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Ksenia Safronovaasked for translation 7 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

за какое то определенное время

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  1. 1.

    за какое-то определенное время

    Edited

    within a certain amount of time

    Translator's comment

    This type of exam requires that the student answer 50 multiple-choice questions within a certain amount of time.

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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Discussion (11)

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 7 years ago

Uly, how about ‘within a certain while’? Or it’s too informal?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

you can’t use WHILE like that

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 7 years ago

Please explain, or it won’t reach my guts

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

WHILE inherently refers to an indefinite length of time, so by virtue of its definition, you can’t describe it as definite.

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 7 years ago

So, ‘a certain while’ means just some amount time, not really certain? Right?
In Russian we also use the word “определённый” both as definite and indefinite.

Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 7 years ago

в определённом смысле = в некотором смысле
A certain party - некая особа

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

Certain doesn’t go well with WHILE in any context because it’s too definite for something that is inherently indefinite.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

In other words, you can say to someone “I’ll talk to you in a while” (не могу сказать тебе когда точно), But you can’t say “I’ll talk to you after a certain while” only “I’ll talk to you after a certain amount of time, number of days, etc.”

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