Exercise 4.9. Переведите предложения, учитывая членение высказываний в разных синтаксических комплексах и абсолютных конструкциях:

1. Horns locked, the two stags struggle for mastery.

2. I crouched in the alleyway, my eyes straining in the darkness.

3. So with the lamps all put out, the moon sunk and a thin rain drum­ming on the roof, a downpouring of immense darkness began.

4. The best part having been given to another actor, Josh felt unwilling to continue his involvement in the show.

5. We are dividing up the grant according to need, the largest amount being given to the homeless.

6. Her project completed, Hilary left the team.

7. With heavy seas in the North Atlantic, fishing boats stay in harbour.

8. Paintings by old masters realized £702,190 at a sale in London, with two Rembrandts accounting for £278,000 of the total.

9. The sellers offered the buyers 5,000 tons of oil, delivery to be made in October.

10. With hundreds of teachers in Detroit being threatened with layoffs, and with thousands of others around the country set to lose their jobs this fall, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) membership is probing new ways of financing public education in order to solve this crisis.

Exercise 4.10. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на оговорки типа if any:

1. If anything, it will be in their interests to follow this course.

2. Other researchers, however, remained adamant that there are few if any gender differences in management.

3. When a hearing is finished, the committee decides what report, if any, it will make to the House on the measure.

4. Though this thesis sounds admirably democratic in principle, most people believe that it would make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for them to attain unity and real democracy.

5. Of course, interpreting, if more spectacular, is not the only aspect of linguistic activity in the international sphere. Whatever the length of the discourse, a good interpreter never asks the orator to stop in order to enable him to render it bit by bit. Some orators have been known to speak for over an hour non-stop. Interpretations, of course, are actu­ally somewhat shorter than original speeches, but even then, this represents tremendous effort.

6. If anything, it would be to the advantage of this country to pursue an independent policy.

7. Over a period I have asked my bronchial friends who smoke, what advice, if any, their doctor has given them in this matter.

8. The universities have shown few if any signs of a willingness to change.

9. Brian rarely, if ever, goes to bed before 3 am.

10. Their policies have changed little, if at all, since the last election.

11. Her needs are just as important as yours, if not more so.

12. The snow was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, to get the car out.

13. It’s a really fast car, if a little expensive.

14. Use live natural yoghurt, full-fat, if possible.

15. It’s warm enough here in London. A little too warm, if anything.

16. Given that the patients have some disabilities, we still try to enable them to be as independent as possible.

17. Given the number of people we invited, I’m surprised so few came.

Exercise 4.11. Переведите предложения (газетные сообщения):

1. Nine veterans of the Soviet effort to clean up the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site entered the seventh day Tuesday of a hunger strike called to dramatize their demand for their health compensation payments to be raised to reflect the cost of living.

2. Airbus showed off its giant A380, a double-decked behemoth that could revolutionize long-haul flying, at a lavish ceremony Tuesday with European leaders gathered for the first official look at the world’s largest passenger plane.

3. A demonstration of 500 hungry teachers, parents and students in Bir­mingham yesterday demanded that the council withdrew its £3 million cuts in education.

4. Hiroshima, 680 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, was hit hardest today when the magnitude 6.4 quake struck at 3:28 p.m. local time, but it rattled windows as far away as South Korea.

5. A recent national survey of 107,804 adults by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than two-thirds of Americans - 64 percent of men and 78 percent of women — are either dieting to lose weight or watching what they eat to prevent themselves from gaining weight.