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robić swoje

English translation: get on with our business

11:22 Aug 26, 2009
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / wywiad z szefem firmy
Polish term or phrase: robić swoje
Rozmowa z szefem firmy na temat kryzysu ekonomicznego i jego ew. wpływu na strategie i plany inwestycyjne firmy. Pojawia się fragment:

'Do aktualnej sytuacji będzie musiał się dostosować także XXX, niemniej jednak w tym momencie nie wiemy, jak znacząco na nasze plany inwestycyjne wpłynie kryzys finansowy. W tej chwili po prostu robimy swoje.'

Czyli, mówiąc krotko, trzymają się (ja to tak rozumiem) obranego kursu.

Poproszę o sugestie. "We keep to our course"?
Sławomir Wolf
Poland
Local time: 19:38
English translation:get on with our business
Explanation:
Trochę gra słów i dlatego tu wspaniale pasuje.
Selected response from:

petrolhead
Poland
Local time: 19:38
Grading comment
Dzięki. To mi najbardziej pasuje.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6(we are) just doing our job
Swift Translation
4 +1get on with our business
petrolhead
4 +1to do smb's own thing
Arkadiusz Jasinski
5keep going / keep things moving
Ensor
3keep one's nose to the grindstone
nrabate
3[we] just go on
geopiet


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
(we are) just doing our job


Explanation:
propozycja

Swift Translation
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  drugastrona: ew. doing our thing choć może zbyt kolokwialnie
14 mins
  -> dziękuję
agree  asia20002: od razu o tym pomyślałam
54 mins
  -> dziękuję :)
agree  Izabella Brzostowicz (X)
2 hrs
  -> dziękuję
agree  melmothkot
2 hrs
  -> dziękuję
agree  Adam Załuski
3 hrs
  -> dziękuję
agree  orchid8: albo do one's thing
8 hrs
  -> dziękuję
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
get on with our business


Explanation:
Trochę gra słów i dlatego tu wspaniale pasuje.

petrolhead
Poland
Local time: 19:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Dzięki. To mi najbardziej pasuje.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  legato
3 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to do smb's own thing


Explanation:
Propozycja:


Let's do our own thing

Arkadiusz Jasinski
Poland
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orchid8: do one's thing wystarczy
8 hrs
  -> Dziękuję bardzo :) Użycie "own" miało na celu podkreślenie o czyje sprawy chodzi, ale moze faktycznie jest to tez alternatywa
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
keep one's nose to the grindstone


Explanation:
For now, we are just keeping our noses to the grindstone.

nrabate
United States
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: The Polish phrase does not imply this meaning. Hard work, that is. Thank you for your suggestion anyway.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
keep going / keep things moving


Explanation:
tak bym to ciachnal;

ew. 'carry on', / 'plod on', w zaleznosci od tempa i zapalu;

Ensor
Local time: 02:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 44
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
[we] just go on


Explanation:


geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 93
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