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English term or phrase:	will get you only so far
Russian translation:	& на одних разговорах далеко не уедешь
Entered by:	Victoria Kalinichenko

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14:11 Oct 11, 2011

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English term or phrase: will get you only so far

I am attempting to do some pre-sales work & talk will get you only so far!!

Victoria Kalinichenko KudoZ activity Questions: 87 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 26 Ukraine
Local time: 19:12

& на одних разговорах далеко не уедешь

Explanation:
It's always a good practice to offer a cliché for a cliché, should there be a suitable one, of course. And in this case I think there is.

Selected response from:

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 18:12

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Спасибо!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

разговоры - это только пол-дела / только разговоров совсем недостаточно

Mikhail Kropotov

4 +2

& на одних разговорах далеко не уедешь

Michael Korovkin

— это далеко не все / еще не все / только начало

rns

2 +1

И это можно осуществить лишь путем личной беседы

erika rubinstein

но (только) разговорами сыт не будешь

serge shpyrko

Answers

12 mins confidence:

— это далеко не все / еще не все / только начало

Explanation:

rns
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 20

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

И это можно осуществить лишь путем личной беседы

Explanation:
...

erika rubinstein
Local time: 18:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 89

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

разговоры - это только пол-дела / только разговоров совсем недостаточно

Explanation:
Варианты

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 288

1 hr confidence:

но (только) разговорами сыт не будешь

Explanation:
.

serge shpyrko
Local time: 19:12
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

& на одних разговорах далеко не уедешь

Explanation:
It's always a good practice to offer a cliché for a cliché, should there be a suitable one, of course. And in this case I think there is.

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 18:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 42

Grading comment

Спасибо!

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