это к делу не относится
“это к делу не относится” (eto k delu ne otnositsya) — that is beside the point in Russian. Phrase, level B1. Prosti, no eto k delu ne otnositsya — "sorry, but that is beside the point". In a live sentence: “Прости, но это к делу не относится” — Sorry, but that is beside the point. Written with the characters э, т, о, к, д, е, л, у, н, е, о, т… A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | это к делу не относится |
| Read in Latin letters | eto k delu ne otnositsya |
| Translation | that is beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Prosti, no eto k delu ne otnositsya — "sorry, but that is beside the point".
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Прости, но это к делу не относитсяProsti, no eto k delu ne otnositsyaSorry, but that is beside the point
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “that is beside the point” in Russian?
«это к делу не относится», read “eto k delu ne otnositsya”. In a live sentence: “Прости, но это к делу не относится” — Sorry, but that is beside the point. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters э, т, о, к, д, е, л, у, н, е, о, т…
How is “это к делу не относится” written in Latin letters?
eto k delu ne otnositsya. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Prosti, no eto k delu ne otnositsya — "sorry, but that is beside the point". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.