Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
добиться снижения в три раза
English translation:
to reduce by two-thirds
Added to glossary by
Mark Berelekhis
Jul 2, 2009 23:12
14 yrs ago
Russian term
добиться снижения в три раза
Russian to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Ставится задача - добиться снижения заболеваемости гепатитом В - в три раза, краснухой - в десять раз, уменьшения числа заразившихся ВИЧ-инфекцией, снижения на треть частоты обострений (осложнений) хронических заболеваний и временной утраты трудоспособности.
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jul 6, 2009 13:21: Mark Berelekhis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+3
5 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
22
Selected
to reduce the number of Hepatitis B cases by three
Keep it simple.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Спасибо большое!"
-1
27 mins
Rositsa Georgieva
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Works in field
Bulgaria
respect to language
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, Russian to English, and 3 more.
to reduce the occurence of Hepatitis B three times
occurence- заболеваемость
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Rachel Douglas
: I think this is exactly the formulation that needs to be avoided in English. "Three-fold", "by a factor of three", by not "three times". And Gary's "by two-thirds" is much better, especially for such a simple fraction.
52 mins
|
+2
31 mins
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
:
20
to reduce the incidence of hepatitis B by x percent
We generally speak of such things in terms of incidence and percentage. The question is...by what percent in this case?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rachel Douglas
: By 66.666666666666666666666 etc. percent. But, "by two-thirds" is neater, and I think Gary should post it as an answer (he put it as a comment on Mark's), so we can vote for it. / I know, I always need a calculator for these! Reduce "10 times" is by
50 mins
|
|
Thanks, Rachel. I got confused when I looked at the next reduction (10 x).
|
|
| agree |
Nik-On/Off
10 hrs
|
|
Thank you.
|
Something went wrong...