May 22, 2011 18:15
13 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.
устроены так, что
Russian to English
Science
Science (general)
scientific writing
Лапы ящериц-геконов устроены так (обладают такими свойствами адгезии), что они могут ползать по потолку.
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Susan Welsh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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rewrite it
Gekkos have claws with adhesive properties that enable them to crawl along the ceiling.
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Alexey Larin
: my first thought on this question was the same as TechLawDC's but I'd rather go with rewriting ... I like it more the way it sounds
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Yelisey Moroz
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Victoria Lubashenko
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DTSM
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Rinnel
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Denis Shepelev
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Andrei Yefimov
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cyhul
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Rephrasing is good indeed! Thank you all!"
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evolved in such a way that
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rikka
: that they enable these anaimals to walk upside-down across a ceiling
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Jack Doughty
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Oleg Osipov
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Ravindra Godbole
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rns
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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48
are morphologically fit to...
...ползать по потолку даже в пьяном виде
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1 hr
are constructed in such a way that
(There is no extreme reason to depart from literality here because the author later somewhat explains what he means by "constructed".)
"evolved" is ingenious but introduces a new thought which is not the author's. The author may be a Lysenkoist to whom "evolved" may not have the customary meaning.
"morphologically" is too specific, because we know that more than mere morphology is involved; namely, moisture etc.
"evolved" is ingenious but introduces a new thought which is not the author's. The author may be a Lysenkoist to whom "evolved" may not have the customary meaning.
"morphologically" is too specific, because we know that more than mere morphology is involved; namely, moisture etc.
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Kiwiland Bear
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
New Zealand
Translation with excellence
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
[are] built in a way ...
Rephrasing is good but, if Nik wants or needs to stick with that phrase, this is what I would use. So it looks something like:
Gekko's paws are built in a way which allows them to ...
Gekko's paws are built in a way which allows them to ...
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are such that...
they are capable of
I don't think you need to translate устроены
I don't think you need to translate устроены
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