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neugledni

English translation: insignificant

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Croatian term or phrase:neugledni
English translation:insignificant
Entered by: Natasa Stankovic

19:56 Sep 22, 2012
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Croatian term or phrase: neugledni
"Kada je u pitanju tako ugledan profesor koji radi na nekoliko radnih mjesta i vjerojatno po 24 sata dnevno, uz sve napredovanje u karijeri i pisanje znanstvenih radova sa svim tim psihičkim tegobama, teško je ostati ravnodušan, ali da li smo mi pacijenti neugledni. Stoga, stojim na raspolaganju bilo kojem Vašem stručnom povjerenstvu i javnosti prikazati tijek liječenja koje prof.dr.sc. XY prikazuje pravosuđu, obitelji i pacijentici da je provedeno u pravilima medicinske struke uz krivotvorenu medicinsku dokumentaciju."

I am having a problem understanding the sentence structure, above all the "[...] ali da li smo mi pacijenti neugledni." part. Why is there a full stop rather than a question mark? And what's the meaning of 'neugledan' here?
Thanks!
Lirka
Austria
Local time: 11:07
insignificant, nondescript
Explanation:
Mislim da bi u tom kontekstu moglo „insignificant“ (pacijenti), za razliku od „significant“ (ugledan/značajan profesor – significant professor), mislim da se to želelo potencirati, tj. ironično naglasiti.

insignificant
adjective
not big or valuable enough to be considered important
- He made her feel insignificant and stupid.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/insig...

Ili:
nondescript
adjective
having no interesting or unusual features or qualities
- a nondescript person/building/town
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/nonde...
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Natasa Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 11:07
Grading comment
Insignificant. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3insignificant, nondescript
Natasa Stankovic
4of no merit
Daryo


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
insignificant, nondescript


Explanation:
Mislim da bi u tom kontekstu moglo „insignificant“ (pacijenti), za razliku od „significant“ (ugledan/značajan profesor – significant professor), mislim da se to želelo potencirati, tj. ironično naglasiti.

insignificant
adjective
not big or valuable enough to be considered important
- He made her feel insignificant and stupid.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/insig...

Ili:
nondescript
adjective
having no interesting or unusual features or qualities
- a nondescript person/building/town
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/nonde...

Natasa Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Insignificant. Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, that works well, thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anira: Insignificant
36 mins
  -> Hvala!
agree  Mirna Herman Baletić
15 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  Kolumbina Benčević Tomljanović: insignificant
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Hvala!
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2 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
of no merit


Explanation:
"Kada je u pitanju tako ugledan profesor koji radi na nekoliko radnih mjesta i vjerojatno po 24 sata dnevno, uz sve napredovanje u karijeri i pisanje znanstvenih radova sa svim tim psihičkim tegobama, teško je ostati ravnodušan, ali da li smo mi pacijenti neugledni. Stoga, stojim na raspolaganju bilo kojem Vašem stručnom povjerenstvu i javnosti prikazati tijek liječenja koje prof.dr.sc. XY prikazuje pravosuđu, obitelji i pacijentici da je provedeno u pravilima medicinske struke uz krivotvorenu medicinsku dokumentaciju."

"... but are we patients of no merit?. ..."

in this case you could make the contrast between the "professor emeritus" (profesor pun zasluga, the worthy one) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeritus] with patients being "of no merit" (nisu vredni pomena, worthless) [http://www.wordnik.com/words/no good]



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Natasa Stankovic: Professor Emeritus je umirovljeni profesor, a ne „pun zasluga“: Emeritus – word origin: mid 18th cent.: from Latin, past participle of emereri ‘earn one's discharge by service’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + mereri ‘earn’(Oxford)
11 hrs
  -> yes, given on retirement because he "earned" it; in other words because he "merits it" (or at least is supposed to). One way or another, being "of no merit" is still another good way of saying that this patient is of no importance.
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