Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
(превысить) в 2 раза
English translation:
was twice as high
Russian term
United States
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, German to Russian, and 1 more.
(превысить) в 2 раза
Спасибо!
| 4 +11 | was twice as high |
Judith Hehir
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| 5 +4 | Double |
Maria Mizguireva
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| 5 | (exceed) by 2 times |
Pham Xuan Thanh
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| 4 | Demand exceeded supply by a factor of two. |
Konstantin Kisin
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Feb 2, 2013 17:33: Judith Hehir Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): MariyaN (X), kapura
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Proposed translations
United States
Eng-Russian. Accounting, Finance
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian
Double
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Rachel Douglas
: Yes, but it would have been nice to explain how it should work: "Demand for X was double the available supply." If the context doesn't lend itself to that, then Judith's formulation might be more versatile.
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спасибо. вы правы
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Roman Bardachev
: with Rachel
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:)
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Laura Friend
: Btw, Rachel, "comfortable" skinning of cats is an unusual image... ;-)
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Andrew Vdovin
1 day 4 hrs
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United Kingdom
Bilingual Finance, Law & Business Pro
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English, English to Russian
Demand exceeded supply by a factor of two.
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Rachel Douglas
: Formally correct, but Maria's and Judi's suggestions are more idiomatic. Often "by a factor of" is the only solution when expressing a "less than" relationship, but for "greater than," there are more comfortable ways to skin the cat.
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experienced VIE↔EN←RUS Translator/Editor
Native in: Vietnamese (Variant: Standard-Vietnam)
Works in: English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English, Russian to English, and 1 more.
(exceed) by 2 times
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/wind-world-dema...
Exceed:
be greater in scope or size than some standard; Be or do something to a greater degree; Go beyond (some limit); To surpass, outstrip or transcend;
X times:
a multiplicative increase; to increase in number or quantity;
The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times;
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/multiplication
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