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подмявшей под себя жирный кусок

English translation: carving out for itself a big fat slice

11:40 Apr 13, 2016
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Russian term or phrase: подмявшей под себя жирный кусок
«Громкие скандалы. Циничные интриги. Захватывающие расследования. Махинации на миллионы, если не миллиарды долларов. Обширнейшая география постсоветского пространства и не только, куда оказался втянут и Казахстан. Все это, согласно опубликованным в сети документам, дело рук турецкой группировки во главе с небезызвестным Вейселом Аралом (бывший глава Kcell-ред.), подмявшей под себя жирный кусок мирового телекоммуникационного пирога. Речь идет о филиалах – сотовых операторах, таких как Kcell, объединенных ныне под крышей скандинавского гиганта TeliaSonera – TS». Так писала одна из казахстанских СМИ.

...which cut a substantial slice of the world's telecommunications pie...
responder
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:06
English translation:carving out for itself a big fat slice
Explanation:
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Ilan Rubin (X)
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:06
Grading comment
Thank you, Ilan!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8grab a good chunk of the market
El oso
4 +1carving out for itself a big fat slice
Ilan Rubin (X)


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
carving out for itself a big fat slice


Explanation:
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Ilan Rubin (X)
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you, Ilan!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oleg Lozinskiy
1 hr
  -> Thank you Oleg!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
grab a good chunk of the market


Explanation:
..syndicate headed by the notorious... that managed to grab/grabbed a large/huge chunk of the global telecommunications market


El oso
Russian Federation
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ilan Rubin (X): I like that version too
3 mins
  -> Thank you, ILAN!
agree  Dmitry Goykhman
14 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Oleg Lozinskiy
43 mins
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Denis Zabelin
45 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  David Knowles
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Tatiana Lammers
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
9 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Erzsébet Czopyk
22 hrs
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