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срабатывать

English translation: Not one argument or reason worked

09:29 May 19, 2003
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Russian term or phrase: срабатывать
Ни один аргумент и ни один рациональный довод не сработал. Does «work out” sound all right?
COuld you please suggest a translation of the whole sentence
Helena7
Georgia
Local time: 06:13
English translation:Not one argument or reason worked
Explanation:
That's how I'd do it.
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GaryG
Local time: 22:13
Grading comment
Thanks very much, Gary.
Good luck.
Helena
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Not one argument or reason worked
GaryG
5Either any arguments or sensible reasons did not work then.
Сергей Лузан
4см.ниже
rsl
4No any satisfactory argument has worked out
2rush
4Neither of the arguments or rational concepts had a positive outcome.
alla dunbar


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
см.ниже


Explanation:
All arguments and efficient reasons failed.

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Note added at 2003-05-19 09:48:59 (GMT)
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No deep reasoning succeded.
All arguments and rational reasons dropped short.
No arguments and rational reasons gained the point.

rsl
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Either any arguments or sensible reasons did not work then.


Explanation:
Good luck & best wishes, Helena7!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:13
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
No any satisfactory argument has worked out


Explanation:
HIH

2rush
Kazakhstan
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Neither of the arguments or rational concepts had a positive outcome.


Explanation:
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alla dunbar
Local time: 03:13
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 339
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Not one argument or reason worked


Explanation:
That's how I'd do it.

GaryG
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3430
Grading comment
Thanks very much, Gary.
Good luck.
Helena

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Koltsova: No argument, no reasoning (rationalization) worked... perhaps?
9 hrs

agree  Jack Doughty
11 hrs
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