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Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing | | Russian term or phrase: Мы научились достигать его даже XX | This is from correspondence regarding a railcar design. Both the person writing the message and the recipient obviously know what it refers to, but I'm in the dark. Here's all the context I have:
Непонятно. почему в неподвижном вагоне такой большой К – [number]? Мы научились достигать его даже
[smaller number]. Указывать К на стоянке меньше [number in between previous two numbers] некорректно. |
|  James McVayKudoZ activityQuestions: 158 (none open) ( 6 closed without grading) Answers: 430
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| | English translation:We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number] | Explanation:
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We've even learned how to attain values as low as ...
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-10-15 00:11:34 GMT)
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Your confusion is understandable - the Russian grammar in that sentence is far from exemplary :)
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-10-15 00:18:47 GMT)
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On second thought, 'as low as' probably takes care of 'даже', so 'even' is superfluous. |
| Selected response from:
Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:20
| Grading comment Thanks, Mikhail. That clarifies things for me.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number]
Explanation:
OR:
We've even learned how to attain values as low as ...
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-10-15 00:11:34 GMT)
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Your confusion is understandable - the Russian grammar in that sentence is far from exemplary :)
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-10-15 00:18:47 GMT)
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On second thought, 'as low as' probably takes care of 'даже', so 'even' is superfluous.
| Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:20
Native speaker of:  Russian
PRO pts in category: 16
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| | Grading comment | Thanks, Mikhail. That clarifies things for me. |
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