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    per person

    How do you express the word per in Russian.
    For example:
    1. The corresponding tax will be 100 euro per family
    2. The maximum amount of the subsidy is 1000 per person.

    I was thinking that the translation is: dlya kazhdoi sem'i, dlya kazhdogo cheloveka.
    Correct?
    Чем больше слов, тем меньше они стоят.

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    На.
    На каждую семью, на каждого человека.

    But:
    We sell three thousand cars per day = Мы продаем три тысячи машин в день.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Medved View Post
    На.
    На каждую семью, на каждого человека.

    But:
    We sell three thousand cars per day = Мы продаем три тысячи машин в день.
    Я должен выучить это наизусть потому что нет разумного объяснения ?
    Чем больше слов, тем меньше они стоят.

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    Well, yes, I think so.

    Also: Our family needs three gallons of water per day = Нашей семье нужно 12 литров воды в/на день (either one is possible).

    ADDED:
    It's like the basic option is a "В" but since it also means "INTO" you can't say INTO person instead of PER person. That's why it has been replaced with a "на". Just like with families. There's no "direction" (into a family) in "per family". So I guess that is the reason of this controversy. As for learning, yes, you must understand that you have to learn a lot by heart when it comes to all the bloody things about the Russian grammar. Just like about the grammar of any other language, including English with their complicated use of prepositions
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    Quote Originally Posted by Antonio1986 View Post
    How do you express the word per in Russian.
    For example:
    1. The corresponding tax will be 100 euro per family
    2. The maximum amount of the subsidy is 1000 per person.

    I was thinking that the translation is: dlya kazhdoi sem'i, dlya kazhdogo cheloveka.
    Correct?
    Для каждой семьи .....Для каждого человека.... - this translation is correct too. You can also change 'per' to 'for'.

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    Well, maybe I'm too picky but I don't think the translation is correct.
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    Я бы сказала, что соответствующий подоходный налог будет 100 евро с каждой семьи.
    Максимальный размер этой дотации/субсидии - 1000 на человека.
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    100 евро с каждой семьи
    Yay, another one. Antonio, the C here is like "from".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Medved View Post
    Well, maybe I'm too picky but I don't think the translation is correct.
    Maybe, but In My Humble Opinion it's correct. I'm staying with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Medved View Post
    Yay, another one. Antonio, the C here is like "from".
    С миру по нитке - голому рубаха. Что означает, что если много людей отдадут по 1 рублю одному какому-то человеку, то этот человек получит много денег.

    "На человека"
    Антонио,
    Когда-нибудь ты дойдёшь до песен Владимира Высоцкого (в которых слова обычно первичны, а музыка вторична), и тогда
    фраза "тогда в нас было семьсот на рыло" мигом освежит в памяти этот грамматический нюанс.
    Владимир Высоцкий - «Милицейский протокол» (Сайт иронической и юмористической поэзии)
    На человека или на душу населения употребляются в официальных документах, выступлениях (официально-деловой стиль речи), а в быту, то есть в общении между обычными людьми, мы говорим "на нос", "с носа":
    Пойдём в поход через неделю. Собираем по 100 рублей с носа. В походе будете получать по 100 граммов колбасы на нос в день.
    "Невозможно передать смысл иностранной фразы, не разрушив при этом её первоначальную структуру."

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    Quote Originally Posted by maxmixiv View Post
    Пойдём в поход через неделю. Собираем по 100 рублей с носа. В походе будете получать по 100 граммов колбасы на нос в день.
    Не дай Бог пойти в такой поход =))
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    I have the following table of a business:
    water.jpg
    And I want to translate the last column: Turnover per visitor.
    Personally in English I would have written: Revenue per visitor.
    What will be your translation: Doxod na posititelya / Doxod na kazhdogo posititelya or smth else
    Чем больше слов, тем меньше они стоят.

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    доход с посетителя/с каждого посетителя

    if you use доход на посетителя it would mean that each client gets money rather than giving it to you
    I do not claim that my opinion is absolutely true.
    If you've spotted any mistake in my English, please, correct it. I want to be aware of any mistakes to efficiently eliminate them before they become a habit.

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