Specific English. Грамматические трудности перевода

1. Not that Frank particularly wanted to remedy matters, for it appeared that his marriage would be a happy one. 2. Not that she did not know what he meant. 3. Not that it was very informative to them even then. 4. Not that Frank had never seen commanding women before this. 5. Not that he was more serious. 6. So this is going to be a proper Christmas for us for once. We have been buying toys and things for George’s stocking – not that he believes in Santa Claus still of course. 7. Not that he ever said anything. 8. It is not that she doesn’t understand things. 9. Not that I’m asking for thanks. 10. It was not that their clothes were particularly cheap, but they were worn badly. 11. Not that the fact fills me with moral indignation. 12. Not that there was anything wrong with Jimmy really. 13. Not that you haven’t done frightfully well.

Б. Переведите на английский язык, используя союз not that.

1. Нельзя сказать, чтобы он жаловался на что-нибудь. 2. Не то, чтобы Бен был особенно известен (popular) в колледже. 3. Нельзя сказать, чтобы она испытывала к нему какие-то недобрые чувства (ill-feeling). 4. Не то, чтобы я ему не верила. 5. Нельзя сказать, чтобы это меня интересовало. Просто я любопытна.

V. Обратите внимание на перевод наречия why в следующих предложениях.

1. His mother must have been crying for some time, before he joined in, without knowing why. 2. Vernon Demerest had asked the question on impulse. Now he wondered why. 3. «Who was Ruysdael?» «Ruysdael? He was a Dutch landscape painter. Why?» 4. There were still several hours of his shift remaining, and he had made a pact with himself to finish his air traffic control duty for tonight. He was not sure why, except that it seemed the right thing to do. 5. Already two irate dog lovers were demanding to know why, when their own pets had been refused admittance. 6. «You’re something of an ideas-man, aren’t you?» «Something of. Why?»

VI. А. Переведите следующие предложения. Обратите особое внимание на перевод выделенных союзов.

1. Leave the frog where it is. 2. The recent increase of water in the reservoirs has created what is described as an «alarming situation». 3. The Douro region is where port-wine conies from. 4. They went heavily, pulling and climbing up the granite shelf and over its upper edge to where there was a green clearing in the forest. 5. And I can’t forbid the house to a man who thinks what my husband thinks. 6. She was happy now where a few weeks before she had been miserable. 7. The mountainside sloped gently where he lay. 8. He had no rights at all where she was concerned. 9. The question of how to obtain the money worried her not a little. 10. It was– well, a sort of habit I hung onto from when I was a little girl. 11. I want an explanation of why Mr Wells was shifted from his original room to 1439. 12. His only moment of risk was when he walked back to his hotel with the paper in his pocket. 13. Also, she feared any diminishment of what she thought of her circle. 14. As if my dear brother-in-law had ever felt any emotions where I was concerned except amazement and contempt. 15. Hugh was hesitating about whether and how to pursue the subject. 16. Miranda was as pale as her mother, but her face had the transparency of marble where Ann’s had the dullness of wax. 17. They could wait, both of them, they could wait for what was left of Fanny’s cash. 18. He was moved by how young she looked.

Б. Переведите на английский язык, обращая особое внимание на перевод выделенных слов.

1. Лучше пойдем туда, где не так много народу (to be crowded). 2. Было очень тихо там, где он лежал. 3. Эта сумма очень мала в сравнении с той, что вы предлагали вначале (originally). 4. Вопрос о том, как устранить недостатки, вызвал много споров. 5. Мы переедем только тогда, когда придет приказ. 6. Я не могу сказать того, чего не знаю. 7. Я не хочу вмешиваться в то, что не считаю своим делом. 8. Это была хорошая иллюстрация того, как филиалы (branch) могут работать вместе.

VII. Переведите на русский язык, обращая особое внимание на перевод слов с различными предлогами.