Nov 4, 2008 14:36
15 yrs ago
Russian term
Ukraine
careful, caring, and perfectionist
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
Уже почти полвека проводятся...
Russian to English
Science
Science (general)
scientific writing
Уже почти полвека проводятся исследования по...
Вопрос в том, как начать это предложение, если слова "Уже почти полвека" нельзя поставить в конец, так как предложение очень длинное.
Вопрос в том, как начать это предложение, если слова "Уже почти полвека" нельзя поставить в конец, так как предложение очень длинное.
Proposed translations
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4 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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126
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For over half a century now...
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-11-04 14:41:23 GMT)
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Oops -- 'почти' -- For NEARLY half a century now...
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-11-04 14:42:24 GMT)
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studies are being conducted... (though all this depends on the rest of the sentence).
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-11-04 14:41:23 GMT)
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Oops -- 'почти' -- For NEARLY half a century now...
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-11-04 14:42:24 GMT)
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studies are being conducted... (though all this depends on the rest of the sentence).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "всем спасибо!"
27 mins
Roman Bulkiewicz
Native in Russian
Clients stay with me
Native in: Ukrainian , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
It has been for almost half a century that the studies have been going on...
или так:
It's since almost half a century ago that studies have been under way...
It's since almost half a century ago that studies have been under way...
3 days 3 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
it has been almost half a century the reseach was carried out on...
It should be said "was" instead of "is" becouse we are talking about a period of time which passed, the reseach went trough already.
Example sentence:
It has been almost half a century the reseach was carried out on...
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