English term
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
council of despair
Proposed translations
ATA certified from English into Russian
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to Russian, and 1 more.
крик отчаяния
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Tatiana Pelipeiko
: Пожалуй.
3 hrs
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Спасибо, Татьяна!
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Tatiana Lammers
8 hrs
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Спасибо, Татьяна!
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Nikita Nikolayev
23 hrs
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Спасибо, Никита!
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Moldova
15+ years of experience
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Romanian to Russian, and 1 more.
свидетельство о безнадежности ситуации
Ukraine
EXPERIENCED LEGAL TRANSLATOR
Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Russian to Ukrainian, and 3 more.
констатация безысходности
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Pavel Tikunov
4 hrs
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Thank you!
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Angelika Kuznetsova
: Что-то в этом смысле
13 hrs
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Thank you!
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последнее средство
Yet a Mr Gibson of the NFU described the independent scientists' warning about the consequences of perturbation as "a council of despair". We must assume that he does not possess a dictionary. The phrase with which he dismisses the work of half a dozen eminent zoologists means "action taken when all else fails".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jun/18/comment....
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
не является посланием отчаяния, но вызовом к .......
might be another likely option
(отдающие пессимизмом) надзидания о том, что мало что возможно (или достижимо)
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Better than native
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, German to Russian
Discussion
"Это не акт отчаяния, а ...."?