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Anastasia Streidyasked for translation 6 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

1)В этом журнале рекламируются главным образом приемники и телевизоры.2)Она берет книги главным образом из этой библиотеки

User translations (3)

  1. 1.

    (1) The ad(vertisement)s in this magazine consist of receivers and tv’s for the most part. (2) She mainly borrows books from this library.

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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  2. 2.

    Она берет книги главным образом из этой библиотеки

    Edited

    She borrows books mainly from this library

    translation added by grumbler
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  3. 3.

    В этом журнале рекламируются главным образом приемники и телевизоры.

    Edited

    In this magazine mainly radios and TVs are advertised.

    translation added by grumbler
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Discussion (15)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

Grumbler, you have to put MAINLY in front of what it qualifies: “mainly advertised” ...among other actions.

grumbleradded a comment 6 years ago

Thanks. I don't understand why I translated differently.

grumbleradded a comment 6 years ago

Но почему тогда "mainly borrows"?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

Good question! I think we look at it like this: [she] [mainly] [borrows books from this library]

grumbleradded a comment 6 years ago

Тогда смысл другой, т.к. в библиотеку, можно, например, ходить и для того, чтобы пользоваться компьютерами/интернетом.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

But that’s also the word order we use when we main from that library exclusively.

grumbleradded a comment 6 years ago

Do you mean that "mainly from this library" is incorrect, or it still can be said this way?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

Absolutely correct. It’s a question of governance. MAINLY can govern an entire verb phrase [borrow books from this library] or just the prepositional phrase [from this library] with a meaning of exclusivity.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 6 years ago

Uly, I'm wondering about the "main" in "we main from the library exclusively". It looks like a verb, but I didn't find it in any dictionaries.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

That’s a typo - sorry

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 6 years ago

What was that sentence supposed to be like then?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

we MEAN from that library exclusively

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