Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
pierdere a interesului si increderii
English translation:
To lose interest and confidence (in)
Romanian term
pierdere a interesului si increderii
4 | To lose interest and confidence (in) | Lara Barnett |
4 | preoccupation and reliance | Alice Crisan |
May 22, 2014 08:30: Lara Barnett Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
To lose interest and confidence (in)
"Confidence
1. Trust or faith in a person or thing.
2. A trusting relationship: I took them into my confidence.
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Lose confidence
"Confidence
noun
1. full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confidence?s=t
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2014-05-21 13:42:44 GMT)
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"Spokesman Michael Maidment said the Salvation Army had many questions from donors and potential donors after the two thefts but few said they had LOST CONFIDENCE in the charity."
http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/01/30/sally-ann-2012-christmas...
"As one of the experienced literacy teachers suggested, many child domestic workers, migrating as they have from different rural areas and ethnic communities, have little INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE in being leaders - progagonists - of a child-led collective
"How much did they get away with pre 1996 when the internet went public? The mind boggles. I used to be an avid buyer and reader of newspapers but I HAVE LOST INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE in most of them as so many of these stories go unreported while we get a
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preoccupation and reliance
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 18:51:57 GMT)
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Am omis "loss of" inaintea celor doi termeni.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2014-05-20 19:04:57 GMT)
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"re·li·ance (rĭ-lī′əns)
n.
1. The act of relying or the state of being reliant.
2. The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies; dependence. See Synonyms at trust.
3. One relied on; a mainstay."
www.thefreedictionary.com/reliance
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Note added at 21 hrs (2014-05-21 08:47:53 GMT)
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Discussion
Sometimes the context and/or sentence structure requires alternatives to the literal/dictionary translations of a term. "Faith" is often used as a synonym for "confidence" i.e. to lose confidence or to lose faith in a company or product is often used in UK and US English.