| Subject | English | Russian |
| psychol. | a short span of attention | рассеянность |
| psychol. | a short span of attention | неустойчивость внимания |
| cliche. | a short span of time | короткое время (Thinking that she may have fallen down the ridge, I looked down and there was nothing, no sign of her, and even if she had fallen the creek was not fast flowing enough for her to have been totally swept away in such a short span of time. Looking back towards the meadow also showed me that she was nowhere, even though if she had somehow changed course and returned she had only been out of sight for a split second and I should have seen her doing so. -- за такое короткое время  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | he created a lot in the short span that he has been on earth | он много успел сотворить за короткое время своего пребывания на земле |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткий промежуток времени (Bloomberg Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткое время (A.Rezvov) |
| gen. | in a short span of time | за короткий срок (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in as a short time span as possible | в кратчайший срок (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | in such a short span of time | за такой короткий срок (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in such a short span of time | за столь короткий промежуток времени (CNN, 2019 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in the shortest time span | кратчайшие сроки (Ivan Pisarev) |
| rhetor. | in the span of few short years | за несколько коротких лет (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| telecom. | short span | короткий участок (oleg.vigodsky) |
| road.wrk. | short span steel bridge | стальной мост с малыми пролётами |
| construct. | short span bridge | мост малого пролёта |
| construct. | short span bridge | мост с малыми пролётами |
| pulp.n.paper | short span compression test | испытание на сжатие на коротких катках (Харламов) |
| psychol. | short span of attention | рассеянность |
| psychol. | short span of attention | неустойчивость внимания |
| product. | short span of time | сжатый срок (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| construct. | short span slab | плита малого пролёта |
| Makarov. | short span steel bridge | стальной мост с малыми пролётами |
| tech. | short-span bridge | малопролётный мост |
| astronaut. | short-span orbiter | ОС с крылом небольшого размаха |
| astronaut. | short-span shuttle | МВКА с крылом небольшого размаха |
| astronaut. | short-span wing | крыло небольшого удлинения |
| aerohydr. | short-span wing | крыло малого удлинения |
| tech. | short-span wing | крыло небольшого размаха |
| astronaut. | short-wing span glider | планирующий ЛА с небольшим размахом крыла |
| proverb | so short a span lived through, and yet so much experienced | как мало прожито, как много пережито (Olga Okuneva) |
| gen. | sp short a span lived through, and yet so much experienced | как мало прожито, как много пережито (Olga Okuneva) |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | за короткий промежуток времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | за короткий период времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| cliche. | within a short span of time | в течение короткого времени (One curious aspect of the UFO phenomenon is how many sightings seem to come in waves, with many witnesses coming forward in the same area within a short span of time, for whatever reasons. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| comp., MS | within a very short span of time | за очень короткий промежуток времени (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| dipl. | within the historically shortest time spans | в кратчайшие исторические сроки |