Мы научились достигать его даже XX

English translation: We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number]

00:07 Oct 15, 2008

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing

Russian term or phrase: Мы научились достигать его даже XX

This is from correspondence regarding a railcar design. Both the person writing the message and the recipient obviously know what it refers to, but I'm in the dark. Here's all the context I have:

Непонятно. почему в неподвижном вагоне такой большой К – [number]? Мы научились достигать его даже
[smaller number]. Указывать К на стоянке меньше [number in between previous two numbers] некорректно.

James McVay KudoZ activity Questions: 245 (1 open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 514 United States
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English translation:We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number]

Explanation:
OR:
We've even learned how to attain values as low as ...

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-10-15 00:11:34 GMT)
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Your confusion is understandable - the Russian grammar in that sentence is far from exemplary :)

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-10-15 00:18:47 GMT)
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On second thought, 'as low as' probably takes care of 'даже', so 'even' is superfluous.

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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 11:16

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Thanks, Mikhail. That clarifies things for me.
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We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number]

Mikhail Kropotov

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We've even been able to attain values as low as [smaller number]

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

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Thanks, Mikhail. That clarifies things for me.

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