| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | art does not admit of being tinkered at | искусство не терпит ремесленничества |
| mil. | be tinkering with tactics and weapons | экспериментировать посредством изменения тактики и вооружения (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| mil. | be tinkering with tactics and weapons | экспериментировать путём смены тактики и вооружения (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| philolog. | divine tinkering | божественная ручная доводка (John Lennox, "Challenges from Science," Ravi Zacharias, Beyond Opinion Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| gen. | do a little tinkering | поковыряться (to fiddle with • This car is a runner but has been sitting a while and will need a little tinkering to get started. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | he is again tinkering with his car | он опять возится со своей машиной |
| gen. | his doctor tinkered him up | врач немного его подремонтировал |
| gen. | his doctor tinkered him up | врач немного его подлечил |
| Makarov. | tinker about | бродить в поисках паяльной работы |
| Makarov. | tinker about | бродить в поисках лудильной работы |
| gen. | tinker about the house | чинить разные мелочи в доме |
| Игорь Миг | tinker around the edges | латать дыры |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | подновить |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | переделывать |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | возиться с |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | чинить на скорую руку |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | подремонтировать |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | чинить кое-как |
| Makarov. | tinker at | халтурить |
| Makarov. | tinker at | бродить в поисках паяльной работы |
| Makarov. | tinker at | бродить в поисках лудильной работы |
| Игорь Миг | tinker at something | чинить |
| gen. | tinker at something | возиться с чём-либо |
| gen. | tinker at something | чинить кое-как что-либо |
| gen. | tinker at the radio | химичить с радио |
| Makarov. | tinker away at the radio | химичить с радио |
| Gruzovik | tinker for a certain time | проковыряться (pf of проковыриваться) |
| Gruzovik | tinker for a certain time | проковыриваться (impf of проковыряться) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | tinker with for a while | повозиться |
| gen. | tinker for a while | поковыряться |
| Gruzovik, inf. | tinker up | ковырять |
| Gruzovik, inf. | tinker up | ковырнуть (semelfactive of ковырять) |
| amer. | tinker with | экспериментировать (tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble Val_Ships) |
| Makarov. | tinker with | бродить в поисках лудильной работы |
| Makarov. | tinker with | бродить в поисках паяльной работы |
| Makarov. | tinker with | халтурить |
| Игорь Миг | tinker with | подрегулировать |
| Игорь Миг | tinker with | скорректировать |
| gen. | tinker with | возиться с (Mr. Wolf) |
| gen. | tinker with | мастерить (olga garkovik) |
| gen. | tinker with a novel | искромсать роман |
| Makarov. | tinker with forecast | пытаться дать хоть какой-то прогноз |
| gen. | tinkering reforms | половинчатые реформы |
| math. | with a little tinkering an experienced engineer can solve most of his problems numerically | решать большинство своих задач численно |