Практикум по синхронному переводу с русского языка на английский

"impressive," but "outstanding," "superb," "excellent" or any superlative
will do, as the speaker is obviously praising the results of these
experiments.
6) вклад... в сокровищницу медицинских знаний — сокровищница сап
perfectly well be skipped, and "treasure house" is very awkward; or the
interpreter can speak of a "very valuable contribution to medical
knowledge."
7) космонавты — the English word is usually "astronauts," but,
particularly when speaking of the Russian space program, "cosmonauts"
is acceptable.
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8. 
   земная гравитация — just "gravity" will do, but "gravitational pull"
   stresses the point. The term for невесомость is "weightlessness".
   

8. 
   медицинское обследование — a medical exam/examination, rather
   than research or study.
   

10. 
    памятник старины — "an ancient monument" would be too literal.
    The idea is that human nature can adapt and is flexible, "is far from
    antiquated."
    

10. 
    рафинированные — this should not be translated as "refined," which
    can have a positive connotation; rather, the idea is of something artificial.
    

10. 
    отнюдь нет, напротив — "certainly not" is a literal, though correct
    translation. "No way" is very colloquial, and in a statement of this type
    would be inappropriate, but in other contexts is a possibility, and is
    therefore given here as an option. "Quite the opposite" would be a
    sufficient translation of both отнюдь нет and напротив.
    

10.