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•• effective, efficient
•• Effective 1. having an effect; able to bring about the results intended.... 3. actual or existing (A.S. Hornby).
•• Efficient 1. (of persons) capable, able to perform duties well. 2. producing a desired or satisfactory result (A.S. Hornby).
•• В повседневном словоупотреблении носители английского языка часто не проводят различия между этими двумя словами. Но переводчик-профессионал не может себе этого позволить. Итак, ближе всего к нашему слову эффективный английское efficient (соответственно эффективность – efficiency). Effective тоже иногда употребляется в этом значении (ближе к русскому действенный), но чаще означает фактический, настоящий, подлинный, реальный. Например, effective date – фактическая дата; effective rate – реальная ставка; this resolution is effective as of... – резолюция вступает в силу с...
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