Nov 18, 2007 11:55
16 yrs ago
Russian term
Ukraine
careful, caring, and perfectionist
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
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совершенно необозрим для человеческого разума
Russian to English
Science
Science (general)
scientific writing
В последнее время в математике появляются все больше теорем, доказательства которых совершенно необозримы для человеческого разума, если не усиливать их компьютером.
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1 hr
Alexander Demyanov
Native in Russian
Works in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
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136
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[completely] unfathomable by/for human intelligence/intellect
I prefer "unfathomable" here because, it implies vast complexity: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unfathomable
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-18 13:32:31 GMT)
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Looking at Simon's comment to Valery's answer, I see that "totally" would be better than "completely"
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-18 13:32:31 GMT)
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Looking at Simon's comment to Valery's answer, I see that "totally" would be better than "completely"
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Jack Doughty
: Reminds me of that religious phrase (the peace) that passeth all understanding.
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Thanks, Jack!
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Donald Scott Alexander
: "Unfathomable" is great because a "fathom" is distance for measuring depth underwater & implies visibility, like "зор" in "необозримый". But "unfathomable" takes "to" not "by" or "for". And "intellect" takes "the", while "intelligence" does not.
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Thanks, Scott, esp. for fixing my prepositions. I'm not sure about "[the] human intellect" though. Judging from usage statistics, both options are valid.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Всем огромное спасибо!"
+3
1 hr
Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Works in field
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
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Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
incomprehensible for human mind
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Irene N
: totally:-)
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Thank you!
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Simon Hollingsworth
: I would say, "TOTALLY incomprehensible FOR the human mind"
32 mins
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Thank you!
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svetlana cosquéric
6 hrs
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Thank you!
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Donald Scott Alexander
: "Incomprehensible" takes "to" better than "for", and "mind" requires "the": "incomprehensible to the human mind".
10 hrs
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impossible for the humand mind to embrace them all
absolutely impossible for the humand mind to embrace them all
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Donald Scott Alexander
: There is no word meaning "all" in the source term. (Even the proof of just ONE of these mathematical theorems is too vast/boundless/immense for the human mind to fathom, let alone ALL of them.) And no "d" in human. :-)
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i'm not blind and its up to the asker to decide whether he wants to accept the answer with 'all' or not. it just sounds better in english this way; you should know it better than me and you could just use the option 'neutral' instead of 'disagree'
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Maksym Nevzorov
Ukraine
Ukraine
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Works in field
Ukraine
Good translation needs good research
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 5 more.
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16
totally beyond the capabilities of human mind
just an option
2 days 21 hrs
Margarita Georgieva
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Also an engineer
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, Russian to English
completely beyond mind
I have heard it in science documentaries.
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