problem with an english sentence?

Question

Since the beginning of the 1990s last century .....- is it correct in English? or should I use "from the beginning.." What about the position of "last century " in the sentence? is it correct?

The whole sentence which I have translated into English is:
Since the beginning of the 1990s last century, due to extending European Communities plans with new democracy from the middleeuropean region, the European Communities/European Union have taken actions against Russia and postsoviet countries to make the newest extension easier and possible.


Does it sound good in English? if not can you suggest anything to me. Thanks a lot

Answer 1

Good to see you have not put a "greengrocer's apostrophe" in 1990s.

Answer 2

Since the beginning of the 1990's, due to extending European Communities plans with new democracy from the middle European region, the European Communities/European Union have taken action against Russia and post-Soviet countries to make the newest extension easier and possible.

Answer 3

The 1990s were in the last century - so you don't need to repeat that. We would also say "central European" (rather than middleeuropean, which isn't an English word), and it's the European Community (not communities).

We take action (not actions) - but we take action against someone when we are opposing or punishing them, not when we are working with them. "Postsoviet" is also not a comfortable English word - we would tend to say "former Soviet".

Also, we tend to talk about "new democracies", plural, to describe the former Soviet Bloc countries. And "easier and possible" is a little repetitive - if you make something possible (when it was presumably impossible before), you naturally make it easier.

It's hard to say how I would rephrase you sentence without being clearer of its meaning in my own mind, I'm afraid, but I hope that helps.

Answer 4

It's pretty straightforward... In history, there will only ever be one decade called the 1993's, so there's no need to qualify which century that decade fell in!!!

Just write:

"Since the early 1990's, due to extending EC plans regarding new democracies from the middle Europe region, the EC/EU has been taking action against Russia and post-soviet countries to make this most recent of extensions both possible and easy."

Answer 5

"Since the beginning of the 1990s the European Union has taken action against Russia and post-soviet countries in order to make the extending of their plans for a new, Middle-European democracy easier." or similar.

The rest of the stuff is redundant. Good luck!

Answer 6

From 1990 onwards the European Communities have extended plans for democracy to include Russia and other Soviet countries.

Answer 7

I would say 'Since' I'd drop the 'last century' (it's not necessary)
Comma between 1990 and s (1990's) hyphenate middle-European and Post-Soviet...
I am not sure what the EU are taking actions 'against Russia' for...but I would suggest dropping the 'easier and possible' and change it to read
'to facilitate the newest extension.

Answer 8

Since the beginning of the 1990"s the EU have decided to expand membership of the Union to include some post Soviet countries.
They have introduced measures not only to make it possible, but also to make it easier for them to meet the necessary membership requirements.

(There is no need to mention "last century" as the date speaks for itself)

Answer 9

You don't need "last century" because 1990 is obviously in the twentieth century. Your whole sentence is too long. Try to keep one central piece of information to once sentence.

What about...

"Since the early 1990's, due to extending..."

"The end of the twentieth century saw..."

Keep it simple, you don't want your reader wading through clauses to extract your meaning.

Answer 10

Try this if you will> In the dawn of the last century, In the early 1990s.

Answer 11

If you say 1990s you don't really need to clarify 'last century' as the date speaks for itself.