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Nov 29, 2011 20:22
12 yrs ago
Russian term

за неимением гербовой, пишем на простой

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature proverb
consideration of the practical performability of engineering calculations («за неимением гербовой, пишем на простой»).
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 for lack of better means
4 for want of the best, we take/produce a good one

Discussion

The Misha Nov 30, 2011:
Wouldn't you say this is exactly what "Za neimeniyem gerbovoy bumagi" means?
LanaUK Nov 29, 2011:
Не совсем уверена насчёт лимонада, так как идиома означает что-то типа "за неимением лучшего можно воспользоваться простым средством" = make do with what you've got, imho.
The Misha Nov 29, 2011:
The problem seems to be with the original phrase itself, which has apparently been thrown together by a non-native (no native engineer would call it performability). The meaning of the Russian idiom - which, IMHO, is very close to American "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" - does not support the actual statement.
LanaUK Nov 29, 2011:
А контекст?

Proposed translations

+1
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for lack of better means

Нужен более подробный контекст...
Peer comment(s):
agree cyhul
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10 hrs

for want of the best, we take/produce a good one

as in "If you cannot compute the best solution in reasonable time, compute at least a good one" — http://www.cse.chalmers.se/edu/course/TDA251/

The phrase explained — http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.aspx?tid=84399
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