Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
федеральный уровень регулирования контрольной функции законодательных (представительных) органов
English translation:
federal level of regulation of the supervisory function of legislative (representative) bodies
Russian term
Федеральный уровень регулирования контрольной функции органов
Aug 18, 2012 11:13: Gennady Lapardin changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Sep 1, 2012 08:59: Oleg Lozinskiy Created KOG entry
PRO (3): David Knowles, Natalie, Gennady Lapardin
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Proposed translations
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
Federal level of regulation in regard to the supervising function of [legislative] bodies
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Note added at 10 мин (2012-08-18 07:27:23 GMT)
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Можно и проще:
Federal regulation of the RF constituent entities' legislative (representative) bodies supervising function
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Jack Doughty
: Your first version. Could be "of" instead of "in regard to", though I understand why you wish to avoid using "of" so much. But that would be better than your second version.
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Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, Australian)
Works in: Russian to English
Federal regulation of oversight exercised by legislative (representative) bodies
"Federal regulation of oversight exercised by legislative (representative) bodies of constituent territories of the RF"
The combination "oversight exercised by" is rather common. It serves to avoid the ambiguity arising if one stays with "of", having eliminated "function"; in addition, "exercised by" actually does express the concept that this activity is a function they perform. Example from the IAEA:
"The degree of oversight exercised by regulatory bodies with regard to full scope simulator activities varies, and it would therefore be of benefit to regulators to discuss their various approaches."
http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/44311/Joint-IAEA-CNSC-W...
Discussion
The Federal Structure
Article 65
1. The Russian Federation shall be composed of the following constituent entities of the Russian Federation:...
http://archive.kremlin.ru/eng/articles/ConstEng3.shtml
Though some sites (including Wikipedia) use 'subjects'
http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia
Federal regulation of supervisory functions of legislative bodies of RF constituent entities
I think I'll stop there...
Federal regulation of the supervisory function of the RF consituent entities' legislative bodies
--> to get rid of two 'of's, AND
--> to have another discussion at KudoZ when this text will be reverse-translated by somebody :-))
I know it's got four "of"s, but part of the problem is the awkward translation of субъект РФ, which is almost inevitable. I definitely think "supervisory" is better than "supervising".