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    Help with a phrase

    How would you translate the following into russian:

    Just as good

    An example "He was just as good of a novelist as Henry James and Nathanial Hawthorne".

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    Re: Help with a phrase

    Quote Originally Posted by tdk2fe
    How would you translate the following into russian:

    Just as good

    An example "He was just as good of a novelist as Henry James and Nathanial Hawthorne".

    Thanks!

    tdk
    не хуже; такой же хороший , как

    Как писатель он был не хуже Генри Джеймса и Натаниэля Хоторна.
    Он был таким же хорошим писателем, как Генри Джеймс и Натаниэль Хоторн.

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    Re: Help with a phrase

    Quote Originally Posted by tdk2fe
    How would you translate the following into russian:

    Just as good

    An example "He was just as good of a novelist as Henry James and Nathanial Hawthorne".

    Thanks!

    tdk
    You don't need 'of' there, y'daft Yank .
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    не хуже; такой же хороший , как
    или еще так => "так же хорош, как..."

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    Как насчет "он в качестве писателя относился к Генри Джеймсу и Натаниэлю Хоторну."

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Как насчет "он в качестве писателя относился к Генри Джеймсу и Натаниэлю Хоторну."
    нет..

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Как насчет "он в качестве писателя относился к Генри Джеймсу и Натаниэлю Хоторну."
    Никак

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