Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
mediocre approximation
Russian translation:
Ниже
English term
Russian Federation
Creative Literature Translator
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
mediocre approximation
Речь идет о различных маркетинговых стратегиях.
Proposed translations
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Ниже
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
Ukraine
Creative and accurate
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 2 more.
весьма приблизительная оценка (прогноз, цифры)
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Russian Federation
Treu dem Job & ergeben der Fremdsprache
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) , Tatar
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 5 more.
банальное (заурядное) описание
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New Zealand
Translation with excellence
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to English, and 3 more.
Средненькое приближение
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-31 05:36:25 GMT)
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Глядя на "exquisite, mediocre" не выглядит текст слишком формальным.
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слабое подобие
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-31 06:49:42 GMT)
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В некоторых случаях такие решения приводят к успеху, но почти также часто — лишь к его слабому подобию.
По следующему контексту:
Each season brings a new crop of experts proclaiming that their frameworks—core competencies, customer retention, management ecosystems, strategic intent, time-based competition, total quality management, "white spaces," managing chaos, value migration—are definitive. These solutions sometimes prove an exquisite fit, but just as often they offer only a mediocre approximation.
— http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Bringing_discipline_to_stra...
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Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian , German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
Здесь надо переводить предложение в целом:
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