заочная полемика

English translation: an indirect polemical dispute through / a polemical dispute by proxy

22:35 Nov 4, 2008

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics

Russian term or phrase: заочная полемика

Две структуры вчера даже
вступили в заочную полемику на каналах информагентств

Iliya Gontmakher KudoZ activity Questions: 233 (4 open) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 19 United Kingdom
Local time: 15:33

English translation:an indirect polemical dispute through / a polemical dispute by proxy

Explanation:
"Yesterday two organizations [agencies] even got into an indirect polemical dispute [a polemical dispute by proxy] through various news services."

Selected response from:

Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 01:33

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

distance discussion

Tatiana Lammers

4 +2

an indirect polemical dispute through / a polemical dispute by proxy

Rachel Douglas

(the discussions) are becoming increasingly polemical

Ellen Kraus

preliminary polemics

Alexandra Taggart

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

заочную полемику distance discussion

Explanation:
A synchronous distance discussion procedure with reinforcement mechanism:

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1405465&jmp=cit&coll=G...

Tatiana Lammers
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

an indirect polemical dispute through / a polemical dispute by proxy

Explanation:
"Yesterday two organizations [agencies] even got into an indirect polemical dispute [a polemical dispute by proxy] through various news services."

Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 01:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 205

2 hrs confidence:

(the discussions) are becoming increasingly polemical

Explanation:
to judge by the following examples, the Russian term could just as well be translated by "все более открытая полемика"
Заочная полемика разгоревшаяся в последние два дня между Джоном Маккейном и Бараком Обамой по поводу войны в Ираке заставляет предположить.
www.rbcdaily.ru/2008/02/29/focus/325623 - 34k -
Заочная полемика между Обамой и Маккейном - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]YouTube - Заочная полемика между Обамой и Маккейном - [ ]Полемика приобретает все более острый характер

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 07:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

2 days 20 hrs confidence:

preliminary polemics

Explanation:
"preliminary polemics" - without having seen one another, before real confrontation, but expressing their views through media.

Example sentence(s):

two infrastructures started preliminary polemics on...

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 3

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