Dec 5, 2012 21:35
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Russian term

Актуальность задачи и существующие проблемы.

Russian to English Science Science (general) scientific writing
Актуальность задачи и существующие проблемы.

This is the title of the introductory section in a scientific article.
Context:
Актуальность задачи [обеспечения эффективности работы генераторов электростанций] и существующие проблемы [на пути её решения].

Proposed translations

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Importance of a problem and challenges it presents

How pressing the problem is and what its challenges are
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Всем большое спасибо!"
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The urgency of the task and existing problems

HIV/AIDS - The Urgency of the task Ahead from the. Perspective of Trinidad and Tobago by. THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40654434?uid=3737952&u...

... reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
Peer comment(s):

agree LilianNekipelov : This translation is very good as well. I would change the task with something else.
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Difficulties in resolving current problems

Possibly: Urgent tasks and problems in resolving them or Current problems and difficulties in resolving them
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Douglas : With "current problems". Maybe: "Current Problems in Meeting an Urgent Challenge".
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Importance of research and existing problems (in the field of)

Мне кажется, главная сложность с этой "актуальностью" в том, что всё-таки имеется в виду не только и не столько то, что проблему нужно решать немедленно, сколько актуальность проведения исследования на данную тему. Поэтому, по сути, "актуальность" в контексте научной работы можно (до известной степени) приравнять к вкладу в исследование проблемы, к её (работы) важности в определённой области. Отсюда importance.
Peer comment(s):

agree Natalia Potashnik : or significance
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agree LilianNekipelov : Yes, I agree. I would not use in the field though, but rather with the research. I would also add "the" in front of the research.
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agree Natalia Volkova
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Motivation and problem statement

Very commonly used in scientific articles
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Relevance of Research and Current Challenges

Relevance of Research and Current Challenges
Peer comment(s):

agree Katerina O.
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Спасибо
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Topicality of the issue and real impediments

Topicality of the issue (efficiency provision for power plant generators) and real impediments (to its solution)
(не должно быть слишком хорошо;-)
Example sentence:

real ....impediments that frustrate the traditional regulatory system .... A key issue is the interaction of the current sources of energy (primarily fossil ...

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Relevance of the task and current issues

Relevance:
in information science and information retrieval, relevance denotes how well a retrieved document or set of documents meets the information need of the user.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relevance_(information_retrieva...

Issue:
an important question that is thought about and must be settled;
Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=issue


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Note added at 4 days (2012-12-10 01:38:27 GMT)
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Issue:
an important question that is thought about and must be settled or solved.

In scientific and research field, among current issues, only one or more tasks for scientists and reseachers that deriving from the current issues can be solved successfully by them if based on the relevance of tasks posed.
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