Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
превышать в десятки раз
English translation:
to be dozens of times higher than
Added to glossary by
Nik-On/Off
Mar 2, 2008 20:47
16 yrs ago
Russian term
Ukraine
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Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
превышать в десятки раз
Russian to English
Science
Science (general)
scientific writing
A превышает B в десятки раз.
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Proposed translations
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to be dozens of times higher than
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The Misha
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Tatiana Lammers
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PoveyTrans (X)
: Don't normally comment on other peoples' answers if I answer but I am not sure that this is appropriate here as in UK English it is normally colloquial // agree but my understanding is that this is scientific writing but sd one correct the style?!
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Thank you, Simon. I don't see a big problem here, as the RU original, strictly speaking, also doesn't sound too scientific at all :-)
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val_legrand
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Dorene Cornwell
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Ed Friesen
: All the expressions using "tens"/"multiples" are highly uncolloquial. Other option, if there are MANY tens, would be "by an order/several orders of magnitude". I'd say the first would cover a range of roughly 3 to 30, the second anything more than that.
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Sergei Tumanov
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Alexandra Tussing
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all!"
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Igor Savenkov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
Ph.D. 15+ years in technical translation
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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to exceed in tens times
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-03-02 20:53:31 GMT)
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Examples:
The characteristic size of spreading, as a rule, exceeds in tens and more times the size of the focal spot in the crosswise direction. ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/6963072-description.html
In the second stage, the impurity penetrates into the specimen on distances that exceed in tens and hundreds of times the projected ion path. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0257897203006844
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-03-02 20:53:31 GMT)
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Examples:
The characteristic size of spreading, as a rule, exceeds in tens and more times the size of the focal spot in the crosswise direction. ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/6963072-description.html
In the second stage, the impurity penetrates into the specimen on distances that exceed in tens and hundreds of times the projected ion path. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0257897203006844
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5 mins
increase by multiples of ten
...one idea
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-02 20:54:54 GMT)
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sorry, should read EXCEED not increase...DOH!
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Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-02 20:54:54 GMT)
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sorry, should read EXCEED not increase...DOH!
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The Misha
: ... in the absense of broader context. Could be totally out of whack stylistically though.
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Thanks, I think style here is the main problem posed by the question, this option is stylistically neutral..'dozens of' is much more informal IMO.
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Yakov Tomara
: An example: 1060 exceeds 1000 by 60 (a multiple of 10). It suits your definition but not the source phrase. Or I'm wrong?
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Tatiana Tilsner
Native in Russian
Every word matters
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
to exceed tenfold
A exceeds B tenfold
2 hrs
Yakov Tomara
Native in Russian
Over 14 years in international trade
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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to be several tens of times greater than
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Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Germany
Works in field
Germany
Medicine & Science: translations+writing
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German
ten times higher
A is ten times higher than B
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