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«занимаются лоббизмом или кормлением»

English translation: are involved in lobbying and cronyism


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06:15 Jul 23, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Russian term or phrase: «занимаются лоббизмом или кормлением»
О создании института независимых директоров президент впервые заявил летом 2008 года, предложив ими заменить госслужащих. Государственную позицию может озвучить один председатель совета директоров, тогда как остальные чиновники в советах «занимаются лоббизмом или кормлением», объяснял тогда президент
Maria Rakovskaya
Local time: 15:59
English translation:are involved in lobbying and cronyism
Explanation:
Make lobbying and cronyism a felony. Bring Government back to the people http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDgQFjAC...

Corporate Lobbying and Cronyism. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDEQFjAB...

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alternatives for "involved": "are engaged in lobbying and cronyism", "are only concerned about lobbying and cronyism", "immerse themselves in lobbying and cronyism", "are all about lobbying and cronyism", etc.

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Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 07:59
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5 +4are involved in lobbying and cronyism
Angela Greenfield
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Some definitionsAndrei B

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are involved in lobbying and cronyism


Explanation:
Make lobbying and cronyism a felony. Bring Government back to the people http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDgQFjAC...

Corporate Lobbying and Cronyism. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDEQFjAB...

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Note added at 10 mins (2011-07-23 06:26:00 GMT)
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alternatives for "involved": "are engaged in lobbying and cronyism", "are only concerned about lobbying and cronyism", "immerse themselves in lobbying and cronyism", "are all about lobbying and cronyism", etc.

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Note added at 5 days (2011-07-28 06:25:41 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 07:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
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agree  Ella Mikhailova
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  cyhul
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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: Some definitions

Reference information:
1. "кормление = система содержания должностных лиц, осуществлявших судебно-административные функции, за счет пошлин, взимаемых с подведомственного им местного населения" (на Руси XIV-XVI вв.)
Толковый словарь русского языка под редакцией Т. Ф. Ефремовой
http://www.slovopedia.com/15/202/1522545.html
Аналогичные определения - в Большом Энциклопедическои словаре
http://www.slovopedia.com/2/202/234483.html
а также в толковых словарях
Ушакова
http://www.slovopedia.com/3/202/794804.html
и Брокгауза и Ефрона
http://www.slovopedia.com/10/202/978953.html

2. Это слово в транслитерации (kormlenie) фигурирует в публикациях западных специалистов по истории России, где в скобках дается буквальный перевод (feeding). Заглянув в них, можно увидеть, что никто не предлагает заменить kormlenie на английский эквивалент - очевидно, ввиду отсутствия англ. слова, точно передающего смысл
см. напр.
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/257
а также
Gale Encyclopedia of Russian History
http://www.answers.com/topic/kormlenie

3. "cronyism = the practice of appointing friends to high-level, esp political, posts regardless of their suitability"
Collins English Dictionary (2003)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cronyism
Примерно то же - в любом англ. словаре, где есть толкование слова "cronyism"

Andrei B
Russian Federation
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 7
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