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| English | Russian |
| exist on paper only | существовать только на бумаге (Shell companies–which exist on paper only, with no real employees or offices–have legitimate uses Andrey Truhachev) |
| exist on paper only | существовать лишь на бумаге (Shell companies–which exist on paper only, with no real employees or offices–have legitimate uses Andrey Truhachev) |
| exist only on paper | существовать лишь на бумаге (The Indian lavatories that exist only on paper Andrey Truhachev) |
| exist only on paper | существовать только на бумаге (The Indian lavatories that exist only on paper Andrey Truhachev) |
| existing only on paper | бумажный |
| on paper | теоретически (And while this may sound glorious on paper, in real life it feels like a terrifying step – NYT diyaroschuk) |