Jan 24, 2017 04:11
7 yrs ago
Russian term
Germany
довести до
Russian to English
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Иногда она созванивалась с Павлом. Позже, эти звонки прекратились. В какой-то степени Павел сам довёл до этого. На редкие её звонки, он порой не отвечал.
Pavel was partially to blame??
Pavel was partially to blame??
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | it was partly Pavel's fault |
Maria Kaverina
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| 5 +3 | Drover her to it |
JW Narins
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| 4 +2 | bring upon oneself |
Natalia Postrigan
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| 3 | was the reason |
rns
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| 3 | lead oneself to |
Andrew Tishin
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Change log
Jan 24, 2017 07:59: Jack Doughty changed "Language pair" from "Russian to English" to "English to Russian"
Jan 24, 2017 09:34: Alexander Konosov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
Proposed translations
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Maria Kaverina
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Russian
United Kingdom
Coffee is a translator's best friend
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
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it was partly Pavel's fault
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El oso
: This works too.
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спасибо
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Tatiana Pelipeiko
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Спасибо
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Tatyana Leshkevich
: Precisely.
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Спасибо
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks!"
+3
5 mins
Drover her to it
Works both literally and in terms of the sense.
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Note added at 5 mins (2017-01-24 04:17:24 GMT)
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"Drove," of course.
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Note added at 5 mins (2017-01-24 04:17:24 GMT)
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"Drove," of course.
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Natalia Postrigan
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
United States
ATA, PRO, translating since 2003
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian, and 2 more.
bring upon oneself
To some extent, Pavel brought it upon himself.
В какой-то степени Павел сам довёл до этого.
Ваш собственный вариант (he was partially to blame) вполне ничего.
Ещё вариант, менее буквальный, но с сохранением смысла: To some extent, it was his own fault (в какой-то степени он сам был в этом виноват).
В какой-то степени Павел сам довёл до этого.
Ваш собственный вариант (he was partially to blame) вполне ничего.
Ещё вариант, менее буквальный, но с сохранением смысла: To some extent, it was his own fault (в какой-то степени он сам был в этом виноват).
Peer comment(s):
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Andrew Tishin
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El oso
: Your suggestion doesn't quite work here, given the previous sentence. For instance: ''Then she stopped calling him altogether.. and to some extent he brought it on himself"? See my point?
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I'm not sure. The way I imagined it, it didn't sound too bad. "Eventually, the calls stopped. To some extent, he brought it upon himself."
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Denis Shepelev
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was the reason
Pavel was the reason, sort of.
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Andrew Tishin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
"Золотое копьё" 2021. 13 лет опыта.
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, German to Russian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
lead oneself to
Why not "To some extent, Pavel led himself to this (situation)" or "Pavel partly led himself to this"?
It's just word for word. And it's widely used to express the same meaning.
https://www.google.ru/#newwindow=1&q="lead yourself to this"
It's just word for word. And it's widely used to express the same meaning.
https://www.google.ru/#newwindow=1&q="lead yourself to this"
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