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[edit]- Строительство платформы может начаться
- (с?) Construction of a platform may start // OF or ON or both //ASK
- (n) Construction may start today on Lockport rail platform
- на первом этапе завод будет производить
- in its first stage, the..
- диаметр трубопровода - diameter is unconventional? size should be used?
- изменения вступят в силу после закрытия рынков 31 мая
- - will take place as of the close of May 31, 2013
- право голоса, предоставляемое акциями - voting rights attached to the shares
- dividends on preference shares ("on", not "for")
- dividends in the amount of 4 rubles per share
- he also waded into the debate
- to deport the politician from office
- достигать соглашения
- to reach accord on, to reach accord over smth
- Researchers say it could provide an alternative energy source for Japan which imports all its energy needs.
- discussion
- to inform a discussion: "these developments don't necessarily inform the public discussion but.."
- to turn a profit
- the new system may turn a good profit
- joint venture
- enter into joint venture, form a joint venture
- to float a theory
- the point I will enlarge on in just a moment
- within the timeframe specified (by contract, by the Board of Directors)
- Dell wants to take itself private.
- "sit for the bar exam"
- he was "arraigned before the court"
- Legal proceedings arising out of a dispute ...
- Legal proceedings arising from charges ...
- slapped an import duty of 10 dollars per bottle on..
- оборудование позволяет экономить до ХХ кв часов
- generates \ provides \ results in __ energy savings
- "The LED solution generates energy savings of up to 40% a year"
- "provides energy savings of up to 60%"
- " This results in energy savings of 10 % to 15 %"
- generates \ provides \ results in __ energy savings
- новые агрегаты позволили сэкономить ХХ кв час
- has led to energy savings of ..
- allowed \ brought energy savings of..
- "the feedback led to energy savings of 148 kWh per household"
- "These successful changes allowed energy savings of 66% "
- компания хочет увеличить долю в другой до 100%
- XXX Moves Toward Full Ownership of YYY
- XXX to assume full ownership of YYY
- финансовые показатели
- , marking a 2.0% "rise from the year before"
- , which means there has been a 2% rise from the year before
Bullshit or not?
[edit]- The year of 2012 saw the company increase its production volume by...
- "saw the company increase" - a grammatical solecism?
structures
[edit]- ...makes it less likely that...
- "The contract will see the company ..." \\rock-album-title-worthy
Journalese
[edit]- throughout = the length and breadth
- squatter communities erupting the length and breadth of rural Brazil
- 20 million exotic pets are kept the length and breadth of America with laws varying greatly across the country.
- The new event\development marks "a departure from that narrative"
- новое событие идет вразрез с устоявшейся моделью жизни, с привычным стилем, ходом дел.
- to field questions
- - отвечать на вопросы, часто сложные или идущие быстрой чередой, обычно на конференции, на ступеньках у здания суда; либо работая секретарем \ специалистом обслуживания;
- he took to the pages of New York times to answer criticisms of his conduct during..
- a "welcome throwback"
- In Russian: ?
- to hold out a possibility
- (quote) Mr Draghi also held out the possibility of reducing the deposit rate for banks to below zero
- - мистер Драги также указал на возможность...
- sputtering economy - same as choppy economy
Headlines
[edit]- the law was rejected on appeal
- -
In speech
[edit]- "A couple of quick points" - "Пара коротких замечаний от меня" (мыслей, комментариев и т.п.)"
(Gumbo) Phrase Variations
[edit]- Сумма сделки не раскрывается
- often rendered using the clause "for an undisclosed sum"
- Новый пром. комплекс будет располагаться на территории завода XXX
- Производство увеличилось
- production is up by 5%
- output has increased; output is up
- дальнейший рост ожидается и в ЧЧЧ году
- is projected to continue growing into 2013
- Завод достиг уровня поставок 600 тонн в день
- Отгрузка "товарного продукта" заводом достигла 000 тонн в сутки
- commercial deliveries from the
- \\flip\\: The plant's customers now receive 000 ...
- в странах Ближнего Востока \\ask boffins
- in the Middle East countries
- in the Middle Eastern countries\states
- in the countries of Middle east
The ways to..
[edit]- ...по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года
- ..up 6% from the year ago quarter. Also: .. year-ago
- (quote) Apple sold 7.54 million iPods, a 20 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter .
- ..compared with the same period a year ago.
- ..year-over-year; YoY.
- ..over the prior year quarter. \\does it jar the senses of a nat.speaker? ; GoogleNews
- y/y: "Reliance's oil imports down 12% in May y/y" \\in headlines
- ..up 6% from the year ago quarter. Also: .. year-ago
- ..describe accretion over a period:
- Компания выкупила акции и GDR на 50 миллионов долларов \\ к данному моменту
- -
- Компания выкупила акции и GDR на 50 миллионов долларов \\ к данному моменту
- ..churn out the "from..to" phases (time, dates)
- «Уралкалий» выкупил в период с 25 по 29 марта 2013 года ..
- Between the 25th and the 29th of March 2013 ..
- «Уралкалий» выкупил в период с 25 по 29 марта 2013 года ..
- .. name the participants of an industrial forum
- attendees, guests, participants,
- describe the company's market share
- Завод занимает 10% мирового рынка пупырышек.
- In the 1980s, the plant’s output of chloroprene rubber accounted for 10-12% share of the global market
- The plant holds 10% of the global market share..
- had a 79.3 percent share of the global market.
- holds \ accounts for
- Завод занимает 10% мирового рынка пупырышек.
- компания прекратила терпеть убытки
- the company snaps (a 3-year) losing streak
In the Economist
[edit]- signally -
- churn: One complains that proposals churn between the policy forum, the policy commissions and the policy review—each a different combination of Labour Party figures consulting fellow Labourites, experts and the public.
- bolthole
- the real blame lies with
- the prices are inching higher
- the Government's (good\bad) showing - results, performance (article on post-Chavez politics)
- Yet recent months have highlighted how fragile are these spoke-to-spoke relations among America’s Asian allies, especially the two most important, Japan and South Korea.