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User:CopperKettle/phraseology2

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  • Строительство платформы может начаться
    • (с?) Construction of a platform may start // OF or ON or both //ASK
    • (n) Construction may start today on Lockport rail platform
  • на первом этапе завод будет производить
    • in its first stage, the..
  • диаметр трубопровода - diameter is unconventional? size should be used?
  • изменения вступят в силу после закрытия рынков 31 мая
    • - will take place as of the close of May 31, 2013
  • право голоса, предоставляемое акциями - voting rights attached to the shares
  • dividends on preference shares ("on", not "for")
  • dividends in the amount of 4 rubles per share
  • he also waded into the debate
  • to deport the politician from office
  • достигать соглашения
    • to reach accord on, to reach accord over smth
  • Researchers say it could provide an alternative energy source for Japan which imports all its energy needs.
  • discussion
    • to inform a discussion: "these developments don't necessarily inform the public discussion but.."
  • to turn a profit
    • the new system may turn a good profit
  • joint venture
    • enter into joint venture, form a joint venture
  • to float a theory
  • the point I will enlarge on in just a moment
  • within the timeframe specified (by contract, by the Board of Directors)
  • Dell wants to take itself private.
  • "sit for the bar exam"
  • he was "arraigned before the court"
  • Legal proceedings arising out of a dispute ...
  • Legal proceedings arising from charges ...
  • slapped an import duty of 10 dollars per bottle on..
  • оборудование позволяет экономить до ХХ кв часов
    • generates \ provides \ results in __ energy savings
      • "The LED solution generates energy savings of up to 40% a year"
      • "provides energy savings of up to 60%"
      • " This results in energy savings of 10 % to 15 %"
  • новые агрегаты позволили сэкономить ХХ кв час
    • has led to energy savings of ..
    • allowed \ brought energy savings of..
      • "the feedback led to energy savings of 148 kWh per household"
      • "These successful changes allowed energy savings of 66% "
  • компания хочет увеличить долю в другой до 100%
    • XXX Moves Toward Full Ownership of YYY
    • XXX to assume full ownership of YYY


  • финансовые показатели
    • , marking a 2.0% "rise from the year before"
    • , which means there has been a 2% rise from the year before

Bullshit or not?

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  • The year of 2012 saw the company increase its production volume by...
    • "saw the company increase" - a grammatical solecism?

structures

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  • ...makes it less likely that...
  • "The contract will see the company ..." \\rock-album-title-worthy

Journalese

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  • throughout = the length and breadth
    • squatter communities erupting the length and breadth of rural Brazil
    • 20 million exotic pets are kept the length and breadth of America with laws varying greatly across the country.
  • The new event\development marks "a departure from that narrative"
    • новое событие идет вразрез с устоявшейся моделью жизни, с привычным стилем, ходом дел.
  • to field questions
    • - отвечать на вопросы, часто сложные или идущие быстрой чередой, обычно на конференции, на ступеньках у здания суда; либо работая секретарем \ специалистом обслуживания;
  • he took to the pages of New York times to answer criticisms of his conduct during..
  • to hold out a possibility
    • (quote) Mr Draghi also held out the possibility of reducing the deposit rate for banks to below zero
    • - мистер Драги также указал на возможность...

Headlines

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  • the law was rejected on appeal
    • -

In speech

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  • "A couple of quick points" - "Пара коротких замечаний от меня" (мыслей, комментариев и т.п.)"

(Gumbo) Phrase Variations

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  • Сумма сделки не раскрывается
    • often rendered using the clause "for an undisclosed sum"
  • Новый пром. комплекс будет располагаться на территории завода XXX
  • Производство увеличилось
    • production is up by 5%
    • output has increased; output is up
  • дальнейший рост ожидается и в ЧЧЧ году
    • is projected to continue growing into 2013
  • Завод достиг уровня поставок 600 тонн в день


  • Отгрузка "товарного продукта" заводом достигла 000 тонн в сутки
    • commercial deliveries from the
    • \\flip\\: The plant's customers now receive 000 ...
  • в странах Ближнего Востока \\ask boffins
    • in the Middle East countries
    • in the Middle Eastern countries\states
    • in the countries of Middle east

The ways to..

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  • ...по сравнению с аналогичным периодом прошлого года
    • ..up 6% from the year ago quarter. Also: .. year-ago
      • (quote) Apple sold 7.54 million iPods, a 20 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter .
    • ..compared with the same period a year ago.
    • ..year-over-year; YoY.
    • ..over the prior year quarter. \\does it jar the senses of a nat.speaker? ; GoogleNews
    • y/y: "Reliance's oil imports down 12% in May y/y" \\in headlines
  • ..describe accretion over a period:
    • Компания выкупила акции и GDR на 50 миллионов долларов \\ к данному моменту
      • -
  • ..churn out the "from..to" phases (time, dates)
    • «Уралкалий» выкупил в период с 25 по 29 марта 2013 года ..
      • Between the 25th and the 29th of March 2013 ..
  • .. name the participants of an industrial forum
    • attendees, guests, participants,
  • describe the company's market share
    • Завод занимает 10% мирового рынка пупырышек.
      • In the 1980s, the plant’s output of chloroprene rubber accounted for 10-12% share of the global market
      • The plant holds 10% of the global market share..
      • had a 79.3 percent share of the global market.
      • holds \ accounts for


  • компания прекратила терпеть убытки
    • the company snaps (a 3-year) losing streak

In the Economist

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  • signally -
  • churn: One complains that proposals churn between the policy forum, the policy commissions and the policy review—each a different combination of Labour Party figures consulting fellow Labourites, experts and the public.
  • bolthole
  • the real blame lies with
  • the prices are inching higher
  • the Government's (good\bad) showing - results, performance (article on post-Chavez politics)
  • Yet recent months have highlighted how fragile are these spoke-to-spoke relations among America’s Asian allies, especially the two most important, Japan and South Korea.
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