Russian term
Мы далеки от мысли, что
мой вариант:
We area miles from believing in any attempt to give frivolous advantages to any bidders and urge you to hold the tender for the design of Sulphur Production Unit in accordance with the world standards.
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Proposed translations
We are far from believing that
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(от;не склонный к чему-либо)= far (from)
Я далек от мысли, что - I am far from believing that
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Anastasiya Stepchenko
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Thank you, Scarlet :-)
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Deborah Kolosova
: or "thinking."
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svetlana cosquéric
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Thank you, svetlanac!
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we are far from concluding that...
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Anzhelika Maximova-McCall
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Marina Dolinsky (X)
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Serhiy Tkachuk
: ...that there has been an attempt to
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AndriyRubashnyy
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Russian Federation
Klasse statt Masse!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 4 more.
We are a long way still from .... ing that
что имеет == поэтому that
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мой вариант
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь Циммермана.
We rule out the possibility that
несколько интерпетировано, тем не менее, смысл, мне кажется,передает верно
Years and years in translation service
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Far be it from us (that)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=far be it from us&start...
см. Rants&Raves, Bang-Bang и т.д.
Ukraine
Responsible and enthusiastic
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we would not for a moment suggest...
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: I like the first one. It's VERY suggestive. :-)
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Russian Federation
we are not saying that
Fast and Accurate
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We don't believe that...
We are far from the view that...
We are far from the view that there is a place for giving unfounded advantages to any bidders.
We would urge you to reconsider how the tender is to be carried out for the design of the Sulphur Production Unit, and bring it into agreement with world standards.
United States
Responsible. Dependable. Skilled.
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
We are far from saying
It is our position that any attempt...
I took some poetic license here, but I think this sounds stronger in English than a close translation of "we are far from the thought..."
I also think it is stronger in English to say "we believe it is inappropriate" than to say "it is not our belief that it is appropriate."
United States
No job too difficult!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
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It is the farthest thing from our minds, to ...
Ukraine
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we are not at all inclined to conclude that
(one more variant)
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one reader is inclined to conclude that the questions ...
oep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/17/1/164.pdf
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we are not inclined to conclude that 'at the direction of' means the same thing as ...
www.hhs.gov/dab/decisions/dab709.html - 18k
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I'm inclined to write "conclude" (rather than believe) to convey the meaning of assessment (of the situation or the facts)
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т.е. "Мы далеки от мысли" тут по сути означает, что мы "не склонны оценивать (данный факт)" как попытку ... или делать вывод о том, что имеет место попытка ...
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