Aug 18, 2009 14:33
14 yrs ago
Russian term

непредметно

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специалисты ArcelorMittal работают в регионе «непредметно, нет прозрачности в их деятельности, допускаются грубые нарушения технологической дисциплины при ведении горных работ».
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Aug 18, 2009 15:14: Natalie changed "Term asked" from "епредметно" to "непредметно"

Proposed translations

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haphazardly

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Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Douglas : I like that version, especially for its brevity.
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agree Sergey Gurinovich : Right, I believe "непредметно" here means "бессистемно", "беспорядочно".
2 hrs
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agree Alex Khanin :
2 hrs
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agree koundelev
6 hrs
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non-substantively

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Russian term (edited): епредметно

the nature of (their) work is unclear/poorly defined

I think you need to restructure this.
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+1
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without a clear objective / with no clear objective

This might be a way to say it relatively concisely, since you have a long list of bad behavior here.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sabina Metcalf
1 hr
Thanks, Sabina. (And, hello!)
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"against regulation"

I guess it is better to chose a different word.
The meaning should be: against regulation.
The "work" activity in that region violates normal regulation, violates normal working rules.
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without a scope/with no clear issues

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objectlessly

I think "непредметно" here means "беспредметно".

http://www.efremova.info/word/bespredmetno.html

беспредметно
1.нареч.
1.Соотносится по значению с прил.: беспредметный.
2.предикатив
1.Оценка какой-л. ситуации, чьих-л. действий как не имеющих определенной цели, обоснованного содержания.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/objectlessly



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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-08-18 22:44:46 GMT)
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Или "aimlessly":

http://www.permaculture.org.uk/mm.asp?mmfile=Article_Peoplec...

But take our workplace. We either work aimlessly like headless chickens (is it 33% of our food that goes to waste?), or against each other (pollution, missiles) or against nature (lots of digging, deforestation, contamination of land, rivers and people).
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