Практикум по синхронному переводу с русского языка на английский

We are still at the very beginning/first stages of our search for ways to organize the trade/traffic in conventional weapons, to
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establish regional security arrangements/systems, to establish/set up machinery/mechanisms to prevent (the emergence/outbreak of) crisis situations. We must all adapt to new realities, to/the new face of the/a changed/different/world.
For today, it is radically and even unrecognizably/staggeringly different from what it was only a few years ago. We have left behind both the Cold War and protracted/drawn-out/lengthy armed conflicts in various regions of the world. Today we speak of a united Germany as of an elementary/basic fact of life.
But would/could all this really have been possible just a couple of/even two years ago? It would have been difficult to imagine something like this/of this sort/something similar.
The world is becoming one — in its actions, in its desire/hope/ wish to rid itself of the onerous/burdensome legacy of the past.
That legacy includes nuclear tests and nuclear arsenals. In a new situation, at a new level of awareness of mankind's sense of community/of what mankind has in common/shares, it is time to/there is a need to get rid of them/it is high time — and it is our obligation — to get rid of them.
Scientists/scholars/academics/thinkers/in all countries must help people to become aware of/what has happened/the significance of events, to understand the thrust/point/of the changes and to point out/indicate/what road we need to take to avoid losing our way in the forest/thickets of life and politics.
We all need a prognosis for the future. For that, we need to unite those forces which are championing/advocating/advancing peace, freedom and democracy.
Комментарии:

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   в настоящее время — "now" is much shorter than "at the present
   time" if the interpreter is rushed.
   

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   с точки зрения — is often not literally "from the point of view of," but
   rather "as regards, concerning."
   

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