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Yuriy Palychasked for translation 5 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

очень вероятно что собрание закончится через час

User translations (2)

  1. 1.

    It’s very likely that the meeting will be over in an hour

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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  2. 2.

    The meeting will most likely be over in an hour

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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Discussion (9)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

The meeting is very likely to be over in an hour.

grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago

как насчет finish? come to an end?

to be over, мне кажется, имеет оттенок, "будет закончившийся", т.е. вероятно, закончится раньше.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Всегда думала, что про плановые мероприятия: уроки, собрания говорят is over - закончилось. Почему раньше?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

FINISH can be used, but doesn’t sound very good in this context. COME TO AN END is something that would appear in a formal agenda announcing the meeting: “The meeting will begin at 10. At noon, there will be refreshments. At 1, our guest speaker will make a presentation. At 2, there will be a Q&A session. The meeting will come to an end at 3.”

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

Although FINISH can be used intransitively, we prefer to use it transitively.

grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
Всегда думала, что про плановые мероприятия: уроки, собрания говорят is over - закончилось. Почему раньше?


Вот именно, закончились.
Мы подходим к meeting room, она занята. Нам говорят "The meeting will most likely be over in an hour", т.е. если вы придете чере час, комната уже будет пустая.

Если же я сижу на собрании и спрашиваю, когда же оно наконец закончится, такой ответ мне кажется неестественным.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

If you were sitting in the meeting, you would ask “When is this meeting finally going to be over?”

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