Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
попадать (в баскетбольное кольцо)
English translation:
to hit the basket
Added to glossary by
Vladimir Pochinov
Mar 25, 2003 12:49
21 yrs ago
Russian term
Попадать (в баскетбольное кольцо)
Russian to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
basketball
Баскетбольное кольцо в 100 раз меньше футбольных ворот. Но попадаем мы в него в 50 раз чаще.
У меня: "A basketball ring is 100 times smaller than football gates. But we manage to hit it 50 times more often"
У меня: "A basketball ring is 100 times smaller than football gates. But we manage to hit it 50 times more often"
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Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Certified English-Russian Translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian
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to hit the basket
Реже используется "to hit the hoop"
A basketball hoop is 100 times smaller than football goal, yet we manage to hit the basket 50 times more often.
A basketball hoop is 100 times smaller than football goal, yet we manage to hit the basket 50 times more often.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Большое спасибо. :-) "
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"hoop", not "ring"; "score", not "hit", "goal" not "gates"
Those are my changes
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JoeYeckley (X)
: to describe the object, you would say "the basketball hoop is smaller than the soccer goal. But when talking about putting the ball in, you'd say "make a basket, "put it in the basket," etc.
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Maria Knorr
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Libero_Lang_Lab
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Sergei Vasin
Ukraine
Ukraine
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Ukraine
27 years in IT, Telecom and Marketing
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English
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to shoot a basket
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Note added at 2003-03-25 13:26:09 (GMT)
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Извините за кодировку в комментарии внизу. Вот что там написано:
to shoot - (спорт.) с силой посылать (мяч); делать сильные удары (по мячу)ж
to shoot at the goal — а) бить по воротам (футбол, хоккей); б) делать броски мячом (в корзину — баскетбол);
to shoot a goal — забить гол
he shot a basket — он попал в корзину (баскетбол)
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Note added at 2003-03-25 13:26:09 (GMT)
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Извините за кодировку в комментарии внизу. Вот что там написано:
to shoot - (спорт.) с силой посылать (мяч); делать сильные удары (по мячу)ж
to shoot at the goal — а) бить по воротам (футбол, хоккей); б) делать броски мячом (в корзину — баскетбол);
to shoot a goal — забить гол
he shot a basket — он попал в корзину (баскетбол)
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GaryG
: It's about the result, not the act of shooting
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"to shoot" - (спорт.) с силой посылать (мяч); делать сильные удары (по мячу); e.g. to shoot at the goal — а) бить по воротам (футбол, хоккей); б) делать броски мячо
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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Works in field
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian 
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
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6
but we manage to throw a ball into it
Hornby. Good luck, Oyra!
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Maria Knorr
: not in basketball terms
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Hornby
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: no - this is not b-ball terminology!!!
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
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Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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59
...only 100th the size...
Maybe I'm being pedantic and out of date, but to me "100 times smaller than" is not good English (not good UK English anyway). "50 times more often" is a form that I have to admit is creeping in these days but I still never use it myself. As for the actual basketball terms, I'll go along with what those more knowledgeable then myself suggest.
So I would say "A basketball hoop is only 100th the size of a soccer goal, but we manage to score 50 times as often."
(Soccer for a US client, to whom football means American football; football for UK English).
So I would say "A basketball hoop is only 100th the size of a soccer goal, but we manage to score 50 times as often."
(Soccer for a US client, to whom football means American football; football for UK English).
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Burravoe Ltd
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JoeYeckley (X)
: but wouldn't it be even better if you put that in Latin? :-)
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Peccavi. Errare humanum est.
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Maria Knorr
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Сергей Лузан
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