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Ksenia Safronovaспросил перевод 7 years ago
Как перевести? (ru-en)

за какое то определенное время

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    за какое-то определенное время

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    within a certain amount of time

    Комментарий переводчика

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

    Перевод добавил ⁌ ULY ⁍
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Alexander Аkimovдобавил комментарий 7 years ago

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

⁌ ULY ⁍добавил комментарий 7 years ago

you can’t use WHILE like that

Alexander Аkimovдобавил комментарий 7 years ago

Please explain, or it won’t reach my guts

⁌ ULY ⁍добавил комментарий 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 Аkimovдобавил комментарий 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 Аkimovдобавил комментарий 7 years ago

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

⁌ ULY ⁍добавил комментарий 7 years ago

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

Alexander Аkimovдобавил комментарий 7 years ago

Всё, понял! 🙏

⁌ ULY ⁍добавил комментарий 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.”

⁌ ULY ⁍добавил комментарий 7 years ago

👍🏼

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