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важный шаг в жизни города

Russian translation: an important milestone

20:23 Feb 21, 2006
English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: важный шаг в жизни города
Мурманск – один из самых молодых крупных городов России, и каждое десятилетие для нас является важным шагом в жизни города.
Murmansk is one of the youngest and largest cities in Russia. In this context, every decade serves a major contribution to the development of the city.
Roman Bouchev
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:02
Russian translation:an important milestone
Explanation:
I think it's a bit more appropriate to use "milestone" here
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YelenaM
Local time: 07:02
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7an important milestone
YelenaM
4 +2important step in this city's life
Mrs Shell
4 +1every decade brings up important developments in the citie's life
Sergei Nikolenko
4an important step forward
sergey (X)


Discussion entries: 3





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
важнС?Р№ С?аг РІ жиР?РЅРё РіРѕСЂРѕР?Р°
an important step forward


Explanation:
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sergey (X)
Local time: 12:02
PRO pts in category: 8
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
important step in this city's life


Explanation:
Personally, I would prefer to stay closer to the original:

"Murmansk is the youngest among largest cities in Russia. In this context, every decade is an important step in this city's life."

Mrs Shell
United States
Local time: 07:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin Kelly: Your translation of the first part is farther from the original. It should read: Murmansk is among the youngest of Russia's large (major) cities, and every decade is an important step in the city's life.
12 hrs
agree  Erzsébet Czopyk
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
an important milestone


Explanation:
I think it's a bit more appropriate to use "milestone" here

YelenaM
Local time: 07:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Moskowitz
0 min
  -> thank you
agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy: just "milestone" without "important" as all milestones tend to be important :-))
1 hr
  -> thank you; но уж очень часть фраза "important milestone" используется в СМИ здесь в Штатах
agree  Alexandra Tussing
6 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Vanda Nissen
14 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Сергей Лузан: Да, подразумевается именно "знаковый характер" или "веха" :)
16 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Natalie Lyssova: я за 'milestone', без 'important'
17 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  nrusa
18 hrs
  -> thank you
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
every decade brings up important developments in the citie's life


Explanation:
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-02-21 21:13:54 GMT)
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It seems to me that decade by itself cannot be either milestone or a step, as it comes even without any positive development. But the meaning here is tha every decade brings up new positive changes.

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Note added at 51 mins (2006-02-21 21:15:02 GMT)
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It seems to me that decade by itself cannot be either milestone or a step, as it comes even without any positive development. But the meaning here is tha every decade brings up new positive changes.

Sergei Nikolenko
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  YelenaM: а что, совсем не плохо! but I would change it to "Every decade is of crucial importance in its [city of Murmansk] history"
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