Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
не будь
English translation:
Were there no...
Russian term
не будь
How should I rephrase it? Thanks
Feb 4, 2017 18:43: Rachel Douglas changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 6, 2017 19:22: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Susan Welsh, The Misha, Rachel Douglas
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Were there no...
United States
Deadlines and confidentiality guaranteed
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
If there weren't
Bulgaria
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Native in: Bulgarian , Russian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, English to Russian, and 3 more.
if EU and Canada were not listed as suppliers
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Susan Welsh
: fine, except "the" EU (but that's not the part queried anyhow)
38 mins
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Yes, the EU, of course. Thank you, Susan.
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Russian Federation
Econ & Social Sci, Health, Law
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
should there be no suppliers from the EU and US..
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Note added at 9 mins (2017-02-02 19:56:27 GMT)
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sorry, EU and Canada:
**should there be no suppliers from the EU and Canada on the list, Americans would have been able to sell us (as much as) 300,000 or even 400,000 tons**
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Susan Welsh
39 mins
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Thank you, Susan.
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fedarchuka
55 mins
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Thank you, Fedarchuka.
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The Misha
: Your grammar is a little out of whack here. It should be either "should there be/Americans would be able" (forward looking) or "had there been/Americans would have been able" if it already happened in the past. The way you have, it makes no sense.
2 hrs
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Yep, right. Thank you, The Misha
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Discussion
"Should there be" is a little more formal than others.