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а чаще

English translation: more often

14:37 May 5, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / scientific writing
Russian term or phrase: а чаще
Модули упругости фазовых составляющих различаются, как правило, не более чем на порядок, а чаще — в 2–5 раз.
Nik-On/Off
Ukraine
Local time: 07:19
English translation:more often
Explanation:
The moduli of elasticity of the phase components differ as a rule by no more than one order of magnitude [i.e. a factor of 10], more often by [no more than] a factor of 2-5.
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billbown
United States
Local time: 23:19
Grading comment
Thank you all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6more often
billbown
4 +3and most frequently
Rachel Douglas
4 +2or, more commonly,
dennis_bg
3but rather
Callum Walker


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
but rather


Explanation:
I.e. "they are not X, but rather Y".

Callum Walker
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James Loughran: Looks good
10 mins
disagree  Kiwiland Bear: I don't agree there is any opposing X and Y here which is implicit in "rather". Your own example says it's not X. Original however says it is X. The Y option is a stronger, more restricted subset of X.
6 hrs
  -> I think I must agree, looking at it again... I must have misread it!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
and most frequently


Explanation:
"... differ by no more than one order of magnitude, and most frequently by a factor in the range of 2 to 5."

How's that for expanding the word count?


Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 00:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 132

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Guernsey: Or "most often".
1 min
  -> Thanks, Jennifer.
agree  kapura
46 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  svetlana cosquéric
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Svetlana.
neutral  Kiwiland Bear: I think it's "more" not "most" often/frequently. Otherwise, how would you translate "чаще всего"?
6 hrs
  -> OK, but I think Dmitri can probably tell, based on the fuller context, precisely whether "more" or "most" is in order. Looks to me like it's literally "most" but conceptually "more."
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
more often


Explanation:
The moduli of elasticity of the phase components differ as a rule by no more than one order of magnitude [i.e. a factor of 10], more often by [no more than] a factor of 2-5.

billbown
United States
Local time: 23:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ravindra Godbole
18 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  kapura
31 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  interprivate
4 hrs
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agree  Kiwiland Bear
6 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Denis Shepelev
3 days 18 hrs
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agree  cyhul
11 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
or, more commonly,


Explanation:
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dennis_bg
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kiwiland Bear
9 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  kapura
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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