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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

...случай является частным. Типичным является случай...

English translation:

...is a special case. Typically,...

Added to glossary by Nik-On/Off
Feb 19, 2006 20:02
18 yrs ago
Russian term

...случай является частным. Типичным является случай...

Russian to English Science Science (general) scientific writing
Рассмотренный выше случай совпадения направлений является частным. Типичным является случай несовпадения.

The above-mentioned case of coincident directions is particular. Could you help me to formulate the next sentence?

Discussion

Dorene Cornwell Feb 20, 2006:
Thanks
Nik-On/Off (asker) Feb 20, 2006:
Dorene These are the direction of wave propagation and the direction of wave polarization
Dorene Cornwell Feb 20, 2006:
"Directions" is nicely literal, but I am not ecstatic about it. Could you say a litt more about the exact topic in order to think about a more idiomatic term?
Natalie Feb 19, 2006:
А юникод теперь "вынуждается" программными методами
Nik-On/Off (asker) Feb 19, 2006:
Так я еще и в полном Интернете! :)
Kirill Semenov Feb 19, 2006:
Ага, старик, ты в полном Unicode-8. ;) Сайт ещё не успел толком перейти туда, мне кажется, а ты уже. Или это я отстал от сайта и прочей жизни?
Nik-On/Off (asker) Feb 19, 2006:
А шо я в Unicode?!
Kirill Semenov Feb 19, 2006:
Ты уже в Unicode? :)

Proposed translations

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...coincidence of directions is a special case. In the typical case, directions do not coincide.

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-02-19 20:09:47 GMT)
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OR: Typically, diretions do not coincide.

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Note added at 24 mins (2006-02-19 20:27:31 GMT)
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OR: However, lack of coincidence is the typical case.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kirill Semenov : vможет быть, an individual case
7 mins
agree Nataly Palamarets : Typically
18 mins
agree GaryG
45 mins
agree Alla Tatyants
1 hr
agree Michael Moskowitz : Так как надо
2 hrs
agree Oksana Sandler
4 hrs
agree koundelev : In general,.. Generally,..
4 hrs
Thanks, yes: "In the general case, ... "
agree Dorene Cornwell : directions? Orientations? tendencies? I think anther term might be a better fit.
8 hrs
agree Roman Bardachev : ...is a stand-alone case (just an option)
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I like the version with "typically." Thank you guys!"
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divergence of directions

The case of convergent directions discussed above is a partial case. The typical (general) one is the case of divergent directions.
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