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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

условная книга

English translation:

conventional/nominal/arbitrary/standard book

Added to glossary by Oleg Lozinskiy
Nov 6, 2016 07:47
7 yrs ago
Russian term

условная книга

Russian to English Social Sciences History Рост знаний во времени
В связи с разнообразием единиц хранения будем использовать понятие «условная книга» у.к., которая равна по объему книге, которая при оцифровании будет иметь объем 1 Мбайт.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 conventional/nominal/arbitrary/standard book
4 +1 average-sized book
4 provisional book
4 notional /nominal book
Change log

Nov 8, 2016 10:37: Oleg Lozinskiy Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+4
6 mins
Selected

conventional/nominal/arbitrary/standard book

По аналогии с 'условной единицей'
Peer comment(s):
agree Jack Doughty : I prefer "standard".
30 mins
Thank you, Sir!
agree eduard_
8 hrs
Спасибо, Эдуард!
neutral Ilan Rubin (X) : 'standard' is OK as it has been defined, the other words are not natural in English // Oleg, I'm not going to spend hours to prove a negative
8 hrs
Thank you, Ilan. I would be most grateful for any reference to Oxford/Merriam-Webster/Macmillan/Collins or any other reputable dictionary stipulating that 'conventional'/'nominal'/'arbitrary' must be considered as 'not natural in English'.|Your choice.
agree Igor Andreev : имхо, ближе всего по смыслу arbitrary - произвольно выбранная единица измерения, по аналогии с arbitrary units / ->З.Ы. да, я злой, потому что начитался такого достаточно, ну и сам с такого начинал, было... ) Спасибо - нашлись люди, объяснили по молодости
11 hrs
Спасибо за поддержку, Игорь! P.S [или всё-таки - З.Ы.? -:)] -> http://www.proz.com/kudoz/russian_to_english/history/6220885...
agree Rachel Douglas : With "standard," not the others. I think it would be more helpful to the asker, if you were to select and justify just one or two proposals, rather than give a whole thesaurus-like list.
15 hrs
Thank you for your support, Rachel! Given the full context - http://world-evolution.ru/2016/rost-znaniya-vo-vremeni/ - I believe that any of the above words would work pretty well.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 hrs

provisional book

IMHO
Peer comment(s):
neutral Ilan Rubin (X) : this doesn't mean anything to me
5 hrs
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+1
8 hrs

average-sized book

I believe this has the same sense, and is how we would normally say it in English

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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-11-06 16:18:02 GMT)
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Sorry, just re-read - you can just call it 'average book' as it has been defined
Peer comment(s):
agree Sofia Gutkin : Or perhaps just the "average book".
2 hrs
Thank you Sofia, agree!
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11 hrs

notional /nominal book

:)
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