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vopiusche bezgramotnie deistvia

English translation: shockingly incompetent

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Russian term or phrase:vopiusche bezgramotnie deistvia
English translation:shockingly incompetent
Entered by: Galina Labinko Rodriguez

19:43 May 12, 2008
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Russian term or phrase: vopiusche bezgramotnie deistvia
deistvia chinovnika otsenivaiutsia grazhdaniniom kak vopiusche bezgramotnie
Galina Labinko Rodriguez
Local time: 20:45
shockingly incompetent
Explanation:
The official's actions are described as "shockinly incompetent"
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 21:45
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8shockingly incompetent
Mikhail Kropotov
5outrageously incompetent
Punctual
3glaringly ignorant
Rodion Shein


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
shockingly incompetent


Explanation:
The official's actions are described as "shockinly incompetent"

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 21:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
1 min
  -> Thank you, Jack
agree  Anton Konashenok
2 mins
  -> Thank you, Anton
agree  Angela Greenfield: outrageously incompetent - как говорят у нас, в Америке. :-)
18 mins
  -> Sounds good to me, Angela
agree  GaryG
39 mins
agree  Nurzhan KZ: with Angela
46 mins
agree  Rachel Douglas
46 mins
agree  Sergei Tumanov
12 hrs
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
15 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
glaringly ignorant


Explanation:
actions are considered glaringly ignorant

Rodion Shein
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:45
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
outrageously incompetent


Explanation:
politically correct and contextually efficient

Punctual
Local time: 20:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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