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Glossary entry

русский term or phrase:

неординарность

английский translation:

unconventional (solution)

Added to glossary by Diane Fontainebleau Pochй
Aug 5, 2002 05:01
21 yrs ago
русский term

Proposed translations

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Selected

(finds) unconventional solutions to problems, unorthodox / extraordinary problem solving skills

Also, a person who in general finds their way out of problems (by any means) can be known as a "trouble shooter"
Peer comment(s):

agree Dimman : this seems the most appropriate
12 мин
agree Yuri Dubrov
35 мин
agree Milana_R : unconventional is very widely used in this context
1 час
agree Jack Doughty
1 час
agree Libero_Lang_Lab
5 час
agree Yuri Geifman
5 час
agree Svetlana Beloshapkina
14 час
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot!"
+1
24 мин

nonordinariness

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Peer comment(s):

agree Milana_R : скорее unordinary
2 час
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+14
28 мин

original solutions...

original problem solutions (or solutions of problems - it all depends on what the problems are and who sets them)

original can also be replaced by inventive or ingenious, resourceful, imaginative, even inspired or simply creative - all a matter of taste and context.

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Milana_R : a lot of options, way to go Yura!
4 мин
Thanks :-))
agree Remedios
23 мин
agree Olga Demiryurek
23 мин
agree xeni (X)
29 мин
agree Vanda : or nonroutine problem-solving/decision-making (not that inspiring as Yuri's suggestions)
1 час
agree Yelena.
2 час
agree nattash : ingenious
3 час
agree Larissa Lagoutina
4 час
agree Libero_Lang_Lab : i still like original better than any of the others in this context
5 час
me too!
agree Oleg Osipov : I'd choose the same technique for this original solution. -Oleg
5 час
agree AYP
6 час
agree Mark Vaintroub
7 час
agree protolmach
8 час
agree Alexandre Khalimov
8 час
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1 час

original approach to task solution

Non-standard solutions
alternative approach to task solution
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unorthodox

Unorthodox approach to solution of set problems

I like this word, though I am not absolutely sure it would fit.

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Note added at 2002-08-05 06:47:45 (GMT)
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Maybe, \"to implementation of assignments\"?
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4 час

a person who demonstrates unconventional approach to finding the right solutions

or

a person who demonstrates unconventional approach to solving the problems posed before him/her

Too long? I assume it is a part of a sentence, so maybe we can cut it shorter when putting together the whole sentence....

EXAMPLES OF USE IN A SENTENCE:

http://www.wen-di.com/whats_new/spring2002impressions_3.html
Lofty Ideas - Lifestyle trends are changing. Consequently, there is a need for a more unconventional approach to finding practical solutions, which Lofty Ideas does.

http://www.provitech.co.za/profile.html
At Provitech we pride ourselves in a unique and unconventional approach to solving problems. As a service company we welcome the opportunity.......


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5 час

originality (of approach...)

Eg. Applicants will be judged on the originality of their approach to problem solving.

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Note added at 2002-08-05 11:00:48 (GMT)
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or to make it snappier...

....the originality of their problem-solving techniques,
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8 час

extra-ordinary

unusual would also work
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14 час

Uncommon/ unusual approach to solving...

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