| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | don't tinker with it | не трогай этого, только хуже сделаешь |
| Makarov. | the temptation to tinker with the existing legislation proved to be overwhelming | соблазн подновить существующее законодательство оказался непреодолимым |
| idiom. | tinker around with | подрегулировать (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.”  reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | tinker around with | поколдовать над (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.” reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | tinker around with | подкорректировать (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.” reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | tinker around with | подправить (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.” reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | tinker around with | подработать (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.” reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | tinker around with | подкрутить (to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it (Сambridge Dictionary) • McMullen’s currently working on AI technology where customers could essentially build a robot’s psyche from the ground up.
“They can tinker around with one of the AI controllers that we’re working on,” he elaborates, “where they’ll be able to go through a web interface and really get in there and kind of write a backstory, like, where did he come from? Where did he grow up? And you can make it as detailed as you want and it will keep it and retain it.” reviewjournal.com ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | tinker around with | возиться с (Enrica) |
| gen. | tinker away with | возиться (с чем-либо) |
| Makarov. | tinker with | переделывать |
| Makarov. | tinker with | подправить |
| Makarov. | tinker with | портить |
| Makarov. | tinker with | работать вхолостую |
| Makarov. | tinker with | ремонтировать кое-как |
| Makarov. | tinker with | чинить кое-как |
| Makarov. | tinker with | халтурить |
| Makarov. | tinker with | работать лудильщиком |
| gen. | tinker with | мастерить (olga garkovik) |
| econ. | tinker with | настраивать (что-либо A.Rezvov) |
| Игорь Миг | tinker with | скорректировать |
| gen. | tinker with | возиться с (Mr. Wolf) |
| amer. | tinker with | экспериментировать (tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble Val_Ships) |
| Makarov. | tinker with | бродить в поисках паяльной работы |
| Makarov. | tinker with | бродить в поисках лудильной работы |
| Игорь Миг | tinker with | подрегулировать |
| Makarov. | tinker with | пытаться поправить |
| Makarov. | tinker with | подремонтировать |
| Makarov. | tinker with | подновить |
| Makarov. | tinker with | относиться по-ремесленнически |
| Makarov. | tinker with | заниматься поверхностно |
| Makarov. | tinker with | кромсать |
| Makarov. | tinker with | заниматься несерьёзно |
| gen. | tinker with a novel | искромсать роман |
| Makarov. | tinker with a proposal | несерьёзно относиться к предложению |
| Makarov. | tinker with forecast | пытаться дать хоть какой-то прогноз |
| Makarov. | tinker with policy | проводить политику кое-как |
| Makarov. | tinker with system | кое-как исправлять систему |
| Makarov. | tinker with system | исправлять систему |