Aug 26, 2014 18:32
9 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
на полкорпуса вперед
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
water supply
Context "Максимальная скорость преобразований – «на полкорпуса вперед»;
It is talking about the speed of transformation processes in society, business.
A native Russian speaker told me that this basically means 50% faster than your current speed. Is this correct?
Thank you.
It is talking about the speed of transformation processes in society, business.
A native Russian speaker told me that this basically means 50% faster than your current speed. Is this correct?
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | half length advantage (racing term) |
AKhram
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| 4 | always half length ahead |
Evgeny Artemov (X)
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Proposed translations
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half length advantage (racing term)
So it's a qualitative assessment - the device is sufficiently (but not too much) better than the competing ones
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50 mins
always half length ahead
The whole sentence sounds odd if not illiterate and with pretense. Rework it to keep the idiom: "Transformations (or however you translate this) must always stay/be half length ahead."
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