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что где-где

English translation: ...if there is one place you can rest assured no mistakes are ever made, that is it

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Russian term or phrase:что где-где
English translation:...if there is one place you can rest assured no mistakes are ever made, that is it
Entered by: tatyana000

14:58 Aug 6, 2017
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: что где-где
From the memoirs of Stalin-era political prisoner, describing a scene where she is escorted across the country for questioning in Lubyanka:

Они, эти молодые парни, от души посочувствовали нам, арестованным по недоразумению, но и успокоили, авторитетно заверив, что уж "там-то" разберутся, ***что где-где***, а уж "там" ошибок не бывает!
tatyana000
Local time: 13:56
...if there is one place you can rest assured no mistakes are ever made, that is it
Explanation:
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 07:56
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3...if there is one place you can rest assured no mistakes are ever made, that is it
Mark Berelekhis
4.....that there, of all places, they/people make no mistakes!
Tatiana Grehan
4they will establish there what excactly happened
LilianNekipelov
3somewhere
Susan Welsh


  

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somewhere


Explanation:
Ушаков: Кое-где> «Где-где только светятся узкие окна (ночью).» Гоголь.


    Reference: http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ushakov/778322
Susan Welsh
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
.....that there, of all places, they/people make no mistakes!


Explanation:
Я бы так перевела.

Tatiana Grehan
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
...if there is one place you can rest assured no mistakes are ever made, that is it


Explanation:
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 07:56
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 666
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrey Svitanko
1 hr
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agree  danya
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agree  Tatiana Lammers
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they will establish there what excactly happened


Explanation:
and there, they never make any mistakes

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 07:56
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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