Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
нулевой отметки
English translation:
around the zero score point
Added to glossary by
daniesza
May 1, 2006 02:36
18 yrs ago
Russian term
нулевой отметки
Russian to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Basketball
Маятник счёта совершил несколько колебаний вокруг нулевой отметки, но затем трижды кряду химчане провели неудачные атаки, и гости ушли вперёд на те самые 6 очков.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | The pendulum of the game swung around the zero score point for a while... |
Andrey Belousov (X)
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| 4 +1 | zero to zero score |
Olga Sharpe
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Proposed translations
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The pendulum of the game swung around the zero score point for a while...
It was an adrenaline filled contest, with the pendulum of the game swinging continuously. Both teams played wonderfully well, exhibiting aggressive, ...
www.temasek.nus.edu.sg/IHG0506/handball-archive.htm
Not sure if it will be understood by native speakers....
www.temasek.nus.edu.sg/IHG0506/handball-archive.htm
Not sure if it will be understood by native speakers....
Peer comment(s):
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Mikhail Kropotov
: What's not to understand? The "zero score point" is wrong. It's the difference in scores, not the score itself. "Вокруг нулевой отметки" means they definitely have scored before. FYI: I'm commenting on your translation which is what wa
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Sure thing/The least thing I expected was you to understand/ Looks like you have not seen my post-grade note to the asker..
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Strastvuitye Andrey, and thank you. Placing it in context helped a lot. Because they had already scored, but were not scoring at this time. "
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Olga Sharpe
Canada
Canada
Native in Russian
Canada
GMP-inspections in Russian and Ukrainian
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
zero to zero score
:)
Note from asker:
| Thank you so much Olga, your answer helped to confirm my hunch. |
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