he only imagines he is ill.
Sicer pa sem bil tudi sam že precej za to, da bi
nadaljevanje njene zgodbe odložila. - In truth, I felt
rather disposed to defer the sequel of her narrative
myself.
b) but (then), however, nevertheless, not that,
stili, anyway in the thing is/was:
Njihovo ravnanje ljudjem ni bilo všeč. Sicer pa
so delali že po preizkušenih metodah. - People
didn’t like their treatment. But (then)/Nevertheless,
they were working according to tried methods. Tudi:
They were vvorking according to tried methods,
however/anyway.
Kdo tako kriči? Sicer pa mi to nič mar. - Who's
shouting like that? Not that it is any of my business.
(Tudi: Well, it’s none of my business.)
Sicer pa tako in tako ne boš vse življenje pre¬
bil v šoli. - Stili it isn’t as if you're going to spend
the rest of your life at school.
Sicer pa ni bilo razloga, čemu naj bi sploh po¬
treboval denar. - The thing was, there was no
reason why he should have needed any money at
ali.
Ne bomo te več silili. Sicer pa ne misli, da je
tako hudo. - We won’t urge you any more. But don’t
think it is so hard.
c) again, besides, moreover, too ali brez pre¬
vedka:
Bila je čudovito občutljiva. Sicer pa nisem
manj pričakoval. - She was exquisitely sensitive.
Again, I had expected no less.
Dvomim o tem. Sicer pa mi je vseeno. -1 doubt
that. Besides I don't čare.
Sicer pa je vsa njihova oprava vzbujala sijajen
vtis. - The entire array, moreover, had a brilliancy of
effect.
Sicer pa uporablja najčistejše olje. - He burns,
too, the purest of oil.
Sicer pa mu ni bilo kaj očitati. - It wasn’t
anything wrong with him.
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4. OPOZARJA NA PREHOD K DRUGI MISLI
Prevaja se z
anyway, besides, by the way, but (then), however in
well:
Sicer pa, kaj se to tebe tiče? - Anyway/-
Besides, what has that got to do with you?
Tega niste nikoli omenili. Sicer pa pustimo
zdaj to. - You haven’t mentioned it before. But
(then)/However/Anyway, let’s leave that now.
Sicer pa, kdo ga bo prevedel? - By the way,
who is going to translate it?
Sicer pa mislim, da ... - Well, I reckon/think
(that)...
B. VEZNIK
1. V VZROČNEM PRIREDJU IZRAŽA
POSLEDICO, ČE BI SE PREJ POVEDANO
NE URESNIČILO
Največkrat se prevaja z or (else), (or) likely, (for)
otherwise ipd.:
Pridi takoj sem, sicer... - Come here at once
or eise!
Se mi je zdelo, da me ne poznate, sicer ne bi
tako govorili z menoj. -1 thought you did not know
me, or/or else/else you wouldn’t have spoken in
that way.
Tega ne vedo, sicer bi naju oba odvlekli ven in
prebičali. - They don’t know that, or likely they’d
take us both out and whip us (again).
Pohiteti moram, sicer bom pozen. - I have to
hurry, (for) othervvise l’ll be late.
2. V VZROČNEM PRIREDJU IZRAŽA DEJA¬
NJA ali STANJA OB DRUGIH, DRUGAČNIH
PRILOŽNOSTIH
Prevaja se z othervvise, (but) usually/ordinarily/
normally ali kako drugače:
Danes ni razpoložen, sicer pa je prijeten. - He
is not in a good mood today. Otherwise/But
usually/ordinarily/normally he is pleasant.
Debela je povprečno za palec, sicer pa ustreza
velikosti železnega dela na motiki. - It averages an
inch in thickness and for the rest, is about the size
of the iron part of a hoe.
3. V PROTIVNEM PRIREDJU UVAJA OMEJE¬
VANO TRDITEV, KI JI NASPROTUJE TRDI¬
TEV V DRUGEM STAVKU
Sicer nima denarja, a za to ga bo že našel. -
Though he has no money, he’ll find it for this./
Despite/ln spite of/Notwithstanding the fact that he
has no money, he’ll find it for this. (Podobno še:
Despite his having no money,...)
4. V ZVEZI IN SICER DOPOLNJUJE ali
POJASNJUJE PREJ POVEDANO
Prevaja se
a) z and... too/one, and that, (and) what is
more, to be more predse, in fact, namely in it is/was:
Na to pismo je treba odgovoriti, in sicer takoj.
- This letter must be ansvvered, and quickly too.
To je gotovo znamenje, in sicer slabo. - It must
be an omen, and an ill one.
Napisal je domačo nalogo, in sicer brez napak.
- He made his homevvork, and that vvithout any
mistakes.
Pritožil se bom, in sicer še danes. - l'm going to
complain. In fact/What is more, l’m going to do it
today.
Rojstni dan ima ta mesec, in sicer desetega. -
lt’s his birthday this month, (namely) on the tenth
(to be precise).
Zdaj so nosili uniforme, in sicer na obrazih. -
And they now vvore uniforms. It was their faces.
b) s ponovitvijo člena, ki ga natančneje določa¬
mo, ali samo s premorom (v pisavi z vejico ali s
piko):
Vztrajal je, da bo to storil, in sicer nji na ljubo.
- He insisted he would do it, and do it on her
account.
Na to je pri priči odgovorila, in sicer ne nepri¬
jazno. - She ansvvered that immediately, not
unkind.
Na osnovi diplomske naloge Anice Škoda,
»Renderings of the Slovene vvords baje, češ (da),
lahko, menda, naj, sicer in English« (Filozofska
fakulteta v Ljubljani, marec 1986, mentor S. Klinar)
za tisk pripravila R. Meden in S. Klinar.