Mar 10, 2010 13:34
14 yrs ago
Russian term
also an attorney with AML background
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English
не решился бы сообщать
Russian to English
Social Sciences
Religion
Could not make up his mind....right?
The discussion is regarding a document written by a missionary named Theodore of Alania, who had gone to Alania to minister to the Alans.
Apparently he did ultimately commit his thoughts to paper, however.
Текст послания был составлен пастырем уже по возвращении в Никею - он сам пишет, что не решился бы сообщать обо всех обстоятельствах дела в письме
The discussion is regarding a document written by a missionary named Theodore of Alania, who had gone to Alania to minister to the Alans.
Apparently he did ultimately commit his thoughts to paper, however.
Текст послания был составлен пастырем уже по возвращении в Никею - он сам пишет, что не решился бы сообщать обо всех обстоятельствах дела в письме
Proposed translations
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
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20
Selected
would not dare / summon up enough courage to
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
43 mins
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
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56
could not bring himself to report...
variant
1 hr
would not risk
It depends on the context. Would not dare seems fine to me, if that guy was afraid of something or somebody, "would not risk" woud be correct if he was just cautious, not trusting smb., for example.
1 hr
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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12
he made his decision to be careful about revealing the circumstances
That is what I've read.
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