katica za sve

English translation: girl Friday

09:42 Jan 19, 2010
Croatian to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Croatian term or phrase: katica za sve
u smislu osobe koja obavlj više ili čak sve poslove u firmi, doma, nekoj grupi
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English translation:girl Friday
Explanation:
"a female assistant (as in an office) entrusted with a wide variety of tasks"

Or, more generally (and not necessarily female): jack-of-all-trades
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David Stephenson
United States
Local time: 00:54
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It looks like best answer to me. Thanks. Just wonder why girl 'Friday', why not girl 'Saturday' or... :) Guess it has to do something with tasks usually performed on Fridays like house cleaning etc. ???
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1girl Friday
David Stephenson
3all-around player
Gordana Sujdovic
2 -1Mary-do-everything
bonafide1313


Discussion entries: 1





  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
all-around player


Explanation:
…ili all around player

…faxing, light phone work, and an all around team player able to pitch in wherever needed. Skills needed are: Microsoft Word, Excel, and a typing speed of 40 words per minute.
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-all around player

d(j)evojka za sve - girl for all (SR referenca)

Po pravilu, naziv za osobu muškog pola koja radi bukvalno sve u preduzeću. As a rule, the name for the male who works in virtually all of the company. U ekipnim sportovima, taj izraz se koristi za tzv.
In team sports, the term is used for so-called. allround igrače, tj. Allround players, ie. igrače koji mogu da igraju na više pozicija u timu. players who can play multiple positions on the team.


Gordana Sujdovic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Serbian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Mary-do-everything


Explanation:

... čini mi se da sam nekad sretala taj izraz, no sad nalazim samo jednu referencu...

Tonight's matchup is an intriguing one. Overall, the Monarchs seem the more athletic team, with one big exception:
William and Mary do-everything swingman Danny Sumner. Sumner was averaging nearly 20 points per game, but Harvard was able to hold him to just three points.

http://weblogs.dailypress.com/sports/college/oncampusblog/20...

bonafide1313
Croatia
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  David Stephenson: Sorry, but you misread this: "William and Mary" is a university in Virginia, and the reference is to a "do-everything" basketball player.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you so much for the comment and explanation David; I wonder where on earth I picked that one up:)), but have the feeling that the phrase has been ringing in my ears since my early school days...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
girl Friday


Explanation:
"a female assistant (as in an office) entrusted with a wide variety of tasks"

Or, more generally (and not necessarily female): jack-of-all-trades


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girl%20friday
David Stephenson
United States
Local time: 00:54
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
It looks like best answer to me. Thanks. Just wonder why girl 'Friday', why not girl 'Saturday' or... :) Guess it has to do something with tasks usually performed on Fridays like house cleaning etc. ???

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dinap: with girl Friday and regarding the jack-of-all-trades I dont think this is the case, this would be a person who is not specific at all and knows a lot about everything but nothing about anything:-)
1 hr
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