[pp.int.general] Translation of the Pirate Manifesto

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That draft never was ratified.

grub |grəb|
noun
1 the larva of an insect, esp. a beetle.
• a maggot or small caterpillar.
2 informal food : a popular bar serving excellent grub.
verb ( grubbed |grəbd|, grubbing |grəbɪŋ|) [ intrans. ]
1 dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil : the  
damage done to pastures by badgersgrubbing for worms.
• [ trans. ] remove (something) from the earth by digging it up : all  
the vines are grubbed up and the land left fallow for a few years.
• [ trans. ] clear (the ground) of roots and stumps : [as n. ]  
( grubbing) construction operations including clearing and grubbing.
2 search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage :  
I began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope.
• do demeaning or humiliating work in order to achieve something :  
she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it.
• [ trans. ] achieve or acquire (something) in such a way : they were  
grubbing a living from garbage pails.
DERIVATIVES
grubber |ˈgrəbər| |ˈgrʌbə| noun
ORIGIN Middle English : perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to  
grave 1 .
On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Marco Confalonieri wrote:

> Hello,
> sorry for this message, I know this is not an help ML for the english
> language, but I'm translating the Draft C of the Manifesto to italian:
>
> http://int.piratenpartei.de/Pirate_Manifesto_Draft_C
>
> I have some problems translating this: "To this end, we do establish  
> these
> Pirate Parties around the world, and state our common purpose in  
> this our
> manifesto of action, so that society will not collapse as people  
> grub for
> whatever they can grab now, without thought or care for the future."
>
> In particular the piece I have problems with is: "so that society  
> will not
> collapse as people grub for whatever they can grab now, without  
> thought or
> care for the future.".
>
> What does "grub" mean in this context? I have problems even  
> understanding if
> it's a noun or a verb. In the former case would it be in the sense  
> of larva?
> In the latter, some rarely used form of past tense of "to grab"?  
> (but it
> should be "grabbed").
>
> Marco Confalonieri
> Partito Pirata Italiano
> http://partito-pirata.it
>
>
>
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