Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Я боюсь покупать товары в интернет-магазинах
English translation:
I am wary of shopping online.
Added to glossary by
Natalia Volkova
Mar 16, 2010 22:08
14 yrs ago
Russian term
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Native in: Russian (Variants: Moscow, Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Italian to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 2 more.
Я боюсь покупать товары в интернет-магазинах
Russian to English
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"I prefer to buy goods in off-line shops. I don`t like the idea of buying the goods that I have never seen in real life".
What is the best for expressing the thought "Я боюсь покупать товары в интернет-магазинах" in English?
What is the best for expressing the thought "Я боюсь покупать товары в интернет-магазинах" in English?
Proposed translations
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Change log
Mar 21, 2010 11:21: Natalia Volkova changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1083925">Natalia Volkova's</a> old entry - "Я боюсь покупать товары в интернет-магазинах"" to ""I am afraid to shop online.""
Proposed translations
+4
5 mins
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I am afraid to shop online.
This is typically the way we express that notion.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everybody!"
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4 mins
Katerina Rhodes
EU experience-accuracy-punctuality
Native in: Greek 
Works in: French to Greek, English to Greek, Greek to English, and 4 more.
I am afraid of buying items on online shops
боюсь= be afraid of
Peer comment(s):
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Katerina Motovilova
: Check your grammatical syntax. You do shop ¬ON a shop; you shop AT a shop, while you can be afraid of buying items FROM an online shop.
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+4
33 mins
I am wary of buying products online
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Note from asker:
| To tell the truth, I have written down in the glossary: I`m wary of shopping online. I wish I could give the points to you too... Thank you, Elina! |
Peer comment(s):
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David Knowles
: Yes, I think "wary" is a good word here.
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Thank you, David!
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Jack Doughty
31 mins
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Thanks, Jack!
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Natalia23
8 hrs
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Thank you!
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Maruti Shinde
: 'Wary' conveys exactly what the author intends to say.
13 hrs
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Thank you!
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49 mins
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
"I'm very concerned/cautious about Internet shopping
because my personal data could be stolen by the hacker"
Note from asker:
| Thanks, dear Alexandra! I like your version with "cautious". |
Peer comment(s):
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Natalia Mackevich
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Thank you, oh Fairy! Your portrait in the gallery of poems besides the marked distinction of your air deserves the farest spot!
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Leniana Koroleva
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Thank you! Appreciated!
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