Aug 20, 2013 12:07
10 yrs ago
Russian term

У нас намечается

Russian to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Из письма:

Уважаемые _____,

У нас намечается большой проект государственного масштаба с участием нескольких крупных игроков, для сопровождения которого может потребоваться Ваша помощь.

Хотел написать "We are going to explore/we are considering..."

есть мнение носителя яз., что "намечаться" - это нечто более определенное, чем "We are going to explore..."

We are planning [to do what...]?

Proposed translations

+5
9 mins
Selected

contemplate / envisage

In thie context provided, both 'contemplate' and 'envisage'are quite appropriate.
Example sentence:

We are contemplating a large country-wide project...

Peer comment(s):

agree Tatsiana Ihnatsyeva
23 mins
agree Ravindra Godbole
35 mins
agree Oleg Lozinskiy
4 hrs
agree Tatyana Osyka : "contemplate" is better.
6 hrs
agree cyhul
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
5 mins

We plan

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Peer comment(s):

agree David Knowles : Yes, but I think the continuous tense is needed here, and to answer responder's query, it's "we are planning a large project"
54 mins
agree Yulia Savelieva : Agree with David
1 hr
agree Andrew Vdovin : we are planning
13 hrs
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+4
9 mins

We are expecting /we expect

или "we are on the verge of a (national-scale project...)"
Peer comment(s):

agree LilianNekipelov : Yes,I agree.
2 hrs
Thank you!
agree Maria Popova : Это не мой вариант:) Одноименцы, однофамильцы:))
3 hrs
Спасибо! Ваш вариант тоже хороший. / Вот это да :)
agree Alexander Somin
5 hrs
Спасибо!
agree Naveen Kar : You are right, as the company needs some sort of help from the addresee in the project which is "expected" by it
21 hrs
Thank you!
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32 mins

We are to

action planned before
Something went wrong...
3 hrs

We are foreseeing

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