May 11, 2010 20:29
14 yrs ago
английский term

down to

английский => русский Прочее Журналистика
Sucess is not just down to teachers...
Proposed translations (русский)
4 +3 успех зависит не только от одних учителей
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): erika rubinstein

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Discussion

Svetlana Bakunova May 12, 2010:
It is idiom:
be down to sb (informal) - to be the responsibility of sb: It’s down to you to check the door.
OR:
be down to sb/sth - to be caused by a particular person or thing: She claimed her problems were down to the media.
Angela Greenfield May 11, 2010:
Good point, Michael. I like your logic.
Michael Moskowitz May 11, 2010:
To Angela Not necessarily (better yet - unlikely) negative connotation. It may be just a contraction on "boils down to...", meaning that when everything else has been removed (boiled away, so to speak), what's left? Are teachers the only ones left responsible? No, says the writer.
Angela Greenfield May 11, 2010:
It's a play on words Should be "up to teachers" (в смысле "зависит от учителей"). Я не знаю, что они хотят этим сказать, т.к. контекста нет, но ничего хорошего это не может означать. Может быть, плохие учителя? Зарплаты маленькие, все разбежались (не смейтесь, у нас тоже с этим проблемы). :-)

Proposed translations

+3
2 мин
Selected

успех зависит не только от одних учителей

также требуется и (работа родителей, общества и т.д.))) для нормального воспитания ребенка...
Peer comment(s):

agree Lena Watson
7 мин
Thank you, Lena!
agree Michael Moskowitz
1 час
Thank you, Michael
agree Eric Candle
6 час
Thank you, Eric!
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