reverse the process

Russian translation: повернуть процесс старения вспять

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English term or phrase:reverse the process
Russian translation:повернуть процесс старения вспять
Entered by: Russell Phillips

08:00 Jan 20, 2010
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
English term or phrase: reverse the process
Eg reverse the ageing process

Обратить процесс старения вспять

Is this a correct translation or is there a more idiomatic way of saying the same thing.
Russell Phillips
Local time: 10:13
повернуть процесс старения вспять
Explanation:
Your variant is OK. Just - повернуть - sounds better, IMHO.

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Note added at 5 mins (2010-01-20 08:06:03 GMT)
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"обратить процесс вспять" - About 18,500 results (0.54 seconds)
"повернуть процесс вспять" - About 93,200 results (0.22 seconds)

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Selected response from:

Oleksiy Markunin
Canada
Local time: 05:13
Grading comment
Спасибо. Отлично
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9повернуть процесс старения вспять
Oleksiy Markunin


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
повернуть процесс старения вспять


Explanation:
Your variant is OK. Just - повернуть - sounds better, IMHO.

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Note added at 5 mins (2010-01-20 08:06:03 GMT)
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"обратить процесс вспять" - About 18,500 results (0.54 seconds)
"повернуть процесс вспять" - About 93,200 results (0.22 seconds)

According to Google =)

Oleksiy Markunin
Canada
Local time: 05:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Спасибо. Отлично

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Li Lo
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Liza!

agree  Yuliya UA
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Yuliya!

agree  Pavel Venediktov: обратить старение
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Pavel! Ну если именно про старение, то - да. Но я так понял аскер скорее ищет идиоматическое выражение к англ - reverse the process - поэтому и привел статистику из Гугла.

agree  Nik-On/Off
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nik-On/Off!

agree  Yuri Smirnov
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Yuri!

agree  andress
1 hr
  -> Thanks, andress!

agree  Ol_Besh: обратить ... вспять
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ol_Besh!

agree  Oleksandr Myslivets: повернуть вспять or just обратить
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Oleksandr!

agree  Natalia Volkova: Я за "повернуть" вспять.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Natalia!
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