Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ограничивать познавательные возможности
English translation:
limit the scope of research
Added to glossary by
Alan Campbell
Jan 21, 2007 18:34
17 yrs ago
Russian term
ограничивать познавательные возможности
Russian to English
Science
Archaeology
Stuck again. I'm on my third read through of this text now and I really must post the bits that have tripped me up on each pass. What does this mean? Limit their cognitive possibilities? Huh?
К сожалению, приверженцы данного направления существенно ограничивают познавательные возможности, отрицая, к примеру, важность ремонтажа для восстановления палеотехнологий (обратные примеры см. Гречкина 1984, Демиденко, Усик 1994, Степанчук 1994).
К сожалению, приверженцы данного направления существенно ограничивают познавательные возможности, отрицая, к примеру, важность ремонтажа для восстановления палеотехнологий (обратные примеры см. Гречкина 1984, Демиденко, Усик 1994, Степанчук 1994).
Proposed translations
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| 4 | limit the scope of research |
Alexander Demidov
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| 4 | limit potential/possibilities for discovery/research |
Alexander Demyanov
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| 3 +1 | variant |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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Proposed translations
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limit the scope of research
My translation
Peer comment(s):
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Olga Cartlidge
: I would use "restrict" but "the scope of research" would probably be correct. In other words, they confine themselves to a very restricted understanding of the issues at hand.
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"limit the scope of" 46,400 Google hits, "restrict the scope of" 18,600(filter:"pages from the UK")
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "scope - perfect! Many thanks."
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Alexander Demyanov
Native in Russian
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
limit potential/possibilities for discovery/research
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
UNSURPASSABLE EXPERIENCE
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
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variant
I read it as those 'followers' (приверженцы)
..strip themselves of capability/possibility for wider exploration (or..exploration on a broader scale), when, for example, negating the importance of (ремонтажа) etc.
..strip themselves of capability/possibility for wider exploration (or..exploration on a broader scale), when, for example, negating the importance of (ремонтажа) etc.
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