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  • 1 foreign national holiday

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  • 2 foreign national holiday

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  • 4 holiday

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  • 5 national

    I n
    1. громадянин, підданий будь-якої держави
    2. pl співгромадяни, співвітчизники
    - nationals of the country of residence громадяни країни перебування
    - nationals of the country of the receiving state громадяни країни перебування
    - nationals established abroad громадяни будь-якої країни, що проживають за кордоном
    - nationals of a host country громадяни приймаючої країни/ держави перебування
    II adj
    1. національний, державний; народний, всенародний
    2. національний; що відноситься до нації/ національності; що відноситься до якогось народу
    - national anthem державний гімн
    - national command
    a) національні війська; війська держави
    b) війська держави, що входить у військовий союз
    - national Day національне свято, головне свято країни
    - national defence оборона країни
    - national defence information відомості, що становлять державну таємницю
    - national economy народне господарство; національна економіка
    - national elections загальні вибори
    - national emblem державний герб
    - national figure людина, яку знає вся країна, видатний діяч
    - national frontiers державні кордони
    - national genius дух народу
    - national government
    a) центр; національний уряд; (на відміну від властей штату, США)
    - national homeland батьківщина, вітчизна
    - national law юр. внутрідержавне/ національне право
    - national oppression національний гніт
    - national self-determination національне самовизначення, самовизначення народу
    - national spirit дух народу
    - national waters внутрішні води
    - national rights of the people національні права народу

    English-Ukrainian diplomatic dictionary > national

  • 6 national

    adjective (of or belonging to a particular nation: national government; national pride.) nacional
    national adj nacional
    tr['næʃənəl]
    1 nacional
    1 súbdito,-a, ciudadano,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    national anthem himno nacional
    national costume traje nombre masculino típico nacional
    national debt deuda pública
    national dress traje nombre masculino típico nacional
    national government gobierno nacional de coalición
    national grid SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL red nombre femenino nacional de tendido eléctrico
    National Guard SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL Guardia Nacional
    National Health Service SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ≈ Insalud nombre masculino
    National Insurance ≈ Seguridad nombre femenino Social
    national service SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL servicio militar
    National Trust SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL organización que vela por la conservación del patrimonio nacional, tanto natural como arquitectónico
    national ['næʃənəl] adj
    : nacional
    : ciudadano m, -na f; nacional mf
    adj.
    gentilicio, -a adj.
    nacional adj.
    n.
    nacional s.m.

    I 'næʃṇəl, 'næʃənḷ
    adjective nacional

    national holidayfiesta f nacional, fiesta f patria (AmL)


    II
    noun ciudadano, -na m,f
    ['næʃǝnl]
    1. ADJ
    1) (=of one nation) nacional
    2) (=nationwide) [newspaper, economy] nacional; [election, campaign] a nivel nacional
    2. N
    1) (=person) ciudadano(-a) m / f
    2) (=newspaper) periódico m nacional
    3.
    CPD

    national anthem Nhimno m nacional

    National Assistance N(Brit) (formerly) subsidio (al necesitado)

    national bank N (state-owned) banco m nacional, banco m estatal; (US) (commercial) banco que forma parte del Sistema de Reservas Federal

    national costume Ntraje m típico nacional

    National Curriculum N(Brit) plan de estudios oficial que se sigue en las escuelas de enseñanza pública de Inglaterra y País de Gales

    national debt Ndeuda f pública

    national dress N= national costume

    the National Front N(Brit) el Frente Nacional (británico) (partido político de extrema derecha e ideología racista)

    national government Ngobierno m nacional

    national grid Nred f eléctrica nacional

    the National Health (Service) N(Brit) servicio de asistencia pública sanitaria

    to have an operation done on the National Health (Service) operarse por la Seguridad Social or el Seguro

    national heritage Npatrimonio m nacional

    national holiday N(esp US) fiesta f, día m festivo, (día m) feriado m (LAm)

    National Insurance N(Brit) Seguridad f Social

    National Insurance contributionscotizaciones fpl a la Seguridad Social, aportes mpl a la Seguridad Social (S. Cone)

    National Insurance numbernúmero m de la Seguridad Social

    the National Lottery N(Brit) la lotería primitiva

    national monument Nmonumento m nacional

    national park Nparque m nacional

    national press Nprensa f nacional

    National Savings (Bank) N(Brit) caja f postal de ahorros

    National Savings Certificate N(Brit) bono m del Estado

    national security Nseguridad f nacional

    the National Security Council N(US) el Consejo para la Seguridad Nacional

    national service N — (Mil) servicio m militar

    to do (one's) national service — hacer el servicio militar, hacer la mili *

    the National Trust N(Brit) la Dirección General del Patrimonio Nacional

    NATIONAL GUARD La National Guard (Guardia Nacional) es una organización estadounidense que recluta voluntarios no profesionales a los que se prepara para colaborar con el ejército profesional y las fuerzas aéreas en tiempos de crisis. Los requisitos para alistarse son los mismos que para el ejército normal y, aunque su preparación la dirige el gobierno federal, sus miembros pueden ser movilizados para ayudar en situaciones de emergencia, catástrofes naturales y el control de situaciones excepcionales de violencia civil. Los miembros de la National Guard tienen que prestar juramento de fidelidad a los EE.UU. y al estado al que pertenecen. NATIONAL TRUST El National Trust es una organización benéfica británica que se dedica a la conservación de lugares del patrimonio histórico-artístico o de parajes naturales. Se financia a través de donaciones, aportaciones de los socios, y dinero procedente de la venta de entradas, souvenirs y de las cafeterías o restaurantes que suele haber en muchos de estos lugares.
    * * *

    I ['næʃṇəl, 'næʃənḷ]
    adjective nacional

    national holidayfiesta f nacional, fiesta f patria (AmL)


    II
    noun ciudadano, -na m,f

    English-spanish dictionary > national

  • 7 foreign

    'forən
    1) (belonging to a country other than one's own: a foreign passport.) extranjero
    2) ((with to) not naturally part of: Anger was foreign to her nature.) ajeno a
    foreign adj extranjero
    tr['fɒrɪn]
    1 (from abroad) extranjero,-a
    3 (strange) ajeno,-a, extraño,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    foreign aid ayuda exterior
    foreign body cuerpo extraño
    foreign language lengua extranjera, idioma nombre masculino extranjero
    foreign legion legión nombre femenino extranjera
    Foreign Minister Ministro,-a de Asuntos Exteriores
    Foreign Ministry Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
    Foreign Office SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
    foreign policy política exterior
    Foreign Secretary SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL Ministro,-a de Asuntos Exteriores
    foreign trade comercio exterior
    foreign ['fɔrən] adj
    1) : extranjero, exterior
    foreign countries: países extranjeros
    foreign trade: comercio exterior
    2) alien: ajeno, extraño
    foreign to their nature: ajeno a su carácter
    a foreign body: un cuerpo extraño
    adj.
    advenedizo, -a adj.
    ajeno, -a adj.
    exterior adj.
    extranjero, -a adj.
    extraño, -a adj.
    forastero, -a adj.
    foráneo, -a adj.
    'fɔːrən, 'fɑː-, 'fɒrən
    1)
    a) <custom/country/language> extranjero
    b) <policyade/relations> exterior

    foreign debtdeuda f externa

    2) ( alien)

    to be foreign TO something/somebody — ser* ajeno a algo/alguien

    3) ( Med) extraño
    ['fɒrɪn]
    1. ADJ
    1) (gen) [person, country, language] extranjero; [import] del extranjero; [debt] exterior

    foreign newsnoticias fpl internacionales

    2) (Pol) [minister, ministry] de asuntos exteriores; [policy, relations] exterior
    3) frm (=extraneous) [object, substance] extraño
    4)

    foreign to

    a) (=uncharacteristic of) ajeno a, impropio de
    b) (=unfamiliar to) ajeno a
    2.
    CPD

    foreign affairs NPLasuntos mpl exteriores

    Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretario(-a) m / f de Estado para Asuntos Exteriores

    foreign affairs correspondent Ncorresponsal mf de asuntos exteriores

    foreign agent Nagente mf extranjero(-a)

    foreign aid N(=aid to other countries) ayuda f al extranjero, ayuda f internacional; (=aid from abroad) ayuda f internacional

    foreign body Nfrm cuerpo m extraño frm

    foreign correspondent Ncorresponsal mf en el extranjero

    foreign currency Nmoneda f extranjera

    foreign currency income Ningresos mpl de moneda extranjera

    tourism is a major source of our foreign currency income — el turismo es una importante fuente de ingresos de moneda extranjera para nuestro país

    foreign debt Ndeuda f externa or exterior

    foreign exchange N(=currency) divisas fpl ; (=reserves) reservas fpl de divisas; (=market) mercado m de divisas; (=system) cambio m de divisas

    foreign exchange dealer Nagente mf de cambio, operador(a) m / f cambiario(-a) or de cambio

    foreign exchange market Nmercado m de divisas

    foreign exchange rate Ntipo m de cambio de divisas

    foreign exchange trader N= foreign exchange dealer

    foreign exchange trading Noperaciones fpl de cambio (de divisas)

    foreign investment N (from abroad) inversión f extranjera; (in other countries) inversión f en el extranjero

    Foreign Minister NMinistro(-a) m / f de Asuntos Exteriores

    Foreign Ministry NMinisterio m de Asuntos Exteriores

    foreign national Nciudadano(-a) m / f extranjero(-a)

    the Foreign Office N(Brit) el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores

    foreign policy Npolítica f exterior

    Foreign Secretary N(Brit) Ministro(-a) m / f de Asuntos Exteriores

    foreign service N(US) servicio m exterior

    foreign trade Ncomercio m exterior

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    ['fɔːrən, 'fɑː-, 'fɒrən]
    1)
    a) <custom/country/language> extranjero
    b) <policy/trade/relations> exterior

    foreign debtdeuda f externa

    2) ( alien)

    to be foreign TO something/somebody — ser* ajeno a algo/alguien

    3) ( Med) extraño

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  • 8 holiday

    English-Ukrainian diplomatic dictionary > holiday

  • 9 national

    I
    [΄næʃnəl] n հայրենակից, հա մա քաղաքացի. հպատակ. foreign nationals օտար հպատակներ
    II
    [΄næʃnəl] a ազգային, ժո ղովրդական, պետական. national dress/holiday ազգային հագուստ/տոն. national anthem/flag պետական օրհ ներգ/դրոշ. national park արգելոց, արգելավայր. national economy ժողովրդական տնտեսություն. national emergency արտակարգ դրություն երկրում. the national press կենտրոնական մամուլ. national defence երկրի պաշտպանությունը. national security ազգային անվտանգություն. national service զինվորական ծառայություն

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  • 10 праздник

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  • 11 национальный праздник представляемой страны

    Diplomatic term: foreign national holiday

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  • 12 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

  • 13 bank

    ̈ɪbæŋk I
    1. сущ.
    1) вал, насыпь
    2) берег( реки) ;
    край;
    тж. перен. The left bank of the glacier. ≈ Левый край ледника. Within the banks of his remembrance. ≈ Насколько он мог помнить.
    3) банка, отмель
    4) нанос;
    занос bank of cloudsгряда облаков
    5) авиац. крен (специально создаваемый летчиком при выполнении виража)
    6) горн. залежь, пласт
    7) уст. муравейник
    2. гл.
    1) делать насыпь
    2) образовать заносы, кучи (тж. to bank up) The morning began fine, but now clouds are banking up. ≈ Утро было отличное, но теперь на небе появились облака. The wind had banked the snow up against the wall. ≈ От сильного ветра у стены вырос огромный сугроб.
    3) а) сгребать в кучу, наваливать;
    окружать валом Every spring we have to bank up the river to prevent flooding. ≈ Весной нам приходится насыпать валы вдоль реки, чтобы нас не затопило. At night we bank the fire up so that it is still burning in the morning. ≈ Вечером мы сгребаем уголья в кучу, чтобы утром они еще тлели. б) готовить лес к сплаву
    4) авиац. закладывать вираж
    5) играть от борта (на биллиарде - шар отскакивает рикошетом от борта и ударяет другой)
    6) высаживаться на берег, сгружать на берег II
    1. сущ.
    1) банк to open an account in/with a bank ≈ открыть счет в банке to charter bank;
    to establish a bankучредить банк central bankцентральный банк commercial bankкоммерческий банк credit bankкредитный банк drive-in bank ≈ банк, где обслуживают клиентов прямо в автомобилях national bankнациональный банк people's bankнародный банк pet bank ≈ банк-любимчик (банк, в котором хранятся государственные средства вследствие особого расположения властей) postal savings bank ≈ почтово-сберегательный банк state bankгосударственный банк merchant bankкоммерческий банк savings bank ≈ сберегательный банк bank of issueэмиссионный банк the Bank for Foreign Trade of Russia ≈ Внешторгбанк России bank accountсчет в банке bank currencyбанкноты, выпущенные в обращение национальными банками bank holidayофициальный нерабочий день (установленный законом)
    2) карт. банк break the bank
    3) место хранения запасов - blood bank data bank ∙ you can't put it in the bank ≈ амер.;
    разг. это ни к чему, от этого никакого толку
    2. гл.
    1) класть (деньги) в банк;
    держать( деньги) в банке;
    откладывать bank with
    2) карт. метать банк
    3) держать банк, быть владельцем банка Giovanni Medici had been a banker before everything, Cosimo an administrator. Lorenzo continued to bank but mismanaged the work and lost heavily. ≈ Джованни Медичи был прежде всего банкиром, Козимо - администратором. Лоренцо тоже вел банковские дела, но шли они неважно и он нес большие убытки.
    4) сдавать выручку в банк;
    обналичивать
    5) хранить что-л. про запас (кровь и т.д.) ∙ bank on bank upon III сущ. ист.
    1) скамья, банка ( в лодке)
    2) ряд весел (на исторических судах типа трирем и кватрирем, имевших несколько рядов весел один над другим)
    3) мануал (органа) ;
    ряд клавиш( на пишущей машинке) The organ of Riga Dome has four banks. ≈ У органа Рижского Домского Собора четыре мануала.
    4) верстакнекоторых ремеслах)
    5) архаич. суд (от скамьи, на которой сидели судьи)
    6) дно емкости для плавления стекла
    7) тех. набор одинаковых устройств для массовой работы (напр., в старых АТС)
    вал, насыпь;
    дамба - to dig up a * of earth возвести земляной вал крутой склон берег (реки, озера) отмель, банка, риф - oyster * устричная отмель /банка/ - fisheries * (специальное) рыбная банка - ice * ледяное поле нанос, занос - snow *s сугробы, снежные заносы - the * of clouds spelled rain гряда облаков предвещала дождь - we ran into a * of fog мы попали в полосу тумана борт бильярдного стола (авиация) крен, вираж (горное) забой;
    залежь - * of ore пластообразная рудная залежь (горное) уступ( горное) устье шахты сгребать в кучу;
    наваливать - to * snow сгребать снег в кучи - the chairs were *ed one upon the other стулья взгромоздили один на другой делать насыпь;
    окружать валом, насыпью - to * in окапываться громоздиться, вздыматься - clouds are *ing along the horizon облака скучились на горизонте;
    горизонт затянут облаками запруживать окружать, окаймлять - the river is *ed high on both sides река заключена в крутые берега прикрывать (костер) валежником (чтобы он горел спокойно и долго) (авиация) делать вираж;
    накреняться сесть на мель (гребля) (сленг) играть шара от борта (бильярд) банк - B. of England, the B. Английский банк (государственный банк Великобритании) - branch * отделение банка - * of issue /of circulation/ эмиссионный банк - to keep an account at a * иметь счет в банке - to keep an account with the National B. иметь счет в государственном банке копилка - father gave her a quarter for her piggy * отец дал ей двадцать пять центов (положить) в копилку (историческое) лавка ростовщика;
    стол или лавка менялы фонд;
    общий запас;
    резерв - blood * запас /банк/ крови (для переливания) ;
    донорский пункт - cornea * запас роговицы( для пересадки) банк (в азартных играх) - to keep the * держать банк - to break the * сорвать банк > he is as safe as a * он вполне надужный человек > in the * в убытке > three discount houses were in the * for a small amount три учетные конторы понесли небольшой убыток > to keep smth. in * держать что-л. про запас > you can't put it in the * (американизм) из спасиба шубу не сошьешь класть деньги в банк;
    держать, иметь деньги в банке или сберкассе - to * at /with/ the B. of England держать деньги в Английском банке;
    (финансовое) вести дела с Английским банком владеть банком, быть банкиром;
    заниматься банковским делом превращать (имущество) в деньги - to * an estate продать имение метать банк (в картах и т. п.) (on, upon) (разговорное) рассчитывать, полагаться - to * on /upon/ smb.'s support рассчитывать на чью-л. поддержку - I was *ing on his honesty when I closed the deal я полагался на его честность, когда заключал сделку - you can * on it being true можете быть уверены - это правда преим. (специальное) рад, комплект, набор;
    серия - * of cylinders блок цилиндров - * of boilers батарея котлов - * of needles( текстильное) ряд игл;
    игольница - * of sieves набор сит - * of lamps (кинематографический) осветительный агрегат - * of keys клавиатура( пишущей машинки, линотипа, органа и т. п.) (устаревшее) скамья (на галере и т. п.) (устаревшее) суд;
    судебное присутствие верстак (полиграфия) подзаголовок( специальное) группировать для совместной работы;
    комплектовать - the electric lamps were *ed in rows of ten электролампы были сгруппированы по десять в ряд
    advising ~ банк-консультант
    agency ~ банк-посредник
    agent ~ банк-агент
    bank карт. банк;
    to break the bank сорвать банк ~ банк;
    bank of issue эмиссионный банк;
    to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке ~ банк ~ банкирский дом ~ берег (особ. реки) ~ быть банкиром ~ быть банкиром ~ вал, насыпь ~ ист. верстак (в некоторых ремеслах) ~ владеть банком ~ вносить деньги в банк ~ тех. группа( баллонов, трансформаторов и т. п.) ~ вчт. группа устройств ~ ав. делать вираж;
    накреняться ~ делать насыпь ~ держать деньги в банке ~ горн. залежь, пласт (руды, угля в открытых разработках) ~ заниматься банковским делом ~ запас ~ запруживать ~ играть шара от борта, бортов (на бильярде) ~ касса ~ ист. клавиатура (органа) ;
    bank of keys полигр. клавиатура линотипа ~ класть (деньги) в банк;
    держать (деньги) в банке;
    откладывать ~ кредитное учреждение ~ ав. крен ~ место хранения запасов ~ карт. метать банк;
    to bank (up) (on smb.) полагаться (на кого-л.) ~ карт. метать банк;
    to bank (up) (on smb.) полагаться (на кого-л.) ~ нанос;
    занос;
    bank of snow снежный занос;
    сугроб;
    bank of clouds гряда облаков ~ образовать наносы( о песке, снеге;
    часто bank up) ~ отмель, банка ~ полный состав суда ~ ист. ряд весел (на галере) ~ сгребать (в кучу), наваливать;
    окружать валом ~ ист. скамья (на галере) ~ суд ~ судейская скамья ~ фонд Bank: Bank: World ~ Международный банк реконструкции и развития
    ~ attr. банковый, банковский;
    bank account счет в банке;
    bank currency банкноты, выпущенные в обращение национальными банками
    ~ attr. банковый, банковский;
    bank account счет в банке;
    bank currency банкноты, выпущенные в обращение национальными банками
    ~ holiday установленные или дополнительные неприсутственные дни для английских служащих;
    you can't put it in the bank амер. разг. это ни к чему, от этого толку мало
    ~ нанос;
    занос;
    bank of snow снежный занос;
    сугроб;
    bank of clouds гряда облаков
    ~ банк;
    bank of issue эмиссионный банк;
    to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке ~ of issue эмиссионный банк
    ~ ист. клавиатура (органа) ;
    bank of keys полигр. клавиатура линотипа
    ~ нанос;
    занос;
    bank of snow снежный занос;
    сугроб;
    bank of clouds гряда облаков
    blood ~ донорский пункт blood ~ запас консервированной крови и плазмы для переливания blood ~ запасы консервированной крови для переливания blood ~ хранилище консервированной крови и плазмы
    bank карт. банк;
    to break the bank сорвать банк
    chartered ~ банк, созданный на основе королевского декрета (Великобритания) chartered ~ банк, созданный на основе Закона о банках (Канада)
    clearing ~ банк - член расчетной палаты clearing ~ клиринговый банк
    commercial ~ коммерческий банк
    consortium ~ консорциальный банк
    correspondent ~ (амер.) банк-корреспондент correspondent ~ банк-корреспондент
    credit ~ кредитный банк
    data ~ вчт. банк данных data ~ банк данных data ~ вчт. банк данных data ~ вчт. информационный банк data ~ вчт. хранилище данных
    district ~ окружной банк district ~ районный банк
    drawee ~ банк, на который выписан чек drawee ~ банк-трассат
    federally chartered ~ федеральный коммерческий банк
    giro ~ жиробанк
    joint-stock ~ акционерный коммерческий банк
    learning element ~ банк учебных материалов;
    собрание учебных материалов
    lending ~ кредитный банк lending ~ ссудный банк
    loan ~ кредитный банк loan ~ ссудный банк
    member ~ банк - член Федеральной резервной системы
    merchant ~ коммерческий банк merchant ~ торговый банк
    money-center ~ банк, наиболее активно оперирующий на денежном рынке money-center ~ банк в ведущем финансовом центре
    mutual savings ~ взаимно-сберегательный банк (США)
    national ~ национальный банк national: ~ государственный;
    national anthem государственный гимн;
    national bank государственный банк;
    national park амер. заповедник;
    национальный парк
    nationwide ~ государственный банк
    note issuing ~ эмиссионнный банк
    ~ банк;
    bank of issue эмиссионный банк;
    to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке
    parent ~ банк, владеющий контрольным пакетом акций другого банка parent ~ родительский банк
    paying ~ банк-плательщик
    piggy ~ копилка
    post office ~ почтово-сберегательный банк
    postal savings ~ почтово-сберегательный банк
    private ~ неакционерный банк private ~ семейный банк private ~ частный банк private ~ частный банкирский дом
    private credit ~ частный кредитный банк
    public ~ государственный банк
    public savings ~ государственный сберегательный банк
    satellite ~ банк-спутник
    savings ~ сберегательный банк
    state ~ государственный банк
    syndicated ~ банковский консорциум
    term ~ банк терминов
    trustee savings ~ доверительно-сберегательный банк (Великобритания)
    ~ holiday установленные или дополнительные неприсутственные дни для английских служащих;
    you can't put it in the bank амер. разг. это ни к чему, от этого толку мало

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > bank

  • 14 bank

    [̈ɪbæŋk]
    accepting bank банк-акцептант advising bank банк-консультант agency bank банк-посредник agent bank банк-агент bank карт. банк; to break the bank сорвать банк bank банк; bank of issue эмиссионный банк; to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке bank банк bank банкирский дом bank берег (особ. реки) bank быть банкиром bank быть банкиром bank вал, насыпь bank ист. верстак (в некоторых ремеслах) bank владеть банком bank вносить деньги в банк bank тех. группа (баллонов, трансформаторов и т. п.) bank вчт. группа устройств bank ав. делать вираж; накреняться bank делать насыпь bank держать деньги в банке bank горн. залежь, пласт (руды, угля в открытых разработках) bank заниматься банковским делом bank запас bank запруживать bank играть шара от борта, бортов (на бильярде) bank касса bank ист. клавиатура (органа); bank of keys полигр. клавиатура линотипа bank класть (деньги) в банк; держать (деньги) в банке; откладывать bank кредитное учреждение bank ав. крен bank место хранения запасов bank карт. метать банк; to bank (up) (on smb.) полагаться (на кого-л.) bank карт. метать банк; to bank (up) (on smb.) полагаться (на кого-л.) bank нанос; занос; bank of snow снежный занос; сугроб; bank of clouds гряда облаков bank образовать наносы (о песке, снеге; часто bank up) bank отмель, банка bank полный состав суда bank ист. ряд весел (на галере) bank сгребать (в кучу), наваливать; окружать валом bank ист. скамья (на галере) bank суд bank судейская скамья bank фонд Bank: Bank: World bank Международный банк реконструкции и развития bank attr. банковый, банковский; bank account счет в банке; bank currency банкноты, выпущенные в обращение национальными банками bank attr. банковый, банковский; bank account счет в банке; bank currency банкноты, выпущенные в обращение национальными банками bank holiday установленные или дополнительные неприсутственные дни для английских служащих; you can't put it in the bank амер. разг. это ни к чему, от этого толку мало bank нанос; занос; bank of snow снежный занос; сугроб; bank of clouds гряда облаков bank банк; bank of issue эмиссионный банк; to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке bank of issue эмиссионный банк bank ист. клавиатура (органа); bank of keys полигр. клавиатура линотипа bank нанос; занос; bank of snow снежный занос; сугроб; bank of clouds гряда облаков blood bank донорский пункт blood bank запас консервированной крови и плазмы для переливания blood bank запасы консервированной крови для переливания blood bank хранилище консервированной крови и плазмы bank карт. банк; to break the bank сорвать банк central bank центральный банк chartered bank банк, созданный на основе королевского декрета (Великобритания) chartered bank банк, созданный на основе Закона о банках (Канада) clearing bank банк - член расчетной палаты clearing bank клиринговый банк commercial bank коммерческий банк consortium bank консорциальный банк cooperative bank кооперативный банк cooperative credit bank кооперативный кредитный банк cooperative savings bank кооперативный сберегательный банк correspondent bank (амер.) банк-корреспондент correspondent bank банк-корреспондент credit bank кредитный банк data bank вчт. банк данных data bank банк данных data bank вчт. банк данных data bank вчт. информационный банк data bank вчт. хранилище данных development bank банк развития district bank окружной банк district bank районный банк domestic bank внутренний банк domestic bank местный банк domestic bank отечественный банк drawee bank банк, на который выписан чек drawee bank банк-трассат federally chartered bank федеральный коммерческий банк foreign bank иностранный банк full-service bank универсальный банк giro bank жиробанк investment bank инвестиционный банк issuing bank банк-эмитент joint-stock bank акционерный коммерческий банк leading bank ведущий банк leading bank головной банк learning element bank банк учебных материалов; собрание учебных материалов lending bank кредитный банк lending bank ссудный банк loan bank кредитный банк loan bank ссудный банк major bank крупный банк member bank банк - член Федеральной резервной системы memory bank вчт. банк памяти merchant bank коммерческий банк merchant bank торговый банк mobile bank передвижной банк money-center bank банк, наиболее активно оперирующий на денежном рынке money-center bank банк в ведущем финансовом центре mortgage bank ипотечный банк mutual savings bank взаимно-сберегательный банк (США) national bank национальный банк national: bank государственный; national anthem государственный гимн; national bank государственный банк; national park амер. заповедник; национальный парк nationwide bank государственный банк note issuing bank эмиссионнный банк bank банк; bank of issue эмиссионный банк; to open an account in (или with) a bank открыть счет в банке opening bank банк, выдающий аккредитив parent bank банк, владеющий контрольным пакетом акций другого банка parent bank родительский банк paying bank банк-плательщик piggy bank копилка post office bank почтово-сберегательный банк postal savings bank почтово-сберегательный банк prime bank основной банк principal bank основной банк private bank неакционерный банк private bank семейный банк private bank частный банк private bank частный банкирский дом private credit bank частный кредитный банк provincial bank провинциальный банк public bank государственный банк public savings bank государственный сберегательный банк regional bank региональный банк retail bank розничный банк satellite bank банк-спутник savings bank сберегательный банк secondary bank второстепенный банк security deposit bank банк, принимающий на хранение ценные бумаги state bank государственный банк subsidiary bank филиал банка syndicated bank банковский консорциум term bank банк терминов trustee savings bank доверительно-сберегательный банк (Великобритания) universal bank универсальный банк bank holiday установленные или дополнительные неприсутственные дни для английских служащих; you can't put it in the bank амер. разг. это ни к чему, от этого толку мало

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  • 15 American English

    •• American English / British English

    •• Любой разговор о различиях американского и британского вариантов английского языка нельзя не начать со знаменитого, «зацитированного до дыр» высказывания Оскара Уайльда. Приведу его по книге Reader’s Digest Success With Words: Oscar Wilde’s Description of Britain and America as “two great nations divided by a common language” contains truth as well as wit [знаменитое высказывание Оскара Уайльда о том, что Британия и Америка – «две великие нации, разделенные общим языком», не только остроумно, но и содержит большую долю истины]. They have never had much trouble understanding each other, but they have a long history of being irritated with each other. Действительно, знаменитый английский лексикограф Сэмьюэл Джонсон считал «американский диалект» испорченным английским (a corruption of English). А в 1930 году член английского парламента консерватор сэр Альфред Нокс потребовал ограничить показ в Англии американских фильмов по следующей причине: The words and accent are disgusting, and there can be no doubt that such films are an evil influence on our language. Американцы нередко отвечали тем же. Основоположник американской лексикографии Дэниэл Уэбстер подводил под независимость «американского языка» теоретическую базу: The reasons for American English being different than English English are simple: As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government....достоинство независимой нации требует, чтобы мы имели собственную систему – не только в делах государственных, но и в языке. А Марк Твен то ли в шутку, то ли всерьез заявлял о превосходстве американского варианта: The King’s English is not the King’s. It is a joint stock company, and Americans own most of the shares.
    •• Отголоски утверждений о резких различиях между двумя вариантами или диалектами английского и споров о том, какой из них лучше, можно услышать и сейчас. Но преобладает иное мнение, и я его разделяю: «американский» и «британский» сближаются, причем все быстрее, и в век сокращающихся расстояний, всепроникающих средств информации и связи, глобализации экономики в этом нет ничего удивительного. Крайности специфического произношения, акцента и словоупотребления стираются в обеих странах, и одновременно в процессе взаимодействия двух народов и всех других говорящих и пишущих по-английски происходит дальнейшая нивелировка различий. Надо признать, что влияние распространяется в основном с запада на восток, из Америки в Англию и дальше на другие страны, но немало и обратных примеров. Достаточно вспомнить о знаменитой ливерпульской четверке «Битлз». Американцы вообще не стесняются заимствовать слова (и не только их) у кого угодно (см. статью foreign words and phrases). Для нас важны лишь те различия, которые обязательно должен знать переводчик во избежание ошибок, недоразумений и даже конфуза. Таких различий не слишком много, и затрагивают они в основном лексику и произношение (грамматические и стилистические различия, а также различия в правописании, хотя иногда и существенны, для переводчика, как правило, непринципиальны).
    •• Начнем с произношения. Фонетические различия между американцами и англичанами (т.е. различия, говоря упрощенно, в манере произнесения слов) могут быть довольно значительными, но к ним быстро привыкаешь, и они редко создают трудности для переводчика. Существеннее фонологические различия (т.е. различия собственно в произношении). Отметим главные, которых не так много.
    •• Слова, в которых американцы произносят «открытый слог», а англичане – «закрытый» или предпочитают традиционное произношение: dynasty, vitamin (американцы призносят как в слове eye, англичане – как в слове din); tomato (американцы произносят tomeito, англичане – как в слове path).
    •• Большинство англичан произносит слова either и neither как в слове my, подавляющее большинство американцев – как в слове see.
    •• В словах clerk и derby англичане по традиции произносят длинное a (как в слове path), американцы – читают «по правилам».
    •• Англичане произносят слово leisure так же, как pleasure. Американцы предпочитают довольно странное произношение с длинным e, как в слове leave.
    •• Букву z англичане называют zed, американцы только zee.
    •• Имя героя знаменитого романа Сервантеса по-разному звучит в устах американцев и англичан: приближенно к испанскому произношению у первых и «англизированно» у вторых .
    •• Большинству изучающих английский знакомо различное произношение слова schedule – sk- у америкацев и sh- у англичан. То же самое – со словом lieutenant (англичане произносят его , американцы – .
    •• Слово алюминий англичане и американцы и пишут и произносят по-разному (англичане aluminium с ударением на третьем слоге, американцы aluminum с ударением на втором).
    •• Есть и некоторые другие различия в произношении, но большее внимание все-таки стоит уделить различиям в лексике.
    •• Среди них есть, если можно так выразиться, различия антонимического характера (одно и то же слово означает у англичан и американцев противоположные вещи, и, наоборот, противоположные по смыслу слова – одно и то же). Такие случаи редки, порой забавны и всегда требуют переводческой бдительности. Несколько примеров.
    •• Начнем с «общеизвестного». В США public school – государственная школа, «школа для всех». В Англии – закрытая частная школа, «школа для немногих».
    •• В английской парламентской практике to table a proposal – то же, что submit т.е. предложить, поставить на обсуждение. В Америке – отложить, не обсуждать, «положить в долгий ящик». Чтобы не возникало путаницы, в ООН это словосочетание предпочитают не употреблять.
    •• Глагол to enjoin в США употребляется в основном в судебной практике и означает запретить, воспрепятствовать. Есть и другое значение, почти противоположное – приказать, распорядиться. У англичан слово enjoin употребляется только в этом последнем значении.
    •• Американский политик, выставивший свою кандидатуру на выборах, runs. Вообще большая часть терминологии здесь «беговая» – presidential race, runoff (второй тур выборов). Пример из американского журнала Time: White has rebounded and is now believed to be running neck and neck with his rival. Британский или ирландский политик – stands. Пример из Financial Times: Yesterday John Hume, the Northern Irish nationalist leader, decided after weeks of prevarication not to stand.
    •• В некоторых случаях различие не столь «антонимично», но весьма существенно. Привожу список наиболее характерных и часто встречающихся слов такого рода в алфавитном порядке (первым идет американское слово) – разумеется, некоторые слова в этом списке широко известны, но не включить их нельзя.
    •• administration брит. government. В США слово government (см. статью government, governance) относят ко всем ветвям власти, к государству вообще, в Великобритании, как у нас, к правительству в смысле кабинета министров;
    •• apartment брит. flat. В США слово flat тоже встречается, но обычно употребляется в отношении плохих, дешевых квартир;
    •• bill брит. note (в значении банкнота);
    •• check брит. bill. Имеется в виду чек, который приносит клиенту официант в ресторане;
    •• closet брит. cupboard. В США встроенный шкаф называется built-in closet, а walk-in closet – это кладовка, темная комната для одежды. Правда, слово closet, употребляемое как прилагательное в значении тайный, скрывающий свое истинное лицо, распространено и в США, и в Англии (closet liberal, closet homosexual);
    •• drunk driving (встречается также drinking and driving) брит. drink driving. Совершенно непонятно, почему в двух «братских странах» существует это небольшое, но существенное различие в обозначении этого «кое-где у них порой» встречающегося явления. Не берусь судить, кто прав, тем более что я не автомобилист (кстати, по обе стороны океана автомобилист чаще всего – motorist). Англичане говорят также drink drivers: Government advertisements are aimed at putting off drink drivers (Skynews). – Государство проводит в СМИ кампанию с целью убедить водителей не садиться за руль в нетрезвом состоянии. В США имеется The National Commission Against Drunk Driving, а само это явление обозначается часто сокращениями DUI (Driving under the influence) или DWI (Driving while intoxicated): DWI is a serious offense in New Jersey. Сокращение может употребляться как существительное: Being arrested for a DUI can be an unnerving experience (сайт www.bktlaw.com). – Арест за управление автомобилем в нетрезвом состоянии/состоянии опьянения может превратиться для вас в большую нервотрепку. (Кстати, юристы отмечают, что drunk driving, DUI и DWI не являются строгими юридическими терминами. Точнее – impaired driving, т.е. управление автомобилем при содержании алкоголя в крови (blood alcohol concentration – BAC) от 0,08 процента.) В соответствующей русской терминологии тоже часто используются сокращения: управление т/с (транспортным средством) в НС (нетрезвом состоянии);
    •• garbage брит. rubbish;
    •• garbage can брит. dustbin. Соответственно, американский garbage man – это английский dustman. Кстати, у англичан есть выражение dustbin of history (свалка истории), что «по-американски» звучит иначе – ash heap of history;
    •• gas, gasoline брит. petrol. Во избежание путаницы американцы называют газ natural gas;
    •• in брит. of. Переводчику на английский язык надо иметь в виду, что у американцев и англичан сохраняются «принципиальные разногласия» по поводу некоторых предлогов. Наверное, самое заметное из них: американцы говорят participants in a conference, англичане – participants of a conference;
    •• installment plan брит. hire purchase (покупка в кредит);
    •• license plate брит. number plate. По-русски номерной знак или просто номер (на автомобиле);
    •• liquor store брит. off-license. Винно-водочный магазин. Несколько странное английское название означает, что магазин имеет лицензию продавать спиртное (амер. liquor, брит. [ wines and] spirits) «на вынос» – to be consumed off the premises;
    •• mail брит. post. Но почтовое отделение в обеих странах называется post office;
    •• nervy – в американском словоупотреблении имеет значение наглый (someone who has a lot of nerve). Англичанин скорее всего скажет impudent;
    •• orchestra seats (в театре) брит. stalls;
    •• pants брит. trousers. У англичан pants – трусы (амер. underpants или shorts);
    •• pantyhose брит. tights;
    •• parka брит. anorak;
    •• recess брит. break. Значение этого слова – перерыв. Американцы говорят break о кратком перерыве (coffee break; we’ll take a short break for a commercial announcement) и о каникулах в школах и университетах (spring break). В остальных случаях – recess (в школе; ударение на первом слоге), intermission (на концерте) или даже interruption;
    •• sick брит. ill. Англичане говорят sick, только когда человека тошнит, американцы – и в этом случае, и о любой болезни ( sick leave – что-то среднее между отгулом и отсутствием на работе по болезни; в американских учреждениях и компаниях обычно разрешается пропустить несколько дней в году по болезни без справки от врача).
    •• station wagon брит. estate car. «Волгу» такого типа у нас в свое время называли «волга-сарай». Вместо этого устаревшего и чисто разговорного «термина» сейчас предлагается «универсал»;
    •• subway брит. underground;
    •• teller (в банке) брит. cashier;
    •• truck брит. lorry;
    •• vacation брит. holiday (в значении отпуск). Выходной праздничный день в обеих странах называется public holiday.
    •• Англичане и американцы по-разному именуют так называемые места общего пользования. В Британии все довольно просто. Если вам надо узнать, где туалет, так и спрашивайте: Where is the toilet/lavatory? А англичанин нередко употребляет и простецкое the loo (слово малоизвестное в Америке). В США, может быть, из-за пуританских корней американцев, этот вопрос звучит по-другому: Where is the bathroom/restroom/men’s room/ladies’ room. Общественные туалеты в нью-йоркском Центральном парке называются – и это правда! – comfort stations.
    •• Наконец, не будем забывать, что англичане, в отличие от нас и американцев, считают этажи по-своему: first floor у них то, что у нас второй этаж. У американцев первый этаж может называться first floor или ground floor, но дальше в любом случае идет second floor.

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  • 16 British English

    •• American English / British English

    •• Любой разговор о различиях американского и британского вариантов английского языка нельзя не начать со знаменитого, «зацитированного до дыр» высказывания Оскара Уайльда. Приведу его по книге Reader’s Digest Success With Words: Oscar Wilde’s Description of Britain and America as “two great nations divided by a common language” contains truth as well as wit [знаменитое высказывание Оскара Уайльда о том, что Британия и Америка – «две великие нации, разделенные общим языком», не только остроумно, но и содержит большую долю истины]. They have never had much trouble understanding each other, but they have a long history of being irritated with each other. Действительно, знаменитый английский лексикограф Сэмьюэл Джонсон считал «американский диалект» испорченным английским (a corruption of English). А в 1930 году член английского парламента консерватор сэр Альфред Нокс потребовал ограничить показ в Англии американских фильмов по следующей причине: The words and accent are disgusting, and there can be no doubt that such films are an evil influence on our language. Американцы нередко отвечали тем же. Основоположник американской лексикографии Дэниэл Уэбстер подводил под независимость «американского языка» теоретическую базу: The reasons for American English being different than English English are simple: As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government....достоинство независимой нации требует, чтобы мы имели собственную систему – не только в делах государственных, но и в языке. А Марк Твен то ли в шутку, то ли всерьез заявлял о превосходстве американского варианта: The King’s English is not the King’s. It is a joint stock company, and Americans own most of the shares.
    •• Отголоски утверждений о резких различиях между двумя вариантами или диалектами английского и споров о том, какой из них лучше, можно услышать и сейчас. Но преобладает иное мнение, и я его разделяю: «американский» и «британский» сближаются, причем все быстрее, и в век сокращающихся расстояний, всепроникающих средств информации и связи, глобализации экономики в этом нет ничего удивительного. Крайности специфического произношения, акцента и словоупотребления стираются в обеих странах, и одновременно в процессе взаимодействия двух народов и всех других говорящих и пишущих по-английски происходит дальнейшая нивелировка различий. Надо признать, что влияние распространяется в основном с запада на восток, из Америки в Англию и дальше на другие страны, но немало и обратных примеров. Достаточно вспомнить о знаменитой ливерпульской четверке «Битлз». Американцы вообще не стесняются заимствовать слова (и не только их) у кого угодно (см. статью foreign words and phrases). Для нас важны лишь те различия, которые обязательно должен знать переводчик во избежание ошибок, недоразумений и даже конфуза. Таких различий не слишком много, и затрагивают они в основном лексику и произношение (грамматические и стилистические различия, а также различия в правописании, хотя иногда и существенны, для переводчика, как правило, непринципиальны).
    •• Начнем с произношения. Фонетические различия между американцами и англичанами (т.е. различия, говоря упрощенно, в манере произнесения слов) могут быть довольно значительными, но к ним быстро привыкаешь, и они редко создают трудности для переводчика. Существеннее фонологические различия (т.е. различия собственно в произношении). Отметим главные, которых не так много.
    •• Слова, в которых американцы произносят «открытый слог», а англичане – «закрытый» или предпочитают традиционное произношение: dynasty, vitamin (американцы призносят как в слове eye, англичане – как в слове din); tomato (американцы произносят tomeito, англичане – как в слове path).
    •• Большинство англичан произносит слова either и neither как в слове my, подавляющее большинство американцев – как в слове see.
    •• В словах clerk и derby англичане по традиции произносят длинное a (как в слове path), американцы – читают «по правилам».
    •• Англичане произносят слово leisure так же, как pleasure. Американцы предпочитают довольно странное произношение с длинным e, как в слове leave.
    •• Букву z англичане называют zed, американцы только zee.
    •• Имя героя знаменитого романа Сервантеса по-разному звучит в устах американцев и англичан: приближенно к испанскому произношению у первых и «англизированно» у вторых .
    •• Большинству изучающих английский знакомо различное произношение слова schedule – sk- у америкацев и sh- у англичан. То же самое – со словом lieutenant (англичане произносят его , американцы – .
    •• Слово алюминий англичане и американцы и пишут и произносят по-разному (англичане aluminium с ударением на третьем слоге, американцы aluminum с ударением на втором).
    •• Есть и некоторые другие различия в произношении, но большее внимание все-таки стоит уделить различиям в лексике.
    •• Среди них есть, если можно так выразиться, различия антонимического характера (одно и то же слово означает у англичан и американцев противоположные вещи, и, наоборот, противоположные по смыслу слова – одно и то же). Такие случаи редки, порой забавны и всегда требуют переводческой бдительности. Несколько примеров.
    •• Начнем с «общеизвестного». В США public school – государственная школа, «школа для всех». В Англии – закрытая частная школа, «школа для немногих».
    •• В английской парламентской практике to table a proposal – то же, что submit т.е. предложить, поставить на обсуждение. В Америке – отложить, не обсуждать, «положить в долгий ящик». Чтобы не возникало путаницы, в ООН это словосочетание предпочитают не употреблять.
    •• Глагол to enjoin в США употребляется в основном в судебной практике и означает запретить, воспрепятствовать. Есть и другое значение, почти противоположное – приказать, распорядиться. У англичан слово enjoin употребляется только в этом последнем значении.
    •• Американский политик, выставивший свою кандидатуру на выборах, runs. Вообще большая часть терминологии здесь «беговая» – presidential race, runoff (второй тур выборов). Пример из американского журнала Time: White has rebounded and is now believed to be running neck and neck with his rival. Британский или ирландский политик – stands. Пример из Financial Times: Yesterday John Hume, the Northern Irish nationalist leader, decided after weeks of prevarication not to stand.
    •• В некоторых случаях различие не столь «антонимично», но весьма существенно. Привожу список наиболее характерных и часто встречающихся слов такого рода в алфавитном порядке (первым идет американское слово) – разумеется, некоторые слова в этом списке широко известны, но не включить их нельзя.
    •• administration брит. government. В США слово government (см. статью government, governance) относят ко всем ветвям власти, к государству вообще, в Великобритании, как у нас, к правительству в смысле кабинета министров;
    •• apartment брит. flat. В США слово flat тоже встречается, но обычно употребляется в отношении плохих, дешевых квартир;
    •• bill брит. note (в значении банкнота);
    •• check брит. bill. Имеется в виду чек, который приносит клиенту официант в ресторане;
    •• closet брит. cupboard. В США встроенный шкаф называется built-in closet, а walk-in closet – это кладовка, темная комната для одежды. Правда, слово closet, употребляемое как прилагательное в значении тайный, скрывающий свое истинное лицо, распространено и в США, и в Англии (closet liberal, closet homosexual);
    •• drunk driving (встречается также drinking and driving) брит. drink driving. Совершенно непонятно, почему в двух «братских странах» существует это небольшое, но существенное различие в обозначении этого «кое-где у них порой» встречающегося явления. Не берусь судить, кто прав, тем более что я не автомобилист (кстати, по обе стороны океана автомобилист чаще всего – motorist). Англичане говорят также drink drivers: Government advertisements are aimed at putting off drink drivers (Skynews). – Государство проводит в СМИ кампанию с целью убедить водителей не садиться за руль в нетрезвом состоянии. В США имеется The National Commission Against Drunk Driving, а само это явление обозначается часто сокращениями DUI (Driving under the influence) или DWI (Driving while intoxicated): DWI is a serious offense in New Jersey. Сокращение может употребляться как существительное: Being arrested for a DUI can be an unnerving experience (сайт www.bktlaw.com). – Арест за управление автомобилем в нетрезвом состоянии/состоянии опьянения может превратиться для вас в большую нервотрепку. (Кстати, юристы отмечают, что drunk driving, DUI и DWI не являются строгими юридическими терминами. Точнее – impaired driving, т.е. управление автомобилем при содержании алкоголя в крови (blood alcohol concentration – BAC) от 0,08 процента.) В соответствующей русской терминологии тоже часто используются сокращения: управление т/с (транспортным средством) в НС (нетрезвом состоянии);
    •• garbage брит. rubbish;
    •• garbage can брит. dustbin. Соответственно, американский garbage man – это английский dustman. Кстати, у англичан есть выражение dustbin of history (свалка истории), что «по-американски» звучит иначе – ash heap of history;
    •• gas, gasoline брит. petrol. Во избежание путаницы американцы называют газ natural gas;
    •• in брит. of. Переводчику на английский язык надо иметь в виду, что у американцев и англичан сохраняются «принципиальные разногласия» по поводу некоторых предлогов. Наверное, самое заметное из них: американцы говорят participants in a conference, англичане – participants of a conference;
    •• installment plan брит. hire purchase (покупка в кредит);
    •• license plate брит. number plate. По-русски номерной знак или просто номер (на автомобиле);
    •• liquor store брит. off-license. Винно-водочный магазин. Несколько странное английское название означает, что магазин имеет лицензию продавать спиртное (амер. liquor, брит. [ wines and] spirits) «на вынос» – to be consumed off the premises;
    •• mail брит. post. Но почтовое отделение в обеих странах называется post office;
    •• nervy – в американском словоупотреблении имеет значение наглый (someone who has a lot of nerve). Англичанин скорее всего скажет impudent;
    •• orchestra seats (в театре) брит. stalls;
    •• pants брит. trousers. У англичан pants – трусы (амер. underpants или shorts);
    •• pantyhose брит. tights;
    •• parka брит. anorak;
    •• recess брит. break. Значение этого слова – перерыв. Американцы говорят break о кратком перерыве (coffee break; we’ll take a short break for a commercial announcement) и о каникулах в школах и университетах (spring break). В остальных случаях – recess (в школе; ударение на первом слоге), intermission (на концерте) или даже interruption;
    •• sick брит. ill. Англичане говорят sick, только когда человека тошнит, американцы – и в этом случае, и о любой болезни ( sick leave – что-то среднее между отгулом и отсутствием на работе по болезни; в американских учреждениях и компаниях обычно разрешается пропустить несколько дней в году по болезни без справки от врача).
    •• station wagon брит. estate car. «Волгу» такого типа у нас в свое время называли «волга-сарай». Вместо этого устаревшего и чисто разговорного «термина» сейчас предлагается «универсал»;
    •• subway брит. underground;
    •• teller (в банке) брит. cashier;
    •• truck брит. lorry;
    •• vacation брит. holiday (в значении отпуск). Выходной праздничный день в обеих странах называется public holiday.
    •• Англичане и американцы по-разному именуют так называемые места общего пользования. В Британии все довольно просто. Если вам надо узнать, где туалет, так и спрашивайте: Where is the toilet/lavatory? А англичанин нередко употребляет и простецкое the loo (слово малоизвестное в Америке). В США, может быть, из-за пуританских корней американцев, этот вопрос звучит по-другому: Where is the bathroom/restroom/men’s room/ladies’ room. Общественные туалеты в нью-йоркском Центральном парке называются – и это правда! – comfort stations.
    •• Наконец, не будем забывать, что англичане, в отличие от нас и американцев, считают этажи по-своему: first floor у них то, что у нас второй этаж. У американцев первый этаж может называться first floor или ground floor, но дальше в любом случае идет second floor.

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > British English

  • 17 allowance

    əˈlauəns
    1. сущ.
    1) норма выдачи денег а) содержание( денежное на определенный срок - суточные и т.д.) family allowance grant an allowance cost-of-living allowance depletion allowance trade-in allowance daily allowance fixed allowance weekly allowance б) карманные деньги
    2) норма выдачи;
    паек at no allowance allowance of ammunition
    3) скидка
    4) допущение;
    принятие;
    принятие в расчет, во внимание Making allowance for the time required by the sound to ascend from the bottom. ≈ Он учел время, необходимое, чтобы звук со дна дошел до него. The spectators are always candid enough to give great allowances to a new actor. ≈ Зрители всегда достаточно снисходительны, чтобы делать большие скидки новому актеру.
    5) мн. довольствие
    6) позволение, разрешение;
    легальность There were many causes of difference between them, the chief being the allowance of slavery in the South. ≈ Между ними много точек расхождения, главная из которых - узаконенность рабства в южных штатах.
    7) тех. допуск
    8) спорт фора, гандикап Syn: handicap
    2. гл.
    1) ограничивать кого-л. строго определенным количеством чего-л. I am allowanced two glasses three hours before dinner. ≈ Мне разрешают выпить два бокала за три часа до ужина.
    2) назначать, выдавать строго ограниченный паек, содержание The evening cup of tea and the allowanced pound of pemmican. ≈ Вечером чашка чая и полагающийся фунт пеммикана.
    порция;
    паек;
    рацион, норма отпуска;
    квота - * of food норма выдачи продуктов - water * норма выдачи воды - * of ammunition( военное) боекомплект - to put on short * перевести на ограниченную норму, урезать норму pl (военное) довольствие;
    виды довольствия денежное пособие, денежная помощь;
    содержание;
    - dress * деньги (получаемый) на одежду;
    - liberal * щедрая денежная помощь - family * (несовременное) пособие многодетным семьям - cost-of-living * надбавка на дороговизну - * in lieu (военное) пайковые деньги - to allot * устанавливать сумму выплаты (американизм) карманные деньги;
    деньги на мелкие расходы( школьника) (юридическое) суммы, выплачиваемые на содержание (кого-л, чего-л) - entertainment * представительские расходы - travelling * проездные;
    суточные;
    (военное) путевые деньги принятие во внимание, в расчет;
    поправка, скидка ( на что-л) ;
    оправдание( чему-л) - * for wind (военное) поправка на ветер - to make *(s) принимать( что-л) во внимание;
    учитывать( что-л) ;
    оправдывать( чем-л) - to make * for smb's illness принимать во внимание чью-л болезнь - to make *s учитывать все обстоятельства;
    всячески оправдывать - to make * for future developments учитывать возможность дальнейших событий скидка или надбавка с учетом( чего-л) - depreciation * (экономика) амортизационные отчисления - to make * for leakage делать скидку на утечку (коммерческое) скидка - an * for cash on a bill скидка за оплату наличными признание( обоснованным, законным), подтверждение;
    уступка - * of claim признание обоснованности претензии примиренчество;
    толерантность;
    одобрение - * of neocolonialism терпимость к неоколониализму (редкое) разрешение;
    позволение (финансовое) допустимое отклонение от стандартного размера и веса монеты (техническое) припуск;
    допуск;
    зазор( положительная разность) - negative * натяг( отрицательная разность) (спортивное) гандикап, фора, преимущество( книжное) рационировать потребление;
    вводить карточную или пайковую систему (книжное) назначать содержание, паек (книжное) (регулярно) выдавать в ограниченном количестве
    accelerated depreciation ~ налоговая скидка на ускоренную амортизацию основного капитала
    adjusted daily ~ for unemployment скорректированное ежедневное пособие по безработице
    allowance денежная помощь ~ денежное пособие ~ денежное содержание ~ деньги на мелкие расходы ~ pl довольствие ~ допустимое отклонение ~ допущение;
    принятие;
    принятие в расчет, во внимание;
    make allowance for his age примите во внимание его возраст ~ допущение ~ карманные деньги ~ квота ~ назначать, выдавать строго ограниченный паек, содержание ~ налоговая скидка ~ необлагаемый налогом минимум пособия на детей и иждивенцев ~ норма выдачи;
    паек;
    at no allowance неограниченно;
    allowance of ammunition боекомплект ~ норма отпуска ~ поправка ~ порция ~ принятие в расчет ~ принятие во внимание ~ тех. припуск;
    допуск ~ разница между массой товаров брутто и нетто ~ разрешение, позволение ~ разрешение ~ рацион ~ скидка ~ транс. скидка с оценки груза ~ (годовое, месячное и т. п.) содержание;
    карманные деньги;
    family allowance пособие многосемейным ~ содержание (годовое, месячное и т. п.) ;
    надбавка;
    карманные деньги;
    довольствие;
    паек;
    разрешение, допуск ~ содержание (месячное, годовое и т.п.) ~ спорт. фора
    ~ for bad debts надбавка на безнадежные долги
    ~ for inferior quality компенсация за низкое качество
    ~ for maintenance of liquidity надбавка на обслуживание ликвидности
    ~ for married couples налог. скидка для супружеских пар
    ~ for night work надбавка за ночную работу
    ~ for office expenses налог. скидка на конторские расходы
    ~ for travelling expenses компенсация транспортных расходов
    ~ for waste компенсация потерь
    ~ for work abroad надбавка за работу за рубежом
    ~ норма выдачи;
    паек;
    at no allowance неограниченно;
    allowance of ammunition боекомплект
    ~ норма выдачи;
    паек;
    at no allowance неограниченно;
    allowance of ammunition боекомплект
    bad weather ~ надбавка за плохие погодные условия
    basic daily ~ основное дневное содержание (ежедневные выплаты, на основе которых начисляются надбавки и т. п.)
    basic unemployment ~ основное пособие по безработице (сумма от которой начисляются надбавки)
    car ~ компенсация за использование личного автомобиля в служебных целях
    care ~ пособие по уходу
    cash ~ денежное пособие;
    карманные деньги
    child ~ пособие на ребенка( в т. ч. продуктовый паек и т. п.) child ~ пособие на содержание ребенка
    child home care ~ пособие по уходу за ребенком дома
    child tax ~ налоговая льгота родителям на детей
    children's ~ пособие на детей
    clothing ~ пособие или надбавка на приобретение одежды (в т.ч. форменной;
    одежда может также выдаваться в готовом виде или в виде полуфабриката с оплатой пошива)
    compensatory ~ надбавка для компенсации убытков
    conscript's daily ~ ежедневное содержание (оклад, паек) призывника
    consolidation ~ объединенная налоговая скидка
    constant attendance ~ пособие по постоянному уходу
    cost-of-living ~ прибавка к заработной плате в связи с повышением прожиточного минимума
    daily ~ ежедневное пособие;
    суточные;
    паек;
    довольствие;
    карманные деньги daily ~ суточное пособие daily: ~ allowance воен. суточное довольствие
    daily subsistence ~ суточная надбавка, обеспечивающая прожиточный минимум
    death ~ пособие на похороны
    demolition ~ компенсация за понесенный ущерб
    dependent child ~ пособие на ребенка, находящегося на иждивении
    dependent relative ~ пособие на иждивенца
    depletion ~ налоговая скидка на доход от разработки истощенного месторождения
    depreciation ~ налоговая скидка на амортизацию
    disablement ~ пособие по инвалидности
    draftee's daily ~ суточное содержание призывника;
    ежедневные выплаты проходящему срочную службу
    draftees' dependents (dependants) ~ пособие иждивенцам призывника (единовременно или в течение всего срока службы)
    duty travel ~ компенсация расходов на командировку
    early retirement ~ пособие при досрочном выходе на пенсию
    earnings adjusted daily ~ ежедневное пособие, исчисляемое с учетом заработка (на последнем месте работы)
    earnings-related unemployment daily ~ пособие по безработице (сумма которого составляет определенный процент от заработка, как правило на последнем месте работы)
    educational maintenance ~ пособие на образование educational maintenance ~ стипендия
    entertainment ~ скидка для компенсации затрат на представительские расходы
    expatriate ~ надбавка работающим за рубежом
    extra family ~ пособие для многодетных семей
    ~ (годовое, месячное и т. п.) содержание;
    карманные деньги;
    family allowance пособие многосемейным family ~ пособие многодетным семьям family ~ семейное пособие
    father's ~ отцовское пособие;
    пособие на ребенка выплачиваемое отцу
    foreign ~ пособие работающим за рубежом
    front veteran's pension ~ пенсия ветерана-фронтовика
    fuel ~ компенсация на приобретение топлива
    guardian's ~ пособие на попечительство
    home care ~ пособие по уходу на дому
    house ~ воен. квартирные( деньги)
    housing ~ дотация на жилье housing ~ пособие на жилье
    hydrocarbon ~ налог. дополнительный налог за выбросы углеводородов в окружающую среду
    initial ~ первоначальная скидка
    innovator's ~ премия рационализатору
    installation ~ пособие на первоначальное устройство
    interest ~ процентная скидка
    investment ~ налоговая льгота за инвестирование капитала
    living ~ пособие на обеспечение средств к жизни
    maintenace ~ пособие на содержание
    maintenace ~ for children пособие на детей
    maintenance ~ пособие
    make ~ for делать скидку make ~ for принимать в расчет make ~ for принимать во внимание
    ~ допущение;
    принятие;
    принятие в расчет, во внимание;
    make allowance for his age примите во внимание его возраст
    maternity ~ соц. пособие по беременности и родам maternity ~ пособие по материнству
    merchandising ~ торговая скидка
    mileage ~ деньги на проезд mileage ~ скидка с учетом дальности пробега
    minimum daily ~ минимальное дневное пособие
    mobility ~ пособие в связи с переездом
    monetary ~ денежное пособие
    national maternity ~ национальное пособие по материнству
    ordinary family ~ обыкновенное пособие многодетным семьям
    ordinary personal ~ обычная скидка с налога на личное имущество
    parent's ~ родительская льгота, родительское пособие
    parent's ~ period период выплаты пособия родителю
    paternity ~ пособие отцу;
    льготы отцу
    per diem ~ суточное пособие
    percentage ~ процентная скидка с налога
    periodical ~ периодическая выплата
    personal ~ личная скидка с подоходного налога personal ~ норма времени на личные нужды
    price ~ скидка с цены
    promotional ~ скидка с цены товара с целью компенсации услуг по продвижению товара на рынок
    qualification ~ надбавка за квалификацию
    rehabilitation ~ пособие на реабилитацию (инвалида)
    remigration ~ ремиграционное пособие (возвращающемуся в страну происхождения)
    removal costs ~ пособие на переезд
    rent ~ надбавка на аренду жилья rent ~ пособие на оплату жилья rent ~ расходы на оплату жилья
    retraining ~ пособие на переподготовку
    secretarial ~ прибавка к заработной плате за секретарские услуги
    separation ~ денежное содержание, выплачиваемое семье военнослужащего separation: ~ attr.: ~ allowance пособие жене солдата или матроса (во время войны)
    service ~ надбавка за обслуживание
    settling-in ~ пособие при переезде на новую квартиру
    short-time ~ кратковременная надбавка short-time ~ кратковременная скидка
    sickness daily ~ ежедневное пособие по болезни
    single-wage ~ единая надбавка к заработной плате
    social ~ социальное пособие
    special child-care ~ специальное пособие по уходу за ребенком
    standard ~ нормативная надбавка времени standard ~ нормативная скидка
    student housing ~ пособие студентам на жилье
    subsistence ~ надбавка, обеспечивающая прожиточный минимум
    supplementary ~ дополнительное пособие
    tax ~ налоговая скидка
    tax-free ~ пособие, не облагаемое налогом
    trade-in ~ скидка с цены при встречной продаже
    training ~ пособие на профобучение training ~ стипендия стажера
    travel ~ валютные льготы для туристов travel ~ налоговая скидка с дорожных расходов
    travelling ~ выплата командировочных travelling ~ компенсация путевых расходов travelling ~ оплата транспортных расходов travelling ~ пособие на транспортные расходы
    treatment and rehabilitation ~ пособие на лечение и реабилитацию
    unemployment ~ пособие по безработице
    value ~ налоговая скидка
    wage earner's ~ налоговая льгота для лиц наемного труда
    wash-up ~ надбавка на умывание
    widowed mother's ~ пособие овдовевшей матери
    writing-down ~ норма частичного списания
    youth ~ пособие для молодежи

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > allowance

  • 18 market

    Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > market

  • 19 conoscere

    know
    conoscere qualcuno di vista know s.o. by sight
    * * *
    conoscere v.tr.
    1 ( avere conoscenza di, sapere) to know*: conoscere la verità, to know the truth; conoscere se stessi, to know oneself; conosco tutti i particolari di cronaca, I know all the news details; non conosci le regole del gioco?, don't you know the rules of the game?; vorrei conoscere il suo indirizzo, I'd like to know her address; non conosce la poesia del Leopardi, he doesn't know (anything about) Leopardi's poetry; conosci la strada?, do you know the way?; non conosco abbastanza a fondo la situazione, I don't know the situation well enough; conosciamo quell'argomento solo molto alla lontana, we know that subject only very vaguely; Sergio conosce Milano come le sue tasche, Sergio knows Milan like the back of his hand; Mary conosce tutti i verbi irregolari a menadito, Mary knows all the irregular verbs backwards; non conosce alcuna lingua, he doesn't know (o can't speak) any foreign language; conoscevo l'ambasciatore di persona, I knew the ambassador personally; John? Lo conosco benissimo!, John? I know him very well!; lo conosco meglio di quanto non si conosca lui!, I know him inside out!; lo conosco appena!, I barely know him!; conosco gli Stone solo superficialmente, I barely know the Stones; lo conosci di fama vero?, you know him by (his) reputation don't you?; lo conosco solo di nome, I know him only by name; S.T. Clemens è meglio conosciuto col nome di Mark Twain, S.T. Clemens is better known as Mark Twain // mai visto né conosciuto!, never seen nor heard of him, (o fam. I don't know him from Adam!); l'ho conosciuto meglio l'anno scorso, I got to know him better last year // lo conoscevo per galantuomo, (form.) I thought he was a gentleman // far conoscere, ( rivelare) to bring (sthg.) to light; ( raccontare) to tell (sthg.); ( insegnare) to teach (sthg.); ( reclamizzare) to advertise (sthg.); ( rendere famoso) to make (sthg., s.o.) famous: fece conoscere la verità, he brought the truth to light; ci fece conoscere la sua triste storia, he told us his sad story; mi fece conoscere le gioie della musica, he taught me (o introduced me to) the joys of music; faranno conoscere i loro prodotti su scala nazionale, they'll advertise their products on a national scale; il suo discorso sull'inquinamento lo fece conoscere in tutto il mondo, his speech on pollution made him famous all over the world (o made him world-famous) // farsi conoscere, to make oneself known (o to become famous o known o to make a name for oneself): vedrai che si farà conoscere nel giro di un anno, you can bet she will have made a name for herself before a year is over; si fece conoscere in quel programma alla tv, he made a name for himself on that TV programme; non voglio farmi conoscere per traditore, I don't want to make a name for myself (o to become known) as a traitor
    2 ( avere esperienza di, provare) to experience; to meet* with: da giovane conobbe fame e povertà, as a young man, he experienced hunger and poverty; conobbe subito un successo senza pari, he immediately met with unequalled success // non conosce il mondo!, he has no experience of life
    3 ( apprendere) to learn*; to get* to know: abbiamo conosciuto la verità dai giornali, we learnt the truth from the newspapers; devi leggere per conoscere, you must read to learn // (dir.) conoscere una causa, to hear a case
    4 ( incontrare) to meet*: vorrei conoscere tuo fratello, I'd like to meet your brother; vorrei che tu conoscessi il mio capo, I'd like you to meet my boss; lieto di conoscerla, (form.) pleased to meet you!; ieri sera ho conosciuto il tuo amico John, I met your friend John last night; Mary? Non l'ho mai conosciuta!, Mary? I've never met her! // far conoscere, ( presentare) to introduce: vorrei farle conoscere mia figlia, I'd like to introduce my daughter to you; posso farti conoscere mia cugina?, may I introduce my cousin to you?
    5 ( riconoscere, distinguere) to tell*; to recognize: spesso è difficile conoscere il vero dal falso, often it's difficult to tell right from wrong; l'ho conosciuto dalla voce, I could tell him (o it was him) by his voice; non lo conosco più tanto, è cambiato, I can't tell it's him (o I can't recognize him), he's changed so much // dal frutto si conosce l'albero, (prov.) you can tell a tree by its fruits // nelle sventure si conoscono gli amici, (prov.) a friend in need is a friend indeed
    6 ( ammettere): il suo egoismo non conosce limiti, his egoism is boundless; non conobbe ragioni e proseguì, he wouldn't listen to reason and carried on; non conoscerà ostacoli, nothing will daunt him
    v. intr.
    1 ( essere cosciente) to be* conscious
    2 (dir.) to be cognizant (of sthg.).
    conoscersi v.rifl.
    1 to know* oneself: non si conosce affatto, he doesn't know himself at all
    2 ( dichiararsi) to declare oneself: conoscere colpevole, to declare oneself guilty
    v.rifl.rec.
    1 ( essere in amicizia) to know* each other (one another): ci conosciamo da quando eravamo bambini, we've known each other since we were children; da quanto tempo vi conoscete?, how long have you known each other?; non credo si conoscano, I don't think they know each other
    2 ( incontrare) to meet*: quanto tempo fa vi siete conosciuti?, how long ago did you meet?; si sono conosciuti l'anno scorso, they met (o got to know each other) a year ago.
    * * *
    1. [ko'noʃʃere]
    vb irreg vt
    1) (gen) to know, (persona, avvenimento) to be acquainted with, know, (testo, abitudine) to be familiar with, know, (posto, ristorante) to know of
    2) (successo) to enjoy, have, (privazioni) to know, experience
    3)

    far conoscere qn/qc — to make sb/sth known

    farsi conoscere fig — to make a name for o.s.

    4)

    (riconoscere) conoscere qn dalla voce — to recognize sb by his voice

    1) (se stessi) to know o.s.
    2) (uso reciproco) to know each other, (incontrarsi) to meet
    * * *
    [ko'noʃʃere] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (sapere) to know* [fatto, nome, verità, risultato, materia]

    fare conoscere a qcn. — to introduce sb. to [musica, pittura]

    3) (sperimentare) to know*, to experience [fame, povertà, amore]
    4) (personalmente) to know* [ persona]

    imparare a conoscere qcn. — to get to know sb.

    conosci Frank, è sempre in ritardo — you know Frank, he's always late

    far conoscere qcn. a qcn. — to introduce sb. to sb

    5) (di fama) to know* of [persona, attore]

    farsi conoscere — to make oneself known; (diventare noto) to be o come to the fore

    2.
    verbo pronominale conoscersi
    1) (se stesso) to know* oneself
    2) (reciprocamente) to know* each other; (incontrarsi) to meet*
    * * *
    conoscere
    /ko'no∫∫ere/ [31]
     1 (sapere) to know* [fatto, nome, verità, risultato, materia]; fare conoscere a qcn. to introduce sb. to [musica, pittura]
     2 (essere pratico di) conoscere la città to know one's way around the city
     3 (sperimentare) to know*, to experience [fame, povertà, amore]
     4 (personalmente) to know* [ persona]; lo conosco da molto tempo I've known him for a long time; imparare a conoscere qcn. to get to know sb.; mi piacerebbe molto conoscerla I'd really like to get to know her; lo conobbi a Roma nel 1983 I met him in Rome in 1983; conosci Frank, è sempre in ritardo you know Frank, he's always late; far conoscere qcn. a qcn. to introduce sb. to sb.
     5 (di fama) to know* of [persona, attore]
     6 (riconoscere) farsi conoscere to make oneself known; (diventare noto) to be o come to the fore
    II conoscersi verbo pronominale
     1 (se stesso) to know* oneself
     2 (reciprocamente) to know* each other; (incontrarsi) to meet*.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > conoscere

  • 20 bank

    I [bæŋk] 1. сущ.

    to open an account in / with a bank — открыть счёт в банке

    to charter / establish a bank — учредить банк

    - commercial bank
    - credit bank
    - drive-in bank
    - people's bank
    - pet bank
    - postal savings bank
    - state bank
    - merchant bank
    - Bank for Foreign Trade of Russia
    - bank account
    - bank currency
    Gram:
    [ref dict="LingvoGrammar (En-Ru)"]bank[/ref]
    2) карт. банк
    3) банк, хранилище (чего-л.)
    ••

    you can't put it in the bankамер.; разг. это ни к чему, от этого никакого толку

    2. гл.
    1) класть (деньги) в банк; держать (деньги) в банке

    I have always banked with the Royal Bank. — Я всегда держал свои деньги в Королевском банке.

    2) держать банк, быть владельцем банка

    Giovanni Medici had been a banker before everything, Cosimo an administrator. Lorenzo continued to bank but mismanaged the work and lost heavily. — Джованни Медичи был прежде всего банкиром, Козимо - администратором. Лоренцо тоже вёл банковские дела, но шли они неважно и он нёс большие убытки.

    3) сдавать выручку в банк, класть деньги в банк; обналичивать
    4) хранить про запас (зерно, дрова)
    5) карт. метать банк
    6) ( bank on) полагаться на (кого-л. / что-л.)

    I'd like to come with you but that's not a promise; don't bank on it. — Я с удовольствием пошёл бы с тобой, но я ничего не обещаю.

    Don't bank on going abroad this summer, we may not have enough money. — Не рассчитывай на поездку за границу будущим летом, у нас может не быть на это денег.

    Don't bank on your relatives to help you out of trouble. — Не стоит рассчитывать, что родственники будут всегда помогать тебе решать твои проблемы.

    Syn:
    II [bæŋk] 1. сущ.
    1) вал, насыпь
    2) берег ( реки); край прям. и перен.

    The left bank of the glacier. — Левый край ледника.

    Within the banks of his remembrance. — Насколько он мог помнить.

    3) банка, отмель
    4) нанос; занос
    5) гряда, скопление ( облаков); полоса ( тумана)
    7) горн. залежь, пласт
    9) уст. муравейник
    2. гл.
    1) = bank up делать насыпь; окружать валом

    Every spring we have to bank up the river to prevent flooding. — Каждую весну нам приходится насыпать валы вдоль реки, чтобы нас не затопило.

    2) = bank up сгребать в кучу, наваливать

    Leaves were banked in humps. — Листья сгребли в небольшие кучки.

    The wind had banked the snow up against the wall. — От сильного ветра у стены вырос огромный сугроб.

    3) = bank up образовываться (об облачности, тумане)

    The morning began fine, but now clouds are banking up. — Утро было отличное, но сейчас небо затягивается облаками.

    4) = bank up прикрывать костёр (валежником, углями, чтобы он долго горел)

    At night we bank the fire up so that it is still burning in the morning. — Вечером мы сгребаем уголья в кучу, чтобы утром они ещё тлели.

    6) авиа закладывать вираж
    8) высаживать на берег, сгружать на берег
    9) с.-х.; = bank up окучивать
    III [bæŋk] сущ.
    1) скамья, банка ( в лодке)
    4) уст. суд
    6) тех. группа устройств; блок; модуль

    Англо-русский современный словарь > bank

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