near miss

Russian translation: опасная ситуация

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English term or phrase:	near miss
Russian translation:	опасная ситуация
Entered by:	ganaa444

15:13 Jun 23, 2006

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English term or phrase: near miss

context:
3. Is the staff member familiar with the procedures for first aid and reporting accidents, incident and near misses?
Every staff member must know what to do if first aid assistance is needed, where the accident book is kept, and the procedure for reporting an accident, incident or near miss.

Please explain what is implied by "near miss".
Thank you in advance

ganaa444 KudoZ activity Questions: 69 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 198 Mongolia
Local time: 01:34

опасная ситуация

Explanation:
Почти, еще немного и..., "пролететь в миллиметре"

Буквально же - промах, в данном случае с положительным оттенком - когда летишь на бетон, а приземляешься в мусорном ящике.

Selected response from:

Irene N
United States
Local time: 12:34

Grading comment

Spasibo za pomosh
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

опасная ситуация

Irene N

5 +2

аварийная ситуация

Larissa Dinsley

3 +3

несчастные случаи, которые (едва) удалось избежать

Andrey Belousov (X)

3 +2

критическая ситуация

transls1

ситуации, когда "пронесло"

Vitaly Kisin

из словаря (интересно)

Vladimir Dubisskiy

угроза жизнедеятельности

Natalia Gagarina

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

опасная ситуация

Irene N
United States
Local time: 12:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Spasibo za pomosh

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

несчастные случаи, которые (едва) удалось избежать

Explanation:
но которые могли произойти

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 68

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

критическая ситуация

Explanation:

transls1
Local time: 20:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

20 mins confidence:

из словаря (интересно)

Explanation:
Определение из словаря - легко найти используя гугл.

http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/nearmiss.asp

‘Near Miss’
Almost a Hit
BY EVAN JENKINS

Jim Benes of WBBM Newsradio 78, Chicago's all-news station, emailed recently to report a running battle — certain morning-drive staff members vs. evening-drive, as it happened — over the phrase "near miss." The morning people, he said, thought the term could be confusing: "After all, if you nearly miss something, don't you hit it?" At first blush, "near miss" does seem to be a contradiction in terms, even though it's deeply ingrained in the language. But Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1994), tracing the phrase to World War II, notes its ubiquity and concludes that "despite its apparent lack of logic, it is not an error." Fowler's Modern English Usage defines a near miss simply as "a miss that was nearly a hit." (That's from the 1968 edition; the 1996 Fowler's omits the phrase, which suggests that it's no longer deemed worthy of discussion.) As an alternative, "near-collision" is unambiguous and unchallengeable. But WBBM's evening-drive cadre is also on target, as it were, with near miss.

Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
Local time: 12:34
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 20

30 mins confidence:

угроза жизнедеятельности

Explanation:
almost as close shave, narrow escape

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Note added at 33 mins (2006-06-23 15:46:36 GMT)
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Also might be "проблемная ситуация"

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Note added at 34 mins (2006-06-23 15:47:11 GMT)
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Whatever suits the context the most ;-)

Natalia Gagarina
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Russian

38 mins confidence:

ситуации, когда "пронесло"

Explanation:
по-моему, это и есть near miss or even near hit

Vitaly Kisin
Local time: 18:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 15

59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

аварийная ситуация

Explanation:
Я обычно перевожу это выражение как "аварийная ситуация".

Larissa Dinsley
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:34
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 40

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