Glossary entry

Latvian term or phrase:

iziet skati

English translation:

pass the scrutiny

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-06-11 11:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jun 7, 2010 20:27
13 yrs ago
Latvian term

iziet skati

Non-PRO Latvian to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters SMS
The sentence is "Varesu atdot savus paradus un iziet skati"
This is part of a text written in colloquial Latvian.

Proposed translations

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pass the scrutiny

<B>Literally</B> it would mean this:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/latvian_to_english/music/2033414-t...
(a legacy term from the Soviet system).
<B>Iziet skati = pass a classification review (categorisation review)</B>,
basically a review of artists conducted by a (governmental) authority. By and large, it doesn't exist anymore. :)

<B>In colloquial language</B>, it might in fact be <I>cheeky metaphorical usage</I>; hence:
"<B>pass the scrutiny</B>". What kind of scrutiny, you might be able to judge from the context. It means a "test" or requirements set up by some person or other entity/situation.

I don't think it is literal usage, because in an educational context (at an art school), while one does talk about "parādi" ("debts", i.e., exams/tests not passed on time), and then right after talks about completing the audition/review too, one would then more likely say "<U>nokārtot</U> parādus", not "atdot parādus".

Another option: "izgāja skati" seems to be currently used (colloquially) about vehicles passing the annual technical inspection (in standard usage: "<B><U>ap</U></B>skate"). But then you can use "pass the scrutiny" too.
Example sentence:

Legacy dictionary entry: skate - Sabiedriska (kā) pārbaude, lai (ar to) iepazītos, novērtētu u. tml. Arī apskate. Tarifikācijas skate. Sporta kompleksu skate.

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pass inspection

I'm pretty sure that by "iziet skati" the person meant "iziet apskati" referring to car inspection.
Note from asker:
Liels paldies
Peer comment(s):

agree Jānis Greivuls
41 mins
agree Evija Rimšāne : I am pretty sure the person is talking about car technical inspection
16 hrs
disagree Valters Feists : Possibly, but something in the context must support it, because it's colloquial language, could mean anything... The full term is "[automašīnu/transportlīdzekļa] tehniskā apskate".
2 days 11 hrs
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