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style wit abbreviations

Russian translation: первый вариант

04:05 Nov 6, 2009
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: style wit abbreviations
I understand that this is not the place for the question.
I can not seem to find an asnwer, and te answer is needed now.

What is te right way to present English abbreviations in a Russian text, namely punctuation>?

Ru abbreviation (Eng term, Eng abbreviation) or
Ru abbreviation (Eng abbreviation - Eng term)

for ex. ..... Позитивного здоровья, достоинства и профилактики (Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention, PHDP) or

«Позитивного здоровья, достоинства и профилактики» (PHDP - Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention)

Thanks a lot!!!!
Anna Muntean Stacanova
United States
Local time: 00:49
Russian translation:первый вариант
Explanation:
чаще встречается первый вариант
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Evgeny Terekhin
United States
Local time: 23:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4первый вариант
Evgeny Terekhin
5the coincise style is preferable
Ivan Petryshyn


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
первый вариант


Explanation:
чаще встречается первый вариант

Evgeny Terekhin
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Local time: 23:49
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agree  andress
2 hrs
  -> благодарю
agree  boostrer: + вместо позитивного здоровья лучше писать хорошее здоровье
3 hrs
  -> благодарю
agree  Michael Korovkin: yeah, "positivnoe zdorov'e" ain't Russian
9 hrs
  -> благодарю
agree  Natalia Neese
9 hrs
  -> спасибо
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3 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the coincise style is preferable


Explanation:
if there's an abbriviation which you feel is necessary to be represented in the text of the translation, you would rather give the complete Russian Language translation, then, in the brackets- the English Abbriviation with the full English equivalent; if there's a widely accepted Russian abbriviation, it should be given as a preferable variant of the equivalent - all the rest in the brackets. Ivan Petryshyn /common sense application/

Ivan Petryshyn
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Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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