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Camille Nsolicitó una traducción hace 8 años
¿Cómo traducir? (en-ru)

unknown quantity (it's idiom, but I can't translate it

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  1. 1.

    unknown quantity

    Editado

    Тёмная лошадка (about a person) ; Тёмный лес (about something unstudied)

    ejemplo

    Turner may do well in the election, though he is an unknown quantity as a campaigner. ;

    The new computer system is still an unknown quantity for our department.

    Traducción del ejemplo

    Для Тёрнера выборы могут пройти хорошо, однако этот кандидат - тёмная лошадка.

    Новая компьютерная система всё еще тёмный лес для нашего отдела.

    El comentario del traductor

    First example, as i assume, comes from the horse racing, where there's a new competitor with unknown perks.

    The second means that something is as dark as dense forest, where one can't see very far and has no idea of what's lay further.

    Traducción agregada por Sol Romani
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Camille Npublicó un comentario hace 8 años

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