to gain traction

•• 1. With his plan to lower the cost of health care for most Americans, “Gephardt has hit on a real Achilles’ heel, and he will get traction on it if he becomes the nominee,” said Rep. Ray LaHood. (R-Ill.) 2. One of the biggest temptations for lawmakers will be to lend the money rather than spend it outright. This approach has particular traction in the Senate, where a number of Republicans are endorsing it. 3. The message from Annan’s demoralized staff to the Bush administration was summed up by a senior U.N. official speaking to the Financial Times: “We wish you well, we hope you succeed, but we want to maintain our own integrity in case you don’t.” In other words, abandon ship. Not surprisingly, the resolution did not gain traction in this atmosphere. 4. “ People like Mikulski in Maryland,” said Matthew Crenson, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University. “It’s illustrative of how difficult it is for Republicans to gain traction in this state that they had to cast about for a candidate for so long.”
•• В принципе в переводе всех этих примеров подойдет слово поддержка (или сторонники). Это удачный контекстуальный перевод, но он, конечно, не описывает значения. Для его описания больше подойдут слова шансы на успех, перспективы, привлекательность.
•• Пример того, как вошедшее в моду слово приобретает эластичность, по сути не меняя своего значения, а просто за счет расширения метафоры, т.е. ее распространения на новые сферы:
•• The euro’s rise to a record high this week, driven by a skidding dollar, comes at a sensitive time for a European economic recovery that finally seems to be gaining a bit of traction. (International Herald Tribune)
•• Для переводчика это может создавать проблемы – ведь, например, в данном случае метафора «трения», «сцепления» в русском языке не работает. Видимо, надо менять метафору. Может быть, так: <...> экономичеcкая активность в Европе начинает, как кажется, потихоньку набирать обороты.
•• Следующий довольно трудный для перевода пример:
•• The minority in this country which is opposed to the U.N. is far more intense than the majority that seems to favor the U.N., so that the minority view has far more traction. (Atlantic)
•• Здесь – изрядно смазанная, но все-таки метафора, и ее придется заменить на другую (Я.И. Рецкер называл такой прием «адекватной заменой»). Думаю, можно попробовать, например, резонанс:
•• Меньшинство, настроенное против ООН, гораздо напористее, чем большинство, которое вроде бы поддерживает ООН, и поэтому мнение меньшинства имеет гораздо больший резонанс.
•• The Bush administration’s grand plan to reform the Middle East may be gaining traction even though most governments in the region remain deeply suspicious of the U.S. president and his proactive agenda. (Newsweek)
•• В переводе – еще одно контекстуальное соответствие:
•• Возможно, амбициозный план администрации по реформированию Ближнего Востока начинает работать/давать плоды, хотя большинство государств региона сохраняют глубоко подозрительное отношение к президенту США и его наступательной стратегии.
•• Здесь, конечно, интересны также слова proactive и agenda. Оба включены в «Мой несистематический словарь», и добавить здесь можно лишь то, что в русское словоупотребление понемногу входит слово проактивный, но мне оно не очень нравится по уже отмеченной причине – в слове активный (в отличие от английского active) это значение и так есть.
•• (В скобках замечу, что у слова traction есть специализированное медицинское значение – вытяжение. Англо-французский словарь дает to be in traction – être en extension. По-русски – лежать на вытяжке.)
•• Помимо to gain traction нередко встречается to gain purchase:
•• We are fast approaching the fifty year anniversary of Harry S. Truman’s inaugural presidential address in which the idea of ‘underdeveloped areas’ first gained purchase in the universe of public discourse. - <...> инаугурационная речь президента Трумэна, в которой впервые прозвучали слова, впоследствии получившие широкое распространение в политической речи, - « слаборазвитые районы».
•• Then the format shrank even more as cassette tapes gained purchase over eight-tracks, finally eclipsing them in the era just prior to compact discs.
•• В данном случае подойдет антонимический перевод:
•• <...> этот формат начал уступать позиции кассетам. To gain purchase over - возможно и вытеснить.
•• Интересно все-таки, что при наличии, казалось бы, полностью синонимичных to gain ground и to gain momentum языку понадобилось и to gain traction. Как и всякая языковая мода, это не всем нравится. Один канадский профессор охарактеризовал как some of the worst examples of writing and thinking I have seen in my entire career следующую фразу: It took the first album about half a year to gain traction among the American youth. Что тут возразить? Нравится слово traction или нет – дело вкуса. Как сказала одна моя коллега в ООН, traction is not a word I would use. Но оно есть, и по «закону языковой моды» чем чаще оно употребляется, тем эластичнее становится его значение. Можно, пожалуй, студентам давать как упражнение на лексическую изобретательность в переводе.
•• Вот еще пара примеров:
•• The government’s policies are gaining traction. South Africa’s corporations are investing and many white South Africans are returning home. (Newsweek)
•• Здесь, конечно, напрашивается <...> политика правительства начинает давать результаты. В рамках того же значения – совершенно не «словарный», контекстуальный вариант перевода:
•• While America’s ambitions in the “greater Middle East” <...> will probably still make its debut at three international summits next month, it’s unlikely to generate much traction any time soon. (Washington Post) – <...> существенного продвижения вперед в обозримом будущем достичь вряд ли удастся.
•• Напоследок: это слово, пожалуй, неплохо подойдет при переводе известного процесс пошел – the process has gained/is gaining traction.

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- accumulation coefficient
- adhesion coefficient
- adsorption coefficient
- air permeability coefficient
- amplification coefficient
- angular coefficient
- attenuation coefficient
- average gain coefficient
- backward scattering coefficient
- bending-moment coefficient
- bending-stiffness coefficient
- block coefficient
- center distance modification coefficient
- coefficient of absorption
- coefficient of amplification
- coefficient of collar friction
- coefficient of compressibility
- coefficient of contact friction
- coefficient of correction
- coefficient of corrosion
- coefficient of discharge
- coefficient of dynamic stiffness
- coefficient of efficiency
- coefficient of elasticity
- coefficient of engagement
- coefficient of expansion
- coefficient of friction
- coefficient of hardness
- coefficient of heat conduction
- coefficient of heat conductivity
- coefficient of heat passage
- coefficient of heat transfer
- coefficient of heat transmission
- coefficient of impact
- coefficient of increase of the average output velocity
- coefficient of journal friction
- coefficient of kinetic friction
- coefficient of leakage
- coefficient of lift
- coefficient of linear expansion
- coefficient of load
- coefficient of mechanical efficiency
- coefficient of merit
- coefficient of mutual overlap
- coefficient of nonuniformity of motion
- coefficient of reduction
- coefficient of resistance
- coefficient of restitution
- coefficient of rigidity
- coefficient of starting friction
- coefficient of static friction
- coefficient of superficial expansion
- coefficient of thermal efficiency
- coefficient of tooth friction
- coefficient of utilization
- coefficient of velocity
- coefficient of volume expansion
- coefficient of volumetric expansibility
- compliance coefficient
- compression coefficient
- compressive-buckling coefficient
- confidence coefficient
- control action coefficient
- control coefficient
- correlation coefficient
- coupling coefficient
- critical stress coefficient
- damping coefficient
- decay coefficient
- deflection coefficient
- dielectric coefficient
- dimensionless coefficient
- discharge coefficient
- distortion coefficient
- distribution coefficient
- elastic coefficient
- energy absorption coefficient
- energy transfer coefficient
- expansion coefficient
- extinction coefficient
- feedback coefficient
- flow coefficient
- force coefficient
- friction coefficient
- fusion coefficient
- gain coefficient
- general gain coefficient
- heat transfer coefficient
- heat transmission coefficient
- heat-conduction coefficient
- hydrodynamic loss coefficient
- inertial coefficient
- influence coefficient
- interference coefficient
- internal damping coefficient
- interpolation coefficient
- ionization gage coefficient
- irregularity coefficient
- kinematic coefficient
- lag coefficient
- literal coefficient
- loss coefficient
- magnetic coefficient
- modification coefficient
- nondimensional coefficient
- numerical coefficient
- overall coefficient
- overall heat transfer coefficient
- overall steady-flow coefficient
- pairwise similarity coefficient
- periodical coefficient
- pipe resistance coefficient
- position error coefficient
- power loading coefficient
- pressure coefficient
- pressure-drop coefficient
- profile drag coefficient
- profile shift coefficient
- proportional action coefficient
- pulsation coefficient
- recalculation coefficient
- reduced heat transmission coefficient
- reduction coefficient
- reflection coefficient
- relative improvement coefficient
- reliability coefficient
- reset coefficient
- restoring coefficient
- roughness coefficient
- safety coefficient
- SAW coupling coefficient
- scale coefficient
- serial expansion coefficient
- shear stiffness coefficient
- shifting coefficient
- similarity coefficient
- slip coefficient
- specific utilization coefficient
- speed coefficient
- surface heat exchange coefficient
- temperature coefficient of resistivity
- temperature coefficient
- temperature diffusivity coefficient of the material
- thermal expansion coefficient
- thermal storage capacity coefficient of the material
- total heat transfer coefficient
- traction coefficient
- transfer-function coefficient
- transmission coefficient
- trial coefficient
- utilization coefficient
- vapor permeability coefficient of the material
- variable coefficient
- velocity error coefficient
- volume coefficient
- weighting coefficient

- adjusting characteristic
- amplitude-frequency characteristic
- amplitude-phase-frequency characteristic
- attenuation characteristic
- axial force characteristic of blade wheel
- behavior characteristics
- coated characteristics
- control characteristic
- controlled plant characteristic
- cutoff characteristics
- damping characteristics
- design characteristics
- dimensionless characteristics
- directional characteristic
- dissipative force characteristic
- dissipative torque characteristic
- drooping characteristic
- dynamic characteristic
- dynamic external characteristic
- energy-time characteristic
- external characteristic
- falling characteristic
- fatigue characteristic
- flow characteristic
- frequency characteristic
- frequency response characteristic
- gain-frequency characteristic
- gain-phase characteristic
- hardening characteristic
- harmonic response characteristic
- heat-to-oil characteristic
- hydrodynamic characteristics
- impedance characteristic
- inherent characteristic
- internal characteristic
- laser characteristics
- laser output power-current characteristics
- limiter characteristic
- linear characteristic
- load bearing characteristics
- load characteristic
- lumped characteristic
- mechanical characteristic
- nonload characteristic
- operating characteristics
- operational characteristics
- overall characteristic
- overload characteristic
- path-following characteristics
- performance characteristics
- phase-frequency characteristic
- phase-shift characteristic
- piecewise characteristic
- plant characteristic
- process characteristic
- programming characteristic
- pulse response characteristic
- qualitative characteristic
- quality characteristic
- reduced characteristic
- regulation characteristic
- relative external characteristic
- resistance temperature characteristic
- response characteristic
- restoring force characteristic
- restoring torque characteristic
- rigid characteristic
- rising characteristic
- runaway characteristic
- run-down characteristic
- running characteristics
- saturation characteristic
- search characteristic
- service characteristics
- shape characteristics
- smooth running characteristic
- softening characteristic
- sound characteristics
- special characteristics
- spectral-response characteristic
- speed-torque characteristic of electric drive
- speed-torque characteristic of electrical drive
- standard external characteristic
- starting characteristic
- static external characteristic
- steady state characteristic
- subsurface characteristics
- temperature characteristic
- thermal characteristic
- time-current characteristic
- torque-voltage characteristic
- total external characteristic
- traction characteristic
- transfer characteristic
- transmission characteristic
- tribological characteristics
- tuning characteristic
- universal external characteristic
- valve characteristic
- vibration damping characteristics
- wear resistant characteristics
- windup characteristic
- working characteristic

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– absorption circuit
– alarm circuit
– alternating-current circuit
– analog circuit
– analogous circuit
– AND-to OR circuit
– AND-to-AND circuit
– antenna circuit
– anti-coincidence circuit
– anticoincidence circuit
– antihunt circuit
– arm circuit
– arm of circuit
– astable circuit
– balanced circuit
– balancing of a circuit
– band-elimination circuit
– be in traffic circuit
– bias circuit
– bipartite circuit
– blanking circuit
– blocking circuit
– boosted circuit
– bootstrap circuit
– braking circuit
– breadboard circuit
– break in circuit
– bridge circuit
– built-up circuit
– carry circuit
– cascode circuit
– cathode-coupled circuit
– checking circuit
– circuit algebra
– circuit analysis
– circuit breaker
– circuit capacitance
– circuit card
– circuit closer
– circuit closure
– circuit continuity
– circuit design
– circuit diagram
– circuit element
– circuit grade
– circuit matrix
– circuit noise
– circuit order
– circuit switching
– circuit technology
– circuit tester
– circuit theory
– circuit time
– circuit wiring
– clipper-limiter circuit
– closed circuit
– coding circuit
– coincidence circuit
– communication circuit
– comparison circuit
– compensating circuit
– complete circuit
– composite circuit
– control circuit
– conveyer circuit
– cord circuit
– corrector circuit
– counting circuit
– coupled circuit
– cryotron circuit
– current circuit
– cut in circuit
– de-emphasis circuit
– de-energize circuit
– dead circuit
– decoding circuit
– deemphasis circuit
– deenergizing circuit
– delay circuit
– derivation circuit
– derived circuit
– differentiating circuit
– digital circuit
– direct-current circuit
– disabling circuit
– discharge circuit
– distributed-parameter circuit
– divide-by-two circuit
– dividing circuit
– doubling circuit
– draw up circuit
– drive circuit
– dual circuit
– earth-return circuit
– electronic circuit
– enabling circuit
– energizing circuit
– engineer's circuit
– equalize circuit
– equivalent circuit
– excitation circuit
– exciting circuit
– exclusive OR circuit
– extend circuit
– feedback circuit
– ferroresonance circuit
– filament circuit
– finite circuit
– forward circuit
– gang circuit
– gate circuit
– ground circuit
– grounded-cathode circuit
– grounded-emitter circuit
– grounded-grid circuit
– guard circuit
– halving circuit
– high-frequency circuit
– high-speed circuit
– high-tension circuit
– hold a circuit
– hold circuit
– hybrid circuit
– idler circuit
– ignition circuit
– impulse circuit
– inclusive OR circuit
– incomplete circuit
– information circuit
– inhibit circuit
– injection circuit
– inland circuit
– inoperative circuit
– input circuit
– insulate circuit
– integrated circuit
– integrating circuit
– interruption of circuit
– interstage circuit
– inverter circuit
– isolating circuit
– isolation circuit
– keying circuit
– ladder circuit
– level circuit
– line circuit
– linear circuit
– linearity circuit
– load circuit
– local circuit
– logic circuit
– made circuit
– magnetic circuit
– main circuit
– marking circuit
– matrix circuit
– measuring circuit
– memory circuit
– metering circuit
– micrologic circuit
– microminiature circuit
– microprinted circuit
– microvave circuit
– mixing circuit
– mnemonic circuit
– modular circuit
– modulator circuit
– monitoring circuit
– monolithic circuit
– multichip circuit
– multifunction circuit
– multiple circuit
– multiplex circuit
– multiply-by-two circuit
– multiplying circuit
– multistable circuit
– narrow-gate circuit
– network circuit
– non-coincidence circuit
– nonlinear circuit
– NOR logic circuit
– NOT AND circuit
– not circuit
– NOT OR circuit
– NOT-AND circuit
– obtain circuit
– off-centering circuit
– open circuit
– open-wire circuit
– opposition circuit
– OR circuit
– OR-to-AND circuit
– OR-to-OR circuit
– oscillatory circuit
– output circuit
– parallel circuit
– parasitic circuit
– passive circuit
– period-computing circuit
– phantom circuit
– physical circuit
– planar circuit
– plank-magnetic circuit
– plated circuit
– polyphase circuit
– potted circuit
– power circuit
– primary circuit
– principle circuit
– printed circuit
– protect circuit
– protection circuit
– pulmonary circuit
– pulse-actuated circuit
– pulse-generating circuit
– pump circuit
– push-pull circuit
– radiotelephone circuit
– read circuit
– reciprocal circuit
– regenerative circuit
– reheat circuit
– rejecter circuit
– relaxation circuit
– reset circuit
– resistive circuit
– resonance circuit
– resonant circuit
– response of circuit
– return circuit
– ring-bus circuit
– ring-down circuit
– ringdown circuit
– safety circuit
– scale-of-five circuit
– scale-of-ten circuit
– scale-of-two circuit
– scaling circuit
– schematic circuit
– secondary circuit
– see-saw circuit
– seize a circuit
– self-exciting circuit
– semibutterfly circuit
– separation circuit
– sequence circuit
– sequential circuit
– series circuit
– shift circuit
– short circuit
– side circuit
– simplexed circuit
– single-channel circuit
– single-core circuit
– single-ended circuit
– single-wire circuit
– sling circuit
– software circuit
– solid-state circuit
– squaring circuit
– squelch circuit
– stabilizing circuit
– staggered circuit
– starting circuit
– steam-generating circuit
– stick circuit
– storage circuit
– subtraction circuit
– sweep circuit
– switch circuit
– switching circuit
– symmetrical circuit
– sync circuit
– synchronizing circuit
– systemic circuit
– talking circuit
– tank circuit
– tapped circuit
– telephone circuit
– testing circuit
– thick-film circuit
– thin-film circuit
– three-phase circuit
– through circuit
– timer circuit
– totem-pole-type circuit
– track circuit
– transfer circuit
– transistor circuit
– trap circuit
– voltage-doubling circuit
– water-slurry circuit
– water-steam circuit
– welding circuit
– write circuit

alignment of tuned circuit — < radio> подстройка контура

analog integrated circuit — аналоговая микросхема, аналоговая интегральная микросхема

antenna tuned circuit — антенный контур

aperiodic oscillatory circuit — колебательный апериодический

automatic circuit breaker — автомат защиты сети, выключатель автоматический

automatic circuit recloser — автомат повторного включения

automatic gain control circuit — АРУ

bridge-type balancing circuit — <electr.> схема мостовая компенсационная

bring into circuit — вводить в цепь

circuit chief's desk — стол измерительный и испытательный

circuit outage time — время простоя канала цепи связи

circuit under test — проверяемая ИС

close circuit conductively — замыкать цепь гальванически

closed circuit working — работа по схеме постоянного тока

closed track circuit — нормально-замкнутая рельсовая цепь

coding storage circuit — кодирующая запасающая схема

composite magnetic circuit — сложный магнитопровод

computerized circuit analysis — машинный анализ цепей

contactor controls a circuit — контактор коммутирует цепь

core-type magnetic circuit — магнитопровод стержневого типа

deposited integrated circuit — осажденная интегральная схема

digital integrated circuit — цифровая микросхема, цифровая ИМС

diode logic circuit — диодная логическая схема

diode logical circuit — диодная логическая схема

directly-coupled transistor circuit — схема с непосредственной связью на полупроводниковых триодах

double flip-flop circuit — <comput.> схема двухперекидная

double phantom circuit — суперфантомная цепь

double-rail track circuit — < railways> цепь рельсовая двухниточная

error indicating circuit — схема обнаружения ошибок

external load circuit — цепь внешней нагрузки

ferroresonant computing circuit — феррорезонансная вычислительная схема

film integrated circuit — пленочная микросхема, пленочная интегральная микросхема

gas-blast circuit breaker — выключатель с газовым дутьем, выключатель автокомпрессионный элегазовый

generating-station circuit break — генераторный выключатель

grid tuned circuit — сеточный контур

ground return circuit — цепь возврата через землю

half-wave track circuit — импульсная рельсовая цепь < railways>

Hartley oscillator circuit — индуктивная схема трехточки

hold circuit alive — держать цепь под напряжением

hybrid integrated circuit — гибридная микросхема, гибридная интегральная микросхема

input tuned circuit — входной контур

integrated circuit amplifier — усилитель на интегральных схемах

integrated circuit chip — чип с интегральными схемами

integrated circuit component — компонент интегральной схемы

integrated circuit gate — интегральный вентиль

integrated circuit module — интегральный модуль

integrated circuit package — корпус ИМС

integrated circuit resistor — резистор ИМС

integrated circuit substrate — подложка интегральной схемы

inter-train radio circuit — внутрипоездная радиосвязь

large-scale integration circuit — большая интегральная микросхема

lease wire circuit — арендованная цепь

line circuit breaker — линейный выключатель

linear integrated circuit — линейная микросхема

loop circuit signaling — передача импульсов двухпроводная

meter-reading access circuit — схема вывода показаний измерительного прибора

microprocessor integrated circuit — микропроцессорная интегральная микросхема

microwave integrated circuit — интегральная схема СВЧ диапазона, сверхвысокочастотная ИМС

monolithic integrated circuit — полупроводниковая микросхема

multipath magnetic circuit — разветвленный магнитопровод

multitank oil circuit breaker — камерный масляный выключатель

node of electric circuit — узел электрической цепи

ones complement circuit — схема дополнения до нуля

output tuned circuit — выходной контур

overcurrent circuit breaker — максимальный выключатель

packaged integrated circuit — микросхема в корпусе

place in the anode circuit — включать в анод

plate tuned circuit — анодный контур

primary circuit bus — шина первичной цепи

primary drive circuit — цепь передней передачи

primary tuned circuit — первичный контур

printed circuit board — печатная плата

pulse retardation circuit — схема задержки импульсов

reactance control circuit — управитель частоты

reclose circuit breaker — включать выключатель повторно

route release circuit — цепь размыкания маршрутов

sample and hold circuit — схема выборки и хранения

secondary circuit bus — шина вторичной цепи

secondary tuned circuit — вторичный контур

semiconducnor integrated circuit — полупроводниковая интегральная микросхема

series track circuit — < railways> цепь рельсовая конденсаторная

shell-type magnetic circuit — магнитопровод броневого типа

short circuit current — <electr.> ток короткого замыкания

short-haul toll circuit — линия пригородная

single tube circuit — циркуляционный простой контур

single-path magnetic circuit — неразветвленный магнитопровод

single-rail track circuit — однониточная рельсовая цепь, < railways> цепь рельсовая однониточная

single-shot trigger circuit — одноразовая пусковая схема

single-tank oil circuit breaker — баковый масляный выключатель

solid circuit filter — твердотельный фильтр

solid-state circuit component — твердотельный компонент

switch breaks circuit — выключатель размыкает цепь

switch makes circuit — выключатель замыкает цепь

take circuit for testing — брать цепь на поверку

thick-film integrated circuit — толстопленочная микросхема

thin-film integrated circuit — тонкопленочная микросхема

traction motor circuit — цепь тяговых двигателей

transfer circuit breaker — автомат включения резерва

trigger countdown circuit — делитель частоты запуска

turn-to-turn short circuit — междувитковое короткое замыкание

unloaded tuned circuit — колебательный одиночный контур

unpackaged integrated circuit — бескорпусная микросхема

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