Feb 14, 2007 12:44
17 yrs ago
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Russian term
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Russian to English
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saying
This is referring to an instance where the speaker is asking that lawyers not be changed in mid-process.
It is clear what this means: 'One does not change horses as the crossing.' Might anyone have a good, more colloquial expression in English for this?
It is clear what this means: 'One does not change horses as the crossing.' Might anyone have a good, more colloquial expression in English for this?
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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3 mins
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Don't change (or swap) horses midstream
See web ref
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-14 13:50:16 GMT)
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Thanks everyone - agree should be
in midstream
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-02-14 13:50:16 GMT)
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Thanks everyone - agree should be
in midstream
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
1 min
Levan Namoradze
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Translation & Interpretation in Georgia
Native in: Georgian 
Works in: English to Georgian, Georgian to English
Related KudoZ points
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10
one shouldn't change horses in midstream; one shouldn't swap horses in midstream
посл. one shouldn't change horses in midstream; one shouldn't swap horses in midstream
Peer comment(s):
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Alexander Demyanov
: Change. (Swap would mean exchanging w/someone else) http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/change horses i...
2 mins
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Спасибо!
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| agree |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
: yes, or putting simpler: 'don't change / swap horses...' - you were the first with the correct answer.
6 hrs
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Thank you.
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7 mins
Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Works in field
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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148
You don't swap horses while crossing the ford
One doesn't swap horses while crossing the ford
1 hr
Tevah_Trans
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
MS Industrial Engineering; MBA
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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56
Don't change your jockey mid-race
Maybe an idiom would work?
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Arkadi Burkov
: Я не согласился с Вами, потому что Вы вводите Вашим ответов аскера в заблуждение. Предложенной Вами идиомы не существует. Источник (любой), подтверждающий Вашу правоту, Вы сообщать не хотите. Всего доброго. (внимательно читайте правила - я их не нарушаю)
15 hrs
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I have explained my reasoning to you before, while responding to your 4-times-amended comment. Perhaps you enjoy beating a dead horse... what's that - I used an idiom without consulting you? Perhaps you should punish me by continued communication.
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| agree |
uksman
: don't change your horse mid-race
2123 days
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