Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

2-4 миллиона S

English translation:

2-4 millions of $

Added to glossary by Taras Krasnov
Jun 23, 2010 13:51
13 yrs ago
Russian term

S as in parenthetical (2-4 миллиона S)

Russian to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Context: the expenses attached to licensing requirements. This parenthetical comes after a list of practicalities involved in professional development, as follows:

Лицензионные требования, кстати, - большие здания, штатный педагогический персонал из профессоров, большие библиотеки, 10 метров квадратных учебных площадей на 1 слушателя - то есть создавайте целый учебный институт (2-4 миллиона S) что непосильно бизнес-ассоциациям.

Dollars?!?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Dollars
Change log

Jun 24, 2010 18:50: Taras Krasnov Created KOG entry

Jun 24, 2010 18:51: Taras Krasnov changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1215244">Taras Krasnov's</a> old entry - "2-4 миллиона S"" to ""2-4 million $""

Discussion

Taras Krasnov Jun 23, 2010:
Sorry, that was meters :)
Angela Greenfield Jun 23, 2010:
Not kilometers! Meters! :-) I just thought that since they mentioned 10 m2 in the first part of the sentence that the S may stand for "area". But, you may be right, dollars may be what they meant.
Taras Krasnov Jun 23, 2010:
I also thought about an area but according to this references Institute area of 2-4 millions of sq. m - is extremely large area:
http://www.belarus-china.metolit.by/ru/dir/item.php/157
http://www.vstu.ru/affiliates/vpi/index.shtml
http://www.kisokursk.ru/
Taras Krasnov Jun 23, 2010:
Too large, I think...
Angela Greenfield Jun 23, 2010:
математическое понятие "площадь"? It may be a mathematical symbol for "area".

Proposed translations

+2
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Dollars

ИМХО, тут речь о 2-4 млн. $

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Note added at 16 мин (2010-06-23 14:08:32 GMT)
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Наверное, все перечисленное как раз и будет столько стоить. Тем более, что речь идет о том, как это лицензирование все-таки дорого стоит.
Note from asker:
Thank you, toreadotarek.
Peer comment(s):

agree rns : such errors do exist, prooflink — http://goo.gl/5u7w
22 mins
Thank you, rns
agree Igor Blinov
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