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  • 21 one

    {wʌn}
    I. 1. един, първи
    ONE hundred сто
    book/chapter ONE книга/глава първа
    ONE or two people един-двама души
    ONE man in a thousand един на хиляда души, много малко хора
    that's ONE way of doing it това e един начин да го направиш, и така може да го направиш
    2. само един, единствен
    it's the ONE thing I didn't want you to do именно/точно това не исках да направиш
    their ONE and only son единственият им син
    no ONE man could do it никой не би могъл да го направи сам, това не е работа за сам човек
    3. един, единен, еднакъв, един и същ
    he and I are ONE ние с него сме единодушии
    I am ONE with you на вашето мнение съм
    to remain forever ONE оставам си все същият
    it's all ONE (to me) разг. все едно (ми) е
    4. един, някой
    ONE day един/някой ден
    II. 1. числото едно, единица
    in the year ONE npeн. много отдавна, во време оно
    2. замества вече споменато същ., означава отделен предмет, човек
    which ONE do you prefer? кого/коя/кое предпочитате? they arrived in ONEs and twos точеха се по един, по двама
    ONE and all всички до един
    3. ам. Банкнота от един долар
    to be at ONE with someone единодушии сме с някого
    I fetched/landed/gave him ONE лепнах му една плесница
    I for ONE колкото до мен
    to be ONE up on someone имам предимство пред някого
    III. 1. demomstr, indef един, някой (си), човек
    this/that ONE този/онзи
    any ONE of us кой да е от нас
    ONE another взаимно, един друг
    many a ONE много хора
    his dear ONEs близките му
    to ONE in his position за човек с неговото положение
    ONE Mr Smith някой си господин Смит
    I am not ONE to не съм човек, който би, не ми е по нрава да
    I'm not much of a ONE for sweets не съм твърде по сладкишите
    2. impers човек
    ONE cannot help doing it човек не може да не го направи
    3. в pass case си, свой
    to give ONE's opinion казвам си мнението
    the Evil ONE сатаната
    the Holy O., the ONE above бог
    ONE with another общо взето, средно. едно на друго
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    {w^n} а 1. един; първи; one hundred сто; book/chapter one книга/глава(2) {w^n} n 1. числото едно, единица; in the year one npeн. много о{3} {w^n} pron 1. demomstr, indef един, някой (си); човек; this/t
    * * *
    първи; единствен; еднакъв; единен;
    * * *
    1. any one of us кой да е от нас 2. book/chapter one книга/глава първа 3. he and i are one ние с него сме единодушии 4. his dear ones близките му 5. i am not one to не съм човек, който би, не ми е по нрава да 6. i am one with you на вашето мнение съм 7. i fetched/landed/gave him one лепнах му една плесница 8. i for one колкото до мен 9. i'm not much of a one for sweets не съм твърде по сладкишите 10. i. един, първи 11. ii. числото едно, единица 12. iii. demomstr, indef един, някой (си), човек 13. impers човек 14. in the year one npeн. много отдавна, во време оно 15. it's all one (to me) разг. все едно (ми) е 16. it's the one thing i didn't want you to do именно/точно това не исках да направиш 17. many a one много хора 18. no one man could do it никой не би могъл да го направи сам, това не е работа за сам човек 19. one and all всички до един 20. one another взаимно, един друг 21. one cannot help doing it човек не може да не го направи 22. one day един/някой ден 23. one hundred сто 24. one man in a thousand един на хиляда души, много малко хора 25. one mr smith някой си господин Смит 26. one or two people един-двама души 27. one with another общо взето, средно. едно на друго 28. that's one way of doing it това e един начин да го направиш, и така може да го направиш 29. the evil one сатаната 30. the holy o., the one above бог 31. their one and only son единственият им син 32. this/that one този/онзи 33. to be at one with someone единодушии сме с някого 34. to be one up on someone имам предимство пред някого 35. to give one's opinion казвам си мнението 36. to one in his position за човек с неговото положение 37. to remain forever one оставам си все същият 38. which one do you prefer? кого/коя/кое предпочитате? they arrived in ones and twos точеха се по един, по двама 39. ам. Банкнота от един долар 40. в pass case си, свой 41. един, единен, еднакъв, един и същ 42. един, някой 43. замества вече споменато същ., означава отделен предмет, човек 44. само един, единствен
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    one[wʌn] I. num adj 1. един; първи; \one thousand \one hundred хиляда и сто; \one man \one vote равенство в изборите; \one day you' ll be sorry един ден ще съжаляваш; for \one thing на първо място, между другото (сред другите причини); • to be ( get) \one up on s.o. имам (печеля) преднина пред някого, в по-изгодна позиция съм; to put ( get) \one over on s.o. печеля пред, изпреварвам някого, излизам напред пред някого; 2. само един, единствен; \one and only един единствен; \one girl in a million неповторимо момиче, като нея втора няма; 3. един, единен; еднакъв, един и същ; in \one voice, as \one man като един, всички едновременно; \one and the same същ, един и същ; to remain for ever \one оставам си все същия; it's all \one разг. все едно е; to become \one сливам се; to be made \one оженвам се; 4. един, някой; \one day някой (един) ден; 5. един (за разлика от друг); \one man's meat is another man's poison човек с човека не си прилича, във вкуса приятелство няма; II. n 1. числото 1 (едно), единица; number \one (номер) едно; нар. "моето Аз", самия себе си; нар. малка нужда; to look after ( take care of) number \one гледам се, тегля чергата към себе си; гледам първо собствените си интереси; in the year \one много отдавна, по време оно; 2. (замества вече споменатото съществително; означава отделен предмет или човек); he's the \one I mean него имам предвид; which \one do you prefer? кого (коя, кое) предпочитате? goods sold in \ones стоки, които се продават на парче (единично); to be at \one with s.o. единодушни сме, в съгласие съм с някого; I fetched ( landed, gave) him \one ( on the nose) фраснах му един (по носа); a quick \one една (чаша вино и под.) на бърза ръка; \one and six един шилинг и шест пенса; I for \one... колкото до мене...; \one and all всички до един; \one another взаимно, едни други; \one with another общо взето, средно, едно на друго; III. demonstr, indef pron 1. един, някой (си) (и any\one, some\one, no\one); човек; this ( that) \one този (онзи); any \one of us кой да е от нас; never a \one никой; нищо, нито един; many a \one много хора; little ( dear) \ones малките (близките); the Evil O. дяволът; the Holy O., the O. above Господ; \one Mr Smith някой си господин Смит; I am not \one to... не съм човек, който би...; не ми е по нрава да...; I'm not much of a \one for sweets не съм твърде по сладките; 2. impers pron човек; \one cannot help doing it човек не може да не го направи; 3. в poss case си, свой; to give \one's opinion давам си мнението.

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  • 22 that

    1. ðæt plural - those; adjective
    (used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) ese, esa, esos, esas; aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas

    2. pronoun
    (used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) ese, esa, esos, esas; aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas

    3. ðət, ðæt relative pronoun
    (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?)

    4. ðət, ðæt conjunction
    1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) que
    2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) y pensar que; ojalá

    5.
    adverb
    (so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) tan
    - that's that
    that1 adj ese / aquel
    who lives in that house? ¿quién vive en esa casa?
    did you bring that book? ¿has traído aquel libro?
    what are those boys doing? ¿qué están haciendo aquellos chicos?
    that2 adv tan
    that3 conj que
    that4 pron
    1. ése / aquél
    2. eso
    tr[ðæt ʊnstressed ðət]
    1 ese, esa (remote) aquel, aquella
    ■ how much is that dress? ¿cuánto vale ese vestido?
    ■ what was that noise? ¿qué ha sido ese ruido?
    ■ have you got that record I lent you? ¿tienes aquel disco que te dejé?
    1 ése nombre masculino, ésa (remote) aquél nombre masculino, aquélla
    ■ who's that? ¿quién es ése/ésa?
    ■ this is mine, that is yours éste es mío, aquél es tuyo
    2 (indefinite) eso; (remote) aquello
    ■ what's that? ¿qué es eso?
    ■ where did you get that? ¿dónde has comprado eso?
    4 (with preposition) que, el/la que, el/la cual
    1 que
    2 ¡ojalá!
    1 familiar tan, tanto,-a, tantos,-as
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and all that y todo eso
    like that así, de aquella manera
    that is to say es decir
    that's it (that's all) eso es todo 2 (that's right) eso es 3 (that's enough) se acabó
    that's life así es la vida
    that's more like it ¡ahora!, ¡así me gusta!
    that's right así es
    that's that ya está, se acabó
    who's that? (on 'phone) ¿quién es?, ¿quién eres?
    that ['ðæt] adv, (in negative constructions) : tan
    it's not that expensive: no es tan caro
    not that much: no tanto
    that adj, pl those : ese, esa, aquel, aquella
    do you see those children?: ¿ves a aquellos niños?
    that conj & pron
    : que
    he said that he was afraid: dijo que tenía miedo
    the book that he wrote: el libro que escribió
    that pron, pl those ['ðo:z]
    1) : ése, ésa, eso
    that's my father: ése es mi padre
    those are the ones he likes: ésos son los que le gustan
    what's that?: ¿qué es eso?
    2) (referring to more distant objects or time) : aquél, aquélla, aquello
    those are maples and these are elms: aquéllos son arces y éstos son olmos
    that came to an end: aquello se acabó
    adj.
    • esa adj.
    • ese adj.
    adj.dem.
    • aquel adj.dem.
    adv.
    • como adv.
    • tan adv.
    conj.
    • ese conj.
    • para que conj.
    • que conj.
    pron.
    • aquello pron.
    • aquél pron.
    • el cual pron.
    • ese pron.
    • eso pron.
    • que pron.
    • quien pron.
    • tanto pron.
    pron.dem.neut.
    • aquello pron.dem.neut.

    I ðæt
    1) (pl those) ( demonstrative) ése, ésa; (neuter) eso

    those — ésos, ésas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquél, aquélla; (neuter) aquello

    those — aquéllos, aquéllas [According to the Real Academia Española the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    who's that over there? — quién es ése/ésa?

    those are $20 and those over there $21.50 — ésos cuestan 20 dólares y aquéllos de allá 21,50

    who's that, please? — ( on telephone) ¿con quién hablo, por favor?

    that's impossible/wonderful! — es imposible/maravilloso!

    is that so? — no me digas!, ¿ah, sí?

    don't talk like that! — no hables así!, no digas eso!

    eat it up now, that's a good girl! — vamos, cómetelo todo así me gusta!

    come on, it's not as bad as all that — vamos, que no es para tanto

    at that — ( moreover) además; ( thereupon)

    at that they all burst out laughing — al oír (or ver etc) eso, todos se echaron a reír

    he has enormous power and wealth, but is still unhappy for all that — tiene mucho poder y muchas riquezas, pero aún así es infeliz

    that is: we're all going, all the adults, that is vamos todos, es decir, todos los adultos; you're welcome to come along, that is, if you'd like to encantados de que vengas, siempre que quieras venir, claro; that's it!: that's it for today eso es todo por hoy; is that it? - no, there's another bag to come ¿ya está? - no, todavía falta otra bolsa; now lift your left arm: that's it! ahora levanta el brazo izquierdo eso es! or ahí está!; that's it: I've had enough! se acabó! ya no aguanto más!; that's that: you're not going and that's that! — no vas y no hay más que hablar or y se acabó

    3) ðət, strong form ðæt ( relative) que

    it wasn't Helen (that) you saw — no fue a Helen a quien viste, no fue a Helen que viste (AmL)


    II ðæt
    adjective (pl those) ese, esa

    those — esos, esas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquel, aquella

    those — aquellos, aquellas

    do you know that boy/girl? — ¿conoces a ese chico/esa chica?

    I prefer that one — prefiero ése/ésa


    III ðət, strong form ðæt

    she said (that)... — dijo que...

    it's not that I mind what he does but... — no es que me importe lo que hace, pero...

    they died that others might live — (liter) murieron para que otros pudieran vivir


    IV ðæt
    adverb tan

    ten thirty? that late already? — ¿las diez y media? ¿ya es tan tarde?

    I'm not that interested, really — la verdad es que no me interesa tanto

    (strong form) [ðæt] (weak form) [ˌdǝt] (pl those) Those is treated as a separate entry.
    1. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE
    1) [+ objects/people]
    You can generally use ese etc when pointing to something near the person you are speaking to. Use aquel etc for something which is distant from both of you: (nearer) ese m, esa f ; (more remote) aquel m, aquella f

    that car is much better value than that sports model at the end — ese coche está mejor de precio que aquel modelo deportivo que hay al final

    that wretched dog! — ¡ese maldito perro!

    what about that cheque? — ¿y el cheque ese?

    • I only met her that once — la vi solamente aquella vez

    • that one — ese(-a), ése(-a); (more remote) aquel(la), aquél(la)

    In the past the standard spelling for [ese/esa] and [aquel/aquella] used as pronouns (as when they are used to translate [that one]) was with an accent ([ése/ésa] and [aquél/aquélla]). Nowadays the [Real Academia Española] advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives [este/esta] and [aquel/aquella].
    2) [+ event, year, month]

    Aquel is used to refer to a time in the distant past. Use if you mention a concrete date, month, year {etc">ese:

    do you remember that holiday we had in Holland? — ¿te acuerdas de aquellas vacaciones que pasamos en Holanda?

    1992? I can't remember where we holidayed that year — ¿1992? no recuerdo dónde pasamos las vacaciones ese año

    May? we can't come that month because we'll be moving house — ¿en mayo? no podemos venir ese mes porque nos estaremos mudando de casa

    2.
    DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN
    The pronoun that ( one) is translated by ese and aquel (masc), esa and aquella (fem) and eso and aquello (neuter). You can generally use ese etc when pointing to something near the person you are speaking to. Use aquel etc for something which is distant from both of you. Note that in the past the standard spelling for the masculine and feminine pronouns was with an accent (ése/ésa and aquél/aquélla). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives ese/esa and aquel/aquella. Neuter pronouns never carry an accent. (nearer) ese m, esa f, ése m, ésa f, eso (neuter) ; (more remote) aquel(la) m / f, aquél(la) m / f, aquello (neuter)

    who's that? — ¿quién es ese?

    what is that? — ¿qué es eso?, ¿eso qué es?

    is that you, Paul? — ¿eres tú, Paul?

    £5? it must have cost more than that — ¿5 libras? debe haber costado más (que eso)

    that's true — eso es verdad, es cierto (esp LAm)

    that's odd! — ¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara!

    1988? that was the year you graduated, wasn't it? — ¿1988? ese fue el año en que acabaste la carrera, ¿no es así?

    "will he come?" - "that he will!" — † -¿vendrá? -¡ya lo creo!

    • after that — después de eso

    • bees and wasps and all that — abejas, avispas y cosas así

    is that all? — ¿eso es todo?, ¿nada más?

    • and it was broken at that — y además estaba roto

    • what do you mean by that? — ¿qué quieres decir con eso?

    • if it comes to that — en tal caso, si llegamos a eso

    • it will cost 20 dollars, if that — costará 20 dólares, si es que llega

    • that is — (=ie) es decir...

    • that's it, we've finished — ya está, hemos terminado

    that's it! she can find her own gardener! — ¡se acabó! ¡que se busque un jardinero por su cuenta!

    • that of — el/la de

    • that is to say — es decir...

    • why worry about that which may never happen? — frm ¿por qué preocuparse por aquello que or por lo que puede que nunca vaya a pasar?

    • with that — con eso

    3. RELATIVE PRONOUN
    Unlike that, the Spanish relative cannot be omitted.
    1) que

    fool that I am! — ¡tonto que soy!

    If the that clause ends in a preposition, you can either translate that as que (usually preceded by the definite article) or as article + cual/cuales. Use the second option particularly in formal language or after long prepositions or prepositional phrases:

    the box that I put it in — la caja donde lo puse, la caja en la que or en la cual lo puse

    4. ADVERB
    1) (=so) tan

    it's about that big — (with gesture) es más o menos así de grande

    • cheer up! it isn't that bad — ¡ánimo! ¡no es para tanto!

    • that many frogs — tantas ranas

    • that much money — tanto dinero

    2) * (=so very) tan

    it was that cold! — ¡hacía tanto frío!

    5. CONJUNCTION
    Unlike that, que cannot be omitted.
    1) after verb que

    he said that... — dijo que...

    Translate as de que in phrases like the idea/belief/hope that:

    • any hope that they might have survived was fading — toda esperanza de que hubiesen sobrevivido se estaba desvaneciendo

    • the idea that we can profit from their labour — la idea de que podemos aprovecharnos de su trabajo

    •..., not that I want to, of course —..., no es que yo quiera, por supuesto

    • oh that we could! — ¡ojalá pudiéramos!, ¡ojalá!

    If the that clause is the subject of another verb it is usual to translate that as el que rather than que especially if it starts the sentence:

    that he did not know surprised me — (el) que no lo supiera me extrañó, me extrañó (el) que no lo supiera

    In these cases the verb which follows will be in the subjunctive:

    that he should behave like this is incredible — (el) que se comporte así es increíble, es increíble que se comporte así

    would
    4) (=in order that) para que + subjun
    5)

    • in that — en el sentido de que

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    I [ðæt]
    1) (pl those) ( demonstrative) ése, ésa; (neuter) eso

    those — ésos, ésas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquél, aquélla; (neuter) aquello

    those — aquéllos, aquéllas [According to the Real Academia Española the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    who's that over there? — quién es ése/ésa?

    those are $20 and those over there $21.50 — ésos cuestan 20 dólares y aquéllos de allá 21,50

    who's that, please? — ( on telephone) ¿con quién hablo, por favor?

    that's impossible/wonderful! — es imposible/maravilloso!

    is that so? — no me digas!, ¿ah, sí?

    don't talk like that! — no hables así!, no digas eso!

    eat it up now, that's a good girl! — vamos, cómetelo todo así me gusta!

    come on, it's not as bad as all that — vamos, que no es para tanto

    at that — ( moreover) además; ( thereupon)

    at that they all burst out laughing — al oír (or ver etc) eso, todos se echaron a reír

    he has enormous power and wealth, but is still unhappy for all that — tiene mucho poder y muchas riquezas, pero aún así es infeliz

    that is: we're all going, all the adults, that is vamos todos, es decir, todos los adultos; you're welcome to come along, that is, if you'd like to encantados de que vengas, siempre que quieras venir, claro; that's it!: that's it for today eso es todo por hoy; is that it? - no, there's another bag to come ¿ya está? - no, todavía falta otra bolsa; now lift your left arm: that's it! ahora levanta el brazo izquierdo eso es! or ahí está!; that's it: I've had enough! se acabó! ya no aguanto más!; that's that: you're not going and that's that! — no vas y no hay más que hablar or y se acabó

    3) [ðət], strong form [ðæt] ( relative) que

    it wasn't Helen (that) you saw — no fue a Helen a quien viste, no fue a Helen que viste (AmL)


    II [ðæt]
    adjective (pl those) ese, esa

    those — esos, esas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquel, aquella

    those — aquellos, aquellas

    do you know that boy/girl? — ¿conoces a ese chico/esa chica?

    I prefer that one — prefiero ése/ésa


    III [ðət], strong form [ðæt]

    she said (that)... — dijo que...

    it's not that I mind what he does but... — no es que me importe lo que hace, pero...

    they died that others might live — (liter) murieron para que otros pudieran vivir


    IV [ðæt]
    adverb tan

    ten thirty? that late already? — ¿las diez y media? ¿ya es tan tarde?

    I'm not that interested, really — la verdad es que no me interesa tanto

    English-spanish dictionary > that

  • 23 some

    1. adjective
    1) (one or other) [irgend]ein

    some shop/book or other — irgendein Laden/Buch

    some person or other — irgendjemand; irgendwer

    2) (a considerable quantity of) einig...; etlich... (ugs. verstärkend)

    speak at some length/wait for some time — ziemlich lang[e] sprechen/warten

    some time/weeks/days/years ago — vor einiger Zeit/vor einigen Wochen/Tagen/Jahren

    some time soon — bald [einmal]

    3) (a small quantity of) ein bisschen

    would you like some wine? — möchten Sie [etwas] Wein?

    do some shopping/reading — einkaufen/lesen

    4) (to a certain extent)

    that is some proof — das ist [doch] gewissermaßen ein Beweis

    5)

    this is some war/poem/car! — (coll.) das ist vielleicht ein Krieg/Gedicht/Wagen! (ugs.)

    6) (approximately) etwa; ungefähr
    2. pronoun
    einig...

    she only ate some of it — sie hat es nur teilweise aufgegessen

    some say... — manche sagen...

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...; die einen..., andere...

    ... and then some — und noch einige/einiges mehr

    3. adverb
    (coll.): (in some degree) ein bisschen; etwas
    * * *
    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.)
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) einige
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) einige
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) gewisse
    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) beachtlich
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) einige
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) ungefähr
    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) etwas
    - academic.ru/68805/somebody">somebody
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me
    * * *
    [sʌm, səm]
    I. adj inv, attr
    1. + pl n (unknown amount) einige, ein paar; + sing n etwas
    he played \some records for me er spielte mir ein paar Platten vor
    here's \some news you might be interested in ich habe Neuigkeiten, die dich interessieren könnten
    there's \some cake in the kitchen es ist noch Kuchen in der Küche
    I made \some money running errands ich habe mit Gelegenheitsjobs etwas Geld verdient
    I've got to do \some more work ich muss noch etwas arbeiten
    2. + pl n (certain) gewisse
    \some people actually believed it gewisse Leute haben es tatsächlich geglaubt
    there are \some questions you should ask yourself es gibt [da] gewisse Fragen, die du dir stellen solltest
    3. (general, unknown) irgendein(e)
    clearly the treatment has had \some effect irgendeine Wirkung hat die Behandlung sicher gehabt
    there must be \some mistake da muss ein Fehler vorliegen
    he's in \some kind of trouble er steckt in irgendwelchen Schwierigkeiten
    could you give me \some idea of when you'll finish? können Sie mir ungefähr sagen, wann sie fertig sind?
    it must have been \some teacher/pupils das muss irgendein Lehrer/müssen irgendwelche Schüler gewesen sein
    \some idiot's locked the door irgend so ein Idiot hat die Tür verschlossen fam
    \some day or another irgendwann
    4. (noticeable) gewiss
    to \some extent bis zu einem gewissen Grad
    there's still \some hope es besteht noch eine gewisse Hoffnung
    5. (slight, small amount) etwas
    there is \some hope that he will get the job es besteht noch etwas Hoffnung, dass er die Stelle bekommt
    6. (considerable amount, number) beträchtlich; ( fam: intensifies noun) ziemlich
    it was \some years later when they next met sie trafen sich erst viele Jahre später wieder
    we discussed the problem at \some length wir diskutierten das Problem ausgiebig
    I've known you for \some years now ich kenne dich nun schon seit geraumer Zeit
    that took \some courage! das war ziemlich mutig!
    he went to \some trouble er gab sich beträchtliche [o ziemliche] Mühe
    that was \some argument/meal! das war vielleicht ein Streit/Essen!
    \some mother she turned out to be sie ist eine richtige Rabenmutter
    \some hotel that turned out to be! das war vielleicht ein Hotel!
    \some chance! we have about one chance in a hundred of getting away ( iron) tolle Aussichten! die Chancen stehen eins zu hundert, dass wir davonkommen iron
    perhaps there'll be \some left for us — \some hopes! ( iron) vielleicht bleibt was für uns übrig — [das ist] sehr unwahrscheinlich!
    II. pron
    1. (unspecified number of persons or things) welche
    have you got any drawing pins? — if you wait a moment, I'll get you \some haben Sie Reißnägel? — wenn Sie kurz warten, hole ich [Ihnen] welche
    do you have children? — if I had \some I wouldn't be here! haben Sie Kinder? — wenn ich welche hätte, wäre ich wohl kaum hier!
    2. (unspecified amount of sth) welche(r, s)
    if you want whisky I'll give you \some wenn du Whisky möchtest, gebe ich dir welchen
    if you need more paper then just take \some wenn du mehr Papier brauchst, nimm es dir einfach [o nimm dir einfach welches]
    if you need money, I can lend you \some wenn du Geld brauchst, kann ich dir gerne was [o welches] leihen
    3. (at least a small number) einige, manche
    surely \some have noticed einige [o manche] haben es aber sicher bemerkt
    4. + pl vb (proportionate number) einige, ein paar
    no, I don't want all the green beans, \some are enough nein, ich möchte nicht alle grünen Bohnen, ein paar genügen
    I've already wrapped \some of the presents ich habe einige [o ein paar] der Geschenke schon eingepackt
    \some of you have already met Imran einige von euch kennen Imran bereits
    5. (certain people) gewisse Leute
    \some just never learn! gewisse Leute lernen es einfach nie!
    6. + sing vb (proportionate number) ein bisschen
    no, I don't want all the mashed potatoes, \some is enough nein, ich möchte nicht das ganze Püree, ein bisschen genügt
    have \some of this champagne, it's very good trink ein wenig Champagner, er ist sehr gut
    \some of the prettiest landscape in Germany is found nearby eine der schönsten Landschaften Deutschlands liegt ganz in der Nähe
    7.
    ▶ and then \some ( fam) und [noch] mehr
    we got our money's worth and then \some wir bekamen mehr als unser Geld wert war
    III. adv inv
    1. (roughly) ungefähr, in etwa
    \some twenty or thirty metres deep/high ungefähr zwanzig oder dreißig Meter tief/hoch
    \some thirty different languages are spoken in this country in diesem Land werden etwa dreißig verschiedene Sprachen gesprochen
    2. AM ( fam: a little) etwas, ein bisschen
    I'm feeling \some better mir geht es [schon] etwas [o ein bisschen] besser
    could you turn the heat down \some? könntest du bitte die Heizung etwas herunterstellen?
    3. AM ( fam: a lot) viel
    he sure does talk \some, your brother dein Bruder spricht wirklich viel
    he needs feeding up \some er muss ganz schön aufgepäppelt werden fam
    we were really going \some on the highway wir hatten auf der Autobahn ganz schön was drauf fam
    4.
    ▶ \some few einige, ein paar
    ▶ \some little ziemlich
    we are going to be working together for \some little time yet wir werden noch ziemlich lange zusammenarbeiten müssen
    * * *
    [sʌm]
    1. adj
    1) (with plural nouns) einige; (= a few, emph) ein paar; (= any in "if" clauses, questions) meist nicht übersetzt

    did you bring some records? — hast du Schallplatten mitgebracht?

    some suggestions, please! — Vorschläge bitte!

    2) (with singular nouns) etwas, meist nicht übersetzt (= a little, emph) etwas, ein bisschen

    some more ( tea)? — noch etwas (Tee)?

    leave some cake for me — lass mir ein bisschen or etwas Kuchen übrig

    did she give you some money/sugar? — hat sie Ihnen Geld/Zucker gegeben?

    3) (= certain, in contrast) manche(r, s)

    some people say... — manche Leute sagen...

    some people just don't care —

    there are some things you just don't say some questions were really difficult — es gibt (gewisse or manche) Dinge, die man einfach nicht sagt manche (der) Fragen waren wirklich schwierig

    4) (vague, indeterminate) irgendein

    some book/man or other — irgendein Buch/Mann

    some woman rang up — da hat eine Frau angerufen

    some woman, whose name I forget... — eine Frau, ich habe ihren Namen vergessen,...

    some idiot of a driver — irgend so ein Idiot von (einem) Autofahrer

    in some way or another —

    or some such — oder so etwas Ähnliches

    (at) some time last week — irgendwann letzte Woche

    5) (intensifier) ziemlich; (in exclamations) vielleicht ein (inf)

    it took some courage — dazu brauchte man schon (einigen) or ziemlichen Mut

    (that was) some argument/party! — das war vielleicht ein Streit/eine Party!

    6) (iro) vielleicht ein (inf)

    some help you are/this is — du bist/das ist mir vielleicht eine Hilfe (inf)

    2. pron
    1) (= some people) einige; (= certain people) manche; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...

    there are still some who will never understand — es gibt immer noch Leute, die das nicht begreifen werden

    2) (referring to plural nouns = a few) einige; (= certain ones) manche; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche

    they're lovely, try some — die schmecken gut, probieren Sie mal

    I've still got some —

    tell me if you see some —

    3) (referring to singular nouns = a little) etwas; (= a certain amount, in contrast) manches; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche(r, s)

    here is the milk, if you feel thirsty drink some — hier ist die Milch, wenn du Durst hast, trinke etwas

    I drank some of the milk —

    I drank some of the milk but not all — ich habe etwas von der Milch getrunken, aber nicht alles

    have some! — nehmen Sie sich (dat), bedienen Sie sich

    it's lovely cake, would you like some? — das ist ein sehr guter Kuchen, möchten Sie welchen?

    would you like some money/tea? – no, I've got some — möchten Sie Geld/Tee? – nein, ich habe Geld/ich habe noch

    have you got money? – no, but he has some — haben Sie Geld? – nein, aber er hat welches

    he only believed/read some of it — er hat es nur teilweise geglaubt/gelesen

    some of his work is good — manches, was er macht, ist gut

    4)

    this is some of the oldest rock in the world — dies gehört zum ältesten Gestein der Welt

    3. adv
    1) ungefähr, etwa, circa
    2) (US inf) (= a little) etwas, ein bisschen; (= a lot) viel
    * * *
    some [sʌm; unbetont səm, sm]
    A adj
    1. (vor Substantiven) (irgend)ein:
    some day eines Tages;
    some day you’ll pay for this dafür wirst du noch einmal bezahlen;
    some other time ein andermal;
    some person irgendeiner, (irgend)jemand
    2. (vor pl) einige, ein paar: → few A 1
    3. manche:
    4. ziemlich (viel)
    5. gewiss(er, e, es):
    some extent in gewissem Maße, einigermaßen
    6. etwas, ein wenig, ein bisschen:
    take some more nimm noch etwas
    7. ungefähr, gegen, etwa:
    8. umg ‚toll:
    some player! ein klasse Spieler!;
    that was some race! das war vielleicht ein Rennen!
    B adv
    1. besonders US etwas, ziemlich
    2. umg enorm, toll
    C pron
    1. (irgend)ein(er, e, es):
    some of these days dieser Tage, demnächst
    2. etwas:
    some of it etwas davon;
    some of these people einige dieser Leute;
    will you have some? möchtest du welche oder davon haben?;
    and then some umg und noch einige(s) mehr
    3. besonders US sl darüber hinaus, noch mehr
    4. some …, some … die einen …, die anderen …
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (one or other) [irgend]ein

    some shop/book or other — irgendein Laden/Buch

    some person or other — irgendjemand; irgendwer

    2) (a considerable quantity of) einig...; etlich... (ugs. verstärkend)

    speak at some length/wait for some time — ziemlich lang[e] sprechen/warten

    some time/weeks/days/years ago — vor einiger Zeit/vor einigen Wochen/Tagen/Jahren

    some time soon — bald [einmal]

    3) (a small quantity of) ein bisschen

    would you like some wine? — möchten Sie [etwas] Wein?

    do some shopping/reading — einkaufen/lesen

    that is some proof — das ist [doch] gewissermaßen ein Beweis

    5)

    this is some war/poem/car! — (coll.) das ist vielleicht ein Krieg/Gedicht/Wagen! (ugs.)

    6) (approximately) etwa; ungefähr
    2. pronoun
    einig...

    some say... — manche sagen...

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...; die einen..., andere...

    ... and then some — und noch einige/einiges mehr

    3. adverb
    (coll.): (in some degree) ein bisschen; etwas
    * * *
    adj.
    einig adj.
    irgendein adj.
    irgendetwas adj.
    manch adj.

    English-german dictionary > some

  • 24 Introduction

       Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.
       Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.
       Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.
       Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).
       Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.
       Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.
       LAND AND PEOPLE
       The Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).
       For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.
       Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into the
       Atlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.
       Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:
       1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)
       1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)
       1864 4,287,000 first census
       1890 5,049,700
       1900 5,423,000
       1911 5,960,000
       1930 6,826,000
       1940 7,185,143
       1950 8,510,000
       1960 8,889,000
       1970 8,668,000* note decrease
       1980 9,833,000
       1991 9,862,540
       1996 9,934,100
       2006 10,642,836
       2010 10,710,000 (estimated)

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Introduction

  • 25 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 26 they

    ðei
    1) (persons, animals or things already spoken about, being pointed out etc: They are in the garden.) ellos; ellas
    2) (used instead of he, he or she etc when the person's sex is unknown or when people of both sexes are being referred to: If anyone does that, they are to be severely punished.) esa persona; ellos
    they pron ellos / ellas
    tr[ðeɪ]
    1 (plural) ellos,-as
    ■ where are the children? --they're in the garden ¿dónde están los niños? --están en el jardín
    ■ they're showing "Batman" on the telly hacen "Batman" en la tele
    2 familiar (singular - substitutes he or she) él, ella
    ■ if anyone saw the accident, they should go to the police si alguien vio el accidente, que vaya a la policía
    ■ I was supposed to meet a friend, but they never turned up había quedado con un amigo pero no se presentó
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    they say that... dicen que..., se dice que...
    they ['ðeɪ] pron
    : ellos, ellas
    they are here: están aquí
    they don't know: ellos no saben
    pron.
    • ellas pron.
    • ellos pron.
    ðeɪ
    a) (pl of he, she, it) ellos, ellas

    who are they? — ¿quiénes son?

    they're the ones who should apologize — son ellos los que or quienes deberían disculparse

    someone called, but they didn't leave a message — llamó una persona, pero no dejó recado

    c) ( people)

    they say he's a millionaire — dicen or se dice que es millonario

    [ðeɪ]
    PRON
    1) (referring to particular people, things)
    a) (emphatic, to avoid ambiguity) ellos(-ellas)

    it's they who... — son ellos quienes...

    b)
    Don't translate the subject pronoun when not emphasizing or clarifying:

    they're fine, thank you — están bien, gracias

    c) frm

    they who... — los que..., quienes...

    2) (referring to "someone", "anyone")

    if anyone tells you otherwise, they're mistaken — si alguien te dice lo contrario, no tiene razón

    they say that... — se dice que..., dicen que...

    as they say — como dicen, según dicen

    * * *
    [ðeɪ]
    a) (pl of he, she, it) ellos, ellas

    who are they? — ¿quiénes son?

    they're the ones who should apologize — son ellos los que or quienes deberían disculparse

    someone called, but they didn't leave a message — llamó una persona, pero no dejó recado

    c) ( people)

    they say he's a millionaire — dicen or se dice que es millonario

    English-spanish dictionary > they

  • 27 some

    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) algún, algo, cierto, unos, algunos, ciertos
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) alguno
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) un poco, unos pocos
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) cierto

    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) bastante
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) algún
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) unos, cerca de, alrededor de

    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) un poco, algo
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me
    some1 adj
    1. un poco de / algo de
    do you want some more cake? ¿quieres un poco más de tarta?
    would you like some tea? ¿quieres té?
    2. unos / algunos
    some2 pron
    1. un poco / algo
    I've made some coffee would you like some? he hecho café ¿quieres un poco?
    2. unos / algunos
    tr[sʌm]
    1 (with plural noun) unos,-as, algunos,-as; (a few) unos,-as cuantos,-as, unos,-as pocos,-as
    ■ would you like some biscuits? ¿quieres galletas?
    2 (with singular noun) algún, alguna; (a little) algo de, un poco de
    ■ would you like some coffee? ¿quieres café?
    3 (certain) cierto,-a, alguno,-a
    4 (unknown, unspecified) algún, alguna
    ■ some day algún día, un día de éstos
    ■ some other time otra vez, otro día
    5 (quite a lot of) bastante
    6 familiar ironic (none, not at all) valiente, menudo,-a
    ■ some help that was! ¡valiente ayuda!
    ■ some friend you are! ¡valiente amigo eres tú!, ¡menudo amigo eres!
    7 familiar (quite a, a fine) menudo,-a
    ■ that was some meal! ¡menuda comida!, ¡ésa sí que era una comida!, ¡vaya comilona!
    ■ he's quite some guy! ¡menudo tío!
    1 (unspecified number) unos,-as, algunos,-as
    ■ keys? - I saw some on the table ¿llaves? - he visto unas sobre la mesa
    ■ if you want more paper, there's some in the drawer si te hace falta más papel, hay en el cajón
    3 (certain ones) ciertos,-as, algunos,-as; (a certain part) algo, un poco, parte nombre femenino
    1 (approximately, about) unos,-as, alrededor de, aproximadamente
    2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (rather, a little) un poco
    some ['sʌm] adj
    1) : un, algún
    some lady stopped me: una mujer me detuvo
    some distant galaxy: alguna galaxia lejana
    2) : algo de, un poco de
    he drank some water: tomó (un poco de) agua
    3) : unos
    do you want some apples?: ¿quieres unas manzanas?
    some years ago: hace varios años
    some pron
    1) : algunos
    some went, others stayed: algunos se fueron, otros se quedaron
    2) : un poco, algo
    there's some left: queda un poco
    I have gum; do you want some?: tengo chicle, ¿quieres?
    adj.
    • alguno adj.
    • algún adj.
    • un poco de adj.
    • uno, -a adj.
    • unos adj.
    • vario, -a adj.
    adv.
    • algunos adv.
    • mucho adv.
    • muy adv.
    pron.
    • alguno pron.
    • algunos pron.
    • uno pron.
    • unos pron.

    I sʌm, weak form səm
    1)
    a) ( unstated number or type) (+ pl n) unos, unas

    there were some boys/girls in the park — había unos or algunos niños/unas or algunas niñas en el parque

    I need some new shoes/scissors — necesito (unos) zapatos nuevos/una tijera nueva

    would you like some cherries? — ¿quieres (unas) cerezas?

    b) ( unstated quantity or type) (+ uncount n)

    would you like some coffee? — ¿quieres café?

    2) (a, one) (+ sing count noun) algún, -guna
    3)
    a) (particular, not all) (+ pl n) algunos, -nas
    b) (part of, not whole) (+ uncount n)

    some German wine is red, but most is white — Alemania produce algunos vinos tintos pero la mayoría son blancos

    4)
    a) (not many, a few) algunos, -nas
    b) (not much, a little) un poco de
    5)
    a) (several, many)
    6) (colloq)

    that's some car you've got! — vaya coche que tienes!, qué cochazo tienes!

    b) (stressing remarkable, ridiculous nature)

    II
    1)
    a) ( a number of things or people) algunos, -nas
    b) ( an amount)

    there's no salt left; we'll have to buy some — no queda sal; vamos a tener que comprar

    2)
    a) ( a number of a group) algunos, -nas

    some of what I've written — algo or parte de lo que he escrito

    the coffee's ready: would you like some? — el café está listo: ¿quieres?

    3) ( certain people) algunos, -nas

    some say that... — algunos dicen que...


    III
    adverb ( approximately) unos, unas; alrededor de

    there were some fifty people there — había unas cincuenta personas, había alrededor de cincuenta personas

    [sʌm]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    1) (=an amount of)
    When refers to something you can't count, it usually isn't translated:

    will you have some tea? — ¿quieres té?

    have some more cake — toma or sírvete más pastel

    you've got some money, haven't you? — tienes dinero, ¿no?

    2) (=a little) algo de, un poco de

    she has some experience with children — tiene algo de or un poco de experiencia con niños

    the book was some help, but not much — el libro ayudó algo or un poco, pero no mucho, el libro fue de alguna ayuda, pero no mucha

    3) (=a number of) unos

    would you like some sweets/grapes? — ¿quieres caramelos/uvas?

    we've got some biscuits, haven't we? — tenemos galletas, ¿no?

    you need some new trousers/glasses — necesitas unos pantalones nuevos/unas gafas nuevas

    4) (=certain)

    some people say that... — algunos dicen que..., algunas personas dicen que..., hay gente que dice que...

    some people hate fish — algunas personas odian el pescado, hay gente que odia el pescado

    some people have all the luck! — ¡los hay que tienen suerte!, ¡algunos parece que nacen de pie! *

    in some ways he's right — en cierto modo or sentido, tiene razón

    I paid for mine, unlike some people I could mention — yo pagué el mío, no como ciertas personas or algunos a los que no quiero nombrar

    5) (indefinite) algún + masc noun, alguna + fem noun

    for some reason (or other) — por alguna razón, por una u otra razón

    • this will give you some idea of... — esto te dará una idea de...

    • let's make it some other time — hagámoslo otro día

    6) (=a considerable amount of) bastante

    • she is some few years younger than him — es bastantes años más joven que él

    • I haven't seen him for some time — hace bastante (tiempo) que no lo veo

    length 1., 4)
    7) (=a considerable number of)
    8) *
    emphatic

    that's some fish! — ¡eso sí que es un pez!, ¡eso es lo que se llama un pez!, ¡vaya pez!

    that's some woman — ¡qué mujer!

    it was some party — ¡vaya fiesta!, ¡menuda fiesta!

    b) iro

    "he says he's my friend" - "some friend!" — -dice que es mi amigo -¡menudo amigo!

    you're some help, you are! — ¡vaya ayuda das!, ¡menuda ayuda eres tú!

    some expert! — ¡valiente experto!

    some people! — ¡qué gente!

    2. PRONOUN
    1) (=a certain amount, a little) un poco

    have some! — ¡toma un poco!

    could I have some of that cheese? — ¿me das un poco de ese queso?

    thanks, I've got some — gracias, ya tengo

    "I haven't got any paper" - "I'll give you some" — -no tengo nada de papel -yo te doy

    • it would cost twice that much and then some * — costaría el doble de eso y algo más de propina *

    2) (=a part) una parte

    give me some! — ¡dame un poco!

    3) (=a number) algunos(-as) mpl/fpl

    I don't want them all, but I'd like some — no los quiero todos, pero sí unos pocos or cuantos, no los quiero todos, pero sí algunos

    would you like some? — ¿quieres unos pocos or cuantos?, ¿quieres algunos?

    4) (=certain people) algunos, algunas personas

    some believe that... — algunos creen que..., algunas personas creen que..., hay gente que cree que...

    3. ADVERB
    1) (=about)

    some 20 people — unas 20 personas, una veintena de personas

    some £30 — unas 30 libras

    2) (esp US)
    *
    a) (=a lot) mucho

    Edinburgh to London in five hours, that's going some! — de Edimburgo a Londres en cinco horas, ¡eso sí que es rapidez!

    b) (=a little)
    * * *

    I [sʌm], weak form [səm]
    1)
    a) ( unstated number or type) (+ pl n) unos, unas

    there were some boys/girls in the park — había unos or algunos niños/unas or algunas niñas en el parque

    I need some new shoes/scissors — necesito (unos) zapatos nuevos/una tijera nueva

    would you like some cherries? — ¿quieres (unas) cerezas?

    b) ( unstated quantity or type) (+ uncount n)

    would you like some coffee? — ¿quieres café?

    2) (a, one) (+ sing count noun) algún, -guna
    3)
    a) (particular, not all) (+ pl n) algunos, -nas
    b) (part of, not whole) (+ uncount n)

    some German wine is red, but most is white — Alemania produce algunos vinos tintos pero la mayoría son blancos

    4)
    a) (not many, a few) algunos, -nas
    b) (not much, a little) un poco de
    5)
    a) (several, many)
    6) (colloq)

    that's some car you've got! — vaya coche que tienes!, qué cochazo tienes!

    b) (stressing remarkable, ridiculous nature)

    II
    1)
    a) ( a number of things or people) algunos, -nas
    b) ( an amount)

    there's no salt left; we'll have to buy some — no queda sal; vamos a tener que comprar

    2)
    a) ( a number of a group) algunos, -nas

    some of what I've written — algo or parte de lo que he escrito

    the coffee's ready: would you like some? — el café está listo: ¿quieres?

    3) ( certain people) algunos, -nas

    some say that... — algunos dicen que...


    III
    adverb ( approximately) unos, unas; alrededor de

    there were some fifty people there — había unas cincuenta personas, había alrededor de cincuenta personas

    English-spanish dictionary > some

  • 28 great

    ɡreit
    1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) grande, gran (antes del nombre), importante
    2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) grande, gran (antes del nombre)
    3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) mucho; especial
    4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) maravilloso, espléndido, fantástico
    5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) excelente, buenísimo
    •
    - greatness
    great adj
    1. gran / grande
    2. gran / importante
    3. estupendo / fenomenal
    you look great! ¡te veo fenomenal!
    tr[greɪt]
    2 (considerable, profound, intense) grande; (before sing noun) gran
    ■ it gives me great pleasure to... tengo el gran placer de...
    3 (famous, important, outstanding) grande, importante; (before sing noun) gran, importante
    4 familiar (excellent, wonderful) estupendo,-a, fantástico,-a, sensacional, fabuloso,-a
    ■ it's great to see you! ¡me alegro mucho de verte!
    ■ how was the film? - great! ¿qué tal la película! - ¡fenomenal!
    ■ what a great idea! ¡qué idea más buena!
    ■ you great brute! ¡pedazo de animal!
    1 familiar muy bien, estupendamente, fenomenal
    1 (people) los grandes nombre masculino plural, la gente nombre femenino importante
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be no great shakes no ser gran cosa
    to go great guns ir a las mil maravillas, ir viento en popa
    the Great Barrier Reef la Gran Barrera de Coral
    great circle círculo máximo
    the Great War la Gran Guerra, la primera Guerra Mundial
    great ['greɪt] adj
    1) large: grande
    a great mountain: una montaña grande
    a great crowd: una gran muchedumbre
    2) intense: intenso, fuerte, grande
    great pain: gran dolor
    3) eminent: grande, eminente, distinguido
    a great poet: un gran poeta
    4) excellent, terrific: excelente, estupendo, fabuloso
    to have a great time: pasarlo en grande
    5)
    a great while : mucho tiempo
    adj.
    • enorme adj.
    • garrafal adj.
    • gran adj.
    • grande adj.
    • importante adj.
    • largo, -a adj.
    • magno, -a adj.
    • mucho, -a adj.
    • pistonudo, -a adj.
    • principal adj.
    • solemne adj.
    • vasto, -a adj.

    I greɪt
    1) (before n)
    a) ( large in size) (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)
    b) <number/quantity> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)

    there's a dirty great hole in my sock — (BrE colloq) tengo un agujerazo en el calcetín (fam)

    2) (before n)
    a) ( important) <landowner/occasion> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)
    b) (genuine, real) (before n) <friend/rival> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)

    I'm in no great hurry — no tengo mucha prisa, no estoy muy apurado (AmL)

    you're a great help! — (colloq & iro) valiente ayuda la tuya! (iró)

    he's a great one for starting arguments — (colloq) es único para empezar discusiones!, para empezar discusiones es (como) mandado a hacer (CS fam)

    3) ( excellent) (colloq) <goal/movie/meal> sensacional, fabuloso

    he's a really great guy — es un tipo or (Esp tb) tío sensacional (fam)

    to be great AT something: she's great at organizing things/getting people together para organizar las cosas/juntar a la gente, no hay nadie como ella; he's great at mending things se da mucha maña para hacer arreglos; (as interj) (that's) great! — qué bien!, fenomenal!, bárbaro! (fam), estupendo! (fam)


    II
    noun ( outstanding person) (colloq) estrella f, grande mf

    III
    adverb (esp AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam)
    [ɡreɪt]
    1. ADJ
    (compar greater) (superl greatest)
    1) (=huge) (in size) [house, room, object] enorme, inmenso; (in amount, number) [effort, variety] grande; [shock, surprise] verdadero, enorme

    • she lived to a great age — vivió hasta una edad muy avanzada

    • I'll take great care of it — lo cuidaré mucho

    • he didn't say a great deal — no dijo mucho

    a great deal of time/money/effort — mucho tiempo/dinero/esfuerzo

    • with great difficulty — con gran or mucha dificultad

    • to a great extent — en gran parte

    • we had great fun — lo pasamos fenomenal

    • great heavens! — † ¡Cielo Santo! †, ¡Válgame el cielo!

    • to be a great help — ser de gran ayuda

    well, you've been a great help! — iro ¡vaya ayuda la tuya!, ¡pues sí que has sido una ayuda!

    • I'm in no great hurry, I'm not in any great hurry — no tengo mucha prisa

    • you great idiot! * — ¡pedazo de idiota! *

    • a great many people believe he was right — mucha gente cree que tenía razón

    • it was a great pity you didn't come — fue una verdadera pena que no vinieses

    • with great pleasure — con gran placer

    it's my great pleasure to introduce... — es un gran placer para mí presentar a...

    • great progress has been made — se han hecho grandes progresos

    • great Scott! — † ¡Cielo Santo! †, ¡Válgame el cielo!

    • the concert was a great success — el concierto fue un enorme éxito

    gun 1., 1)
    2) (=important) [achievement, occasion, event] grande

    • the great cultural achievements of the past — los grandes logros culturales del pasado

    • one of the great issues of the day — uno de los temas más importantes del día

    • everyone said she was destined for great things — todos decían que llegaría lejos

    • great work — (=masterpiece) obra f maestra

    3) (=outstanding) [person, nation, skill] grande

    • a player of great ability — un jugador de gran habilidad

    • she has a great eye for detail — tiene muy buen ojo para los detalles

    Frederick/Peter the Great — Federico/Pedro el Grande

    5) (=real) (as intensifier) grande

    • she is a great believer in hard work — es una gran partidaria del trabajo duro

    • she's a great one for antique shops — le encantan las tiendas de antigüedades, es una fanática de las tiendas de antigüedades

    he's a great one for criticizing others — es único para criticar a los demás, se las pinta solo para criticar a los demás *

    6) * (=excellent) [person, thing, idea] estupendo, genial *

    you were great! — ¡estuviste genial! *

    it's a great idea — es una idea estupenda, es una idea genial *

    "how was the movie?" - "it was great!" — -¿que tal fue la película? -¡genial! *

    (that's) great! — ¡eso es estupendo!

    wouldn't it be great to do that? — ¿no sería fabuloso or genial hacer eso?

    camping holidays are great for kids — las vacaciones en un camping son estupendas para los críos, las vacaciones en un camping son geniales para los críos *

    • she was just great about it — se lo tomó muy bien

    • he's great at football — juega estupendamente al fútbol

    • to feel great — sentirse fenómeno or fenomenal *

    • you look great! — (=attractive) ¡estás guapísimo!; (=healthy) ¡tienes un aspecto estupendo!

    • she's great on jazz — sabe un montón de jazz *

    • the great thing is that you don't have to iron it — lo mejor de todo es que no tienes que plancharlo

    7) (Bot, Zool) grande
    2. EXCL
    1) * (=excellent)

    (oh) great! — ¡fenómeno! *, ¡fenomenal!, ¡qué bien!

    2) iro

    (oh) great! that's all I need! — ¡maravilloso! ¡eso es lo que me faltaba!

    if that's what you want to believe, great! — si es eso lo que quieres creer, allá tú

    3.
    ADV
    4.
    N (=person) grande mf

    the great and the good — hum los abonados a las buenas causas

    5.
    CPD

    the Great Barrier Reef N — la Gran Barrera de Coral, el Gran Arrecife Coralino

    the Great Bear N — (Astron) la Osa Mayor

    great tit N — paro m grande, herrerillo m grande

    GREAT, BIG, LARGE
    "Grande" shortened to "gran"
    ► Gra nde must be shortened to gran before a singular noun of either gender:
    Great Britain (La) Gran Bretaña
    Position of "grande"
    ► Put gran/ grandes before the noun in the sense of "great":
    It's a great step forward in the search for peace Es un gran paso en la búsqueda de la paz
    He is a (very) great actor Es un gran actor ► In the sense of big or large, the adjective will precede the noun in the context of a general, subjective comment. However, when there is implicit or explicit comparison with other things or people that are physically bigger or smaller, it will follow the noun:
    It's a big problem Es un gran problema
    ... the difference in price between big flats and small ones...... la diferencia de precio entre los pisos grandes y pequeños...
    ... a certain type of large passenger plane...... cierto tipo de avión grande para el transporte de pasajeros... ► Compare the following examples:
    ... a great man...... un gran hombre...
    ... a big man...... un hombre grande... For further uses and examples, see great, big, large
    * * *

    I [greɪt]
    1) (before n)
    a) ( large in size) (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)
    b) <number/quantity> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)

    there's a dirty great hole in my sock — (BrE colloq) tengo un agujerazo en el calcetín (fam)

    2) (before n)
    a) ( important) <landowner/occasion> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)
    b) (genuine, real) (before n) <friend/rival> (sing) gran (delante del n); (pl) grandes (delante del n)

    I'm in no great hurry — no tengo mucha prisa, no estoy muy apurado (AmL)

    you're a great help! — (colloq & iro) valiente ayuda la tuya! (iró)

    he's a great one for starting arguments — (colloq) es único para empezar discusiones!, para empezar discusiones es (como) mandado a hacer (CS fam)

    3) ( excellent) (colloq) <goal/movie/meal> sensacional, fabuloso

    he's a really great guy — es un tipo or (Esp tb) tío sensacional (fam)

    to be great AT something: she's great at organizing things/getting people together para organizar las cosas/juntar a la gente, no hay nadie como ella; he's great at mending things se da mucha maña para hacer arreglos; (as interj) (that's) great! — qué bien!, fenomenal!, bárbaro! (fam), estupendo! (fam)


    II
    noun ( outstanding person) (colloq) estrella f, grande mf

    III
    adverb (esp AmE colloq) fenomenal (fam)

    English-spanish dictionary > great

  • 29 which

    wi 
    1. adjective, pronoun
    (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) cuál

    2. relative pronoun
    ((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) que

    3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
    (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.)
    - which is which? - which is which
    which1 adj cuál / qué
    which one is yours? ¿cuál es el tuyo?
    which2 pron
    1. cuál / qué
    which of the houses is yours? ¿cuál de las casas es la tuya?
    2. que
    tr[wɪʧ]
    1 (direct questions) qué, cuál, cuáles
    ■ which size? ¿qué tamaño/talla?
    ■ which colour do you prefer? ¿qué color prefieres?
    ■ which newspaper do you read? ¿qué periódico lees?
    ■ which one do you like best? ¿cuál te gusta más?
    1 (questions) cuál, cuáles
    ■ which do you want? ¿cuál quieres?
    ■ which is your car? ¿cuál es tu coche?
    ■ which is mine? ¿cuál es el mío?
    3 (defining relative) que; (with preposition) que, el/la que, el/la cual, los/las que, los/las cuales
    4 (non-defining relative) el/la cual, los/las cuales
    ■ two glasses, one of which was dirty dos copas, una de las cuales estaba sucia
    5 (referring to a clause) lo que, lo cual
    ■ he lost, which was sad perdió, lo cual era triste
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    in which case en cuyo caso
    which ['hwɪʧ] adj
    : qué, cuál
    which tie do you prefer?: ¿cuál corbata prefieres?
    which ones?: ¿cuáles?
    tell me which house is yours: dime qué casa es la tuya
    which pron
    1) : cuál
    which is the right answer?: ¿cuál es la respuesta correcta?
    2) : que, el (la) cual
    the cup which broke: la taza que se quebró
    the house, which is made of brick: la casa, la cual es de ladrillo
    pron.
    • qué pron.
    adj.
    • cuál adj.
    • el cual adj.
    • que adj.
    pron.
    • cual pron.
    • cuál pron.
    • que pron.

    I hwɪtʃ, wɪtʃ
    1)
    a) (in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

    which of you wrote this? — ¿cuál or quién de ustedes escribió esto?

    b) ( in indirect use) cuál

    do you know which she chose? — ¿sabes cuál eligió?

    the newspaper in which the article appeared — el diario en el que or en el cual apareció el artículo

    he said it was an accident, which I know is not true — dijo que había sido un accidente, lo cual sé que no es cierto


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

    in which European city is it? — ¿en qué or cuál ciudad europea está?

    b) ( in indirect questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

    ask her which chapters we have to read — pregúntale qué or cuales capítulos hay que leer

    we arrived at two, by which time they had gone — llegamos a las dos y para entonces ya se habían ido

    [wɪtʃ]
    1. PRONOUN
    1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)

    Which/which one/ which ones in direct and indirect questions and after expressions of (un)certainty and doubt (e.g. no sé) usually translate as cuál/cuáles: cuál

    which do you want? — (offering one) ¿cuál quieres?; (offering two or more) ¿cuáles quieres?

    which of you did it? — ¿cuál de vosotros lo hizo?

    which of you is Kathleen? — ¿cuál de vosotras es Kathleen?

    In relative clauses where which defines the noun it refers to, you can usually translate it as que. Note that in this type of sentence which can be substituted by that in English: que

    do you remember the house which we saw last week? — ¿te acuerdas de la casa que vimos la semana pasada?

    If [which] is the object of a preposition, you can either translate it as [que] (usually preceded by the definite article) or as article + [cual]/[cuales]. Use the second option particularly in formal language or after long prepositions or prepositional phrases:

    your letter, which I received this morning, cheered me up — tu carta, que or more frm la cual he recibido esta mañana, me ha levantado el ánimo

    the bull which I'm talking about — el toro del que or more frm del cual estoy hablando

    the hotel at which we stayed — el hotel en el que or more frm en el cual nos hospedamos

    he explained the means by which we could achieve our objective — explicó los medios a través de los cuales podíamos alcanzar nuestro objetivo

    If instead of defining the noun the [which] clause merely adds additional information, you can translate [which] using either [que] or article + [cual]/[cuales]:

    the oak dining-table, which was a present from my father, seats 10 people comfortably — la mesa de roble, que or la cual fue un regalo de mi padre, admite cómodamente diez comensales

    When which refers to the whole of a preceding sentence or idea, translate as lo que or lo cual:

    it rained hard which upset her — llovió mucho, lo que or lo cual le disgustó

    they left early, which my wife did not like at all — se marcharon pronto, lo cual or lo que no agradó nada a mi mujer

    After a preposition only [lo cual] can be used:

    • after which we went to bed — después de lo cual nos acostamos

    • from which we deduce that... — de lo cual deducimos que...

    2. ADJECTIVE
    1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)
    When which is used as an interrogative adjective, translate using qué + noun when the possibilities are very open or cuál/cuáles de + article + plural noun when the possibilities are limited: qué

    which house do you live in? — ¿en qué casa vives?

    which day are they coming? — ¿qué día vienen?

    which picture do you prefer? — ¿qué cuadro prefieres?, ¿cuál de los cuadros prefieres?

    which option do you prefer? — ¿cuál de las alternativas prefieres?

    which way did she go? — ¿por dónde se fue?

    • which one? — ¿cuál?

    look which way you will... — mires por donde mires...

    he used "peradventure", which word is now archaic — frm dijo "peradventure", palabra que ha quedado ahora anticuada

    • in which case — en cuyo caso

    • he didn't get here till 10, by which time Jane had already left — no llegó hasta las 10 y para entonces Jane ya se había ido

    * * *

    I [hwɪtʃ, wɪtʃ]
    1)
    a) (in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

    which of you wrote this? — ¿cuál or quién de ustedes escribió esto?

    b) ( in indirect use) cuál

    do you know which she chose? — ¿sabes cuál eligió?

    the newspaper in which the article appeared — el diario en el que or en el cual apareció el artículo

    he said it was an accident, which I know is not true — dijo que había sido un accidente, lo cual sé que no es cierto


    II
    1)
    a) ( in questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

    in which European city is it? — ¿en qué or cuál ciudad europea está?

    b) ( in indirect questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

    ask her which chapters we have to read — pregúntale qué or cuales capítulos hay que leer

    we arrived at two, by which time they had gone — llegamos a las dos y para entonces ya se habían ido

    English-spanish dictionary > which

  • 30 they

    pronoun
    1) sie
    2) (people in general) man
    3) (coll.): (he or she)

    everyone thinks they know best — jeder denkt, er weiß es am besten

    4) (those in authority) sie; die (ugs.). See also academic.ru/74401/their">their; theirs; them; themselves
    * * *
    [ðei]
    1) (persons, animals or things already spoken about, being pointed out etc: They are in the garden.) sie
    2) (used instead of he, he or she etc when the person's sex is unknown or when people of both sexes are being referred to: If anyone does that, they are to be severely punished.) er,sie,es
    * * *
    [ðeɪ]
    pron pers
    1. (3rd person plural) sie
    where are my glasses? \they were on the table just now wo ist meine Brille? sie lag doch gerade noch auf dem Tisch
    see those people sitting over there? are \they the ones you were talking about? siehst du die Leute da drüben? sind das die, von denen du gesprochen hast?
    it's \they ( form) das sind sie
    \they who... ( form) wer...
    \they who look closely, will see the difference wer genau schaut, kann den Unterschied erkennen
    2. (he or she) er, sie
    ask a friend if \they could help frag einen Freund, ob er helfen kann
    anyone can join if \they are a resident jeder, der hier lebt, kann beitreten
    3. (people in general) sie
    the rest, as \they say, is history der Rest ist Geschichte, wie es so schön heißt
    \they say... es heißt,..., man sagt,...
    \they've decided to change the bus route into town es wurde beschlossen, die Busroute in die Stadt zu ändern
    do \they really notice if you leave some of your income off your tax forms? merkt das wirklich jemand, wenn du nicht dein gesamtes Einkommen auf dem Steuerbescheid angibst?
    \they cut my water off man hat mir das Wasser abgestellt
    * * *
    [ðeɪ]
    pers pron pl
    1) sie

    they who — diejenigen, die or welche, wer (+sing vb)

    2)

    (= people in general) they say that... — man sagt, dass...

    they are going to build a new road — man will or sie wollen eine neue Straße bauen

    they are thinking of changing the law — es ist beabsichtigt, das Gesetz zu ändern

    3) (inf)

    if anyone looks at this closely, they will notice... — wenn sich das jemand näher ansieht, wird er bemerken...

    * * *
    they [ðeı] pron
    1. (pl zu he1, she, it) sie:
    2. man:
    they say that …
    3. es:
    who are they? they are Americans wer sind sie? es oder sie sind Amerikaner
    4. (auf Kollektiva bezogen) er, sie, es:
    the police …, they … die Polizei…, sie (sg)
    5. they who diejenigen, welche
    * * *
    pronoun
    1) sie
    3) (coll.): (he or she)

    everyone thinks they know best — jeder denkt, er weiß es am besten

    4) (those in authority) sie; die (ugs.). See also their; theirs; them; themselves

    English-german dictionary > they

  • 31 natural

    'næ ərəl
    1. adjective
    1) (of or produced by nature, not made by men: Coal, oil etc are natural resources; Wild animals are happier in their natural state than in a zoo.) natural
    2) (born in a person: natural beauty; He had a natural ability for music.) natural, innato
    3) ((of manner) simple, without pretence: a nice, natural smile.) natural
    4) (normal; as one would expect: It's quite natural for a boy of his age to be interested in girls.) natural, normal
    5) (of a musical note, not sharp or flat: G natural is lower in pitch than G sharp.) natural

    2. noun
    1) (a person who is naturally good at something.) nato
    2) (in music (a sign () indicating) a note which is not to be played sharp or flat.) becuadro
    •
    - naturally
    - natural gas
    - natural history
    - natural resources
    natural adj
    1. natural
    2. normal


    natural adjetivo 1
    a) ‹fenómeno/ingrediente› natural;
    ‹ fruta› fresh;
    b) ( a temperatura ambiente) ‹cerveza/gaseosa› unchilled
    c) (Mús) natural
    2
    a) ( espontáneo) ‹gesto/persona› natural
    3 (frml) ( nativo) ser natural de to be a native of, to come from ■ sustantivo masculino
    b) ( nativo) native;

    natural
    I adjetivo
    1 natural: es una persona muy natural, he's a very natural person (no artificial, fresco) fresh: es una rosa natural, it's a fresh rose
    a tamaño natural, life-size
    2 (normal, lógico) me parece natural, it seems natural to me
    3 (nativo) soy natural de Castilla, I come from Castilla
    4 Mat natural
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (temperamento, inclinación) nature
    2 Arte life: lo pintó del natural, he painted it from life
    III mf (oriundo) native ' natural' also found in these entries: Spanish: canal - cien - cruda - crudo - día - emanación - expolio - hijo - limonada - lógica - lógico - luz - mirador - muerte - nata - nato - reserva - sencilla - sencillo - sobrexplotación - tamaña - tamaño - turba - anfiteatro - café - cataclismo - en - franco - gruta - llano - museo - naturalidad - naturismo - naturista - pantano - parque - recurso - riqueza - siniestro English: border - born - curl - designate - fair - full-scale - hail - life - life-size - life-sized - lifelike - mention - native - natural - natural childbirth - naturally - nature reserve - nature trail - plain - process - reserve - successor - sunlight - unaffected - unnatural - unnaturally - unspoilt - wear - wild - wildlife park - die - dry - effortless - environment - flair - full - good - may - might - nature - pond - resource - should - unspoiled - wastage - wilderness
    tr['næʧərəl]
    1 natural
    2 (born) nato,-a
    3 (usual) natural, normal
    1 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (note) nota natural; (sign) becuadro
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to die of natural causes morir por causas naturales, fallecer de muerte natural
    natural childbirth parto natural
    natural history historia natural
    natural wastage reducción de plantilla consistente en no substituir a los que se jubilen o se marchen
    natural ['næʧərəl] adj
    1) : natural, de la naturaleza
    natural woodlands: bosques naturales
    natural childbirth: parto natural
    2) innate: innato, natural
    3) unaffected: natural, sin afectación
    4) lifelike: natural, vivo
    to be a natural : tener un talento innato (para algo)
    adj.
    • innato, -a adj.
    • nacido, -a adj.
    • nativo, -a adj.
    • natural adj.
    • normal adj.
    • propio, -a adj.
    • tenue adj.
    n.
    • becuadro s.m.
    • imbécil s.m.

    I 'nætʃrəl
    1) ( as in nature) natural

    death from natural causes — muerte f natural or por causas naturales

    2)
    a) <talent/propensity> innato
    b) (before n) < leaderoublemaker> nato, por naturaleza
    c) <reaction/response> natural, normal; < successor> lógico

    it is natural THAT — es natural que (+ subj)

    3) ( not forced) <warmth/enthusiasm/style> natural
    4) ( related by blood) <child/parent> biológico

    II

    to be a natural — tener* un talento innato


    III

    act natural — (colloq) disimula

    ['nætʃrǝl]
    1. ADJ
    1) (=occurring naturally) [environment, substance, disaster, remedy] natural
    die I, 1)
    2) (=understandable) [reaction, behaviour, feeling] natural, normal; [mistake] comprensible; [explanation] lógico y natural

    it's only natural that she should be upset — es normal or natural que esté disgustada

    3) (=inborn) [ability, talent] innato; [reaction, fear] instintivo

    she is a natural leader/athlete — es una líder/atleta innata

    natural instinct — instinto m natural

    4) (=relaxed, unforced) [person, manner, charm] natural
    5) (=biological) [father, mother, child] biológico
    6) (Mus) natural
    2. N
    1) (=person)
    2) (Mus) (=note) nota f natural; (=sign) becuadro m
    3.
    CPD

    natural childbirth N — parto m natural

    natural disaster N — desastre m natural

    natural gas N — gas m natural

    natural history N — historia f natural

    natural law N — ley f natural

    natural number N — (Math) número m natural

    natural resources NPL — recursos mpl naturales

    natural science N — (uncount) ciencias fpl naturales; (count) ciencia f de la naturaleza

    natural selection N — selección f natural

    natural wastage N — (Brit) (Ind) bajas voluntarias de los empleados de una empresa, y cuyos puestos quedan sin cubrir

    the jobs will be lost through natural wastage — los puestos irán desapareciendo a medida que se produzcan bajas voluntarias

    * * *

    I ['nætʃrəl]
    1) ( as in nature) natural

    death from natural causes — muerte f natural or por causas naturales

    2)
    a) <talent/propensity> innato
    b) (before n) <leader/troublemaker> nato, por naturaleza
    c) <reaction/response> natural, normal; < successor> lógico

    it is natural THAT — es natural que (+ subj)

    3) ( not forced) <warmth/enthusiasm/style> natural
    4) ( related by blood) <child/parent> biológico

    II

    to be a natural — tener* un talento innato


    III

    act natural — (colloq) disimula

    English-spanish dictionary > natural

  • 32 switchboard

    1. распределительный щит
    2. распределительное устройство
    3. НКУ распределения и управления
    4. коммутационный щит
    5. коммутаторная панель
    6. коммутатор

     

    коммутатор
    Устройство, обеспечивающее посредством включения, отключения и переключения электрических цепей выбор требуемой выходной цепи и соединение с ней входной цепи
    [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]

    Тематики

    • аппарат, изделие, устройство...

    EN

    DE

    FR

     

    коммутаторная панель
    распределительный щит
    Устройство, конструктивно объединяющее несколько коммутационных элементов, предназначенных для включения, отключения и переключения электрических цепей и каналов связи в ручном режиме.
    [Л.М. Невдяев. Телекоммуникационные технологии. Англо-русский толковый словарь-справочник. Под редакцией Ю.М. Горностаева. Москва, 2002]

    Тематики

    • электросвязь, основные понятия

    Синонимы

    EN

     

    коммутационный щит
    —
    [Я.Н.Лугинский, М.С.Фези-Жилинская, Ю.С.Кабиров. Англо-русский словарь по электротехнике и электроэнергетике, Москва, 1999 г.]

    Тематики

    • электротехника, основные понятия

    EN

     

    низковольтное устройство распределения и управления (НКУ)
    Низковольтные коммутационные аппараты и устройства управления, измерения, сигнализации, защиты, регулирования, собранные совместно, со всеми внутренними электрическими и механическими соединениями и конструктивными элементами.
    [ ГОСТ Р МЭК 61439-1-2012]

    низковольтное устройство распределения и управления
    Комбинация низковольтных коммутационных аппаратов с устройствами управления, измерения, сигнализации, защиты, регулирования и т. п., полностью смонтированных изготовителем НКУ (под его ответственность на единой конструктивной основе) со всеми внутренними электрическими и механическими соединениями с соответствующими конструктивными элементами
    Примечания
    1. В настоящем стандарте сокращение НКУ используют для обозначения низковольтных комплектных устройств распределения и управления.
    2. Аппараты, входящие в состав НКУ, могут быть электромеханическими или электронными.
    3. По различным причинам, например по условиям транспортирования или изготовления, некоторые операции сборки могут быть выполнены на месте установки, вне предприятия-изготовителя.
    [ ГОСТ Р 51321. 1-2000 ( МЭК 60439-1-92)]

    EN

    power switchgear and controlgear assembly (PSC-assembly)
    low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assembly used to distribute and control energy for all types of loads, intended for industrial, commercial and similar applications where operation by ordinary persons is not intended
    [IEC 61439-2, ed. 1.0 (2009-01)]

    low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assembly
    combination of one or more low-voltage switching devices together with associated control, measuring, signalling, protective, regulation equipment, etc., completely assembled under the responsibility of the manufacturer with all the internal electrical and mechanical interconnections and structural parts.
    [IEC 61892-3, ed. 2.0 (2007-11)]

    switchgear and controlgear
    a general term covering switching devices and their combination with associated control, measuring, protective and regulating equipment, also assemblies of such devices and equipment with associated interconnections, accessories, enclosures and supporting structures
    [IEV number 441-11-01]

    switchgear and controlgear
    electric equipment intended to be connected to an electric circuit for the purpose of carrying out one or more of the following functions: protection, control, isolation, switching
    NOTE – The French and English terms can be considered as equivalent in most cases. However, the French term has a broader meaning than the English term and includes for example connecting devices, plugs and socket-outlets, etc. In English, these latter devices are known as accessories.
    [IEV number 826-16-03 ]

    switchboard
    A large single electric control panel, frame, or assembly of panels on which are mounted (either on the back or on the face, or both) switches, overcurrent and other protective devices, buses, and usually instruments; not intended for installation in a cabinet but may be completely enclosed in metal; usually is accessible from both the front and rear.
    [ McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction]

    switchboard
    One or more panels accommodating control switches, indicators, and other apparatus for operating electric circuits
    [ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]

    FR

    ensemble d'appareillage de puissance (ensemble PSC)
    ensemble d'appareillage à basse tension utilisé pour répartir et commander l'énergie pour tous les types de charges et prévu pour des applications industrielles, commerciales et analogues dans lesquelles l'exploitation par des personnes ordinaires n'est pas prévue
    [IEC 61439-2, ed. 1.0 (2009-01)]

    appareillage, m
    matériel électrique destiné à être relié à un circuit électrique en vue d'assurer une ou plusieurs des fonctions suivantes: protection, commande, sectionnement, connexion
    NOTE – Les termes français et anglais peuvent être considérés comme équivalents dans la plupart des cas. Toutefois, le terme français couvre un domaine plus étendu que le terme anglais, et comprend notamment les dispositifs de connexion, les prises de courant, etc. En anglais, ces derniers sont dénommés "accessories".
    [IEV number 826-16-03 ]

    appareillage
    terme général applicable aux appareils de connexion et à leur combinaison avec des appareils de commande, de mesure, de protection et de réglage qui leur sont associés, ainsi qu'aux ensembles de tels appareils avec les connexions, les accessoires, les enveloppes et les charpentes correspondantes
    [IEV number 441-11-01]


    A switchboard as defined in the National Electrical Code is a large single panel, frame, or assembly of panels on which are mounted, on the face or back or both switches, overcurrent and other protective devices, buses, and, usually, instruments.
    Switchboards are generally accessible from the rear as well as from the front and are not intended to be installed in cabinets.
    The types of switchboards, classified by basic features of construction, are as follows:
    1. Live-front vertical panels
    2. Dead-front boards
    3. Safety enclosed boards( metal-clad)

    [American electricians’ handbook]

    Параллельные тексты EN-RU

    The switchboard plays an essential role in the availability of electric power, while meeting the needs of personal and property safety.

    Its definition, design and installation are based on precise rules; there is no place for improvisation.

    The IEC 61439 standard aims to better define " low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies", ensuring that the specified performances are reached.

    It specifies in particular:

    > the responsibilities of each player, distinguishing those of the original equipment manufacturer - the organization that performed the original design and associated verification of an assembly in accordance with the standard, and of the assembly manufacturer - the organization taking responsibility for the finished assembly;

    > the design and verification rules, constituting a benchmark for product certification.

    All the component parts of the electrical switchboard are concerned by the IEC 61439 standard.

    Equipment produced in accordance with the requirements of this switchboard standard ensures the safety and reliability of the installation.

    A switchboard must comply with the requirements of standard IEC 61439-1 and 2 to guarantee the safety and reliability of the installation.

    Managers of installations, fully aware of the professional and legal liabilities weighing on their company and on themselves, demand a high level of safety for the electrical installation.

    What is more, the serious economic consequences of prolonged halts in production mean that the electrical switchboard must provide excellent continuity of service, whatever the operating conditions.
    [Schneider Electric]

    НКУ играет главную роль в обеспечении электроэнергией, удовлетворяя при этом всем требованиям по безопасности людей и сохранности имущества.

    Выбор конструкции, проектирование и монтаж основаны на чётких правилах, не допускающих никакой импровизации.

    Требования к низковольтным комплектным устройствам распределения и управления сформулированы в стандарте МЭК 61439 (ГОСТ Р 51321. 1-2000).

    В частности, он определяет:

    > распределение ответственности между изготовителем НКУ - организацией, разработавшей конструкцию НКУ и проверившей его на соответствие требованиям стандарта, и сборщиком – организацией, выполнившей сборку НКУ;

    > конструкцию, технические характеристики, виды и методы испытаний НКУ.

    В стандарте МЭК 61439 (ГОСТ Р 51321. 1-2000) описываются все компоненты НКУ.

    Оборудование, изготовленное в соответствии с требованиями этого стандарта, обеспечивает безопасность и надежность электроустановки.

    Для того чтобы гарантировать безопасность эксплуатации и надежность работы электроустановки, распределительный щит должен соответствовать требованиям стандарта МЭК 61439-1 и 2.

    Лица, ответственные за электроустановки, должны быть полностью осведомлены о профессиональной и юридической ответственности, возложенной на их компанию и на них лично, за обеспечение высокого уровня безопасности эксплуатации этих электроустановок.

    Кроме того, поскольку длительные перерывы производства приводят к серьезным экономическим последствиям, электрический распределительный щит должен обеспечивать надежную и бесперебойную работу независимо от условий эксплуатации.
    [Перевод Интент]

     

    LV switchgear assemblies are undoubtedly the components of the electric installation more subject to the direct intervention of personnel (operations, maintenance, etc.) and for this reason users demand from them higher and higher safety requirements.

    The compliance of an assembly with the state of the art and therefore, presumptively, with the relevant technical Standard, cannot be based only on the fact that the components which constitute it comply with the state of the art and therefore, at least presumptively, with the relevant technical standards.

    In other words, the whole assembly must be designed, built and tested in compliance with the state of the art.

    Since the assemblies under consideration are low voltage equipment, their rated voltage shall not exceed 1000 Va.c. or 1500 Vd.c. As regards currents, neither upper nor lower limits are provided in the application field of this Standard.

    The Standard IEC 60439-1 states the construction, safety and maintenance requirements for low voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies, without dealing with the functional aspects which remain a competence of the designer of the plant for which the assembly is intended.
    [ABB]

    Низковольтные комплектные устройства (НКУ), вне всякого сомнения, являются частями электроустановок, которые наиболее подвержены непосредственному вмешательству оперативного, обслуживающего и т. п. персонала. Вот почему требования потребителей к безопасности НКУ становятся все выше и выше.

    Соответствие НКУ современному положению дел и вследствие этого, гипотетически, соответствующим техническим стандартам, не может основываться только на том факте, что составляющие НКУ компоненты соответствуют современному состоянию дел и поэтому, по крайней мере, гипотетически, - соответствующим техническим стандартам

    Другими словами, НКУ должно быть разработано, изготовлено и испытано в соответствии с современными требованиями.

    Мы рассматриваем низковольтные комплектные устройства и это означает, что их номинальное напряжение не превышает 1000 В переменного тока или 1500 В постоянного тока. Что касается тока, то ни верхнее, ни нижнее значение стандартами, относящимися к данной области, не оговариваются

    Стандарт МЭК 60439-1 устанавливает требования к конструкции, безопасности и техническому обслуживанию низковольтных комплектных устройств без учета их функций, полагая, что функции НКУ являются компетенцией проектировщиков электроустановки, частью которых эти НКУ являются.
    [Перевод Интент]

    Тематики

    • НКУ (шкафы, пульты,...)

    Классификация

    >>>

    Действия

    Синонимы

    Сопутствующие термины

    EN

    DE

    • Schaltanlagen und/oder Schaltgeräte

    FR

     

    распределительное устройство
    Распределительным устройством (РУ) называется электроустановка, служащая для приема и распределения электроэнергии и содержащая сборные и соединительные шины, коммутационные аппараты, вспомогательные устройства (компрессорные, аккумуляторные и др.), а также устройства защиты, автоматики и измерительные приборы.
    [РД 34.20.185-94]

    распределительное устройство
    Электроустановка, предназначенная для приема и распределения электрической энергии на одном напряжении и содержащая коммутационные аппараты и соединяющие их сборные шины [секции шин], устройства управления и защиты.
    Примечание. К устройствам управления относятся аппараты и связывающие их элементы обеспечивающие контроль, измерение, сигнализацию и выполнение команд.
    [ ГОСТ 24291-90]
    [ ГОСТ Р 53685-2009]

    электрическое распределительное устройство
    распределительное устройство
    Устройство, предназначенное для приема и распределения электроэнергии на одном напряжении и содержащее коммутационные аппараты и соединяющие их сборные соединительные устройства.
    Примечание. В состав распределительного устройства дополнительно могут входить устройства защиты и управления
    [ОСТ 45.55-99]

    распределительное устройство
    Электроустановка, служащая для приема и распределения электроэнергии и содержащая коммутационные аппараты, сборные и соединительные шины, вспомогательные устройства (компрессорные, аккумуляторные и др.), а также устройства защиты, автоматики и измерительные приборы.
    [ПОТ Р М-016-2001]
    [РД 153-34.0-03.150-00]

    устройство распределительное
    Совокупность аппаратов и приборов для приёма и распределения электроэнергии одного напряжения, вырабатываемой электростанцией или преобразуемой подстанцией
    [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]

    EN

    switching substation
    a substation which includes switchgear and usually busbars, but no power transformers
    [IEV number 605-01-02]

    FR

    poste de sectionnement
    poste de coupure
    poste comprenant des organes de manoeuvre et généralement des jeux de barres, à l'exclusion de transformateurs de puissance
    [IEV number 605-01-02]

    В качестве РУ 6—10 кВ используется сборка высокого напряжения с однополюсными разъединителями и вертикальным расположением фаз одного присоединения и одна камера КСО с выключателем нагрузки и предохранителями для подключения трансформатора. Для РУ 0,4 кВ применяются сборки низкого напряжения с предохранителями и вертикальным расположением фаз одного присоединения.
    На ПС применяются открытые (ОРУ), закрытые (ЗРУ) или комплектные (КРУ) распределительные устройства.

    [ http://energy-ua.com/elektricheskie-p/klassifikatsiya.html]

    КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ

    В общем случае ПС и РУ являются составной частью электроустановок, которые различаются:

    • по назначению:
      • генерирующие,
      • преобразовательно-распределительные,
      • потребительские.

        Генерирующие электроустановки служат для выработки электроэнергии, преобразовательно-распределительные электроустановки преобразуют электроэнергию в удобный для передачи и потребления вид, передают ее и распределяют между потребителями;

     Шкала номинальных напряжений ограничена сравнительно небольшим числом стандартных значений, благодаря чему изготавливается небольшое число типоразмеров машин и оборудования, а электросети выполняются более экономичными. В установках трехфазного тока номинальным напряжением принято считать напряжение между фазами (междуфазовое напряжение). Согласно ГОСТ 29322—92 установлена следующая шкала номинальных напряжений:

    для электросетей переменного тока частотой 50 Гц междуфазовое напряжение должно быть: 12, 24, 36, 42, 127, 220, 380 В; 3, 6, 10, 20, 35, 110, 150, 220, 330, 500, 750 и 1150 кВ;
    для электросетей постоянного тока: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 110, 220, 440, 660, 825, 3000 В и выше.

    Тупиковые ПС получают питание по одной или двум тупиковым ВЛ.

    Ответвительные ПС присоединяются ответвлением к одной или двум проходящим ВЛ с односторонним или двухсторонним питанием.

    Проходные ПС включаются в рассечку одной или двух проходящих ВЛ с односторонним или двухсторонним питанием.

    Узловые ПС кроме питающих имеют отходящие радиальные или транзитные ВЛ.

    • по способу управления ПС могут быть:
      • только с телесигнализацией,
      • телеуправляемыми с телесигнализацией,
      • с телесигнализацией и управлением с общеподстанционного пункта управления (ОПУ).


    Подстанции оперативно обслуживаются постоянным дежурным персоналом на щите управления, дежурными на дому или оперативно-выездными бригадами (ОВБ). Ремонт ПС осуществляется специализированными выездными бригадами централизованного ремонта или местным персоналом подстанции.

    В РУ напряжением до 1000 В провода, шины, аппараты, приборы и конструкции выбирают как по нормальным условиям работы (напряжению и току), так и по термическим и динамическим воздействиям токов коротких замыканий (КЗ) или предельно допустимой отключаемой мощности.

    В РУ и ПС напряжением выше 1000 В расстояния между электрооборудованием, аппаратами, токоведущими частями, изоляторами, ограждениями и конструкциями устанавливаются так, чтобы при нормальном режиме работы электроустановки возникающие физические явления (температура нагрева, электрическая дуга, выброс газов, искрение и др.) не могли привести к повреждению оборудования и КЗ.

    [ http://energy-ua.com/elektricheskie-p/klassifikatsiya.html]
     


    Several different classifications of switchgear can be made:

    A single line-up may incorporate several different types of devices, for example, air-insulated bus, vacuum circuit breakers, and manually operated switches may all exist in the same row of cubicles.

    Ratings, design, specifications and details of switchgear are set by a multitude of standards. In North America mostly IEEE and ANSI standards are used, much of the rest of the world uses IEC standards, sometimes with local national derivatives or variations.

    [Robert W. Smeaton (ed) Switchgear and Control Handbook 3rd Ed., Mc Graw Hill, new York 1997]
    [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_voltage_switchgear]

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    распределительный щит
    Комплектное устройство, содержащее различную коммутационную аппаратуру, соединенное с одной или более отходящими электрическими цепями, питающееся от одной или более входящих цепей, вместе с зажимами для присоединения нейтральных и защитных проводников.
    [ ГОСТ Р МЭК 60050-826-2009]

    щит распределительный
    Электротехническое устройство, объединяющее коммутационную, регулирующую и защитную аппаратуру, а также контрольно-измерительные и сигнальные приборы
    [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]

    распределительный щит
    —
    [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо-русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.]

    EN

    distribution board
    assembly containing different types of switchgear and controlgear associated with one or more outgoing electric circuits fed from one or more incoming electric circuits, together with terminals for the neutral and protective conductors.
    [IEV number 826-16-08]

    FR

    tableau de répartition, m
    ensemble comportant différents types d'appareillage associés à un ou plusieurs circuits électriques de départ alimentés par un ou plusieurs circuits électriques d'arrivée, ainsi que des bornes pour les conducteurs neutre et de protection.
    [IEV number 826-16-08]

    Параллельные тексты EN-RU

    Distribution switchboards, including the Main LV Switchboard (MLVS), are critical to the dependability of an electrical installation. They must comply with well-defined standards governing the design and construction of LV switchgear assemblies

    A distribution switchboard is the point at which an incoming-power supply divides into separate circuits, each of which is controlled and protected by the fuses or switchgear of the switchboard. A distribution switchboard is divided into a number of functional units, each comprising all the electrical and mechanical elements that contribute to the fulfilment of a given function. It represents a key link in the dependability chain.

    Consequently, the type of distribution switchboard must be perfectly adapted to its application. Its design and construction must comply with applicable standards and working practises.
    [Schneider Electric]

    Распределительные щиты, включая главный распределительный щит низкого напряжения (ГРЩ), играют решающую роль в обеспечении надежности электроустановки. Они должны отвечать требованиям соответствующих стандартов, определяющих конструкцию и порядок изготовления НКУ распределения электроэнергии.

    В распределительном щите выполняется прием электроэнергии и ее распределение по отдельным цепям, каждая из которых контролируется и защищается плавкими предохранителями или автоматическими выключателями.
    Распределительный щит состоит из функциональных блоков, включающих в себя все электрические и механические элементы, необходимые для выполнения требуемой функции. Распределительный щит представляет собой ключевое звено в цепи обеспечения надежности.

    Тип распределительного щита должен соответствовать области применения. Конструкция и изготовление распределительного щита должны удовлетворять требованиям применимых стандартов и учитывать накопленную практику применения.
    [Перевод Интент]

     

    5654

    Рис. Schneider Electric

    With Prisma Plus G you can be sure to build 100% Schneider Electric switchboards that are safe, optimised:

    > All components (switchgear, distribution blocks, prefabricated connections, etc.) are perfectly rated and coordinated to work together;

    > All switchboard configurations, even the most demanding ones, have been tested.

    You can prove that your switchboard meets the current standards, at any time.
    You can be sure to build a reliable electrical installation and give your customers full satisfaction in terms of dependability and safety for people and the installation.

    Prisma Plus G with its discreet design, blends harmoniously into all tertiary and industrial buildings, including in entrance halls and passageways.

    With Prisma Plus G you can build just the right switchboard for your customer, sized precisely to fit costs and needs.

    With this complete, prefabricated and tested system, it's easy to upgrade your installation and still maintain the performance levels.

    > The wall-mounted and floor-standing enclosures combine easily with switchboards already in service.

    > Devices can be replaced or added at any time.
    [Schneider Electric]

    С помощью оболочек Prisma Plus G можно создавать безопасные распределительные щиты, на 100 % состоящие из изделий Schneider Electric:

    > все изделия (коммутационная аппаратура, распределительные блоки, готовые заводские соединения и т. д.) полностью совместимы механически и электрически;

    > все варианты компоновки распределительных щитов, в том числе для наиболее ответственных применений, прошли испытания.

    В любое время вы можете доказать, что ваши распределительные щиты полностью соответствуют требованиям действующих стандартов.

    Вы можете быть полностью уверены в том, что создаете надежные электроустановки, удовлетворяющие всем требованиям безопасности для людей и оборудования

    Благодаря строгому дизайну, распределительные щиты Prisma Plus G гармонично сочетаются с интерьером любого общественного или промышленного здания. Они хорошо смотрятся и в вестибюле, и в коридоре.

    Применяя оболочки Prisma Plus G можно создавать распределительные щиты, точно соответствующие требованиям заказчика как с точки зрения технических характеристик, так и стоимости.

    С помощью данной испытанной системы, содержащей все необходимые компоненты заводского изготовления можно легко модернизировать существующую электроустановку и поддерживать её уровни производительности.

    > Навесные и напольные оболочки можно легко присоединить к уже эксплуатируемым распределительным щитам.

    > Аппаратуру можно заменять или добавлять в любое время.
    [Перевод Интент]

     

    The switchboard, central to the electrical installation.

    Both the point of arrival of energy and a device for distribution to the site applications, the LV switchboard is the intelligence of the system, central to the electrical installation.
    [Schneider Electric]

    Распределительный щит – «сердце» электроустановки.
    Низковольтное комплектное устройство распределения является «сердцем» электроустановки, поскольку именно оно принимает электроэнергию из сети и распределяет её по территориально распределенным нагрузкам.
    [Перевод Интент]

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    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > switchboard

  • 33 new

    nju:
    1. adjective
    1) (having only just happened, been built, made, bought etc: She is wearing a new dress; We are building a new house.) nuevo
    2) (only just discovered, experienced etc: Flying in an aeroplane was a new experience for her.) nuevo
    3) (changed: He is a new man.) nuevo
    4) (just arrived etc: The schoolchildren teased the new boy.) nuevo

    2. adverb
    (freshly: new-laid eggs.) recién
    - newcomer
    - newfangled
    - new to
    new adj nuevo
    these shoes are old, I need some new ones estos zapatos están viejos, necesito unos nuevos
    tr[njʊː]
    1 nuevo,-a
    2 (baby) recién nacido,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    as good as new como nuevo,-a
    to be new to something ser nuevo,-a en algo
    what's new? ¿qué hay de nuevo?
    new deal programa nombre masculino de reformas
    New Delhi Nueva Delhi
    New England Nueva Inglaterra
    New Englander nativo o habitante de Nueva Inglaterra
    New Hampshire Nueva Hampshire
    New Jersey Nueva Jersey
    new moon luna nueva
    New Orleans Nueva Orleans
    New South Wales Nueva Gales del Sur
    New Testament Nuevo Testamento
    new town SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ciudad nueva de promoción pública
    new wave nueva ola
    New World Nuevo Mundo
    New Year Año Nuevo
    New Year's Day día nombre masculino de Año Nuevo
    New Year's Eve Nochevieja
    New York Nueva York
    New Yorker neoyorquino,-a
    New Zealand Nueva Zelanda
    New Zealander neocelandés,-esa
    new ['nu:, 'nju:] adj
    1) : nuevo
    a new dress: un vestido nuevo
    2) recent: nuevo, reciente
    what's new?: ¿qué hay de nuevo?
    a new arrival: un recién llegado
    3) different: nuevo, distinto
    this problem is new: este problema es distinto
    new ideas: ideas nuevas
    4)
    like new : como nuevo
    adj.
    • fresco, -a adj.
    • inexperto, -a adj.
    • nuevo, -a adj.
    • original adj.
    • tierno, -a adj.
    adv.
    • recién adv.

    I nuː, njuː
    adjective -er, -est
    1)
    a) ( unused) nuevo

    is that a new suit you're wearing? — ¿estás estrenando traje?, ¿es nuevo ese traje?

    to be/look like new — ser*/parecer* nuevo

    b) (recent, novel) nuevo

    hi, what's new? — (colloq) ¿que tal? ¿qué hay (de nuevo)? (fam)

    c) ( recently arrived) <member/recruit> nuevo

    to be new TO something: she's new to this company — es nueva en la empresa

    2) (different, other) <address/job/era> nuevo
    3)
    a) ( freshly made) < wine> joven; < bread> fresco, recién hecho
    b) (tender, young) <buds/leaves> nuevo
    c) ( early) <crop/potatoes> nuevo

    II
    adverb recién

    ••
    Cultural note:
    El movimiento de la New Age cree que se debe tener un enfoque más holístico de la vida. Se originó en California en los años 70 y se extendió rápidamente a través de EEUU. Sus adherentes rechazan el materialismo y respetan los ciclos de la naturaleza ya que pueden ayudar a restablecer el balance espiritual y restablecer la armonía dentro del entorno
    [njuː]
    1. ADJ
    (compar newer) (superl newest)
    1) (=unused) [purchase, acquisition] nuevo

    I've bought a new house/coat — me he comprado una casa nueva/un abrigo nuevo

    • she sold it as new — lo vendió que parecía nuevo

    • new for old insurance — seguro m de valor de nuevo

    • it's as good as new — está como nuevo

    • it looks like new — parece nuevo

    2) (=novel, different) [idea, theory, boyfriend] nuevo

    • new face — (=person) cara f nueva (=image)

    • that's nothing new — eso no es ninguna novedad

    • that's a new one on me! — ¡la primera vez que lo oigo!

    • that's something new! — iro ¡qué or vaya novedad!

    • hi, what's new? * — hola, ¿que hay de nuevo?

    so what's new? * — iro ¡qué or vaya novedad!

    3) (=recently arrived) [recruit, student, worker] nuevo

    • new boy — (Scol) alumno m nuevo

    • new girl — (Scol) alumna f nueva

    • are you new here? — ¿eres nuevo aquí?

    • the new rich — los nuevos ricos

    • I'm new to the area — hace poco que vivo aquí

    he's new to the office/job — es nuevo en la oficina/el trabajo

    4) (=freshly produced) [bread] recién hecho; [wine] joven; [crop] nuevo

    new potatoes — patatas f nuevas

    have you read her new book? — ¿has leído el libro que acaba de publicar?

    5) (=young) [shoot, bud] nuevo
    2.
    CPD

    new age N — new age f ; (before noun) [music, philosophy] new age adj inv

    new blood N — (in team, organization) savia f nueva

    New Englander N — habitante o nativo de Nueva Inglaterra

    New Hampshire N — Nuevo Hampshire m, Nueva Hampshire f

    New Labour N — (Brit) (=ideology) Nuevo Laborismo m ; (=party) Nuevo Partido m Laborista

    new man N — hombre de ideas modernas que se ocupa de tareas tradicionalmente femeninas como el cuidado de la casa y de los niños

    new moon N — luna f nueva

    New South Wales N — Nueva Gales f del Sur

    new town N — (Brit) ciudad recién creada de la nada

    new wave N — nueva ola f ; (before noun) [music, film] de la nueva ola

    New Year N — año m nuevo

    to bring or see in the New Year — celebrar el año nuevo

    happy New Year! — ¡feliz año nuevo!

    New Year's N — (US) * (=New Year's Eve) Nochevieja f ; (=New Year's Day) el día de año nuevo

    New Year's Eve party N — fiesta f de fin de año

    New York N — Nueva York f ; (before noun) neoyorquino

    New Zealand N — Nueva Zelanda f, Nueva Zelandia f (LAm); (before noun) neocelandés, neozelandés

    New Zealander N — neocelandés(-esa) m / f, neozelandés(-esa) m / f

    NEW
    Position of "nuevo"
    N uevo tends to follow the noun when it means new in the sense of "brand-new" and to precede the noun when it means new in the sense of "another", "replacement" or "latest":
    ... the sales of new cars...... las ventas de automóviles nuevos...
    ... the new prime minister...... el nuevo primer ministro...
    ... the new model...... el nuevo modelo... For further uses and examples, see main entry
    * * *

    I [nuː, njuː]
    adjective -er, -est
    1)
    a) ( unused) nuevo

    is that a new suit you're wearing? — ¿estás estrenando traje?, ¿es nuevo ese traje?

    to be/look like new — ser*/parecer* nuevo

    b) (recent, novel) nuevo

    hi, what's new? — (colloq) ¿que tal? ¿qué hay (de nuevo)? (fam)

    c) ( recently arrived) <member/recruit> nuevo

    to be new TO something: she's new to this company — es nueva en la empresa

    2) (different, other) <address/job/era> nuevo
    3)
    a) ( freshly made) < wine> joven; < bread> fresco, recién hecho
    b) (tender, young) <buds/leaves> nuevo
    c) ( early) <crop/potatoes> nuevo

    II
    adverb recién

    ••
    Cultural note:
    El movimiento de la New Age cree que se debe tener un enfoque más holístico de la vida. Se originó en California en los años 70 y se extendió rápidamente a través de EEUU. Sus adherentes rechazan el materialismo y respetan los ciclos de la naturaleza ya que pueden ayudar a restablecer el balance espiritual y restablecer la armonía dentro del entorno

    English-spanish dictionary > new

  • 34 bear

    1. I
    1) the ice bears лед держит, по льду можно ходить, лед крепкий
    2) usually with can; it was more than she could bear Этого она [уже] вынести /выдержать/ не могла. Это было выше ее сил
    3) she is unable to bear она не может иметь детей; these peach-trees are not going to bear Эти персиковые деревья не будут плодоносить
    2. II
    1) bear at some time the tree bears every year (every other year, once in seven years, etc.) Это дерево плодоносит каждый год и т. д.
    2) bear in some direction naut. bear north (south, east, etc.) лежать /быть расположенным/ к северу и т. д.; the land bore due north земля лежала прямо /точно/ к северу
    3) bear in some manner bear hard нажимать, надавливать
    3. III
    1) bear smth., smb. bear a heavy load (a suitcase, the baggage, a large parcel, a banner, a sleeping child, etc.) нести тяжелый груз и т. д.
    2) bear smth., smb. bear the weight of a large trunk (an elephant, a heavy man, etc.) выдерживать вес большого сундука и т. д.; this plank /board/ will not bear your weight эта доска не выдержит вашей тяжести; the ice is too thin to bear the weight of the horse лед слишком тонок, чтобы выдержать лошадь; this bridge does not bear more than 10 tons Этот мост рассчитан не больше, чем /только/ на десять тонн
    3) bear smb., smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear this man (the sight of him, this noise, such scenes, the odour, that perfume, etc.) [я] не выношу /терпеть не могу/ Этого человека и т. д; she couldn't bear his condescending manner она не выносила его манеру говорить или обращаться с ней свысока; how could he bear the idea /the thought/ of it? как он мог даже подумать об этом?;
    4) bear smth. bear responsibility нести ответственность; bear the cost (the expense) оплачивать стоимость (расходы); I am willing to bear all the expenses я согласен (поднести любые расходы; bear losses нести потери, терпеть ущерб; bear the burden взвалить на себя [всю] тяжесть; bear the brunt принять на себя /выдержать/ главный удар (неприятеля)
    5) bear smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative will he bear the strain (the test)? выдержит ли он это напряжение (испытание)?; he couldn't bear the humiliation он не мог вынести /пережить/ Этого унижения
    6) bear smth. bear the marks /the signs, the traces/ of blows (of wounds, of punishment, of ill-treatment, of tears, etc.) носить следы побоев и т. д.; this document bears your signature на этом документе стоит ваша подпись; this note bears your name Эта записка адресована вам; this letter bears no date на этом письме нет даты; the envelope bears traces of having been tampered with на конверте имеются /видны/ следы того, что его вскрывали; а monument bearing an inscription памятник с надписью
    7) bear smth. bear a sword (a revolver, etc.) носить шпагу и т. д.; bear the sceptre (the marshal's staff) носить скипетр (маршальский жезл); all men who can bear arms все мужчины, способные носить оружие; а ship bearing the American colours корабль под американским флагом
    8) bear smth. often offic. bear the name of John (a noble name, the title of earl, etc.) иметь /носить/ имя Джон и т. д; remember that you bear my name (за)помни, ты носишь мое имя
    9) bear smth. bear interpretation (explanation, etc.) допускать толкование и т.д.; his words bear only one interpretation его слова можно интерпретировать только в одном смысле; this statement doesn't bear close examination это заявление /утверждение/ не выдерживает пристального анализа; bear comparison выдерживать сравнение
    10) || bear tales Ябедничать; bear the news передавать новости
    11) bear smth., smb. bear fruit (good peaches, fine apples, sweet grapes, etc.) давать плоды и т. д.; this tree bears no fruit Это дерево не плодоносит; bear children рожать детей; cats usually bear more than two young ones кошка обычно приносит более двух котят; bear interest (profit) приносить /давать/ проценты (прибыль); at last his efforts bore fruit наконец его усилия принесли плоды /увенчались успехом/
    12) bear smth. bear the upper storey (the' whole building, the bridge etc.) поддерживать /нести/ верхний этаж и т.д. the four pillars bear the arch Эти четыре колонны несут арку /служат опорой для арки/; Atlas had to bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders Атлант должен был держать на своих плечах небесный свод
    4. IV
    1) bear smb., smth. somewhere bear the wounded home относить или отвозить раненых домой; bear the girl across перенести девушку на другую сторону (улицы, реки и т. п.); bear the cases downstairs снести чемоданы [вниз]
    2) bear smth. in same manner bear one's head high (proudly etc.) высоко и т. д. держать голову
    3) bear smth. in some manner bear pain (one's loss, hardships, etc.) patiently (well, manfully, stoically, heroically, philosophically, etc.) переносить боль и т. д. терпеливо и т. д.; bear an operation satisfactorily удовлетворительно перенести операцию; bear one's sorrow in silence молча переносить [свое] горе
    5. V
    1) bear smb. smth. bear smb. love (affection, malice, ill-will, etc.) питать /испытывать/ любовь и т.д. к кому-л.; she bore him no love whatever никакой любви к нему она не испытывала; the hatred he bore me ненависть, которую он ко мне питал; I bear you no grudge и не таю обиды против вас, я зла на вас не держу
    2) bear smb. smb. bear smb. a child (a son, a daughter) родить кому-л. ребенка; she has borne him three sons она родила ему трех сыновей
    6. VII
    bear smb. to do smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear him to be away (them to listen, her to laugh at me, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда он уезжает и т. д.; I couldn't bear him to think that about me я очень не хотел, чтобы он так подумал обо мне; how could he bear her to know the truth? как мог он допустить мысль о том, что она узнает всю правду?
    7. XI
    1) be born a man is born человек родился; be born at some time be born in 1920 (in January, on the first of May. etc.) родиться в тысяча девятьсот двадцатом году и т. д; born in 1945 тысяча девятьсот сорок пятого года рождения; be born in some place he was born in England он родился в Англии: the idea was born in the minds of the people Эта мысль зародилась в умах людей; be born of smb. he was born of fairly well-to-do parents он родился в довольно зажиточной семье; be born smb. be born a poet родиться поэтом; be born to do smth. he was not born to become a poet fly не суждено было стать поэтом; he was born to be hanged ему на роду написано окончить жизнь на виселице; be born to smb. offic. a son and a daughter were born to them у них родились сын и дочь; be born with smth. be born with a good memory (with a talent for smth., etc.) быть наделенным хорошей памятью и т. д. от рождения; be born of smth. his confidence is born of knowledge его уверенность порождена знаниями / результат знаний/ || be born out of wedlock быть незаконнорожденным /внебрачным ребенком/
    2) book, be borne to some place he was borne to prison его отвела в тюрьму; be borne somewhere by smb. the crowd was borne back by the police полиция оттеснила толпу; the boat was borne backward by the wind ветер отнес лодку назад; be bone upon smth. her voice (the music, the song, the fragrance, etc.) was borne upon the wind ветер доносил или уносил звук ее голоса и т. д.
    3) be borne upon smb. book. it was gradually borne upon me that... до меня постепенно начало доходить, что... || it has to be borne in mind that... следует помнить /не следует забывать/, что...
    8. XIII
    bear to do (to be) smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear to be laughed at (to be disturbed, to be asked so many questions, to see animals treated cruelly, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда надо мной смеются и т. д.; I can't bear to hear him moan [я] не могу слышать, как он стонет
    9. XIV
    bear doing smth.
    1) this cloth will bear washing Этот материал стирается; some passages in this book will bear skipping некоторые места /абзацы/ в этой книге вполне можно пропустить; your joke (his language, the story, etc.) does not bear repeating я не рискну повторить вашу шутку и т. д.
    2) usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear living alone [я] терпеть не могу жить одна; how can you bear to travel by sea? как это ты выносишь морские путешествия?
    10. XVI
    1) bear with smb., smth. bear with her (with her whims, with his uneven temper, etc.) относиться к ней и т. д. терпеливо; bear with his bad memory мириться с тем, что у него плохая память; you will have to bear with her inexperience вам придется примириться с ее неопытностью; bear with me a little longer Be сердитесь на меня, потерпите еще немного (я сейчас уйду или доскажу и т. п.)
    2) bear (up)on smth. bear on the subject (on the question, upon tile situation, etc.) иметь отношение к [данному] предмету и т. д.; your arguments do not bear on the problem ваши доводы не имеют отношения и этой проблеме; it bears directly on our topic Это непосредственно связано с нашей темой
    3) bear (up)on smth. bear hard on a surface (on a stick, etc.) нажимать /надавливать/ на поверхность и т. д.; if you bear too hard (up)on the point of your pencil it may break если ты будешь слишком сильно нажимать на карандаш, грифель сломается
    4) bear (up)on smb. bear hard (up)on the people (on the natives, on the settlers, etc.) a) угнетать народ и т. д.; б) ложиться тяжелым бременем на народ и т. д.
    5) bear in some direction naut. bear to the north (to the east, to the right, etc.) двигаться, идти или поворачивать на север а т. д.; when you reach the top of the hill bear to the left когда дойдете до вершины холма, сверните налево
    6) bear on smth. bear on the columns (on the pillars. on.the walls, etc.) опираться на колонны и т.д.; the whole building bears on the columns колонны держат все здание; bear heavily on a stick тяжело опираться на палку
    7) bear in smth. bear in spring (in this climate, in the north, in this soil, etc.) плодоносить весной и т. д.
    11. XVIII
    bear oneself in some manner book. bear oneself well (nobly, gracefully, etc.) держаться хорошо и т. д.; bear oneself like smb. bear oneself like a man (like a soldier, like a queen, etc.) держаться или вести себя как мужчина и т. д.
    12. XXI1
    1) bear smb., smth. to some place bear the wounded man to the hospital (the thief to prison, the letter to the president, etc.) отвезти, отнести или доставить раненого в больницу и т. д.; the ship bore him to a distant country корабль увез его в дальние края; bear smb., smth. across smth. the bridge bore us across the river по мосту мы попали на другой берег [реки]; bear smth., smb. on (in, over, etc.) smith. bear smth., smb. on (over) one's shoulders (in one's arms, in one's hands, etc.) нести что-л., кого-л. на плечах и т. д.
    2) bear smth. on /by/ smth. bear a badge on the lapel of one's coat (a sword by one's side, etc.) носить значок /эмблему/ на отвороте пиджака и т. д.
    3) bear smth. for smth., smb. I don't want to bear the blame for your mistakes я не хочу принимать на себя /нести/ вину да ваши ошибки; you will have to bear the penalty for your misdeeds вам придется понести наказание за свой проступки; who will bear the responsibility for the children? кто будет отвечать /нести ответственность/ за датой?; bear smth. against smb. bear a grudge (malice, ill-will, etc.) against slab. испытывать к кому-л. чувство злобы и т.д., испытывать злобу и т. д. против кого-л. =bear иметь зуб против кого-л.
    4) bear smth. to smb., smth. bear no relation to smb., smth. не иметь никакого отношения к кому-л., чему-л., bear (no) resemblance to smb., smth. (не) быть похожим да кого-л., что-л. || bear smth. in mind помнить о чем-л.; you must bear his warning in mind вы не должны забывать о его предупреждении
    5) bear smth. in smth. bear fruit in autumn (in the spring, in this climate, etc.) плодоносить осенью и т.д.;
    13. XXV
    bear that... usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative she couldn't bear that he should forget her она не могла вынести мысля, что он забудет ее

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > bear

  • 35 meet

    meet [mi:t]
    rencontrer ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (h), 1 (i) retrouver ⇒ 1 (b) rejoindre ⇒ 1 (b) attendre ⇒ 1 (c) aller/venir chercher ⇒ 1 (c) faire la connaissance de ⇒ 1 (e) satisfaire ⇒ 1 (f) régler ⇒ 1 (g) accueillir ⇒ 1 (j) se rencontrer ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (c), 2 (e)-(g) se retrouver ⇒ 2 (b) se rejoindre ⇒ 2 (b) faire connaissance ⇒ 2 (c) se réunir ⇒ 2 (d)
    (pt & pp met [met])
    (a) (by chance) rencontrer;
    ∎ guess who I met this morning devine qui j'ai rencontré ce matin;
    ∎ to meet sb on the stairs croiser qn dans l'escalier;
    ∎ familiar fancy meeting you here! je ne m'attendais pas à te trouver ici!□
    (b) (by arrangement) retrouver, rejoindre;
    ∎ I'll meet you on the platform in twenty minutes je te retrouve sur le quai dans vingt minutes;
    ∎ I'll meet you after work je te retrouverai après le travail;
    ∎ I'm meeting Gregory this afternoon j'ai rendez-vous avec Gregory cet après-midi;
    ∎ the train meets the ferry at Dover le train assure la correspondance avec le ferry à Douvres
    (c) (wait for, collect) attendre, aller ou venir chercher;
    ∎ nobody was at the station to meet me personne ne m'attendait à la gare;
    ∎ I'll be there to meet the bus je serai là à l'arrivée du car;
    ∎ he'll meet us at the station il viendra nous chercher à la gare;
    ∎ I'll send a car to meet you j'enverrai une voiture vous chercher ou vous prendre
    ∎ she came to meet us elle est venue à notre rencontre
    (e) (make acquaintance of) rencontrer, faire la connaissance de;
    ∎ I met him last year je l'ai rencontré ou j'ai fait sa connaissance l'année dernière;
    ∎ have you met my husband? vous connaissez mon mari?;
    ∎ I'd like you to meet Mr Jones j'aimerais vous présenter M. Jones;
    ∎ meet Mrs Dickens je vous présente Mme Dickens;
    ∎ (I'm very) glad or pleased to meet you enchanté (de faire votre connaissance);
    ∎ nice meeting you or to have met you enchanté d'avoir fait votre connaissance;
    ∎ she's the nicest person I've ever met c'est la personne la plus gentille que j'ai jamais rencontrée;
    ∎ I get to meet a lot of people in my job mon travail m'amène à rencontrer beaucoup de gens;
    ∎ I like meeting people j'aime rencontrer des gens
    (f) (satisfy) satisfaire, répondre à;
    ∎ to meet sb's requirements satisfaire aux besoins de qn;
    ∎ we couldn't meet their needs nous n'avons pu répondre à leurs besoins;
    ∎ supply isn't meeting demand l'offre est inférieure à la demande;
    ∎ it didn't meet my expectations ce n'était pas aussi bien que je l'espérais;
    ∎ figurative to meet sb halfway trouver un compromis avec qn;
    ∎ they decided to meet each other halfway ils décidèrent de couper la poire en deux
    (g) (settle) régler;
    ∎ I couldn't meet the payments je n'ai pas pu régler ou payer les échéances;
    ∎ to meet sb's expenses subvenir aux frais de qn;
    ∎ the cost will be met by the company les frais seront pris en charge par la compagnie
    (h) (face) rencontrer, affronter;
    ∎ he meets the champion on Saturday il rencontre le champion samedi;
    ∎ to meet an obstacle se heurter à ou rencontrer un obstacle;
    ∎ to meet the enemy affronter l'ennemi;
    ∎ how are we going to meet the challenge? comment allons-nous relever le défi?;
    ∎ to meet one's death trouver la mort
    ∎ it's the first case of this sort I've met c'est la première fois que je vois un cas semblable;
    ∎ his hand/mouth met hers leurs mains/bouches se rencontrèrent;
    ∎ my eyes met his nos regards se croisèrent ou se rencontrèrent;
    ∎ he couldn't meet her eye il ne pouvait pas la regarder dans les yeux
    (j) (treat) accueillir;
    ∎ his suggestion was met with howls of laughter sa proposition a été accueillie par des éclats de rire;
    ∎ we shall meet violence with violence à la violence, nous répondrons par la violence
    ∎ the stream meets the river le ruisseau se jette dans la rivière;
    ∎ where East meets West où l'est et l'ouest se rencontrent;
    ∎ here the road meets the railway c'est ici que la route rejoint ou croise le chemin de fer
    (a) (by chance) se rencontrer;
    ∎ we met on the stairs nous nous sommes croisés dans l'escalier
    (b) (by arrangement) se retrouver, se rejoindre, se donner rendez-vous;
    ∎ let's meet for lunch on déjeune ensemble?;
    ∎ shall we meet at the station? on se retrouve ou on se donne rendez-vous à la gare?;
    ∎ we arranged to meet at the station nous nous sommes donné rendez-vous à la gare;
    ∎ we should meet more often on devrait se voir plus souvent;
    ∎ they weren't to meet again for a long time ils ne devaient pas se revoir avant longtemps;
    ∎ I think they meet every day je crois qu'ils se voient tous les jours
    (c) (become acquainted) se rencontrer, faire connaissance;
    ∎ we first met in 1989 nous nous sommes rencontrés pour la première fois en 1989;
    ∎ have you two met? est-ce que vous vous connaissez déjà?, vous vous êtes déjà rencontrés?
    (d) (assemble) se réunir;
    ∎ the delegates will meet in the conference room les délégués se réuniront dans la salle de conférence;
    ∎ the committee meets once a month le comité se réunit une fois par mois;
    ∎ the classes have begun to meet les cours ont commencé
    (e) (join → lines, wires) se rencontrer, se joindre;
    ∎ the cross stands where four roads meet la croix se trouve à la jonction de quatre routes;
    ∎ their eyes met leurs regards se rencontrèrent ou se croisèrent;
    ∎ his eyebrows meet in the middle ses sourcils se touchent
    (f) (teams, opponents) se rencontrer, s'affronter; (armies) s'affronter, se heurter
    (g) (come into contact) se rencontrer;
    ∎ the two cars met head on les deux voitures se sont heurtées de plein fouet
    3 noun
    (a) British (in hunting) rendez-vous m (de chasse)
    (b) esp American Sport rencontre f;
    ∎ athletics meet rencontre f ou meeting m d'athlétisme
    archaic or formal (suitable) séant, convenable; (right) juste;
    ∎ it is only meet that they should be the ones to leave ce n'est que justice que ce soient eux qui partent;
    ∎ as was meet comme il convenait
    (by chance) se rencontrer; (by arrangement) se retrouver, se donner rendez-vous;
    ∎ to meet up with sb retrouver qn;
    ∎ we met up with them in Paris nous les avons retrouvés à Paris
    (a) (encounter → difficulty) rencontrer;
    ∎ they met with considerable difficulties ils ont rencontré d'énormes difficultés;
    ∎ the agreement met with general approval l'accord a reçu l'approbation générale;
    ∎ to meet with a refusal se heurter à ou essuyer un refus;
    ∎ the proposal has met with fierce opposition la proposition s'est heurtée à une opposition très vive;
    ∎ the expedition met with disaster l'expédition a tourné au désastre;
    ∎ the play met with great success la pièce a eu beaucoup de succès;
    ∎ I'm afraid your dog has met with an accident j'ai bien peur que votre chien n'ait eu un (petit) accident
    (b) esp American (person → by chance) rencontrer; (→ by arrangement) rejoindre, retrouver;
    ∎ I'm meeting with him tomorrow to discuss the budget je le vois demain pour discuter du budget;
    ∎ I'll meet with you after work je te retrouverai après le travail

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  • 36 change

    1.
    ['tʃeɪndʒ]noun
    1) (of name, address, lifestyle, outlook, condition, etc.) Änderung, die; (of job, surroundings, government, etc.) Wechsel, der

    a change for the better/worse — eine Verbesserung/Verschlechterung

    the change [of life] — die Wechseljahre

    2) no pl., no art. (process of changing) Veränderung, die

    be for/against change — für/gegen eine Veränderung sein

    3) (for the sake of variety) Abwechslung, die

    [just] for a change — [nur so] zur Abwechslung

    make a change — (be different) mal etwas anderes sein ( from als)

    a change is as good as a rest — (prov.) Abwechslung wirkt Wunder

    4) no pl., no indef. art. (money) Wechselgeld, das

    [loose or small] change — Kleingeld, das

    give change, (Amer.) make change — herausgeben

    give somebody 40 p in change — jemandem 40 p [Wechselgeld] herausgeben

    [you can] keep the change — behalten Sie den Rest; [es] stimmt so

    5)

    a change [of clothes] — (fresh clothes) Kleidung zum Wechseln

    2. transitive verb
    1) (switch) wechseln; auswechseln [Glühbirne, Batterie, Zündkerzen]

    change one's address/name — seine Anschrift/seinen Namen ändern

    change trains/buses — umsteigen

    change schools/one's doctor — die Schule/den Arzt wechseln

    he's always changing jobs — er wechselt ständig den Job

    change the baby — das Baby [frisch] wickeln od. trockenlegen

    2) (transform) verwandeln; (alter) ändern

    change something/somebody into something/somebody — etwas/jemanden in etwas/jemanden verwandeln

    3) (exchange) eintauschen

    change seats with somebody — mit jemandem den Platz tauschen

    take something back to the shop and change it for something — etwas [zum Laden zurückbringen und] gegen etwas umtauschen

    4) (in currency or denomination) wechseln [Geld]

    change one's money into euros — sein Geld in Euro[s] umtauschen

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (alter) sich ändern; [Person, Land:] sich verändern; [Wetter:] umschlagen, sich ändern

    wait for the lights to change — warten, dass es grün/rot wird

    2) (into something else) sich verwandeln
    3) (exchange) tauschen
    4) (put on other clothes) sich umziehen

    change out of/into something — etwas ausziehen/anziehen

    5) (take different train or bus) umsteigen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/85219/change_over">change over
    * * *
    [ ein‹] 1. verb
    1) (to make or become different: They have changed the time of the train; He has changed since I saw him last.) (ver-)ändern
    2) (to give or leave (one thing etc for another): She changed my library books for me.) tauschen
    3) ((sometimes with into) to remove( clothes etc) and replace them by clean or different ones: I'm just going to change (my shirt); I'll change into an old pair of trousers.) wechseln
    4) ((with into) to make into or become (something different): The prince was changed into a frog.) verwandeln
    5) (to give or receive (one kind of money for another): Could you change this bank-note for cash?) wechseln
    2. noun
    1) (the process of becoming or making different: The town is undergoing change.) die Veränderung
    2) (an instance of this: a change in the programme.) die Änderung
    3) (a substitution of one thing for another: a change of clothes.) der Tausch
    4) (coins rather than paper money: I'll have to give you a note - I have no change.) das Wechselgeld
    5) (money left over or given back from the amount given in payment: He paid with a dollar and got 20 cents change.) das Kleingeld
    6) (a holiday, rest etc: He has been ill - the change will do him good.) die Abwechslung
    •
    - changeable
    - change hands
    - a change of heart
    - the change of life
    - change one's mind
    - for a change
    * * *
    [tʃeɪnʤ]
    I. n
    1. (alteration) [Ver]änderung f; (correction, modification) Änderung f
    let me know if there's any \change in his condition lassen Sie es mich wissen, wenn sein Zustand sich verändert
    \change of address Adresswechsel m, Adressänderung f
    \change of direction ( also fig) Richtungsänderung f a. fig, Richtungswechsel m a. fig
    \change of heart Sinneswandel m
    \change of pace ( also fig) Tempowechsel m a. fig
    her doctor told her she needed a \change of pace ihr Arzt sagte ihr, sie solle etwas langsamer treten fam
    \change in the weather Wetterumschwung m
    to be a \change for the better/worse eine Verbesserung [o einen Fortschritt] /eine Verschlechterung [o einen Rückschritt] darstellen
    to make a \change/ \changes [to sth] eine Änderung/Änderungen [an etw dat] vornehmen
    2. no pl (substitution) Wechsel m; (changeover) Umstellung f
    \change of government Regierungswechsel m
    \change of job Stellenwechsel m
    \change of oil Ölwechsel m
    \change of scene THEAT Szenenwechsel m; ( fig) Tapetenwechsel m fig fam
    \change of surroundings Ortswechsel m
    3. no pl (variety) Abwechslung f
    that makes a nice \change das ist mal eine nette Abwechslung fam
    it'll make a \change das wäre mal was anderes fam
    for a \change zur Abwechslung
    why don't you answer the door for a \change? warum machst du nicht mal die Tür auf? fam
    4. no pl (transformation) Veränderung f
    a period of great social \change eine Zeit großer sozialer Umwälzungen pl
    5. (clean set of)
    a \change of clothes Kleidung f zum Wechseln
    6. no pl (coins) Münzgeld nt, Münz nt kein pl SCHWEIZ, Kleingeld nt; (money returned) Wechselgeld nt, Retourgeld nt SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR
    how much do you have in \change? wie viel in Kleingeld hast du?
    could you give me \change for 50 dollars? (return all) könnten Sie mir 50 Dollar wechseln?; (return balance) könnten Sie mir auf 50 Dollar herausgeben?
    to have the correct \change es passend haben
    loose [or small] \change Kleingeld nt
    to give the wrong \change falsch herausgeben
    keep the \change der Rest ist für Sie
    to have to make several \changes mehrmals umsteigen müssen
    8. ( fam: menopause)
    ▪ the \change [of life] die Wechseljahre pl
    9.
    ▶ to get no \change out of sb BRIT ( fam) aus jdm nichts rauskriegen fam
    ▶ a \change is as good as a rest ( prov) Abwechslung wirkt Wunder
    ▶ to ring the \changes für Abwechslung sorgen
    ▶ a wind of \change ein frischer Wind fig
    II. vi
    1. (alter) sich akk [ver]ändern; weather umschlagen; wind sich drehen
    nothing [ever] \changes alles bleibt beim Alten
    the traffic light \changed back to red die Ampel schaltete wieder auf Rot
    the wind \changed from south to west der Wind drehte von Süd nach West
    forget it, he's never going to \change! vergiss es, er wird sich niemals ändern!
    she's \change a lot since she's become a mother sie hat sich, seit sie Mutter ist, sehr verändert
    to \change for the better/worse situation, circumstances sich verbessern/verschlechtern; person sich akk positiv/negativ verändern; (improve) sich akk bessern; (get even worse) noch schlimmer werden
    to \change into sth sich akk in etw akk verwandeln
    ▪ to \change [over] to sth zu etw dat wechseln
    to \change to [driving] an automatic [car] auf ein Auto mit Automatik umsteigen
    to \change [over] from gas heating to electric die Heizung von Gas auf Strom umstellen
    to \change [over] to another system auf ein anderes System umstellen
    to \change [over] to another insurance company/party zu einer anderen Versicherung/Partei wechseln
    3. TRANSP umsteigen
    you have to \change at Reading for Oxford wenn Sie nach Oxford fahren wollen, müssen Sie in Reading umsteigen
    all \change! alle aussteigen!
    4. (dress) sich akk umziehen
    to \change into clean clothes saubere Sachen anziehen
    to \change out of one's work clothes seine Arbeitskleidung ausziehen
    5. AUTO schalten
    to \change into second/third gear in den zweiten/dritten Gang schalten
    6. TV umschalten
    to \change [over] to another programme zu einem anderen [o auf eine anderes] Programm umschalten
    to \change [over] to the news zu den Nachrichten umschalten [o fam rüberschalten
    III. vt
    1.
    ▪ to \change sth/sb (make different) etw/jdn [ver]ändern; (transform) etw/jdn verwandeln
    stop trying to \change him hör auf [damit], ihn ändern zu wollen
    you will never \change him er wird sich nie ändern
    living in London has \changed her das Leben in London hat sie verändert
    this hairstyle \changes you completely mit dieser Frisur siehst du völlig verändert [o wie verwandelt] aus
    to \change one's mind seine Meinung ändern
    to \change a room about [or around] ein Zimmer umstellen
    2. (exchange, move)
    ▪ to \change sth etw wechseln; (in a shop)
    ▪ to \change sth [for sth] etw [gegen etw akk] umtauschen; also TECH (replace)
    ▪ to \change sth [for sth] etw [gegen etw akk] auswechseln
    to \change banks/doctors die Bank/den Arzt wechseln
    to \change a battery/bulb/spark plug eine Batterie/Glühbirne/Zündkerze [aus]wechseln
    to \change the furniture about [or around] die Möbel umstellen
    to \change hands den Besitzer wechseln
    to \change jobs [or one's job] die Stelle wechseln
    to \change places with sb mit jdm den Platz tauschen
    I wouldn't \change places with him for the world! ( fig) um nichts in der Welt möchte ich mit ihm tauschen!
    to \change a plug einen Stecker auswechseln
    to \change school[s] die Schule wechseln
    to \change the subject das Thema wechseln
    to \change a tire einen Reifen wechseln
    3. (make fresh)
    to \change a baby ein Baby [frisch] wickeln
    the baby needs changing das Baby braucht eine frische Windel
    to \change the bed das Bett neu [o frisch] beziehen
    to \change the bedclothes/sheets die Bettwäsche/Laken wechseln
    to \change one's clothes sich akk umziehen, [sich dat] etwas anderes anziehen
    to \change nappies Windeln wechseln
    to \change one's shirt ein anderes Hemd anziehen
    to \change [one's] socks/underwear die Unterwäsche/Socken wechseln
    ▪ to \change sth etw wechseln
    could you \change a £20 note? (return all) könnten Sie mir 20 Pfund wechseln?; (return balance) könnten Sie mir auf 20 Pfund herausgeben?
    to \change British for Australian money englisches in australisches Geld umtauschen
    to \change planes das Flugzeug wechseln
    to \change trains umsteigen
    6. AUTO
    to \change gear[s] einen anderen Gang einlegen, schalten
    * * *
    [tSeIndZ]
    1. n
    1) (= alteration) Veränderung f; (= modification also) Änderung f (
    to +gen)

    a change for the better — ein Fortschritt m, eine Verbesserung

    a change for the worse — ein Rückschritt m, eine Verschlechterung

    to make changes (to sth) ( — an etw dat ) (Ver)änderungen pl vornehmen

    to make a change/a major change in sth —

    2) (= variety) Abwechslung f

    that makes a change — das ist mal was anderes; (iro) das ist ja was ganz Neues!

    See:
    → ring
    3) no pl (= changing) Veränderung f

    those who are against change — diejenigen, die gegen jegliche Veränderung sind

    a change of government — ein Regierungswechsel m, ein Wechsel m in der Regierung

    5) no pl (= money) Wechselgeld nt; (= small change) Kleingeld nt

    I haven't got change for £5 — ich kann auf £ 5 nicht rausgeben or £ 5 nicht wechseln

    you won't get much change out of £5 — von £ 5 wird wohl nicht viel übrig bleiben

    you won't get much change out of him (fig) — aus ihm wirst du nicht viel rauskriegen

    Change — Börse f

    2. vt
    1) (by substitution) wechseln; address, name ändern

    to change trains/buses etc — umsteigen

    to change a wheel/the oil — einen Rad-/Ölwechsel vornehmen, ein Rad/das Öl wechseln

    to change a baby — (bei einem Baby) die Windeln wechseln, ein Baby wickeln

    to change the sheets or the bed —

    to change one's seat — den Platz wechseln, sich woanders hinsetzen

    she changed places with him/Mrs Brown — er/Frau Brown und sie tauschten die Plätze

    2) (= alter) (ver)ändern; person, ideas ändern; (= transform) verwandeln

    to change sb/sth into sth — jdn/etw in etw (acc)

    3) (= exchange in shop etc) umtauschen
    See:
    → guard
    4) money (into smaller money) wechseln; (into other currency) (ein)wechseln, (um)tauschen
    5) (Brit AUT)
    3. vi
    1) (= alter) sich ändern; (town, person also) sich verändern

    you've changed! — du hast dich aber verändert!

    he will never change — er wird sich nie ändern, der ändert sich nie!

    to change from sth into... — sich aus etw in... (acc) verwandeln

    2) (= change clothes) sich umziehen

    I'll just change out of these old clothes — ich muss mir noch die alten Sachen ausziehen

    3) (= change trains etc) umsteigen

    all change! — Endstation!, alle aussteigen!

    4) (Brit AUT = change gear) schalten; (traffic lights) umspringen (to auf +acc)

    to change to a different system — auf ein anderes System umstellen, zu einem anderen System übergehen

    I changed to philosophy from chemistry —

    * * *
    change [tʃeındʒ]
    A v/t
    1. (ver)ändern, umändern, verwandeln ( alle:
    into in akk):
    change round Möbel umstellen, ein Zimmer etc umräumen;
    change one’s address ( oder lodgings) umziehen, verziehen;
    change colo(u)r die Farbe wechseln (erbleichen, erröten);
    change jobs ( oder one’s job) die Stellung wechseln, sich (beruflich) verändern;
    change one’s note ( oder tune) umg einen anderen Ton anschlagen, andere Saiten aufziehen; → subject A 1
    2. wechseln, (ver)tauschen:
    change one’s dress sich umziehen;
    change one’s shoes andere Schuhe anziehen, die Schuhe wechseln;
    a) mit jemandem den Platz oder die Plätze tauschen,
    b) fig mit jemandem tauschen;
    change trains (buses, planes) umsteigen;
    change ends ( oder sides) SPORT die Seiten wechseln; → hand Bes Redew, mind A 4, etc
    3. a) das Bettzeug etc wechseln, ein Bett frisch beziehen
    b) ein Baby trockenlegen, wickeln
    4. Geld wechseln:
    can you change this note?;
    change dollars into ( oder for) francs Dollar in Francs ein- oder umwechseln
    5. TECH Teile (aus)wechseln, Öl wechseln
    6. AUTO, TECH schalten:
    a) umschalten,
    b) eine Maschine, auch die Industrie etc umstellen (to auf akk); → gear A 3 b
    7. ELEK kommutieren
    B v/i
    1. sich (ver)ändern, wechseln:
    he has changed a lot er hat sich sehr oder stark verändert;
    he’ll never change der wird sich nie ändern;
    the moon is changing der Mond wechselt;
    the prices have changed die Preise haben sich geändert;
    change for the better (worse) besser werden, sich bessern (sich verschlimmern oder verschlechtern);
    the lead changed several times SPORT die Führung wechselte mehrmals
    2. sich verwandeln (to, into in akk)
    3. change over übergehen ( from von; to zu)
    4. sich umziehen ( for dinner zum Abendessen):
    change into (out of) sth etwas anziehen (ausziehen)
    5. BAHN etc umsteigen:
    all change Endstation, alles aussteigen!
    6. schalten, wechseln, umspringen ( alle:
    from … to von … auf akk) (Verkehrsampel)
    7. AUTO, TECH schalten:
    change up (down) hinauf-(herunter)schalten; → gear A 3 b
    8. change over RADIO, TV umschalten (to auf akk)
    9. change over ( oder round) SPORT bes Br die Seiten wechseln
    C s
    1. (Ver)Änderung f, Wechsel m, (Ver)Wandlung f, weitS. auch Umschwung m, Wende f:
    change of address Adressenänderung;
    change of air Luftveränderung;
    change for the better (worse) Besserung f (Verschlimmerung f, Verschlechterung f);
    change of career Berufswechsel;
    change in climate Klimawechsel (a. fig);
    change of course FLUG, SCHIFF Kurswechsel (a. fig);
    change of ends ( oder sides) SPORT Seitenwechsel;
    change of front fig Frontenwechsel;
    change of heart Sinnesänderung;
    a) Wechseljahre pl,
    b) Menopause f;
    change of the moon Mondwechsel;
    change of pace SPORT Tempowechsel;
    change of scenery fig Tapetenwechsel;
    change in thinking Umdenken n;
    change of voice Stimmwechsel, -bruch m;
    change in (the) weather Wetterumschlag m, -umschwung, Witterungsumschlag m, -umschwung;
    make changes SPORT umstellen, Umstellungen vornehmen; → mood1 1
    2. (Aus)Tausch m:
    change of oil Ölwechsel m
    3. (etwas) Neues, Abwechslung f:
    a welcome change eine willkommene Abwechslung ( from von);
    for a change zur Abwechslung;
    it makes a change es ist mal etwas anderes ( from als);
    hot chocolate makes a marvellous change from tea and coffee Kakao schmeckt herrlich nach all dem Tee und Kaffee
    4. Wechsel m (Kleidung etc):
    a) Umziehen n,
    b) Kleidung f zum Wechseln, frische Wäsche
    5. a) Wechselgeld n
    b) Kleingeld n
    c) herausgegebenes Geld:
    get change etwas herausbekommen ( for a pound auf ein Pfund);
    can you give me change for a pound? können Sie mir auf ein Pfund herausgeben?; können Sie mir ein Pfund wechseln?;
    make change from herausgeben auf (akk);
    get no change out of sb fig nichts aus jemandem herausholen können; → keep B 4
    6. Change WIRTSCH Br umg Börse f
    7. MUS
    a) (Tonart-, Takt-, Tempo) Wechsel m
    b) Variierung f
    c) (enharmonische) Verwechslung
    d) meist pl Wechsel(folge) m(f) (beim Wechselläuten):
    ring the changes wechselläuten, Br fig für Abwechslung sorgen;
    ring the changes on sth fig etwas in allen Variationen durchspielen
    chg. abk
    2. WIRTSCH charge
    * * *
    1.
    ['tʃeɪndʒ]noun
    1) (of name, address, lifestyle, outlook, condition, etc.) Änderung, die; (of job, surroundings, government, etc.) Wechsel, der

    a change for the better/worse — eine Verbesserung/Verschlechterung

    the change [of life] — die Wechseljahre

    2) no pl., no art. (process of changing) Veränderung, die

    be for/against change — für/gegen eine Veränderung sein

    3) (for the sake of variety) Abwechslung, die

    [just] for a change — [nur so] zur Abwechslung

    make a change — (be different) mal etwas anderes sein ( from als)

    a change is as good as a rest — (prov.) Abwechslung wirkt Wunder

    4) no pl., no indef. art. (money) Wechselgeld, das

    [loose or small] change — Kleingeld, das

    give change, (Amer.) make change — herausgeben

    give somebody 40 p in change — jemandem 40 p [Wechselgeld] herausgeben

    [you can] keep the change — behalten Sie den Rest; [es] stimmt so

    5)

    a change [of clothes] — (fresh clothes) Kleidung zum Wechseln

    2. transitive verb
    1) (switch) wechseln; auswechseln [Glühbirne, Batterie, Zündkerzen]

    change one's address/name — seine Anschrift/seinen Namen ändern

    change trains/buses — umsteigen

    change schools/one's doctor — die Schule/den Arzt wechseln

    change the baby — das Baby [frisch] wickeln od. trockenlegen

    2) (transform) verwandeln; (alter) ändern

    change something/somebody into something/somebody — etwas/jemanden in etwas/jemanden verwandeln

    3) (exchange) eintauschen

    take something back to the shop and change it for something — etwas [zum Laden zurückbringen und] gegen etwas umtauschen

    change one's money into euros — sein Geld in Euro[s] umtauschen

    3. intransitive verb
    1) (alter) sich ändern; [Person, Land:] sich verändern; [Wetter:] umschlagen, sich ändern

    wait for the lights to change — warten, dass es grün/rot wird

    2) (into something else) sich verwandeln
    3) (exchange) tauschen
    4) (put on other clothes) sich umziehen

    change out of/into something — etwas ausziehen/anziehen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (money) n.
    Kleingeld n.
    Wechsel - m.
    Wechselgeld n. n.
    Abwechslung f.
    Veränderung f.
    Wandel - m.
    Änderung -en f. (plane, train, bus) v.
    umsteigen v. v.
    sich wandeln v.
    sich ändern v.
    umschalten v.
    wandeln v.
    wechseln v.
    ändern v.

    English-german dictionary > change

  • 37 point

    1. noun
    1) (tiny mark, dot) Punkt, der
    2) (sharp end of tool, weapon, pencil, etc.) Spitze, die

    come to a [sharp] point — spitz zulaufen

    at gun-point/knife-point — mit vorgehaltener [Schuss]waffe/vorgehaltenem Messer

    not to put too fine a point on it — (fig.) um nichts zu beschönigen

    3) (single item) Punkt, der

    agree on a point — in einem Punkt od. einer Frage übereinstimmen

    be a point of honour with somebody — für jemanden [eine] Ehrensache sein

    4) (unit of scoring) Punkt, der

    score points off somebody — (fig.) jemanden an die Wand spielen

    things have reached a point where or come to such a point that... — die Sache ist dahin od. so weit gediehen, dass...; (negatively) es ist so weit gekommen, dass...

    up to a point — bis zu einem gewissen Grad

    she was abrupt to the point of rudeness — sie war in einer Weise barsch, die schon an Unverschämtheit grenzte

    6) (moment) Zeitpunkt, der

    be at/on the point of something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) sein; einer Sache (Dat.) nahe sein

    be on the point of doing something — im Begriff sein, etwas zu tun; etwas gerade tun wollen

    7) (distinctive trait) Seite, die

    best/strong point — starke Seite; Stärke, die

    the point — (essential thing) das Entscheidende

    8) (thing to be discussed)

    that is just the point or the whole point — das ist genau der springende Punkt

    come to or get to the point — zur Sache od. zum Thema kommen

    keep or stick to the point — beim Thema bleiben

    be beside the point — unerheblich sein; keine Rolle spielen

    carry or make one's point — sich durchsetzen

    make a point of doing something — [großen] Wert darauf legen, etwas zu tun

    make or prove a point — etwas beweisen

    you have a point there — da hast du recht; da ist [et]was dran (ugs.)

    9) (tip) Spitze, die; (Boxing) Kinnspitze, die; Kinn, das; (Ballet) Spitze, die
    10) (of story, joke, remark) Pointe, die; (pungency, effect) (of literary work) Eindringlichkeit, die; (of remark) Durchschlagskraft, die
    11) (purpose, value) Zweck, der; Sinn, der

    there's no point in protesting — es hat keinen Sinn od. Zweck zu protestieren

    12) (precise place, spot) Punkt, der; Stelle, die; (Geom.) Punkt, der

    point of contact — Berührungspunkt, der

    point of no return — Punkt, an dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt

    point of view — (fig.) Standpunkt, der

    13) (Brit.)

    [power or electric] point — Steckdose, die

    14) usu in pl. (Brit. Railw.) Weiche, die
    15) usu. in pl. (Motor Veh.): (contact device) Kontakt, der

    prices/the cost of living went up three points — die Preise/Lebenshaltungskosten sind um drei [Prozent]punkte gestiegen

    17) (on compass) Strich, der
    2. intransitive verb
    1) zeigen, weisen, [Person auch:] deuten (to, at auf + Akk.)
    2)

    point towards or to — (fig.) [hin]deuten od. hinweisen auf (+ Akk.)

    3. transitive verb
    1) (direct) richten [Waffe, Kamera] (at auf + Akk.)

    point one's finger at something/somebody — mit dem Finger auf etwas/jemanden deuten od. zeigen od. weisen

    2) (Building) aus-, verfugen [Mauer, Steine]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/108004/point_out">point out
    * * *
    [point] 1. noun
    1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) die Spitze
    2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) die Landspitze
    3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) der Punkt
    4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) der Punkt
    5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) der Punkt
    6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) der Punkt
    7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) der Kompaßstrich
    8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) der Punkt
    9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) der Punkt
    10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) der Zweck
    11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) die Eigenschaft
    12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) der Kontakt
    2. verb
    1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) richten
    2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) zeigen
    3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) verfugen
    •
    - pointed
    - pointer
    - pointless
    - pointlessly
    - points
    - be on the point of
    - come to the point
    - make a point of
    - make one's point
    - point out
    - point one's toes
    * * *
    [pɔɪnt]
    I. NOUN
    1. (sharp end) Spitze f; of a star Zacke f; of deer Ende nt fachspr, Sprosse f fachspr
    the \point of the chin die Kinnspitze
    knife/pencil \point Messer-/Bleistiftspitze f
    to hold sb at gun\point/knife \point jdn mit vorgehaltener Pistole/vorgehaltenem Messer bedrohen
    2. (dot) Punkt m
    \point of light Lichtpunkt m
    3. (punctuation mark) Punkt; (in Hebrew) Vokalzeichen nt
    4. (decimal point) Komma
    decimal \point Dezimalpunkt m
    5. (position) Stelle f, Punkt m
    ... at London and all \points west... in London und allen Orten westlich davon
    \point of contact Berührungspunkt m
    \point of departure [or starting \point] Ausgangspunkt m a. fig
    \point of entry (border) Ort m der Einreise; (bullet wound) Einschussstelle f
    to reach the \point of no return den Punkt erreichen, an dem man nicht mehr zurück kann
    at this \point an dieser Stelle
    6. (particular time) Zeitpunkt m
    this seems like a good \point dies scheint ein günstiger Zeitpunkt zu sein
    she was on the \point of collapse sie stand kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch
    I was completely lost at one \point an einer Stelle hatte ich mich komplett verlaufen
    when it comes to the \point that... wenn es einmal so weit kommt, dass...
    they tickled him to the \point of torture sie kitzelten ihn so sehr, dass es fast zur Folter wurde
    at no \point did I think our relationship wouldn't work out zu keinem Zeitpunkt hatte ich daran gezweifelt, dass es zwischen uns nicht klappen würde
    to be [or lie] at the \point of death an der Schwelle des Todes stehen geh, im Sterben liegen
    at this/that \point in time zu dieser/jener Zeit
    at that \point zu diesem Zeitpunkt; (then) in diesem Augenblick
    from that \point on... von da an...
    7. (about to do)
    to be on the \point of doing sth [gerade] im Begriff sein, etw zu tun
    I was on the \point of ringing you myself actually ich wollte dich auch gerade anrufen!
    she was on the \point of telling him the truth when... sie wollte ihm gerade die Wahrheit sagen, als...
    I was on the \point of handing in my resignation beinahe hätte ich gekündigt
    I was on the \point of leaving him ich war kurz davor, ihn zu verlassen
    8. (argument, issue) Punkt m
    ok ok, you've made your \point! ja, ich hab's jetzt verstanden! fam
    you made some interesting \points in your speech Sie haben in Ihrer Rede einige interessante Punkte angesprochen
    what \point are you trying to make? worauf wollen Sie hinaus?
    you have a \point there da ist was dran fam
    she does have a \point though so ganz Unrecht hat sie nicht
    she made the \point that... sie wies darauf hin, dass...; (stress) sie betonte, dass...
    my \point was that... ich wollte sagen, dass...
    my \point exactly das sag ich ja fam
    ok, \point taken o.k., ich hab schon begriffen fam
    that's a \point das ist ein Argument sl
    I take your \point einverstanden
    I can see your \point ich weiß, was du sagen willst
    the \point under dispute der strittige Punkt
    \point of detail Detailfrage f
    to make [or raise] a \point in favour of/against sth ein Argument für etw akk /gegen etw akk einbringen
    to drive home the \point seinen Standpunkt klarmachen
    \point of honour Ehrensache f
    \point of law Rechtsfrage f
    a 5-\point plan ein Fünfpunkteplan m
    to make/prove one's \point seinen Standpunkt deutlich machen
    \point by \point Punkt für Punkt
    9. no pl (most important idea)
    ▪ the \point der springende Punkt
    the \point is... der Punkt ist nämlich der,...
    more to the \point, however,... wichtiger jedoch ist...
    your arguments were very much to the \point deine Argumente waren wirklich sehr sachbezogen
    that's beside the \point [or not the \point]! darum geht es doch gar nicht!
    to come [or get] to the \point auf den Punkt [o zur Sache] kommen
    to get the \point of sth etw verstehen
    to keep [or stick] to the \point beim Thema bleiben
    to make a \point of doing sth [großen] Wert darauf legen, etw zu tun
    to miss the \point of sth nicht verstehen [o begreifen], worum es geht
    10. no pl (purpose) Sinn m, Zweck m
    but that's the whole \point! aber das ist doch genau der Punkt!
    what's the \point of waiting for them? warum sollten wir auf sie warten?
    there's no \point of talking about it any longer es hat keinen Zweck, sich noch länger darüber zu unterhalten
    I really don't see the \point of going to this meeting ich weiß wirklich nicht, warum ich zu dieser Besprechung gehen sollte
    but that's the whole \point of doing it! aber deswegen machen wir es ja gerade!
    what's the \point anyway? was soll's?
    11. (stage in process) Punkt m
    from that \point on... von diesem Moment an...
    the high \point of the evening... der Höhepunkt des Abends...
    things have reached a \point where I just can't bear it any longer ich bin an einen Punkt angelangt, wo ich es einfach nicht mehr aushalten kann
    it got to the \point where no one knew what was going on irgendwann wusste dann keiner mehr, was Sache war
    ... when it came to the \point...... als es soweit war,...
    we'll start again tomorrow from the \point where we left off today wir werden morgen da weitermachen, wo wir heute aufgehört haben
    up to a \point bis zu einem gewissen Grad [o Maße
    being single does have its \points single zu sein hat auch seine Vorteile
    bad/good \points schlechte/gute Seiten
    the book has its \points das Buch hat auch seine guten Seiten
    sb's strong \points jds Stärken
    sb's weak \points jds Schwächen
    13. (in sports) Punkt m
    San Francisco has scored 31 \points San Francisco hat 31 Punkte erzielt
    a win on \points ein Sieg m nach Punkten
    to win on \points nach Punkten siegen
    14. (unit) STOCKEX Punkt m; (with prices) [Prozent]punkt m
    to have risen seven \points sieben Punkte gestiegen sein
    15. (for diamonds) 0,01 Karat
    16. (on compass) Strich m; (on thermometer) Grad m
    17. (in bridge) Punkt m
    18. BOXING Kinnspitze f
    19. (in ballet) Spitze f
    to dance on \points auf Spitzen tanzen
    20. BRIT, AUS (socket) Steckdose f
    21. AUTO
    ▪ \points pl Unterbrecherkontakte pl
    ▪ \points pl Weichen pl
    23. (promontory) Landspitze f
    24. TYPO Punkt m
    the small letters are in 6 \point die kleinen Buchstaben haben Schriftgröße 6 Punkt
    25. (cricket) Position in der Nähe des Schlagmannes
    ▪ \points pl of horse, dog Extremitäten pl
    27. (punch line) of a story Pointe f
    28.
    ▶ to be a good case in \point [für etw akk] ein gutes Beispiel sein
    ▶ sb makes a \point of doing sth für jdn ist es wichtig, etw zu tun
    I know the door was locked because I made a point of checking it ich weiß, dass die Tür abgeschlossen war, weil ich extra nochmal nachgesehen habe
    ▶ to not put too fine a \point on sth nicht um den heißen Brei herumreden fam
    not to put too fine a \point on it,... ehrlich gesagt...
    1. (with finger) deuten, zeigen
    ▪ to \point at [or to] sth/sb [mit dem Finger] auf etw/jdn zeigen
    it's rude to \point at people man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf Leute
    2. (be directed) weisen
    there was an arrow \pointing to the door ein Pfeil wies den Weg zur Tür
    the needle was \pointing to ‘empty’ die Nadel zeigte auf ‚leer‘
    to \point east/west nach Osten/Westen weisen [o zeigen
    ▪ to \point to sth auf etw akk hinweisen [o hindeuten]
    all the signs \point to his reinstatement alles deutet darauf hin, dass er wieder eingestellt wird
    4. (use as evidence)
    ▪ to \point to sth auf etw akk verweisen
    5. HUNT dog vorstehen
    ▪ to \point sth at sb/sth weapon etw [auf jdn/etw] richten; stick, one's finger mit etw dat auf jdn/etw zeigen
    to \point the finger [at sb] ( fig) sich akk [über jdn] beschweren
    to \point sb in the direction of sth jdn den Weg zu etw dat beschreiben
    could you \point me in the direction of the bus station, please? könnten Sie mir bitte sagen, wie ich zum Busbahnhof komme?
    to \point the way [to sth] ( fig) den Weg [für etw akk] ebnen
    3. (extend)
    to \point one's toes die Zehen strecken
    ▪ to \point sth etw verfugen [o ausfugen
    5. HUNT
    ▪ to \point sth dog etw anzeigen
    ▪ to \point sth etw interpunktieren fachspr; (in Hebrew) etw vokalisieren
    to \point a psalm einen Psalm mit Deklamationszeichen versehen
    * * *
    point [pɔınt]
    A s
    1. (Nadel-, Messer-, Schwert-, Bleistift- etc) Spitze f:
    not put too fine a point upon sth etwas nicht gerade gewählt ausdrücken;
    at the point of the pistol mit vorgehaltener Pistole oder Waffe, mit Waffengewalt;
    at the point of the sword fig unter Zwang, mit Gewalt
    2. obs
    a) Dolch m
    b) Schwert n
    3. TECH spitzes Instrument, besonders
    a) Stecheisen n
    b) Grabstichel m, Griffel m
    c) Radier-, Ätznadel f
    d) Ahle f
    4. GEOG
    a) Landspitze f
    b) Bergspitze f
    5. JAGD (Geweih)Ende n, Sprosse f
    6. pl Gliedmaßen pl (besonders von Pferden)
    7. LING Punkt m (am Satzende)
    8. TYPO
    a) Punktur f
    b) (typografischer) Punkt (= 0,376 mm)
    c) Punkt m (Blindenschrift)
    9. MATH (geometrischer) Punkt: → intersection 2, 3 a
    10. MATH (Dezimal) Punkt m, Komma n:
    (nought) point three ( in Ziffern: 0.3 oder.3) null Komma drei (0,3);
    9 points fig 90%, fast das Ganze;
    possession is nine points of the law (Sprichwort) der Besitzende hat fast immer das Gesetz auf seiner Seite
    11. auch point of the compass Kompassstrich m
    12. Punkt m:
    a) bestimmte Stelle
    b) PHYS Grad m (einer Skala), Stufe f ( auch TECH eines Schalters):
    4 points below zero 4 Grad unter null;
    point of contact Berührungspunkt;
    point of impact MIL Aufschlag-, Auftreffpunkt;
    a) FLUG Gefahrenmitte f, Umkehrgrenzpunkt m,
    b) fig Punkt, von dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt;
    up to a point fig bis zu einem gewissen Grad; → boiling point, freezing A 1, etc
    13. GEOG Himmelsrichtung f
    14. Punkt m, Stelle f, Ort m:
    point of destination Bestimmungsort;
    point of entry WIRTSCH Eingangshafen m;
    point of lubrication TECH Schmierstelle f, Schmiernippel m
    15. Anschluss-, Verbindungspunkt m, besonders
    a) ELEK Kontakt(punkt) m
    b) ELEK Br Steckdose f
    16. Grenz-, Höhe-, Gipfelpunkt m, Grenze f:
    point of culmination Kulminations-, Höhepunkt;
    frankness to the point of insult Offenheit, die schon an Beleidigung grenzt;
    it gave a point to their day das setzte ihrem Tag ein Glanzlicht auf
    17. a) auch point of time Zeitpunkt m, Augenblick m
    b) kritischer Punkt, entscheidendes Stadium:
    when it came to the point als es so weit war, als es darauf ankam;
    at this point in diesem Augenblick, weitS. an dieser Stelle, hier (in einer Rede etc);
    at the point of death im Sterben, im Augenblick des Todes;
    be on the point of doing sth im Begriff oder auf dem Sprung sein, etwas zu tun;
    18. Punkt m (einer Tagesordnung etc), (Einzel-, Teil)Frage f:
    a case in point ein einschlägiger Fall, ein (typisches) Beispiel;
    at all points in allen Punkten, in jeder Hinsicht;
    differ on several points in etlichen Punkten nicht übereinstimmen;
    point of comparison Vergleichspunkt;
    a point of interest eine interessante Einzelheit;
    point of order PARL Antrag m zur Geschäftsordnung;
    five-point plan Fünfpunkteplan m; → controversy 3, order A 7, question A 2
    19. entscheidender oder springender Punkt, Kernpunkt m, -frage f:
    come (speak) to the point zur Sache kommen (sprechen);
    a) nicht zur Sache gehörig, abwegig,
    b) unwichtig, unerheblich;
    be beside the point auch nichts zur Sache tun;
    to the point zur Sache (gehörig), sachdienlich, sachlich, (zu-)treffend;
    make a point ein Argument anbringen, seine Ansicht durchsetzen;
    the point I’m trying to make is that … was ich sagen will, ist, dass …;
    a) Wert oder Gewicht legen auf (akk), bestehen auf (dat),
    b) sich etwas zum Prinzip machen;
    make the point that … bemerken, dass …;
    that is the point das ist die Frage oder der springende Punkt;
    that’s not the point darum geht es nicht;
    the point is that … die Sache ist die, dass …;
    that’s the point I wanted to make darauf wollte ich hinaus;
    you have a point there es ist etwas dran an dem, was Sie sagen;
    I take your point ich verstehe, was Sie meinen;
    it hasn’t got much point es ist nicht sehr wichtig
    20. Pointe f (eines Witzes etc)
    21. auch point of view Stand-, Gesichtspunkt m, Ansicht f:
    from a political point of view vom politischen Standpunkt aus (gesehen), politisch gesehen;
    make sth a point of hono(u)r etwas als Ehrensache betrachten;
    it’s a point of hono(u)r to him das ist Ehrensache für ihn;
    in point of hinsichtlich (gen);
    in point of fact tatsächlich; → press A 13, stretch A 11
    22. Ziel n, Zweck m, Absicht f:
    carry ( oder make) one’s point sich oder seine Ansicht durchsetzen;
    what’s the point of doing that? was für einen Sinn oder Zweck hat es, das zu tun?;
    what’s your point in doing that? was bezweckst du damit?;
    there is no point in going there es hat keinen Zweck oder es ist sinnlos hinzugehen
    23. Nachdruck m:
    give point to one’s words seinen Worten Gewicht oder Nachdruck verleihen
    24. (hervorstechende) Eigenschaft, (Charakter)Zug m:
    good (bad) points gute (schlechte) Eigenschaften;
    a noble point in her ein edler Zug an ihr;
    strong point starke Seite, Stärke f;
    weak point wunder Punkt, schwache Seite;
    it has its points es hat so seine Vorzüge
    25. Tierzucht: besonderes Rassenmerkmal
    26. Punkt m (eines Bewertungs- oder Rationierungssystems):
    point rationing Punktrationierung f
    27. WIRTSCH Börsensprache: Punkt m, Point m (bei Kursschwankungen)
    28. SPORT Punkt m:
    three points from three games drei Punkte aus drei Spielen;
    be on five points bei fünf Punkten liegen;
    win (lose) on points nach Punkten gewinnen (verlieren);
    points defeat Punktniederlage f;
    points win Punktsieg m, Sieg m nach Punkten;
    winner on points, points winner Punktsieger(in);
    beat sb on points jemanden nach Punkten schlagen;
    be in the points auf einem Punkterang liegen;
    finish out of the points außerhalb der Punkteränge enden;
    a) jemandem vorgeben,
    b) fig jemandem überlegen sein;
    be points better than sb fig jemandem hoch überlegen sein; → score B 1
    29. Boxen: Punkt m, Kinnspitze f
    30. Würfel-, Kartenspiel: Auge n, Punkt m
    a) Näh-, Nadelspitze f (Ggs Klöppelspitze)
    b) Handarbeitsspitze f
    c) → point lace
    d) Stickstich m
    32. MUS
    a) Stakkatopunkt m
    b) Wiederholungszeichen n
    c) charakteristisches Motiv
    d) Imitationsmotiv n
    e) (Themen) Einsatz m
    33. MIL
    a) Spitze f (einer Vorhut)
    b) Ende n (einer Nachhut)
    34. JAGD Stehen n (des Hundes):
    make ( oder come to) a point (vor)stehen (vor dem Wild)
    35. BAHN
    a) Weiche f
    b) Br Weichenschiene f
    36. Heraldik: Feld n (eines Wappens)
    37. potatoes and point sl Kartoffeln mit ohne was dazu
    B v/t
    1. einen Bleistift etc (an-, zu)spitzen
    2. fig seine Worte etc pointieren, betonen
    3. eine Waffe etc richten (at auf akk):
    point one’s finger at sb
    a) (mit dem Finger) auf jemanden deuten oder zeigen,
    b) auch point a ( oder the) finger at sb fig mit Fingern oder dem Finger auf jemanden zeigen;
    point (up)on seine Augen, Gedanken etc richten auf (akk);
    point to den Kurs, jemandes Aufmerksamkeit lenken auf (akk), jemanden bringen auf (akk)
    4. zeigen:
    point the way den Weg weisen (a. fig);
    a) zeigen,
    b) fig hinweisen oder aufmerksam machen auf (akk), betonen,
    c) fig aufzeigen (auch Fehler), klarmachen,
    d) fig ausführen, darlegen;
    point out to sb that … jemanden darauf aufmerksam machen, dass …
    5. auch point up fig betonen, unterstreichen ( beide:
    with mit)
    6. MATH Dezimalstellen durch einen Punkt oder ein Komma trennen:
    point off places Stellen abstreichen
    a) ARCH verfugen,
    b) TECH eine Fuge glatt streichen
    8. JAGD einem Wild vorstehen
    C v/i
    1. (mit dem Finger) deuten, weisen ( beide:
    at, to auf akk)
    2. point to nach einer Richtung weisen oder liegen (Haus)
    3. point to fig
    a) hinweisen, -deuten auf (akk):
    b) ab-, hinzielen auf (akk)
    4. SCHIFF hart am Wind segeln
    5. JAGD vorstehen (Jagdhund)
    6. MED reifen (Abszess etc)
    pt abk
    1. part T.
    3. pint ( pints pl)
    5. port
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (tiny mark, dot) Punkt, der
    2) (sharp end of tool, weapon, pencil, etc.) Spitze, die

    come to a [sharp] point — spitz zulaufen

    at gun-point/knife-point — mit vorgehaltener [Schuss]waffe/vorgehaltenem Messer

    not to put too fine a point on it — (fig.) um nichts zu beschönigen

    3) (single item) Punkt, der

    agree on a point — in einem Punkt od. einer Frage übereinstimmen

    be a point of honour with somebody — für jemanden [eine] Ehrensache sein

    4) (unit of scoring) Punkt, der

    score points off somebody — (fig.) jemanden an die Wand spielen

    5) (stage, degree)

    things have reached a point where or come to such a point that... — die Sache ist dahin od. so weit gediehen, dass...; (negatively) es ist so weit gekommen, dass...

    she was abrupt to the point of rudeness — sie war in einer Weise barsch, die schon an Unverschämtheit grenzte

    6) (moment) Zeitpunkt, der

    be at/on the point of something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) sein; einer Sache (Dat.) nahe sein

    be on the point of doing something — im Begriff sein, etwas zu tun; etwas gerade tun wollen

    7) (distinctive trait) Seite, die

    best/strong point — starke Seite; Stärke, die

    the point — (essential thing) das Entscheidende

    that is just the point or the whole point — das ist genau der springende Punkt

    come to or get to the point — zur Sache od. zum Thema kommen

    keep or stick to the point — beim Thema bleiben

    be beside the point — unerheblich sein; keine Rolle spielen

    carry or make one's point — sich durchsetzen

    make a point of doing something — [großen] Wert darauf legen, etwas zu tun

    make or prove a point — etwas beweisen

    you have a point there — da hast du recht; da ist [et]was dran (ugs.)

    9) (tip) Spitze, die; (Boxing) Kinnspitze, die; Kinn, das; (Ballet) Spitze, die
    10) (of story, joke, remark) Pointe, die; (pungency, effect) (of literary work) Eindringlichkeit, die; (of remark) Durchschlagskraft, die
    11) (purpose, value) Zweck, der; Sinn, der

    there's no point in protesting — es hat keinen Sinn od. Zweck zu protestieren

    12) (precise place, spot) Punkt, der; Stelle, die; (Geom.) Punkt, der

    point of contact — Berührungspunkt, der

    point of no return — Punkt, an dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt

    point of view — (fig.) Standpunkt, der

    13) (Brit.)

    [power or electric] point — Steckdose, die

    14) usu in pl. (Brit. Railw.) Weiche, die
    15) usu. in pl. (Motor Veh.): (contact device) Kontakt, der
    16) (unit in competition, rationing, stocks, shares, etc.) Punkt, der

    prices/the cost of living went up three points — die Preise/Lebenshaltungskosten sind um drei [Prozent]punkte gestiegen

    17) (on compass) Strich, der
    2. intransitive verb
    1) zeigen, weisen, [Person auch:] deuten (to, at auf + Akk.)
    2)

    point towards or to — (fig.) [hin]deuten od. hinweisen auf (+ Akk.)

    3. transitive verb
    1) (direct) richten [Waffe, Kamera] (at auf + Akk.)

    point one's finger at something/somebody — mit dem Finger auf etwas/jemanden deuten od. zeigen od. weisen

    2) (Building) aus-, verfugen [Mauer, Steine]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (Typography) n.
    typographischer Punkt (Schriftgrößenskala) m. n.
    Einzelheit f.
    Punkt -e m.
    Spitze -n (Kinn-, Messer-) f.
    Standpunkt m. v.
    zeigen v.

    English-german dictionary > point

  • 38 gear

    1. распределительный щит
    2. распределительное устройство
    3. оборудование
    4. инструменты
    5. входить в сцепление
    6. аппаратура

     

    аппаратура
    -
    [Интент]

    FR


    Тематики

    • аппарат, изделие, устройство...

    EN

     

    входить в сцепление
    приводить в движение механизм
    —
    [ http://slovarionline.ru/anglo_russkiy_slovar_neftegazovoy_promyishlennosti/]

    Тематики

    Синонимы

    EN

     

    оборудование
    Совокупность связанных между собой частей или устройств, из которых по крайней мере одно движется, а также элементы привода, управления и энергетические узлы, которые предназначены для определенного применения, в частности для обработки, производства, перемещения или упаковки материала. К термину «оборудование» относят также машину и совокупность машин, которые так устроены и управляемы, что они функционируют как единое целое для достижения одной и той же цели.
    [ГОСТ ЕН 1070-2003]

    оборудование
    -
    [IEV number 151-11-25 ]

    оборудование
    Оснащение, материалы, приспособления, устройства, механизмы, приборы, инструменты и другие принадлежности, используемые в качестве частей электрической установки или в соединении с ней.
    [ ГОСТ Р МЭК 60204-1-2007]

    EN

    equipment
    single apparatus or set of devices or apparatuses, or the set of main devices of an installation, or all devices necessary to perform a specific task
    NOTE – Examples of equipment are a power transformer, the equipment of a substation, measuring equipment.
    [IEV number 151-11-25 ]

    equipment
    material, fittings, devices, components, appliances, fixtures, apparatus, and the like used as part of, or in connection with, the electrical equipment of machines
    [IEC 60204-1-2006]

    FR

    équipement, m
    matériel, m
    appareil unique ou ensemble de dispositifs ou appareils, ou ensemble des dispositifs principaux d'une installation, ou ensemble des dispositifs nécessaires à l'accomplissement d'une tâche particulière
    NOTE – Des exemples d’équipement ou de matériel sont un transformateur de puissance, l’équipement d’une sous-station, un équipement de mesure.
    [IEV number 151-11-25]

    Тематики

    EN

    DE

    FR

     

    распределительное устройство
    Распределительным устройством (РУ) называется электроустановка, служащая для приема и распределения электроэнергии и содержащая сборные и соединительные шины, коммутационные аппараты, вспомогательные устройства (компрессорные, аккумуляторные и др.), а также устройства защиты, автоматики и измерительные приборы.
    [РД 34.20.185-94]

    распределительное устройство
    Электроустановка, предназначенная для приема и распределения электрической энергии на одном напряжении и содержащая коммутационные аппараты и соединяющие их сборные шины [секции шин], устройства управления и защиты.
    Примечание. К устройствам управления относятся аппараты и связывающие их элементы обеспечивающие контроль, измерение, сигнализацию и выполнение команд.
    [ ГОСТ 24291-90]
    [ ГОСТ Р 53685-2009]

    электрическое распределительное устройство
    распределительное устройство
    Устройство, предназначенное для приема и распределения электроэнергии на одном напряжении и содержащее коммутационные аппараты и соединяющие их сборные соединительные устройства.
    Примечание. В состав распределительного устройства дополнительно могут входить устройства защиты и управления
    [ОСТ 45.55-99]

    распределительное устройство
    Электроустановка, служащая для приема и распределения электроэнергии и содержащая коммутационные аппараты, сборные и соединительные шины, вспомогательные устройства (компрессорные, аккумуляторные и др.), а также устройства защиты, автоматики и измерительные приборы.
    [ПОТ Р М-016-2001]
    [РД 153-34.0-03.150-00]

    устройство распределительное
    Совокупность аппаратов и приборов для приёма и распределения электроэнергии одного напряжения, вырабатываемой электростанцией или преобразуемой подстанцией
    [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]

    EN

    switching substation
    a substation which includes switchgear and usually busbars, but no power transformers
    [IEV number 605-01-02]

    FR

    poste de sectionnement
    poste de coupure
    poste comprenant des organes de manoeuvre et généralement des jeux de barres, à l'exclusion de transformateurs de puissance
    [IEV number 605-01-02]

    В качестве РУ 6—10 кВ используется сборка высокого напряжения с однополюсными разъединителями и вертикальным расположением фаз одного присоединения и одна камера КСО с выключателем нагрузки и предохранителями для подключения трансформатора. Для РУ 0,4 кВ применяются сборки низкого напряжения с предохранителями и вертикальным расположением фаз одного присоединения.
    На ПС применяются открытые (ОРУ), закрытые (ЗРУ) или комплектные (КРУ) распределительные устройства.

    [ http://energy-ua.com/elektricheskie-p/klassifikatsiya.html]

    КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ

    В общем случае ПС и РУ являются составной частью электроустановок, которые различаются:

    • по назначению:
      • генерирующие,
      • преобразовательно-распределительные,
      • потребительские.

        Генерирующие электроустановки служат для выработки электроэнергии, преобразовательно-распределительные электроустановки преобразуют электроэнергию в удобный для передачи и потребления вид, передают ее и распределяют между потребителями;

     Шкала номинальных напряжений ограничена сравнительно небольшим числом стандартных значений, благодаря чему изготавливается небольшое число типоразмеров машин и оборудования, а электросети выполняются более экономичными. В установках трехфазного тока номинальным напряжением принято считать напряжение между фазами (междуфазовое напряжение). Согласно ГОСТ 29322—92 установлена следующая шкала номинальных напряжений:

    для электросетей переменного тока частотой 50 Гц междуфазовое напряжение должно быть: 12, 24, 36, 42, 127, 220, 380 В; 3, 6, 10, 20, 35, 110, 150, 220, 330, 500, 750 и 1150 кВ;
    для электросетей постоянного тока: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 110, 220, 440, 660, 825, 3000 В и выше.

    Тупиковые ПС получают питание по одной или двум тупиковым ВЛ.

    Ответвительные ПС присоединяются ответвлением к одной или двум проходящим ВЛ с односторонним или двухсторонним питанием.

    Проходные ПС включаются в рассечку одной или двух проходящих ВЛ с односторонним или двухсторонним питанием.

    Узловые ПС кроме питающих имеют отходящие радиальные или транзитные ВЛ.

    • по способу управления ПС могут быть:
      • только с телесигнализацией,
      • телеуправляемыми с телесигнализацией,
      • с телесигнализацией и управлением с общеподстанционного пункта управления (ОПУ).


    Подстанции оперативно обслуживаются постоянным дежурным персоналом на щите управления, дежурными на дому или оперативно-выездными бригадами (ОВБ). Ремонт ПС осуществляется специализированными выездными бригадами централизованного ремонта или местным персоналом подстанции.

    В РУ напряжением до 1000 В провода, шины, аппараты, приборы и конструкции выбирают как по нормальным условиям работы (напряжению и току), так и по термическим и динамическим воздействиям токов коротких замыканий (КЗ) или предельно допустимой отключаемой мощности.

    В РУ и ПС напряжением выше 1000 В расстояния между электрооборудованием, аппаратами, токоведущими частями, изоляторами, ограждениями и конструкциями устанавливаются так, чтобы при нормальном режиме работы электроустановки возникающие физические явления (температура нагрева, электрическая дуга, выброс газов, искрение и др.) не могли привести к повреждению оборудования и КЗ.

    [ http://energy-ua.com/elektricheskie-p/klassifikatsiya.html]
     


    Several different classifications of switchgear can be made:

    A single line-up may incorporate several different types of devices, for example, air-insulated bus, vacuum circuit breakers, and manually operated switches may all exist in the same row of cubicles.

    Ratings, design, specifications and details of switchgear are set by a multitude of standards. In North America mostly IEEE and ANSI standards are used, much of the rest of the world uses IEC standards, sometimes with local national derivatives or variations.

    [Robert W. Smeaton (ed) Switchgear and Control Handbook 3rd Ed., Mc Graw Hill, new York 1997]
    [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_voltage_switchgear]

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    распределительный щит
    Комплектное устройство, содержащее различную коммутационную аппаратуру, соединенное с одной или более отходящими электрическими цепями, питающееся от одной или более входящих цепей, вместе с зажимами для присоединения нейтральных и защитных проводников.
    [ ГОСТ Р МЭК 60050-826-2009]

    щит распределительный
    Электротехническое устройство, объединяющее коммутационную, регулирующую и защитную аппаратуру, а также контрольно-измерительные и сигнальные приборы
    [Терминологический словарь по строительству на 12 языках (ВНИИИС Госстроя СССР)]

    распределительный щит
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    [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо-русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.]

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    distribution board
    assembly containing different types of switchgear and controlgear associated with one or more outgoing electric circuits fed from one or more incoming electric circuits, together with terminals for the neutral and protective conductors.
    [IEV number 826-16-08]

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    tableau de répartition, m
    ensemble comportant différents types d'appareillage associés à un ou plusieurs circuits électriques de départ alimentés par un ou plusieurs circuits électriques d'arrivée, ainsi que des bornes pour les conducteurs neutre et de protection.
    [IEV number 826-16-08]

    Параллельные тексты EN-RU

    Distribution switchboards, including the Main LV Switchboard (MLVS), are critical to the dependability of an electrical installation. They must comply with well-defined standards governing the design and construction of LV switchgear assemblies

    A distribution switchboard is the point at which an incoming-power supply divides into separate circuits, each of which is controlled and protected by the fuses or switchgear of the switchboard. A distribution switchboard is divided into a number of functional units, each comprising all the electrical and mechanical elements that contribute to the fulfilment of a given function. It represents a key link in the dependability chain.

    Consequently, the type of distribution switchboard must be perfectly adapted to its application. Its design and construction must comply with applicable standards and working practises.
    [Schneider Electric]

    Распределительные щиты, включая главный распределительный щит низкого напряжения (ГРЩ), играют решающую роль в обеспечении надежности электроустановки. Они должны отвечать требованиям соответствующих стандартов, определяющих конструкцию и порядок изготовления НКУ распределения электроэнергии.

    В распределительном щите выполняется прием электроэнергии и ее распределение по отдельным цепям, каждая из которых контролируется и защищается плавкими предохранителями или автоматическими выключателями.
    Распределительный щит состоит из функциональных блоков, включающих в себя все электрические и механические элементы, необходимые для выполнения требуемой функции. Распределительный щит представляет собой ключевое звено в цепи обеспечения надежности.

    Тип распределительного щита должен соответствовать области применения. Конструкция и изготовление распределительного щита должны удовлетворять требованиям применимых стандартов и учитывать накопленную практику применения.
    [Перевод Интент]

     

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    Рис. Schneider Electric

    With Prisma Plus G you can be sure to build 100% Schneider Electric switchboards that are safe, optimised:

    > All components (switchgear, distribution blocks, prefabricated connections, etc.) are perfectly rated and coordinated to work together;

    > All switchboard configurations, even the most demanding ones, have been tested.

    You can prove that your switchboard meets the current standards, at any time.
    You can be sure to build a reliable electrical installation and give your customers full satisfaction in terms of dependability and safety for people and the installation.

    Prisma Plus G with its discreet design, blends harmoniously into all tertiary and industrial buildings, including in entrance halls and passageways.

    With Prisma Plus G you can build just the right switchboard for your customer, sized precisely to fit costs and needs.

    With this complete, prefabricated and tested system, it's easy to upgrade your installation and still maintain the performance levels.

    > The wall-mounted and floor-standing enclosures combine easily with switchboards already in service.

    > Devices can be replaced or added at any time.
    [Schneider Electric]

    С помощью оболочек Prisma Plus G можно создавать безопасные распределительные щиты, на 100 % состоящие из изделий Schneider Electric:

    > все изделия (коммутационная аппаратура, распределительные блоки, готовые заводские соединения и т. д.) полностью совместимы механически и электрически;

    > все варианты компоновки распределительных щитов, в том числе для наиболее ответственных применений, прошли испытания.

    В любое время вы можете доказать, что ваши распределительные щиты полностью соответствуют требованиям действующих стандартов.

    Вы можете быть полностью уверены в том, что создаете надежные электроустановки, удовлетворяющие всем требованиям безопасности для людей и оборудования

    Благодаря строгому дизайну, распределительные щиты Prisma Plus G гармонично сочетаются с интерьером любого общественного или промышленного здания. Они хорошо смотрятся и в вестибюле, и в коридоре.

    Применяя оболочки Prisma Plus G можно создавать распределительные щиты, точно соответствующие требованиям заказчика как с точки зрения технических характеристик, так и стоимости.

    С помощью данной испытанной системы, содержащей все необходимые компоненты заводского изготовления можно легко модернизировать существующую электроустановку и поддерживать её уровни производительности.

    > Навесные и напольные оболочки можно легко присоединить к уже эксплуатируемым распределительным щитам.

    > Аппаратуру можно заменять или добавлять в любое время.
    [Перевод Интент]

     

    The switchboard, central to the electrical installation.

    Both the point of arrival of energy and a device for distribution to the site applications, the LV switchboard is the intelligence of the system, central to the electrical installation.
    [Schneider Electric]

    Распределительный щит – «сердце» электроустановки.
    Низковольтное комплектное устройство распределения является «сердцем» электроустановки, поскольку именно оно принимает электроэнергию из сети и распределяет её по территориально распределенным нагрузкам.
    [Перевод Интент]

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  • 39 innovation

    1. инновация
    2. инновации

     

    инновации
    1. Процесс создания и освоения новых технологий и продуктов, приводящий к повышению эффективности производства. 2. Новая техника, технологии, являющиеся результатом научно-технического прогресса. Инновации, в современных условиях, достигаются преимущественно путем инвестиций в нематериальные активы (НИОКР, информационные технологии, переподготовку кадров, привлечение покупателей) Инновации в самом общем смысле, прежде всего, делятся на два класса: инновации процесса и инновации продукта, хотя они тесно связаны между собой; возможно как изготовление нового продукта старыми методами, так и изготовление старого продукта новыми методами – и наоборот. Не следует смешивать понятия инноваций и изобретений. Второе – более узко, относится к технике и технологии. Однако порою простая реорганизация производства ( а это организационная инновация) может принести не меньший экономический эффект, чем изобретение, техническое усовершенствование. Инновации – основа и движущая сила научно-технического прогресса во всех его видах: трудосберегающего, капиталосберегающего, нейтрального. Основоположник теории инноваций австрийский экономист Й.Шумпетер утверждал, что двигателем экономического развития выступает предприимчивость, выражающаяся в постоянном поиске новых комбинаций факторов производства, дающих предпринимателю возможность получать прибыль, большую по сравнению со средней. Все инновации связаны с большой долей риска. Но известно и другое: отказ от инноваций является еще более рисковым делом, поскольку ведет к замедлению научно-технического прогресса и экономического роста в целом.См. Диффузия инноваций.
    [ http://slovar-lopatnikov.ru/]

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    инновация
    1. Вложение средств в экономику, обеспечивающее смену поколений техники и технологии.
    2. Новая техника, технология, являющиеся результатом достижений научно-технического прогресса. Развитие изобретательства, появление пионерских и крупных изобретений является существенным фактором инновации.
    [ http://www.lexikon.ru/dict/buh/index.html]

    инновация
    1.- См статью Иннновации, 2. — результат вложения средств (инвестиций) в разработку новой техники и технологии, во внедрение новых форм бизнеса, современных методов работы на рынке, новых товаров и услуг, финансовых инструментов.
    [ http://slovar-lopatnikov.ru/]

    Параллельные тексты EN-RU из ABB Review. Перевод компании Интент

    Partners in technology
    New challenges to a history of cooperation with customers

    Партнеры по технологии
    Новые уроки сотрудничества с заказчиками

    ABB’s predecessor companies, ASEA and BBC, were founded almost 120 years ago in a time when electromagnetism and Maxwell’s equations were considered “rocket science.” Since then several technological transitions have occurred and ABB has successfully outlived them all while many other companies vanished at some point along the way. This has been possible because of innovation and a willingness to learn from history. Understanding historical connections between products, technology and industrial economics is extremely Partners in technology New challenges to a history of cooperation with customers George A. Fodor, Sten Linder, Jan-Erik Ibstedt, Lennart Thegel, Fredrik Norlund, Håkan Wintzell, Jarl Sobel important when planning future technologies and innovations.

    Предшественницы АББ, компании ASEA и BBC, были основаны почти 120 лет назад, в то время, когда электромагнетизм и уравнения Максвелла считались «космическими технологиями». С тех пор прошло несколько технических революций и АББ успешно пережила их все, в то время как многие другие компании затерялись по дороге. Это стало возможным, благодаря постоянным инновациям и стремлению учиться на уроках истории. Для планирования будущих технологий и инноваций огромную роль играет понимание исторических взаимосвязей между продуктами, технологиями и экономикой

    These connections rely on information channels in companies and their existence cannot be underestimated if a company is to survive. An organization can acquire more information than any one individual, and the optimal use of this information depends on the existence and types of communication channels between those working in a company and the relevant people outside it.

    Эти взаимосвязи опираются на существующие в компании информационные каналы и, если компания намерена выжить, их значение нельзя недооценивать. Организация может накопить значительно больше информации, чем любой отдельный человек, и оптимальное использование этой информации зависит от наличия и типов коммуникационных каналов между работниками компании и причастными людьми за ее пределами.

    Force Measurement, a division of ABB AB, has a long tradition of innovation. Thanks to strong ties with its customers, suppliers, research institutes and universities, Force Measurement provides state-of-the-art equipment for accurate and reliable measurement and control in a broad range of applications. At the same time, established principles such as Maxwell’s equations continue to be applied in new and surprisingly innovative ways to produce products that promote long-term growth and increased competitiveness.

    Группа измерения компании АББ имеет давние традиции использования инноваций. Благодаря прочным связям с заказчиками, поставщиками, исследовательскими институтами и университетами, она создает уникальное оборудование для точных и надежных измерений в самых разных областях. В то же время незыблемые принципы, подобные уравнениям Максвелла, продолжают применяться новыми и удивительно инновационными способами, позволяя создавать продукты, обеспечивающие устойчивый рост и высокую конкурентоспособность.

    Innovation is a key factor if companies and their customers are to survive what can only be called truly testing times. The target of innovation is to find and implement ideas that reshape industries, reinvent markets and redesign value chains, and many of these ideas come from innovative customers.

    Если компания и ее заказчики намерены пережить тяжелые времена, то основное внимание следует обратить на инновации. Целью инноваций является поиск и воплощение идей, позволяющих перевернуть промышленность, заново открыть рынки и перестроить стоимостные цепочки, причем многие из этих идей поступают от заказчиков.

    Key to successful innovation is communication or the types of information channels employed by firms [1, 2]. A global company like ABB, with offices and factories spanning 90 countries, faces many challenges in maintaining information channels. First of all, there are the internal challenges. Ideas need to be evaluated from many different perspectives to determine their overall impact on the market. Selecting the most effective ones requires expertise and teamwork from the various business, marketing and technology competence groups. Just as important are the channels of communication that exist between ABB, and its customers and suppliers.

    Секрет успешных инноваций кроется в типах используемых фирмой информационных каналов [1, 2]. Глобальные компании, подобные АББ, с офисами и заводами более чем в 90 странах, сталкиваются с серьезными проблемами управления информационными каналами. Во-первых, существуют внутренние проблемы. Чтобы определить ценность идеи и ее общее влияние на рынок, ее нужно подвергнуть всесторонней оценке. Выбор наиболее эффективных идей требует коллективной работы различных экономических, маркетинговых и технологических групп. Не менее важны и коммуникационные каналы между компанией АББ и ее заказчиками и поставщиками.

    Many of ABB’s customers come from countries that are gradually developing strong technology and scientific cultures thanks to major investments in very ambitious research programs. China and India, for example, are two such countries. In fact, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is currently conducting research projects in all state of-the-art technologies. Countries in Africa and Eastern Europe are capitalizing on their pool of young talent to create a culture of technology development. Emerging markets, while welcome, mean stiffer competition, and competition to companies like ABB encourages even greater levels of innovation

    Многие заказчики АББ пришли из стран, постоянно развивающих сильную технологию и научную культуру путем крупных инвестиций в грандиозные исследовательские программы. К таким странам относятся, например, Индия и Китай. На самом деле, Китайская академия наук ведет исследования по всем перспективным направлениям. Страны Африки и Восточной Европы делают ставку на молодые таланты, которым предстоит создавать культуру технологического развития. Новые рынки, хоть и привлекательны, ужесточают конкуренцию, а конкуренция с такими компаниями, как АББ способствует повышению уровня инноваций.

    Many customers, similar stories Backed by 120 years of technological development and experience, ABB continues to produce products and services in many automation, power generation and robotics fields, and the examples described in the following section illustrate this broad customer range.

    Заказчиков много, история одна
    Опираясь более чем на 120-летний опыт технологического развития, АББ продолжает выпускать продукты и оказывать услуги во многих отраслях, связанных с автоматизацией, генерацией энергии и робототехникой. Приведенные далее при меры иллюстрируют широкий диапазон таких заказчиков.

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    3.1.29 инновация (innovation): Конечный результат инновационной деятельности, получивший реализацию в виде нового или усовершенствованного продукта, реализуемого на рынке, нового или усовершенствованного технологического процесса, используемого в практической деятельности.

    Источник: ГОСТ Р 54147-2010: Стратегический и инновационный менеджмент. Термины и определения оригинал документа

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