Russian term
на глазок
When considering the cost of printing for the printer you bought today – how did you assess / calculate this cost?
Jun 21, 2006 18:19: Kirill Semenov changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 21, 2006 18:29: Natalie changed "Term asked" from "на \"Галзок\"" to "на глазок"
Non-PRO (1): Ibrahimus
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Proposed translations
In shipping since 1976 = interpreting!
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
an educated guess
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
by eye/feel/sight/guesswork
approximately
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Note added at 55 mins (2006-06-21 18:34:33 GMT)
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Ну какой же это PRO?:)
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
as a bull-park figure
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Thorough, sensitive, and idiomatic
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
"the eyeball method"
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-06-21 21:04:53 GMT)
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or
off the top of my head
by rule of thumb
Tailors' Rule of Thumb: A simple approximation that was used by tailors to determine the wrist, neck, and waist circumferences of a person through one single measurement of the circumference of that person's thumb. The rule states, typically, that twice the circumference of a person's thumb is the circumference of their wrist, twice the circumference of the wrist is the circumference of the neck, and twice around the neck is the person's waist. For example, if the circumference of the thumb is 4 inches, then the wrist circumference is 8 inches, the neck is 16 and the waist is 32. An interesting consequence of this is that – for those to whom the rule applies – this simple method can be used to determine if pants will fit: the pants are wrapped around the neck, and if the two ends barely touch, then they will fit. Any overlap or lack thereof corresponds to the pants being too loose or tight, respectively.
The expression rule of thumb has been recorded since 1692 and probably wasn’t new then. It meant then what it means now—some method or procedure that comes from practice or experience, without any formal basis<...>
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rul1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb#Examples_of_usage
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