Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
... театрально-бесполезна, ... чрезвычайно вредоносна
English translation:
spectacularly useless...
Added to glossary by
Victor Zagria
Aug 23, 2009 17:13
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
... театрально-бесполезна, ... чрезвычайно вредоносна
Russian to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
journalism
Context: the author contends that economyic science has failed to predict, or to prevent the collapse, or foretell the start for growth of world economy. Eventually, he states that the economic science *была как минимум театрально-бесполезна, и по большому счету чрезвычайно вредоносна* ... I'd be very appreciative of any creative suggestions. Thanks
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spectacularly useless...
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elaborately or lavishly useless
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elaborately or lavishly useless
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Angela Greenfield
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Rachel Douglas
: Yes. ... at best, spectacularly useless, and, on the whole, extremely harmful.
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DTSM
: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090718230732AA...
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Alexandra Goldburt
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to all answerers and supporters. To Dmitry for the link - regards!"
23 mins
Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Specializes in field
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
dramatically useless, ...extraordinarily harmful
the author seemingly has a preference for expressing himself in a conspicuous way.
24 mins
Nadya Hinman
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
Fast. Flexible. Focused.
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English
not only dramatically useless, but in the worst way injurious
something like that :)
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not only dramatically useless, but fundamentally injurious
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not only dramatically useless, but fundamentally injurious
1 hr
nothing but a show and extremely harmful to boot
creativity
+1
1 hr
Sergey Gurinovich
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Belarus
I'll get your meaning over!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
ostentatious and ineffective at best ... utterly destructive at worst
I presume "театрально" here means "показной, рассчитанный на внешний эффект" (Толковый словарь русского языка С. И. Ожегова и Н. Ю. Шведовой.), that is, showy and aimed at ourward effect, hence - ostentatious.
7 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
outrageously ineffective/useless, ... extremely damaging
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16 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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3
was a staged vanity, ...extremely detrimental
"staged vanity" - pretentious, showing that what it is not, just for show;"extremely detrimental" - is a suitable term for harmful effects (of the prediction of) economic strategy the world has taken.
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