Translation Notes

¹ Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff — председатель объединенного комите­та начальников штабов

2. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases. A shift in attitude; the negotiations are under way; to resume arms sales; the terms of the sale; to finalize smth. 3. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases. Условия сделки; переговоры проходят; окончательно утверждать/ оформлять условия/сроки; перемена отношения; возобновлять про­дажу вооружения.

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Koreans set to resume family reunions

North and South Korea were last night ready to resume reunions of families separated by the peninsula's sealed border and launch a new round of talks about economic co-operation, reviving Seoul's "sunshine" policy of reconciliation. The two countries were expected to confirm the breakthrough today after three days of discussion in Pyongyang, ending a five-month freeze in contact. Yesterday's agreement was welcomed in Seoul as a further sign that Pyongyang wanted to improve its thorny international relations. "The talks have put inter-Korean dialogue back on track," said an official in Seoul. The talks between the two sides were said to have been frank and cordial. The last round of family reunions brought together scores of people who had not seen each other since the border was sealed at the end of the 1950-53 Korean war. More than 1 million elderly people in South Korea are split from immediate family in the North.

2. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases and reproduce the sentences from the article with them. Ожидается, что стороны подтвердят...; закрытая граница; воссоеди­нение семей; начать новый раунд переговоров; вернуть диалог в прежнее русло; расколоться; прорыв; примирение; сердечный; во­зобновлять. Translate the following texts into English using Translation Notes. 1. «Ближневосточный конфликт унес сотни тысяч жизней, — за­явил вчера представитель Белого дома. — Мировое сообщество долж­но сделать все возможное, чтобы вернуть конфликтующие стороны к переговорному процессу». 2. Предстоящий государственный визит президента России в Ки­тай станет важнейшим событием года в отношениях двух стран и будет иметь огромное значение для дальнейшего развития отношений стра­тегического партнерства. Между партнерами продолжает расти поли­тическое доверие, углубляются торгово-экономические отношения '. 3. Президент США приветствует усилия японских дипломатов по установлению диалога с Северной Кореей. Ранее представитель гос­департамента² США сообщил, что предложение американского пре­зидента о возобновлении «всеобъемлющего диалога» с Северной Ко­реей остается в силе³. 4. После установления двусторонних дипломатических контактов Япония обещает оказать КНДР экономическую помощь. Стороны подтвердили, что согласно международному праву не намерены пред­принимать действия, которые угрожали бы безопасности друг друга. 5. Министр обороны США убежден в том, что Соединенным Штатам в случае принятия решения начать военную операцию про­тив страны не придется проводить ее в одиночку. «Несколько стран уже добровольно предложили свою помощь», заявил глава Пентагона. 6. США готовы⁴ самостоятельно разоружить правящий там ре­жим, но надеются, что иракская проблема будет урегулирована ООН.

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1. Legislators in the Philippines voted not to review a law restoring capital punishment, dealing a serious blow to efforts to halt a planned execution that would be the country's first in 23 years. 2. A lawsuit charging Men-ill Lynch & Co with job discrimination on the basis of sex will include 900 women plaintiffs. 3. In practice, NATO's changes this year seemed to point toward a post-Cold War configuration enabling the alliance to cope with most foreseeable security contingencies, NATO officials said. 4. Not only will he introduce a new bottom rate of income tax of 10% this April, fulfilling a promise made before the general elections; but next year he will cut the basic rate from 23% to 22%. 5. Commission staff, having finally recognised that labour laws tend to increase rather than reduce unemployment, stress how mild these measures are compared with those once envisaged. 6. The National Foreign Trade Council, representing 550 of the na­tion's top multinational companies and banks, warned in a report yester­day that international provisions in the US tax code were seriously «out of step» with those of other big industrial countries. 7. Many immigrants give mafiosi running the refugee rackets their life savings to reach «Europe», (and the influx has been swollen by refugees from Kosovo). 8. Under the proposed tax, each of the European Union member countries would be required to impose a 20% withholding tax on all in­terest payments made to an individual who resides in another EU state... 9. Brazil's new central banker hired to do the dirty work, had ill-advisedly declared that the devaluation was consistent with the IMF deal last October. 10. The string of disasters midwifed by the global money managers is reflective not only of misjudgements but of a fatal flaw in the existing «architecture» of the IMF. 11. A false sense of security has been added to the dangers faced by Asia's new nuclear powers and their neighbours. 12. Appeals to reason fall on deaf ears, because thinking and reason tend to get in the way of those who have plans for the rest of us. Agenda politics works much better in an environment of belief backed by emotions. 13. Brazil finally gave in to the course followed by most of the world's major nations, allowing the currency it has long coddled to trade freely. 14. Roughly speaking, the Thacherites argued that the story of Britain since 1900 has been one of economic decline, followed by imperial and international decline. 15. India's oceanic research vessel Gaveshani has discovered a huge carpet of manganese nodules on the sea-bed located within India's eco­nomic zone, the Press Trust of India said Wednesday. 16. Having refused to recognise the fact in time, Washington was forced to retreat, under the pressure of rather embarrassing circumstances, from the juridically sound but politically unrealistic position it had en­joined on the United States delegation to the UN. 17. Barring further sharp increases in the price of crude oil – a de­velopment which seems highly unlikely in the short run – there is room to believe that the Japanese economy will soon emerge from its current doldrums. 18. Having long considered a strong military unnecessary, Mexico suddenly decided to spend a portion of its oil earnings on armaments – and for the first time intended to buy supersonic jet fighters in the United States. 19. Coming on top of the splits within the Social Democratic Party, battles between the police and atomic energy protesters, and the worst monthly trade deficit in 31 years, the poll seemed to suggest that the mo­mentum in German politics was moving with the opposition parties. 20. All three governments, pleading national budget austerity, have re­fused to permit any rise in over-all EU spending above a controversial fi­nancial ceiling. 21. Tackled over the government's promise to maintain and improve the quality of education the Education Secretary admitted the cuts would leave gaps in schools timetables but hoped schools would help each other. 22. Most Turkish-Cypriots, seeing their slice of the island become ever poorer in contrast to the Greek south, think that joining the EU could dramatically improve living standards. 23. He said that the strike movement may turn into a national strike bringing about the downfall of the dictatorship. 24. Unfortunately the point of view of this politician is becoming in­creasingly widespread in the Western press. This is why it seems expedi­ent to review some of the arguments put forward by those opposing the idea of such talks.

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