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Перевод "work item" в компьютерной терминологии
Какой перевод с Англ. термина work item наиболее интуитивен и наиболее популярен среди продвинутых в IT-технологиях Русскоязычных людей? Например среди программистов и других сотрудников IT-компаний.
Ближайшим переводом на мой (иностранный) взгляд…
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"свеч" and "свечей" - what is the correct version
I have been thinking about for a while, but didn't come to any conclusion.
What is the correct version for "свечи" (plural for "свеча") in the genitive?
"Как расстанешься, если каждый вечер, лишь только нальются нити лампы в 50 свечей, и в зелёной…
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How do you read fractions in Russian?
How do read aloud the fraction 2/3 in Russian ?
Do you say:
два на три ?, два над три ? два по три ?два под три ?
or something completely different?
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My example was not very good. I am actually interested in mathematical expressions like…
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Which form of past tense should be used when the gender of the speaker is unknown?
For instance, you heard a quote from a poem or a proverb, but you don't know who exactly said it.
Do you use
Кто сказал "я к розам хочу, в тот единственный сад / Где лучшая в мире стоит из оград"?
or
Кто сказалa "я к розам хочу, в тот единственный…
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How does a traditional family address one another?
In a traditional household, I'm curious.. In what sense do people talk to one another?
Does a father talk to his children using "вы"? или "ты"?
To the same respect, does a child refer to his parents as "вы", или "ты"?
I'm just curious because the…
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выражение "жить можно!"
Could someone please explain how the expression жить можно is used and in what contexts? I heard someone say it in a movie, coming out of a store after buying lots of cool gadgets.
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Onomatopoeia for "boing!"
I need a word or simple noun phrase that describes the sound made by a spring when it is suddenly released. Any help? The word will serve as a title for the sound below. The sound is more for social entertainment than technical considerations.
Here…
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How do I translate "firmware" to Russian? / Как перевести firmware на русский язык?
Как красиво перевести "firmware"?
software - программное обеспечение;
hardware - аппаратное обеспечение;
firmware - ??? обеспечение?
Достаточно ли литературен термин "прошивка"?
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Are there any Russian words, which changed the meaning through the intermediary language?
Are there any words which have started with one meaning, then got incorporated into another language while changing the meaning and then got reimported back with a different meaning?
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Why did Microsoft choose "Пуск" for the Windows start button?
The translation of the Windows Start button's name has always looked weird to me.
In Russian, Пуск is usually used as a launch command in the context of missile launching. It can be used to denote the launch of an arrow, missile or rocket it has the…
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what does this obscene word mean?
There were people singning the word ХУЙЛО in the streets, but what does it mean?
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Is there any difference between торопиться и спешить?
Can спешить replace торопиться in this sentence, for example:
“на вашем месте я не торопился бы критиковать все направо и налево…”
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Verb roots: -секать/сечь
I've been trying to master your verbs, especially verbs of motion and with prefixes (приставки). it's interesting to me how verbs with the same root but different приставки can have dramatically different meanings. Let's take -секать/сечь, which…
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What are synonyms for "срач"?
I need to translate the word "срач" to a different language. I am having a hard time trying to say it in different words in order to accurately explain the exact shade of the meaning. Could you please propose some synonyms for "срач" to help me…
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Why do "наддать" and "поддать" have the same meaning?
There are examples like наддать пару and поддать пару (not my favorite Russian words, but still they both exist).
They have the same meaning, at least that is what gramota.ru suggests: наддать, meaning 1 and поддать, meaning 3.
At the same time,…
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