We noticed some words in the news that aren’t in most Romanian language textbooks. They might seem simple to figure out, but they might also be translated incorrectly.
Rechizite – There isn’t a common, single word translation in English. It is almost “stationery” or “school supplies.” It won’t include the backpack (Ghiozdan) but most of the things that you put in the backpack (except for the printed books.) But rechizite de bureau could be office supplies. It won’t including the furniture, just the small things. Stationery is normally only paper, but most stationery stores will include rulers, pens, and other “rechizite.”
In the news, most recent uses of “rechizite” are “school supplies.” We hear about the prices of “rechizite.”
Erasers, colored pencils, art supplies like brushes. But wait, we keep using the word “supplies” why not just translate it as supplies? Well, supplies in English is very general. We might think of bullets, or flour, or something for our particular profession, rather than things that we take from our desk to our backpack.
Ghiozdan – backpack.
Plagiat – plagiarized, stole, copied without giving credit. It can be used in stole intellectual property, like copyright theft, or in academic dishonesty.
Legionar – here, it is not the French foreign legion, but usually refers to a group who shared power in Romania around the time of World War II (or just before). It seems to be currently illegal to glorify the Romanian “legionary” movement, or to try to convert people to the legionary way of thinking. There were some similarities between the legionars and the fascists, they seem to have nothing in common with the French foreign legion. (This can make translations into English and French confusing, and so some people translate “Legionar” as “fascist” even if they were two distinct groups. I propose the word “Zeleaist” for followers of Zelea Cordreanu. Why not Codreanist? Because there is also a famous poet called Codreanu who has nothing to do with the movement. But Zeleaist sounds too much like Zealot or Zionist or Zolaist… Still, just be clear that Legionary or Legionaire is not the same thing, at all, as legionar.)
(This list may be updated later)