снижение содержания диоксида серы в 2,5 раза
English translation: sulphur dioxide content was reduced by a factor of 2.5
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| 10:39 Apr 22, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: David Knowles Local time: 13:11 | ||||
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peer agreement (net): +1| снижение содержания диоксида серы в 2,5 раза sulfur dioxide content reduced by 2.5 Explanation: imho |
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2,5-times decrease of sulfur dioxide content Explanation: ... |
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peer agreement (net): +4| снижение содержания диоксида серы в 2,5 раза Oh dear, this always causes trouble and argument! Explanation: This is rendered in English by "reduced by 60%", so that the new value 40% is 100/2.5! 1.4 times -> reduced by 29% (100 - 100/1.4) 1.5 times -> reduced by 33% 1.6 times -> reduced by 37.5% -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2004-04-22 10:56:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To expand my answer, \"pollution was reduced by 100%\" would mean that pollution was reduced to zero. Hence saying \"reduced by 2.5 (250%)\" makes no sense, because you can\'t reduce it to less than zero. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 54 mins (2004-04-22 11:33:26 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Jack\'s suggestion in his amended note is the best. \"reduced by a factor of x\" will render the Russian very well. |
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