ежовые рукавицы

English translation: is now on a short leash

17:09 Mar 6, 2015

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)

Russian term or phrase: ежовые рукавицы

Может, и AmCham в Москве уже взяли в ежовые рукавицы, пытаясь отыграться за все сложности в отношениях с Соединенными Штатами?

From an article in a business magazine. Apart from not knowing the hedgehog sleeves expression, because AmCham is in English, I can't tell if it's the subject or object of the sentence.

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Local time: 19:54

English translation:is now on a short leash

Explanation:
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=3&&s=�� &l1=2&l2=1

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Note added at 8 mins (2015-03-06 17:17:41 GMT)
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they have tightened the screws on... (AmCham)

Selected response from:

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 20:54

Grading comment

Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +10

is now on a short leash

Mikhail Kropotov

3 +3

irom fist

Oleg Lozinskiy

3 +1

tightened the screws on AmCham

Angela Greenfield

play hardball

Amy Lesiewicz

has been tightly controlled/taken in iron hands

Nadezhda Golubeva

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

irom fist

Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/iron fist

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Note added at 5 мин (2015-03-06 17:14:49 GMT)
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Sorry, iroN fist

Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 251

7 mins confidence:

play hardball

Explanation:

Amy Lesiewicz
United States
Local time: 14:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 40

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

is now on a short leash

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 20:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 207

Grading comment

Thank you.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks. I used "tightened the screws".

20 mins confidence:

has been tightly controlled/taken in iron hands

Explanation:
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Nadezhda Golubeva
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:54
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

tightened the screws on AmCham

Explanation:
I would translate it this way.

Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 14:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 72

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