Apr 23, 2008 11:38
16 yrs ago
Russian term

идет процесс развития «вдогонку»

Russian to English Art/Literary Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Ситуация, аналогичная социальной системе, возникает в такой мощной современной системе, как наука, в том числе социологии, философии, естествознании. Дух капитализма в сильной мере коснулся и этой системы, наполненной и созданной личностями, которым материальные блага преграждают путь в свое духовное развитие. Идет процесс развития «вдогонку». Когда-то имело место развитие духовной жизни, затем начала преобладать аналитическая подсистема, и по этой причине весь организм перешел в болезненное состояние.

Proposed translations

5 hrs
Selected

We face an ongoing "catching-up" process

вариант

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-04-23 17:22:18 GMT)
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“catching up” process - quite a common phrase. In this very context, it seems to be OK, as the sentence that follows provides an explanation.
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+3
14 mins

Development is uneven, with some parts trying to "catch up" with others.

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Note added at 15 mins (2008-04-23 11:54:09 GMT)
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In this uneven development process, certain parts are trying to catch up with others.
Peer comment(s):

agree Serhiy Tkachuk
1 hr
Спасибо, Сергей
agree Rachel Douglas : Well, it does seem to me that you're right to propose a descriptive translation, since attempts at doing it with one word likely won't succeed in getting the sense across.
2 hrs
Thank you, Rachel! Finally a native English speaker to weigh in!
agree Elena Hazell : May be ... development is uneven where the parts take turns overtaking each other
7 hrs
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+1
17 mins

there's a "catch up" development process

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Peer comment(s):

agree Oleksandr Yastremskyi
1 hr
Thank you
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56 mins

that there occurs a tremendously fast development process

or: the development process occurs tremendously fast as if afraid of staying behind

I dont have the impression that a catching up process is involved here since the term "вдогонку" lends itself to being interpreted in a number of different ways. But I may be mistaken.
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1 hr

The spiritual development is lagging behind the material progress...

Or lagging behind the material development.

If you can be quite "free" in your translation...
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2 hrs

development process is not proactive

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7 hrs

[in the] process of catch-up development

it is a standard term in social sciences; the simplest form is alwasys the most elegant:

[in the] process of catch-up development/society is in the process of catch-up development/ is undergoing [the process of] catch-up development.
Example sentence:

please google the phrase "catch-up development" - tens of very suitable examples

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