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English translation: just enough to

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Russian term or phrase:	ровно столько, сколько
English translation:	just enough to
Entered by:	Yelena McCafferty

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18:04 Jan 13, 2004

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

Russian term or phrase: ровно столько, сколько

Чтобы не испортить фигуру, Майкл и Джулия ели ровно столько, сколько требовалось для удовлетворения разумного голода.

Roman

just enough to

Explanation:
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Yelena McCafferty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:09

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Summary of answers provided

5 +8

just enough to

Yelena McCafferty

5 +1

just as much as was needed

Yuri Smirnov

just to suppress reasonably their hunger

ttagir

just sufficient

Сергей Лузан

no more than necessary to

Eugene V

they ate just as much as to satisfy reasonable hunger

Igor Zabuta

5 -2

so much food so as not to feel hungry

Alexander Onishko

3 -1

They ate just enough for not starving

Ann Nosova

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ровно столько, сколько just as much as was needed

Explanation:
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Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 12:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 124

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

just enough to

Explanation:
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Yelena McCafferty
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of:

Russian

Grading comment

Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

8 mins confidence:

ровно столько, сколько no more than necessary to

Explanation:

Eugene V
Native speaker of:

Russian

9 mins confidence:

just to suppress reasonably their hunger

Explanation:
English in some places could be much shorter than other languuages
:)
Yours
T.

ttagir
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Tatar

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

They ate just enough for not starving

Explanation:
Дословно мой вариант- они ели ровно столько,сколько нужно,чтобы не умиреть от голода (можно- чтобы не погибнуть голодной смертью).Мне трудно объяснить,почему я выбрала именно его,честно говоря- я помню содержание и у меня было впечатление, что они себя действительно держали в "узде"-за исключением некоторых моментов. Но это уже детали.

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Note added at 2004-01-14 18:16:18 (GMT)
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To Admiral: enough -agree,but as for starve:1.-to perish from lack of food;2.to kill with hunger(note-perish-Brit.-to cause to die)-from Merriam Webster\'s Collegiate Dictionary,10 ed.,editor in chief Fr.C.Mish,1997,USA
А вот наши словарь:1голодать, жить впроголодь; умирать от голода;2.морить голодом,истощать;3. to starve to death - заморить до смерти.Англо-русский словарь,М.1962.
Все претензии к авторам словарей. А то, что я выбрала этот вариант перевода-согласитесь, дело вкуса.

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Note added at 2004-01-14 19:48:56 (GMT)
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To Dorine - do you know how many people died from anorexia? And for them, it was reasonable hunger, because it wasn\'t their goal - to die, they just wanted to be skinny.But these characters(M.& J.) weren\'t anorexics, although they were really obsessed with their looks for some reason. M.- because he was very handsome but not gifted, and he knew it, so his appearence was very important to him;J. - wanted to stay young forever(she was about 40).

Ann Nosova
United States
Local time: 02:09
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

14 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

so much food so as not to feel hungry

Explanation:
In order not to put on weight Michael and Julia were eating exactly so much food so as not to feel hungry.

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комментарии -

1) were eating - подразумевается какой-то ограниченный период времени в прошлом поэтому нужно употребить past cont. tense

2) so much food - конечно же после so much (или as much) нужно поставить существительное

3) not to feel hungry - мне кажется это даже лучше чем "удовлетворения разумного голода"

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Note added at 2004-01-14 09:07:08 (GMT)
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I am sorry ! - второе so не нужно

правильно - so much food as not to feel hungry

или - as much food as not to feel hungry

Итого:

In order not to put on weight Michael and Julia were eating exactly so much (ИЛИ as much) food as not to feel hungry.

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Note added at 2004-01-14 09:21:43 (GMT)
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Ув. Yelena. вы ошибаетесь - so much as - это \"столько сколько\", а не \"так много как\"

Alexander Onishko
Ukraine
Local time: 11:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 63

1 day17 hrs confidence:

just sufficient

Explanation:
кажется вполне возможным в данном контексте, если исходить из принципа разумной достаточности. Удачи, Roman!
Re.: 4. Russian-English Dictionary over 160 000 words & expressions, 1997, ISBN 5-200-02419, Russian-English Dictionary, 34 000 words approx., Arakin, Soviet Encyclopedia Publ. House, Moscow
5. The Random House Dictionary, ISBN 0-394-51200-6.
8. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English by A. S. Hornby ISBN 0 19 431101 5.

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 37

4 days confidence:

they ate just as much as to satisfy reasonable hunger

Explanation:
В дополнение к вариантам выше.

Igor Zabuta
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

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