Breakdown of Этот интерфейс отлично работает как на компьютере, так и на другом устройстве.
компьютер
computer
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
работать
to work
отлично
excellently
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
другой
other
как ..., так и ...
both ... and
интерфейс
interface
устройство
device (mechanism, unit)
Questions & Answers about Этот интерфейс отлично работает как на компьютере, так и на другом устройстве.
Why use как ..., так и ... here instead of just и на компьютере, и на другом устройстве?
Both translate to 'both... and...', but как ..., так и ... is a bit more formal and strongly emphasizes that the two conditions are equally valid. You will see it frequently in professional, technical, or written contexts like this one.
Is it strictly necessary to repeat the preposition на in the second half of the phrase (так и на...)?
Yes. A key rule with double conjunctions like как ..., так и ... is that the grammar on both sides must match perfectly. Because you used на for the computer, you must also include на before другом устройстве.
Отлично usually means 'excellently,' but here it translates to 'perfectly.' Could I use идеально instead?
Yes, идеально работает works just as well. However, in everyday Russian, отлично is used very broadly to mean 'great' or 'flawlessly' when talking about how technology or software functions.
What case is другом устройстве in, and why?
It is in the prepositional case. It is triggered by the preposition на to indicate location ('on another device'). Notice how the neuter adjective takes the -ом ending and the neuter noun takes the -е ending, perfectly mirroring the prepositional case of на компьютере in the first half.
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