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соперниками

English translation: in quarter C the Swedes will compete with...

10:56 May 19, 2010
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Russian term or phrase: соперниками
На предварительном групповом этапе ЧМ-2010 соперниками шведов по квартету С будут команды Чехии, Норвегии и Франции. Датчане попали в очень непростую группу D с американцами, финнами и немцами, которые будут играть на домашнем льду.
contenders or rivals?
Maruti Shinde
India
Local time: 20:48
English translation:in quarter C the Swedes will compete with...
Explanation:
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Alexander Onishko
Grading comment
Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4in quarter C the Swedes will compete with...
Alexander Onishko
4 +4rivals
Oleksiy Markunin
4 +3opponents
Aleksey Chervinskiy


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
rivals


Explanation:
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Oleksiy Markunin
Canada
Local time: 11:18
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: The answer the asker was looking for
2 hrs
  -> Exactly my ideas..) Thanks, Mikhail!
agree  Rachel Douglas
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rachel!
agree  Inna Katashova
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Inna!
agree  interprivate
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, interprivate!
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
in quarter C the Swedes will compete with...


Explanation:
*

Alexander Onishko
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
1 min
  -> Thank you very much, Jack!
agree  Nick Grekov (X)
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Nick!
agree  Igor Blinov
43 mins
agree  koundelev
1 hr
neutral  Rachel Douglas: "will compete with" is OK, but I believe "quarter" is incorrect (sounds like a period of time in the game or the year). In the World Hockey Cup, this is called "Group C."
2 hrs
  -> You are right, Rachel! This should be "quartet" i.e. group of 4 members
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
opponents


Explanation:
yet another way to say it

Aleksey Chervinskiy
United States
Local time: 11:18
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Inna Katashova
1 hr
agree  Judith Hehir: in this context, по-моему (it's neutral)
7 hrs
agree  Svetlana Potton
13 hrs
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