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"Uporządkować" can be "sort out" too, though I'd more often translate it as "tidy up"; "zająć się czymś" is roughly "take care of something", maybe you could us
by Leszek 6y ago
"Uporządkować" can be "sort out" too, though I'd more often translate it as "tidy up"; "zająć się czymś" is roughly "take care of something", maybe you could use "occupy yourself with something" if it's more in the time-wasting sense.
I stand by "sort out", or even just "sort" as a good translation for załatwić, especially in British English, where I would use "sorted" as a single word sentence similar to "załatwione". There's other possible translations too, I could e.g. imagine using "score" when it's specifically about obtaining something physical, or "get it done" if it's about expediency or perseverance; if anything there's too many ways of translating it!
- tomaszs 6y agoEverything makes perfect sense. But i find sort to have different culture meaning in english than załatwić in polish. When someone sorts something out, he goes and solves something with available methods. When someone goes "załatwić" something, it means he solves something that is impossible to solve or gets something that is impossible to get. To sum it up, i think english vocabulary for sorting something out synonyms ends at some point english speakers can not pass. And than "załatwić" kicks in.