Glossary entry (derived from question below)
русский term or phrase:
С серьезными вопросами – не к нему
английский translation:
He is not someone you can trust with serious matters
Added to glossary by
skymir
Sep 27, 2013 13:50
10 yrs ago
русский term
С серьезными вопросами – не к нему
русский => английский
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Это описание человека, как недалекого и не значимого. Ничего столь же емкого в голову не приходит. Помогите, пожалуйста.
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Sep 29, 2013 06:37: skymir Created KOG entry
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He is not someone you can trust with serious matters
I think this one is more of a character description.
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Note added at 11 mins (2013-09-27 14:01:55 GMT)
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Or it could be rephrased "When it comes to serious/important matters, he is not someone you could go to (trust)"
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Note added at 14 mins (2013-09-27 14:05:23 GMT)
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Or yet another possibility: or "turn to"
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Note added at 16 mins (2013-09-27 14:07:27 GMT)
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or (other possibilities keep hitting me) "He is not the kind of person to turn to when it comes to (serious)matters of a serious nature."
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-09-27 14:10:06 GMT)
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Last one: "He is not the kind of person you would turn to, when it comes to serious matters"
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Note added at 11 mins (2013-09-27 14:01:55 GMT)
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Or it could be rephrased "When it comes to serious/important matters, he is not someone you could go to (trust)"
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Note added at 14 mins (2013-09-27 14:05:23 GMT)
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Or yet another possibility: or "turn to"
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Note added at 16 mins (2013-09-27 14:07:27 GMT)
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or (other possibilities keep hitting me) "He is not the kind of person to turn to when it comes to (serious)matters of a serious nature."
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-09-27 14:10:06 GMT)
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Last one: "He is not the kind of person you would turn to, when it comes to serious matters"
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! "
3 мин
erika rubinstein
Native in русский
Works in field
Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: русский 
, немецкий
Works in: английский => русский, немецкий => русский, русский => немецкий, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
He is not a person to solve serious questions
...
4 мин
Any important matters should be redirected to someone else
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+1
27 мин
Rachel Douglas
США
США
Native in английский
Works in field
США
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: английский (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: русский => английский
Related KudoZ points
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220
He's the wrong person for anything serious.
Or "the wrong guy," depending on the register.
16 час
LilianNekipelov
США
США
Native in английский
США
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: английский (Variants: British, US) , польский (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: русский => английский, польский => английский, шведский => английский
Related KudoZ points
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12
He is not a person who could help you with any serious problems (questions)
Another option.
23 час
Michael Korovkin
Италия
Италия
Native in русский
&
английский
Works in field
Италия
Native in: английский , русский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, итальянский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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128
he is strictly light-weight / he is not the guy for serious stuff
that's how I personally would SAY it. In a written translation, of course, all depends on how formal or informal is the context.
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