Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Arab Gulf
Russian translation:
Персидский залив
Added to glossary by
Steffen Pollex (X)
Nov 12, 2002 14:05
21 yrs ago
English term
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Arab Gulf
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Geography
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transporting crude oil from sources in the Arab Gulf to consumers in Europe
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | Персидский залив |
Steffen Pollex (X)
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| 5 +1 | Arrogance |
w77 (X)
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| 1 +2 | Persian Gulf - just a comment |
Yuri Geifman
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Персидский залив
Никогда не слышали, что-ли?
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Comment: "Персидский залив конечно слышала, но не знала что по английски это Arab Gulf. Большое спасибо!"
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Persian Gulf - just a comment
Its English name is actually the Persian Gulf... there's an old controversy between Iran and the Arab nations - each has its own name for the gulf, so it really has to do with the source.
Peer comment(s):
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Vasyl Baryshev (X)
: I actually come across Persian Gulf more often
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same here
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Mark Vaintroub
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Arrogance
"Никогда не слышали, что-ли?"
- Why to be so arrogant?
- Why to be so arrogant?
Peer comment(s):
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Steffen Pollex (X)
: No way. I just thought a native Russian should know such simple things.
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If it was "Арабский залив" in Russian then your "Don't you know it" remark would make perfect sense:-)
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