Feb 5, 2009 08:52
15 yrs ago
Russian term

перестало хватать ресурсов

Russian to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
Для обеспечения жизнедеятельности более чем 6-миллиардного населения Земли перестало хватать риса, пшеницы, нефти, газа, воды.

Proposed translations

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9 mins
Selected

the resources of .... have ceased to be sufficient / Or: are no longer sufficient

would be my suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty : Reminds me of the title of that James Bond film, "The World is Not Enough".
9 mins
thank you ! but cant judge it not knowing the film in question.
agree Marina Aidova
4 hrs
спасибо !
agree Sergey Kudryashov
11 hrs
спасибо !
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "То, что нужно. Спасибо!"
+2
2 mins

(there is) a world-wide shortage of (such-n-such resources) to provide for ...

#
Peer comment(s):

agree Igor Moshkin
4 hrs
agree Dmitry Venyavkin
7 hrs
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+2
10 mins

running out of...

We are running out of rice, ... to provide for over 6 bln...
Peer comment(s):

agree Oxana Snyder
6 hrs
agree Alexandr Logachev
1 day 6 hrs
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1 hr

… population of the earth, the previously sufficient amount of (resources) had come to an end…

This might help.

Regards
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4 days

are not sufficient for

such and such are no longer sufficient for ...
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