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Переговорщиков словно подменили

English translation: the negotiators changed their tune

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Russian term or phrase:	Переговорщиков словно подменили
English translation:	the negotiators changed their tune

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Russian term or phrase: Переговорщиков словно подменили

Партнёров по переговорам теперь как будто подменили. В отличие от предыдущих раундов, их делегация занимала открытую и конструктивную позицию.

Alexander Kupriyanchuk KudoZ activity Questions: 120 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 337 Ukraine
Local time: 14:59

the negotiators changed their tune

Explanation:
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change your tune
to change your opinion completely, especially because you know it will bring you an advantage He was against the idea to start with, but he soon changed his tune when I told him how much money he'd get out of it.
See also: change, tune
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission

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LanaUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:59

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4 +5

the negotiators changed their tune

LanaUK

Now, it's as if the negotiating partners were not themselves

Eleanore

4 +1

It's as though the negotiators had been switched.

Susan Welsh

All of a sudden, it seemed as though the negotiators were no longer the same people.

Piotrnikitin

It was as if our negotiation partners had undergone a (sudden) change; or: see below

Ellen Kraus

I wonder if they were the same negotiation partners talking

Dmitry Murzakov

The negotiators became different people.

Sam Pinson

The negotiators were not like themselves

Andrew Vdovin

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

17 mins confidence:

I wonder if they were the same negotiation partners talking

Explanation:
Правда, потом Чейни отправился в Казахстан - и тут его словно подменили.
http://www.inosmi.ru/world/20060510/227317.html

Then Cheney went to Kazakhstan, and you wondered if it was the same guy talking.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05...

Мой второй вариант на основе первого - I wonder if they were the same negotiation partners I was talking to.

Dmitry Murzakov
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:59
Native speaker of: Russian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Dmitry! A good answer. A bit wordy for the title, though...

51 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

the negotiators changed their tune

LanaUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

It's as though the negotiators had been switched.

Explanation:
Similar in meaning to Dmitriy's answer, but simpler and it doesn't add as much extraneous material to the original.

Or instead of "switched," you could say "replaced." "Switch" evokes the idiom "bait and switch," so it is nastier.

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 07:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

1 hr confidence:

It was as if our negotiation partners had undergone a (sudden) change; or: see below

Explanation:
or: as if the mentality / attitude of (our) negotiation partners had undergone ........

Ellen Kraus
Local time: 13:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

The negotiators became different people.

Explanation:
...

Sam Pinson
Local time: 04:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

2 hrs confidence:

The negotiators were not like themselves

Explanation:
The negotiators were not like themselves (or so it seemed)...
It seemed as if the negotiators were not like themselves...

Because last night, they were not like themselves at all. I mean, they smiled! That is not normal for them. But just because they weren't ...
gryffindor-weasley.tumblr.com/post/6261748917

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

2 days23 hrs confidence:

All of a sudden, it seemed as though the negotiators were no longer the same people.

Explanation:
An option

Piotrnikitin
Local time: 12:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

3 days1 hr confidence:

Now, it's as if the negotiating partners were not themselves

Explanation:
Вам нужен правильный и самый подходящий идиом, дословно перевести эту фразу нельзя

Eleanore
Australia
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English

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