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to be left in smb's wake

Russian translation: оставались/остались/остаются позади

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English term or phrase:to be left in smb\'s wake
Russian translation:оставались/остались/остаются позади
Entered by: vera12191

14:38 Jan 13, 2010
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Фразеология
English term or phrase: to be left in smb's wake
Large customers – that is to say, the key accounts of the manufacturers – have always had access to the latest technologies and so always grew, but the mid-sized companies were ***left in their wake*** so to speak, and the gap between these customer categories widened further.
vera12191
Germany
Local time: 23:45
оставались/остались/остаются позади
Explanation:
Вполне нейтрально.
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 23:45
Grading comment
Спасибо, Михаил!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4оставались/остались/остаются позади
Mikhail Kropotov
3 +2плелись следом
Igor Savenkov
4плелись в хвосте
Natalia Volkova
4находятся в тени
Eric Candle


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
плелись следом


Explanation:
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Igor Savenkov
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  erika rubinstein
12 mins
  -> Спасибо
agree  tschingite
36 mins
  -> Спасибо
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
оставались/остались/остаются позади


Explanation:
Вполне нейтрально.

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 74
Grading comment
Спасибо, Михаил!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angela Greenfield
2 mins
  -> Спасибо, Анжела
agree  gutbuster: остают типо, не поспевают за тяжеловесами
17 mins
  -> Да, элементарно "отстают". Можно остановиться на этом. Краткость - сестра таланта.
agree  Oleksandr Yastremskyi
24 mins
agree  Anna Fominykh
1 hr
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
плелись в хвосте


Explanation:
I think if an idiomatic expression was used in the source text, it is better to translate it using an idiom in the target language too.

Natalia Volkova
Russian Federation
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
находятся в тени


Explanation:
...больших компаний

Eric Candle
Local time: 17:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
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