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национальный год

English translation: year(s) promoting one another's cultures and bilateral relations


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Russian term or phrase:национальный год
English translation:year(s) promoting one another's cultures and bilateral relations
Entered by: Susan Welsh
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15:07 Jan 18, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Russian term or phrase: национальный год
В практическом плане межгосударственное взаимодействие возможно осуществлять в виде крупномасштабных акций, а также отдельных мероприятий. В этом контексте положительно зарекомендовала себя практика обмена *национальными годами*, способствующая развитию отношений между странами через культурное сотрудничество.

Смысл понятен. Существует в английском аналог или придется расписывать?
Iliya Gontmakher
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:25
year(s) promoting one another's cultures and bilateral relations
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There is no English phrase for this, so you do have to rewrite it.
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Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 21:25
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4 +4year(s) promoting one another's cultures and bilateral relations
Susan Welsh
3 +2national culture years exchange (c) Kremlin press service
Rachel Douglas


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
year(s) promoting one another's cultures and bilateral relations


Explanation:
There is no English phrase for this, so you do have to rewrite it.

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 21:25
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rinnel
1 min
  -> Thanks, Jekaterina

agree  Dmitry Kornyukhov
8 mins
  -> Thank you, welovedoka

agree  MariyaN
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Mariya

agree  cyhul
11 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
national culture years exchange (c) Kremlin press service


Explanation:
I agree with Susan, but FYI the Kremlin translators found this way to finesse it, which is not too bad if you really want to condense it into a phrase:

In his message of congratulations to President of France Nicholas Sarkozy, Mr Medvedev stressed that trusting and sincere personal contacts “enabled us to resolve important tasks on the international and bilateral agendas” and that “the upcoming ***national culture years exchange project*** will open up new horizons for cooperation, help to strengthen the Russian-French strategic partnership, and bring our peoples closer together in the interests of stability and security in Europe as a whole.”
http://archive.kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2009/12/223624.shtml

Rachel Douglas
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Local time: 21:25
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PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Hehir: Bravo. This works much better.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Judi.

agree  LanaUK
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lana.
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Jan 24, 2011 - Changes made by Susan Welsh:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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