Практикум по синхронному переводу с русского языка на английский

"the prevention of and rapid/timely response to." Use of the gerunds
eliminates this problem: "for preventing and responding rapidly/in a timely
manner to..."

7. 
   аналогичная мысль звучала — "a similar idea was included" will do
   it. The verb звучать will not translate idiomatically here; if the idea was
   "heard," that implies an oral context, and this is a written document.
   

7. 
   десятки миллиардов долларов — there is no need to translate десят­
   ки here, and it will sound highly unidiomatic. "Many billions" or "billions
   and billions" will make the point.
   

7. 
   основная трудность заключается в том, что финансовый кризис по­
   дорвал доверие населения к отечественным банкам — основная труд­
   ность can begin the sentence: "The basic difficulty is that..." or "The basic
   problem is that..." Any attempts to render заключается в том as "consists
   in" will only complicate the sentence.
   

10) высказал идею — "expressed the idea" is awkward. Simply
"suggested" or "proposed that" without the noun is perfectly clear.

11. 
    как вы считаете... — this is a request for an opinion, and can be fairly
    colloquial: "What do you think?" or "What is your view?" is quite
    sufficient. The interpreter then needs to pause before continuing the
    sentence: "Will foreign banks become involved?" Starting off with "Do you
    think that foreign banks will become involved?" tightens the question,
    which is a very open one, a request for a general opinion.
    

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