BOWDLERIZE - Translation from English into Polish

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bowdlerize, bowdlerise Brit [ˈbaʊdləraɪz] VB trans pej

bowdlerize: cenzurować [perf o-]

Present
I	bowdlerize
you	bowdlerize
he/she/it	bowdlerizes
we	bowdlerize
you	bowdlerize
they	bowdlerize

Past
I	bowdlerized
you	bowdlerized
he/she/it	bowdlerized
we	bowdlerized
you	bowdlerized
they	bowdlerized

Present Perfect
I	have	bowdlerized
you	have	bowdlerized
he/she/it	has	bowdlerized
we	have	bowdlerized
you	have	bowdlerized
they	have	bowdlerized

Past Perfect
I	had	bowdlerized
you	had	bowdlerized
he/she/it	had	bowdlerized
we	had	bowdlerized
you	had	bowdlerized
they	had	bowdlerized

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We never wanted to bowdlerize that.

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Some have seen it as a reference to the hymen, and some have even tried to reconstruct an original bawdy version from which modern versions are supposedly bowdlerized.

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But a translator should not assume the role of censor and surreptitiously delete or bowdlerize passages merely to please a political or moral interest.

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It is a well-known example of military acronym slang, though it is sometimes bowdlerized to "all fouled up" or similar.

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Some critics thought the film bowdlerized the book, and it was not commercially successful.

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