Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
losy profesora
English translation:
professor's (later) life and career (after/following) emigration
Polish term
losy profesora
fates?
| 4 +2 | professor's (later) life and career (after/following) emigration |
petrolhead
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| 3 +2 | the life of the professor |
allp
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| 3 | what befell the professor |
Caryl Swift
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| 3 | professor's experiences |
Beata Claridge
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Non-PRO (1): allp
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Proposed translations
Poland
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Native in: Polish
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professor's (later) life and career (after/following) emigration
and the post-emigration years
Sprawdź punkty w kilku biogramach, np.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Moro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Revie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clough
the life of the professor
what befell the professor
What Befell the Professor
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-08-21 16:03:02 GMT)
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Although you've added some context to your question, I'll stand by this answer as I think 'befall' captures something of the notion of 'fate' and is simply a high register way of saying "What happened":
be·fall (bi fôlĆ), v., -fell, -fall·en, -fall·ing.
–v.i.
1. to happen or occur.
2. Archaic. to come, as by right.
–v.t.
3. to happen to, esp. by chance or fate.
[bef. 900; ME befallen, OE befeallan. See BE-, FALL (v.)]
—Syn.1. bechance, ensue, betide, materialize, chance.
(from: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary )
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Note added at 34 mins (2008-08-21 16:04:29 GMT)
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You could, of course, also go for:
'What bechanced the professor'
which comes very close, I'd have thought, to the original, in that 'chance' and 'fate' are just about synonymous
Polish-English Certified Translator
Native in: Polish (Variants: Standard-Poland, Old Polish, Silesian (śląski)) 
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
professor's experiences
immigration experience and life in Scotland
czyli co sie profesorowi przytrafilo w owej Szkocji
Discussion
Po wpisaniu: fates losy w Google wyniki są dość obiecujące.
Profesor musiał udać się na emigrację i tam żył przez kilkanaście lat.