Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
сброс сточных вод на рельеф местности
English translation:
discharge of waste water onto local terrain
Added to glossary by
Jack Doughty
May 27, 2009 04:08
15 yrs ago
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Russian term
Russian Federation
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
сброс сточных вод на рельеф местности
Russian to English
Tech/Engineering
Environment & Ecology
discharge of wastewater into ground?
Proposed translations
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Change log
Jun 2, 2009 06:06: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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discharge of waster water onto local terrain
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks!"
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terrain effluents disposal/discharge
have met this term during translation of Feasibility Study for Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex, i.e. provided from Neftegazovaya Corporation
Peer comment(s):
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Igor Moshkin
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Ravindra Godbole
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Michael Korovkin
: "terrain" definitely reads like an ajective here
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
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English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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dumping waste liquid into the (local) environment
i know they probably wouldn't like it, but one should call things with their proper names!
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Alexandra Goldburt
: Replace "liquid" with water - and I agree with you. And yes, we should call thing by their proper names, and we are talking about something highly unpleasant here!
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Thanks, Alexandra. I put "liquid" for (perhaps unwarranted) dramatic effect. Besiides, I'm sure that water is far from being 100% pure water! But that's,of course, my own inference.
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Gabrielle Leyden
: it's definitely waste water; context would help to detemrine what kind, from which source, and how exactly it's discharged!
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let waste water run off the soil
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