Практикум по синхронному переводу с русского языка на английский

реализуется достойная столицы программа реконструкции центра
города — here literal translation must be avoided at all costs, as this would
produce a real "Moscow Newsism." "A significant" or "major program"
is underway or is being carried out of reconstruction of the city center.
"Достойная" can also be conveyed by "sophisticated," but anything
involving the use of "dignified" should be avoided, as it will sound
strange. "Worthy of the capital" is possible, but will unnecessarily
lengthen the sentence and complicate the syntax.

13. 
    не так давно — can nicely be translated antonymically: "quite recently."
    

17) живет и строится — a literal translation, "is living and building,"
would sound ridiculous. Turning the verb живет into the adverb
"actively" creates a normal English sentence: "is actively building."

18. 
    в чем это конкретно заключается? — the notion here is what is
    involved here, what is really involved. Rephrasing the question as "What
    does this really mean?" or "What does this mean in fact?" gets the point
    across. Конкретно then does not need to be translated, since it is covered
    by "really" or "in fact."
    

18. 
    жизнь показала — this expression is nearly always better rendered as
    "experience has shown" rather than as "life has shown," which has an
    awkward ring in English.
    

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