Dec 13, 2008 11:52
15 yrs ago
Russian term

В развитие своей идеи он указал на то, что

Russian to English Bus/Financial Economics
В развитие своей идеи он указал на то, что если бы эта руда оставалась в категории вскрыши, то затраты на ее перемещение составили бы USD _________миллионов долларов.

To elaborate his idea, he mentioned that...

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a05 Dec 13, 2008:
"To elaborate" is perfect, "mentioned" is also "pointed out", "argued", "noted", "indicated". etc.

Proposed translations

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Expanding on his idea

Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Douglas : "while" or "in" at the beginning of the sentence would be superfluous
46 mins
thank you, Rachel. In my turn I agree that your addition is accurate.
agree Nik-On/Off
4 hrs
thank you ))
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Lena!"
+2
45 mins

While elaborating his idea, he pointed out that

Думаю, ето хороший перевод
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agree Liliana Galiano
23 mins
Thank you!
agree Alexander Kondorsky : elaborating on his idea
1 day 3 hrs
Спасибо!
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1 hr

in expounding his idea, he argued ..........

would be my preference
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3 hrs

In postulating his idea he pointed at...

"postulating" - expounding the idea
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+1
20 hrs

To support the idea he noted

Я бы ограничилась "support", потому что здесь слово "idea" означает вовсе не что-то концептуальное, а просто утверждение автора, которое явно не тянет на то, чтобы его "postulate" или даже "elaborate". Судя по контексту, под это утверждение пытаются подвести базу. Хотя насчет последнего могу ошибаться: контекста маловато.
Peer comment(s):

agree Oxana Snyder : только noted я заменила бы на stressed out/ pointed out
1 day 8 hrs
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