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приглашают их к партнерству

English translation: invite them into partnership

21:54 Mar 24, 2004
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Energy / Power Generation
Russian term or phrase: приглашают их к партнерству
Стороны поддерживают интерес, проявленный к сотрудничеству по трубопроводной части проекта деловыми кругами Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона (АТР), и приглашают их к партнерству.
Alexander Kolegov
English translation:invite them into partnership
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4 +3invite them into partnership
atxp (X)
4 +2offer them partneship
suslik
4invite them to partner
nrabate
3 +1...and invite their partnership
Kirill Semenov
3invite firms from this region into partnership.
Dorene Cornwell


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
приглашают их к партнерству
invite them to partner


Explanation:
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nrabate
United States
Local time: 02:58
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dorene Cornwell: "them" may have an unclear antecedent. But maybe only serous grammar maniacs would notice
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
приглашают их к партнерству
...and invite their partnership


Explanation:
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Vardanyan
12 mins
  -> спасибо :)
neutral  Dorene Cornwell: "their" may have an unclear antecedent. But maybe only serious grammar maniacs would notice
1 hr
  -> perhaps :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
invite firms from this region into partnership.


Explanation:
I am translating the whole passage just to try to get rid of the unclear pronoun / adjectival pronoun antecedent problem

The Parties support the interest in cooperation on the pipeline part of the project shown by business circles in the Asia Pacific region (APR)and invite firms from this region into partnership.



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Note added at 2004-03-25 17:59:29 (GMT)
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Dmitry Nikonov asked me why I raised the issue of unclear antecedents in my answer and comments on others. I was recalling my grammarian father, but it seems that modern usage is more tolerant

In an email to Dmitry I mentioned that the subjects in subordinate clauses cannot be considered antecedents for subsequent pronouns.

Depending on how one translates the rest of the sentence, the issue might more properly be whether objects of a preposition can serve as antecedents for subsequent pronouns. In any case here are a couple of citations wihth different views.

I am not sure whether this increases clarity.

Search results from the online Chicagoe manual of Style in case you own the printed copy
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/search.html?submit=Back ...

18 instances of your query were found in the Manual.


Chapter 5: Grammar and Usage
¶ 5.35: Antecedents of pronouns

¶ 5.36: Pronouns without antecedents

¶ 5.37: Position in sentence

¶ 5.39: Four properties

¶ 5.40: Number and antecedent

¶ 5.41: Exceptions regarding number

¶ 5.42: Pronoun with multiple antecedents

¶ 5.43: Antecedents of different genders

¶ 5.48: Gender, number, and case

¶ 5.49: Expressing gender

¶ 5.51: Special uses

¶ 5.52: Uses and forms

¶ 5.55: Demonstrative pronouns

¶ 5.59: Antecedent

¶ 5.60: Omitted antecedent

¶ 5.171: Elliptical phrases

¶ 5.187: Subordinating conjunctions

¶ 5.189: Relative pronouns and interrogative adverbs as conjunctions



http://www.bartleby.com/68/17/4817.html

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

PRONOUN WITH POSSESSIVE ANTECEDENT


Milton’s blindness forced him to dictate to an amanuensis. Some have argued that a personal pronoun such as him in the example cannot have a noun in the genitive case (Milton’s) as its antecedent; they insist that only a genitive pronoun with noun will work: Milton’s blindness forced his dictation to an amanuensis. But there is nothing wrong with the example using him:we know that it refers to Milton, and although the logic may beimperfect the common sense of the grammar prevails. Occasionally,especially when the pronoun is who or whom instead of whose (A prodigious piece of work was Johnson’s dictionary, who now gets credit for a one-man effort),the resulting sentence will be awkward regardless of whether thepronoun is genitive or something else. But otherwise you maycomfortably use a noun in the genitive case as antecedent for a pronounin any case.


http://www.bartleby.com/68/27/327.html

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

AMBIGUOUS (adj.), AMBIGUITY (n.)


Ambiguity—being ambiguous—is saying something insuch a way as to obscure meaning, to suggest more than one meaning, or otherwise to make meaning uncertain. ...
Pronoun reference can also be ambiguous if the antecedent is too far back for clear recall or if it is unclear: John and then George came to the meeting. Later he said he’d be willing to serve. (Which one said it?) Avoid inadvertent ambiguity.


http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html
a long piece on composition. Find antecdent in the page to find good examples fo different situations

Dorene Cornwell
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приглашают их к партнерству
invite them into partnership


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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Kuzmina: Fully agree Invite them into partnership !!!
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alexandra
agree  Sergey Strakhov
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Sergei
agree  Graeme James (X)
10 days
  -> Thank you, Graeme
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
приглашают их к партнерству
offer them partneship


Explanation:
приглашать в этом контексте лучше offer

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Note added at 5 hrs 7 mins (2004-03-25 03:02:36 GMT)
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sorry spelling - it should be partnership


suslik
United States
Local time: 02:58
Native speaker of: Native in BelarusianBelarusian, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gulnara Tyndybayeva
8 hrs
neutral  Dorene Cornwell: Usually "offer" would imply more of a specific agreement; "invite" is mroe general
14 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан: 1-ое, что пришло в голову. Речь ведь идёт о коммерции, а не о приглашении на вечеринку, где было более уместно "invite".
2 days 16 hrs
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