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ближнее/дальнее зарубежье

English translation: near/far-abroad countries

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Russian term or phrase:ближнее/дальнее зарубежье
English translation:near/far-abroad countries
Entered by: Pavel Kozlov

19:43 Apr 27, 2004
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: ближнее/дальнее зарубежье
экспортные поставки газа
Pavel Kozlov
Local time: 05:58
near/far-abroad countries
Explanation:
Good luck!
Selected response from:

Zhanna Rohalska
United States
Local time: 18:58
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8near/far-abroad countries
Zhanna Rohalska
3 +7FSU Republics/Countries outside of FSU
Talyb Samedov
5supply to foreign countries both near and far
AlxGr8
3 +1abroad / overseas
Sofiya Skachko


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
near/far-abroad countries


Explanation:
Good luck!

Zhanna Rohalska
United States
Local time: 18:58
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in pair: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jirina Nevosadova
28 mins
agree  GaryG: I've seen it simply as "The Near Abroad" and "The Far Abroad"
1 hr
agree  nrabate
2 hrs
agree  shlepakoff: with GaryG
4 hrs
agree  Roy Cochrun: Official U.S. translations are as GaryG states
4 hrs
agree  Inna Collier (X)
8 hrs
agree  Kirill Semenov: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/251562; also http://www.proz.com/kudoz/389770
9 hrs
neutral  Levan Namoradze: "звучит", по моему, так не очень...
10 hrs
agree  Yakov Tomara: Для ближнего еще говорят Ex-USSR republics/territories
11 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
ближнее/дальнее зарубежье
FSU Republics/Countries outside of FSU


Explanation:
FSU = Former Soviet Union весьма широко используется на западе.

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Note added at 47 mins (2004-04-27 20:30:23 GMT)
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Лучше, наверно, countries outside FSU
А еще можно countries inside/oustide FSU
см. ссылку:
... Crude Oil. 2.90. 3.32. 3.78. 4.49. 5.2-5.3. Outside FSU. 2.48. 2.72. 3.01. 3.64.
4.3-4.5. Inside FSU. ... 0.03. 0.04. 0.06. 0.07. 0.1. Outside FSU. 0.03. 0.04. 0.06. 0.06.
0.1. Inside FSU. ...

www.mees.com/postedarticles/oped/a47n04d01.htm -


Talyb Samedov
Canada
Local time: 16:58
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in pair: 190

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egor Kunovsky
45 mins
agree  protolmach
1 hr
agree  shlepakoff
3 hrs
agree  Levan Namoradze
9 hrs
agree  Yakov Tomara
11 hrs
agree  Yelena.
23 hrs
agree  arinka: sounds right, since "Near Abroad" is a term that is no longer "comme-il-faut"
2 days 23 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
abroad / overseas


Explanation:
I am not exactly sure, if in English we can have such an opposition as in Russian. But Longman dictionary gives the following definition for 'overseas': from or connected with a foreign country, especially one that is a long way away


Sofiya Skachko
Denmark
Native speaker of: Ukrainian
PRO pts in pair: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
Pavel Kozlov: Thanks
19 mins
agree  Vladislav Chirkov: the most acceptable variant
15 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
supply to foreign countries both near and far


Explanation:
a bit longer, but delivers the meaning better

AlxGr8
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