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за неимением гербовой, пишем на простой

English translation: for lack of better means

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20:22 Nov 29, 2011

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / proverb

Russian term or phrase: за неимением гербовой, пишем на простой

consideration of the practical performability of engineering calculations («за неимением гербовой, пишем на простой»).

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English translation:for lack of better means

Explanation:
Нужен более подробный контекст...

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Local time: 23:52

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for want of the best, we take/produce a good one

rns

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for lack of better means

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peer agreement (net): +1

for lack of better means

Explanation:
Нужен более подробный контекст...

Roman M
United States
Local time: 23:52
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Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

10 hrs confidence:

for want of the best, we take/produce a good one

Explanation:
as in "If you cannot compute the best solution in reasonable time, compute at least a good one" — http://www.cse.chalmers.se/edu/course/TDA251/

The phrase explained — http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.aspx?tid=84399

rns
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Russian
PRO pts in category: 28

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