Практические задания

1. Переведите на русский язык, избегая буквализма.

1. The wages plummeted. (plummet – свинцовая гиря)

2. They had to torpedo the talks.

3. The unemployment rate sky-rocketed ten years ago.

4. Programs involved in teaching English as a second language mushroomed in the 90-ies.

5. This gap is to be bridged next year.

6. On the third day of my stay in California I still had a jet-lag.

7. The president pursued his better-late-than-never courtship of the Congress.

8. About 65 Amerasians arrived in Thailand yesterday.

9. Slowly, a ‘can-do’ attitude is beginning to replace the inertia of trade unions.

10. E-commerce has become widespread in the US.

2. Переведите на русский язык следующие словосочетания:

1. Powerful player

2. Stateless citizen

3. Terrorist trial

4. Working expectancy

5. Administrative efficiency

6. Corruption struggle

7. Most-favoured-nation trading status

8. Iron curtain

9. Non-taxable income

10. Business communication workshop

11. Statistics and Analysis State Committee

12. UN Security Council resolutions

3. Подберите русские эквиваленты следующих английских словосочетаний, в состав которых входят «ложные друзья» переводчика:

1. Public opinion

2. Public debt

3. Public scandal

4. Banking officers

5. Interest rate

6. Convention of the Entrepreneurs Union

7. Personnel department

8. Champion of peace

9. Ammunition storage

10. Legal matters

11. Accurate data

12. Title and position

13. Human values

4. Переведите предложения с псевдоинтернациональными словами:

1. The actual results are opposed to the predicted ones.

2. I went out and bought a revolver and a lot of ammunition.

3. She told him anecdotes about the hospital and the patients.

4. By the end of the decade he had acquired international notoriety.

5. He was a complex man.

6. We turned the bicycle’s lights off to conserve the batteries.

7. These changes were of critical importance.

8. These were manifestations of the darker sides of his character.

9. A meeting of physicists had been called in Paris.

10. It was announced that the Prime Minister would speak to the nation on television at midday.

11. At that crucial moment, there seemed to be no heroes but only opportunists committed to survive.

12. It was impossible for me to identify with his religious perspective.

13. It was a politic thing to do.

14. The timber should also be treated with a preservative.

15. Nurses, doctors, social workers and other professionals came to the meeting.

16. For a year he was the Labour Party’s publicist.

17. Have you read the rubric about not tearing out pages?

18. Actors and actresses simulate everything for our amusement.

19. This machine was designed to simulate the effects of zero gravity.

20. I spent months on the simulator flying the Mig-31.

21. The task was to program the computer to play a moon-landing simulation.

22. He had a glass of ice-cream soda.

23. On certain specific issues there may be changes of emphasis.

24. The fighting has greatly stimulated weapons technology.

25. The art course stimulated me.

26. In her latest film she portrayed a temperamental Polish actress.

27. At the wall there was a long row of chairs where the faculty sit.

28. He was a fiction writer mainly.

29. Happy marriages may be more common in fiction than in real life.

30. He was invited to a formal dinner at Buckingham Palace.

31. The book gives an accurate picture of social history.

32. He is a leading advocate of free enterprise.

33. He said I had a good complexion.

34. The compositor decided to have a rest.

35. Put the new customers on the database.

36. The Germans and the Dutch were not represented at the conference.

37. The students were doing fractions.

38. The comparison is invalid.

39. It is unlikely that the number of physicians will increase.

40. His principal interest in life was to be the richest person in Britain.

41. You need an efficient production manager.

42. Children today are being brought up in a completely profane environment.

43. There was little prospect of military aid.

44. Ask for a receipt and make sure you get it.

45. On the table stood a plaster replica of the Venus di Milo.

46. They are made of a common plastic resin.

47. Few therapists agree on how to treat schizophrenia.

48. They have a lot of troops in Northern Ireland.

49. She was wearing a long black velvet ballgown.

50. US business today finds itself challenged by aggressive overseas competitors.

51. She opened a cocktail cabinet.

52. I wish I had a camera with me.

53. Is the Labour Party the great champion of the working man?

54. I had five minutes in which to collect my thoughts before the interview started.

55. The Managing Director has daily conferences with the other staff members.

56. You need the skill to control this machine.

57. Most public libraries will have a copy.

58. He wanted to bring credit to his family.

59. Women stood protesting outside the local office of the Department of Health.

60. Landing on the moon was one of the most dramatic scientific adventures of the last century.

61. The elements were wild.

62. We decided on a figure of 10,000.

63. He was a translator for US military intelligence.

64. A period of high interest rates is over.

65. I’m taking legal action against the company.

66. She took a liberal studies course at a university.

67. The minder’s object is to keep the child asleep.

68. Does the panel think this is beneficial for the country?

69. I was not aware that you were such a partisan of General Jackson.

70. Dan lost his position as steward.

71. Philip politely pretended not to have heard this remark.

72. The pollution is a hazard to public health.

73. She was invited to address a big anti-government rally.

74. Today saw some of the hottest temperatures on record.

75. It’s past his regular bedtime.

76. Yesterday they had an all-night drinking session.

77. It froze and became one solid block.

78. The papers are full of speculation about who is likely to be the next prime minister.

79. The company’s directing agency is located in Detroit.

80. The new chief executive officer was appointed in May.

5. Выберите правильный вариант:

1. She is very credulous/credible and believes everyone.

2. His efforts to improve his speech have been very effective/efficient.

3. A sensible/sensitive person has great sensibility/sensitivity and is quick to be happy or sad.

4. We expect prices to rise/raise by at least ten per cent next month.

5. Will the department’s policy be effected/affected by the appointment of a new chairwoman?

6. Amsterdam is a city of channels/canals.

7. Before coming here, I studied economics/economy at university.

8. A small car is more economic/economical than a large one because it uses less petrol.

9. Is it a historical/historic fact that Washington lived in this house?

10. He will become eligible/illegible to vote next year.

11. His speech was full of contemptuous/contemptible remarks about his wife. It was contemptible/contemptuous of him to speak like that about her.

12. How do you expect me to finish my work when I am continually/continuously interrupted?

13. Teaching is a highly paid job these days, but it should also be a vacation/vocation.

14. She was far too sensible/sensitive a person to believe these ridiculous lies.

15. The room was bare, apart from a strip/stripe of carpet.

16. He has remained active in the British policy/politics.

17. He was persecuted/prosecuted for drunken driving.

18. The novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1978: I prefer the latter/later version to the former.

19. His apology was so sincere and ingenious/ingenuous that his opponent was disconcerted.

20. Many of us are working for a more human/humane and civilized society.

21. After the revolution they adopted/adapted a more open policy towards the West.

22. Only use the handbrake when your vehicle is stationary/stationery.

23. Tribal medicine and Western medicine can complement/compliment each other very successfully.

24. The drought/draught from the window stirred the papers on her desk.

25. Her long brown hair was lose/loose about her shoulders.