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  • 21 thing

    [ɵɪŋ] n
    1) ( unspecified object) Ding nt, Gegenstand m; ( fam) Dings[bums] nt ( fam)
    she behaved like a mad \thing sie benahm sich wie eine Verrückte;
    you cannot be all \things to all men man kann es nicht allen recht machen
    \things pl Besitz m kein pl, Habe f kein pl, ( objects for special purpose) Sachen fpl, Zeug nt kein pl;
    I haven't got a \thing to wear ich habe nichts zum Anziehen;
    she put all his \things in suitcases and put them outside the door sie packte alle seine Sachen in Koffer und stellte diese vor die Tür;
    swimming \things Schwimmzeug nt kein pl, Schwimmsachen pl ( fam)
    3) (unspecified idea, event) Sache f;
    this \thing called love das, was man so Liebe nennt;
    if there's one \thing I want to know it's this wenn es etwas gibt, das ich wissen will, dann ist es das;
    it was just one \thing after another da kam eben eins zum anderen;
    one \thing leads to another das Eine führt zum Andern;
    don't worry about a \thing! mach dir keine Sorgen!;
    learning to ride a bike was a difficult \thing for me to do ich habe lange gebraucht, bis ich Rad fahren konnte;
    I value my freedom above all \things meine Freiheit steht für mich an erster Stelle;
    if it's not one \thing, it's another ständig ist [et]was los;
    to not be sb's \thing nicht jds Ding nt sein ( fam)
    to be a \thing of the past der Vergangenheit angehören;
    in all \things in jeder Hinsicht, in [o bei] allem;
    the whole \thing das Ganze
    4) ( unspecified activity) Sache f;
    the last \thing I want to do is hurt his feelings ich möchte auf keinen Fall seine Gefühle verletzen;
    that was a close \thing! das war knapp!;
    walking in stormy weather along a beach just does \things to me bei stürmischem Wetter am Strand spazieren zu gehen macht mir unheimlich Spaß;
    plenty of \things vieles;
    to do sth first/last \thing etw als Erstes/Letztes tun;
    I'll phone him first \thing tomorrow ich rufe ihn morgen gleich als Erstes an;
    to call sb last \thing at night jdn spät nachts noch anrufen;
    to do one's own \thing ( fam) seinen [eigenen] Weg gehen, sein Ding machen ( fam)
    5) (fam: what is needed) das [einzig] Wahre;
    the real \thing das einzig Wahre;
    the very [or just the] \thing genau das Richtige
    6) ( matter) Thema nt, Sache f;
    sure \thing! ( esp Am) na klar!;
    what a lovely \thing to say! wie nett, so etwas zu sagen!;
    I have a \thing or two on my mind mir geht so einiges durch den Kopf;
    and another \thing,... und noch [et]was,...;
    why don't you come with me? - for one \thing, I don't like flying, and for another, I can't afford it warum kommst du nicht mit? - einerseits fliege ich nicht gerne und außerdem kann ich es mir nicht leisten;
    to be able to tell sb a \thing or two jdm noch so einiges [o manches] erzählen können;
    to know a \thing or two eine ganze Menge wissen, sich akk gut auskennen
    the \thing das Richtige;
    it's the done \thing (a. iron) das gehört sich so [o gehört zum guten Ton];
    smoking during meals is not the done \thing es gehört sich nicht, während des Essens zu rauchen;
    the in [or latest] \thing [to do] der letzte Schrei
    the \thing about doing sth is... das Wichtigste bei etw dat ist...
    \things pl
    to be hearing [or imagining] \things Gespenster sehen ( fig)
    \things pl die Dinge, die Lage;
    \things ain't what they used to be ( fam) nichts ist mehr so wie es war;
    how are \things [with you]? ( fam) wie geht's [dir]? ( fam)
    what are \things like? wie sieht's aus? [o läuft's?] ( fam)
    all \things considered alles in allem;
    as \things stand, the way \things are so wie die Dinge stehen
    sweet \things Süßigkeiten pl
    you lucky \thing! du Glückliche(r) [o Glückspilz] !;
    she's a dear little \thing sie ist ein Schatz;
    lazy \thing Faulpelz m;
    old \thing ( Brit) altes Haus ( fam), alter Knabe ( fam)
    the poor \thing ( fam) der/die Ärmste;
    ( man) der arme Kerl;
    (young woman, child) das arme Ding;
    the poor \things die Ärmsten;
    stupid \thing Dummkopf m, Idiot m
    PHRASES:
    a \thing of beauty is a joy forever ( is a joy forever) etwas Schönes macht immer wieder Freude;
    to be the greatest \thing since sliced bread ( fam) einfach Klasse sein ( fam)
    chance would be a fine \thing! ( Brit) ( saying) schön wär's! ( fam)
    there are more \things in heaven and earth [than are dreamt of in your philosophy] ( Brit) ( saying) es gibt mehr Dinge zwischen Himmel und Erde [als deine Schulweisheit sich träumen lässt];
    a little learning [or knowledge] is a dangerous \thing (is a dangerous \thing) zu wenig Wissen kann gefährlich werden;
    the best \things in life are free ( are free) die besten Dinge im Leben sind umsonst;
    to be just one of those \things ( be unavoidable) einfach unvermeidlich sein;
    ( typical happening) typisch sein;
    this is just one of those \things da kann man halt nichts machen ( fam)
    to the pure all \things are pure (all \things are pure) dem Reinen ist alles rein;
    worse \things happen at sea ( saying) davon geht die Welt nicht unter ( fam)
    all [or other] \things being equal wenn nichts dazwischen kommt;
    to be onto a good \thing ( fam) etwas Gutes auftun;
    you can have too much of a good \thing man kann es auch übertreiben;
    to do one's own \thing sich akk selbst verwirklichen;
    to have a [or this] \thing about sb (fam: dislike) jdn nicht ausstehen können ( fam) ( like very much) verrückt nach jdm sein ( fam)
    to have a [or this] \thing about sth etw nicht ausstehen können ( fam)
    to make a [big] \thing out of sth aus etw dat eine große Sache machen, um etw akk viel Wirbel machen;
    these \things are sent to try us ( Brit) ( saying) das sind die Prüfungen, die uns das Schicksal auferlegt;
    to take \things easy nicht alles so schwer nehmen

    English-German students dictionary > thing

  • 22 start

    start [stɑ:t]
    commencement1 (a) début1 (a) départ1 (a), 1 (b) avance1 (c) sursaut1 (d) commencer2 (a), 3 (a), 3 (c) amorcer2 (a) déclencher2 (b) démarrer2 (d), 3 (d), 3 (f) se mettre en marche3 (d) créer2 (f) installer2 (g) débuter3 (b) partir3 (e) sursauter3 (g)
    1 noun
    (a) (beginning → gen) commencement m, début m; (→ of inquiry) ouverture f; (of journey, race) départ m;
    it's the start of a new era c'est le début ou le commencement d'une ère nouvelle;
    the start of the school year la rentrée scolaire;
    the start of the footpath is marked by an arrow le début du sentier est signalé par une flèche;
    £5 isn't much, but it's a start 5 livres ce n'est pas grand-chose, mais c'est un début;
    I've cleaned the kitchen - well, it's a start j'ai nettoyé la cuisine - eh bien, c'est déjà ça;
    things are off to a bad/good start ça commence mal/bien, c'est mal/bien parti;
    my new boss and I didn't get off to a very good start dès le début, mes rapports avec mon nouveau patron ont été un peu difficiles;
    it was a good/bad start to the day la journée commençait bien/mal;
    it was an inauspicious start to his presidency c'était un début peu prometteur pour sa présidence;
    to get a good start in life prendre un bon départ dans la vie ou l'existence;
    we want an education that will give our children a good start nous voulons une éducation qui donne à nos enfants des bases solides;
    a second honeymoon will give us a fresh start une deuxième lune de miel nous fera repartir d'un bon pied;
    the programme will give ex-prisoners a fresh or new start (in life) le programme va donner aux anciens détenus une seconde chance (dans la vie);
    to make a start (gen) commencer; (begin journey) se mettre en route;
    to make or to get an early start (gen) commencer de bonne heure; (on journey) partir de bonne heure;
    to make a start on sth commencer qch;
    I've made a good start on my Christmas shopping j'ai déjà fait une bonne partie de mes achats de Noël;
    I was lonely at the start au début je me sentais seule;
    at the start of the war au début de la guerre;
    at the very start au tout début;
    (right) from the start dès le début ou commencement;
    the trip was a disaster from start to finish le voyage a été un désastre d'un bout à l'autre;
    I laughed from start to finish j'ai ri du début à la fin;
    the project was ill-conceived from start to finish le projet était mal conçu de bout en bout
    (b) Sport (departure line) (ligne f de) départ m; (signal) signal m de départ;
    they are lined up for or at the start ils sont sur la ligne de départ;
    where's the start of the rally? où est le départ du rallye?;
    wait for the start attendez le signal de départ
    (c) (lead, advance) avance f;
    she has two hours' start or a two-hour start on us elle a une avance de deux heures sur nous;
    he gave him 20 metres' start or a 20-metre start il lui a accordé une avance de 20 mètres;
    our research gives us a start over our competitors nos recherches nous donnent de l'avance sur nos concurrents;
    to have a start on sb être en avance sur qn
    (d) (jump) sursaut m;
    she woke up with a start elle s'est réveillée en sursaut;
    with a start, I recognized my own handwriting j'ai eu un sursaut quand j'ai reconnu ma propre écriture;
    he gave a start il a tressailli, il a sursauté;
    to give sb a start faire sursauter ou tressaillir qn;
    you gave me such a start! tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!
    (a) (begin → gen) commencer; (→ climb, descent) amorcer;
    I've started the first chapter (write) j'ai commencé (à écrire) le premier chapitre; (read) j'ai commencé (à lire) le premier chapitre;
    to start doing or to do sth commencer à ou se mettre à faire qch;
    it's starting to rain il commence à pleuvoir;
    it had just started raining or to rain when I left il venait juste de commencer à pleuvoir quand je suis parti;
    she started driving or to drive again a month after her accident elle a recommencé à conduire ou elle s'est remise à conduire un mois après son accident;
    to start school (for the first time) commencer l'école; (after holidays) rentrer à ou reprendre l'école;
    she started her speech with a quotation from the Bible elle a commencé son discours par une citation de la Bible;
    I started my investigation with a visit to Carl j'ai commencé mon enquête par une visite chez Carl;
    they started the year with a deficit ils ont commencé l'année avec un déficit;
    he started work at sixteen il a commencé à travailler à seize ans;
    when do you start your new job? quand commencez-vous votre nouveau travail?;
    he started life as a delivery boy il débuta dans la vie comme garçon livreur;
    frogs start life as tadpoles les grenouilles commencent par être des têtards;
    go ahead and start lunch without me allez-y, vous pouvez commencer (à déjeuner) sans moi;
    I like to finish anything I start j'aime aller au bout de tout ce que j'entreprends;
    I think I'm starting a cold je crois que j'ai attrapé un rhume;
    to get started (person → on task) commencer, s'y mettre; (→ on journey) partir, se mettre en route; (→ in career) débuter, démarrer;
    I got started on the dishes j'ai commencé la vaisselle;
    shall we get started on the washing-up? si on attaquait la vaisselle?;
    to help sb get started in life aider qn à démarrer dans la vie;
    let's get started! allons-y!;
    once he gets started there's no stopping him une fois lancé, il n'y a pas moyen de l'arrêter;
    I need a coffee to get me started in the morning j'ai besoin d'un café pour commencer la journée
    (b) (initiate, instigate → reaction, revolution, process) déclencher; (→ fashion) lancer; (→ violence) déclencher, provoquer; (→ conversation, discussion) engager, amorcer; (→ rumour) faire naître;
    her article started the controversy son article a été à l'origine de la controverse;
    to start legal proceedings engager une action en justice;
    which side started the war? quel camp a déclenché la guerre?;
    you started it c'est toi qui as commencé;
    it wasn't me who started the quarrel/the fight! ce n'est pas moi qui ai commencé la dispute/la bagarre!;
    the breakup of the empire started the process of decline le démantèlement de l'empire a déclenché le processus de déclin;
    to start a fire (in fireplace) allumer le feu; (campfire) faire du feu; (by accident, bomb) mettre le feu;
    the fire was started by arsonists l'incendie a été allumé par des pyromanes;
    familiar are you trying to start something? tu cherches la bagarre, ou quoi?
    (c) (cause to do → person) faire;
    it started her (off) crying/laughing cela l'a fait pleurer/rire;
    the news is going to start tongues wagging la nouvelle va faire jaser;
    I'll start a team (working) on it right away je vais mettre une équipe là-dessus tout de suite;
    if you start him on this subject he will never stop si vous le lancez sur ce sujet il ne tarira pas
    (d) (set in motion → motor, car) (faire) démarrer, mettre en marche; (→ machine, device) mettre en marche; (→ meal) mettre en route;
    how do I start the tape (going)? comment est-ce que je dois faire pour mettre le magnétophone en marche?;
    I couldn't get the car started je n'ai pas réussi à faire démarrer la voiture;
    to start the printer again, press this key pour remettre en marche l'imprimante, appuyez sur cette touche
    (e) (begin using → bottle, pack) entamer
    (f) (establish, found → business, school, political party) créer, fonder; (→ restaurant, shop) ouvrir; (→ social programme) créer, instaurer;
    to start a newspaper créer ou fonder un journal;
    to start a family fonder un foyer
    (g) (person → in business, work) installer, établir;
    he started his son in the family business il a fait entrer son fils dans l'entreprise familiale;
    his election success started him on his political career son succès aux élections l'a lancé dans sa carrière d'homme politique;
    they start new pilots on domestic flights ils font débuter les nouveaux pilotes sur les vols intérieurs
    to start the race donner le signal du départ;
    the referee blew his whistle to start the match l'arbitre siffla pour signaler le début du match
    (i) Hunting (flush out → hare, stag) lever
    (a) (begin) commencer;
    the movie starts at 8 o'clock le film commence à 20 heures;
    when did the contractions start? quand les contractions ont-elles commencé?;
    school starts on September 5th la rentrée a lieu ou les cours reprennent le 5 septembre;
    our problems are just starting nos ennuis ne font que commencer;
    before the New Year/the rainy season starts avant le début de l'année prochaine/de la saison des pluies;
    before the cold weather starts avant qu'il ne commence à faire froid;
    starting (from) next week à partir de la semaine prochaine;
    to start again or afresh recommencer;
    to start all over again, to start again from scratch recommencer à zéro;
    calm down and start at the beginning calmez-vous et commencez par le commencement;
    I didn't know where to start je ne savais pas par quel bout commencer;
    she started with a joke/by introducing everyone elle a commencé par une plaisanterie/par faire les présentations;
    I'd like to start by saying how pleased I am to be here tonight j'aimerais commencer par vous dire à quel point je suis heureux d'être parmi vous ce soir;
    the book starts with a quotation le livre commence par une citation;
    I'll have the soup to start (with) pour commencer, je prendrai du potage;
    to start as one means to go on donner la mesure dès le début;
    isn't it time you got a job? - don't YOU start! il serait peut-être temps que tu trouves du travail - tu ne vas pas t'y mettre, toi aussi!
    (b) (in career, job) débuter;
    she started in personnel/as an assistant elle a débuté au service du personnel/comme assistante;
    have you been working here long? - no, I've just started vous travaillez ici depuis longtemps? - non, je viens de commencer;
    I start on $500 a week je débute à 500 dollars par semaine;
    gymnasts have to start young les gymnastes doivent commencer jeunes
    (c) (in space → desert, fields, slope, street) commencer; (→ river) prendre sa source;
    the neutral zone starts at the river la zone neutre commence à la rivière;
    there's an arrow where the path starts il y a une flèche qui indique le début du sentier;
    the bus route starts at the station la ligne de bus commence à la gare;
    where does the tunnel start? où est l'entrée du tunnel?
    (d) (car, motor) démarrer, se mettre en marche;
    the engines started with a roar les moteurs ont démarré en vrombissant;
    why won't the car start? pourquoi la voiture ne veut-elle pas démarrer?
    (e) (set off → person, convoy) partir, se mettre en route; (→ train) s'ébranler;
    the tour starts at or from the town hall la visite part de la mairie;
    I'll have to start for the airport soon il va bientôt falloir que je parte pour l'aéroport;
    we start tomorrow nous partons demain;
    the train was starting across or over the bridge le train commençait à traverser le pont ou s'engageait sur le pont;
    she started along the path elle s'engagea sur le sentier;
    Sport only four horses started quatre chevaux seulement ont pris le départ
    (f) (prices) démarrer;
    houses here start at $100,000 ici, le prix des maisons démarre à 100 000 dollars;
    return fares start from £299 on trouve des billets aller retour à partir de 299 livres
    (g) (jump involuntarily → person) sursauter; (→ horse) tressaillir, faire un soubresaut; (jump up) bondir;
    he started in surprise il a tressailli de surprise;
    she started from her chair elle bondit de sa chaise;
    to start out of one's sleep se réveiller en sursaut
    (h) (gush) jaillir, gicler;
    tears started to his eyes les larmes lui sont montées aux yeux
    pour commencer, d'abord
    American familiar pour commencer, d'abord
    (a) (firstly) pour commencer, d'abord;
    to start with, my name isn't Jo pour commencer ou d'abord, je ne m'appelle pas Jo
    (b) (in the beginning) au début;
    there were only six members to start with il n'y avait que six membres au début;
    she was an architect to start with, then a journalist elle a d'abord été architecte, puis journaliste
    ►► Computing start bit bit m de départ;
    Computing start button (in Windows) bouton m Démarrer;
    Computing start code code m de départ
    (a) (turn back) rebrousser chemin
    (b) (start again) recommencer;
    the children start back at school tomorrow c'est la rentrée scolaire demain
    s'attaquer à;
    I started in on the pile of mail je me suis attaqué à la pile de courrier;
    once he starts in on liberty and democracy, there's no stopping him une fois qu'il est lancé sur le sujet de la liberté et de la démocratie, il n'y a plus moyen de l'arrêter;
    familiar to start in on sb s'en prendre à qn, tomber à bras raccourcis sur qn
    (a) (begin → book, meeting, show) commencer;
    she started the meeting off with introductions elle a commencé la réunion en faisant les présentations
    (b) (person → on task, in business)
    here's some wool to start you off voici de la laine pour commencer;
    he lent us a couple of thousand pounds to start us off il nous a prêté quelques milliers de livres pour nous aider à démarrer;
    the pianist played a few bars to start them off le pianiste a joué quelques mesures d'introduction
    (c) (set off) déclencher;
    what started the alarm off? qu'est-ce qui a déclenché l'alarme?;
    if you mention it it'll only start her off again n'en parle pas, sinon elle va recommencer;
    to start sb off laughing/crying faire rire/pleurer qn;
    the baby's crying again, what started him off this time? le bébé s'est remis à pleurer, qu'est-ce qu'il a cette fois?;
    dad's finally calmed down, don't you start him off again papa s'est enfin calmé, ne va pas l'énerver
    (a) (leave) partir, se mettre en route;
    he started off at a run il est parti en courant;
    when do you start off on your trip? quand est-ce que vous partez en voyage?
    (b) (begin → speech, film) commencer;
    it starts off with a description of the town ça commence par une description de la ville;
    start off with a summary of the problem commencez par un résumé du problème;
    she started off by talking about… elle commença en parlant de…;
    the interview started off badly/well l'entretien a mal/bien commencé;
    I started off agreeing with him au début, j'étais d'accord avec lui
    (c) (in life, career) débuter;
    he started off as a cashier il a débuté comme caissier;
    she started off as a Catholic elle était catholique à l'origine;
    you're starting off with all the advantages vous partez avec tous les avantages
    (a) (begin → essay, meal) commencer; (→ task, dishes) se mettre à; (→ new bottle, pack) entamer;
    they had already started on their dessert ils avaient déjà commencé à manger ou entamé leur dessert;
    after they'd searched the car they started on the luggage après avoir fouillé la voiture, ils sont passés aux bagages
    (b) (attack, berate) s'en prendre à;
    don't start on me, I'm not to blame! ne t'en prends pas à moi, ce n'est pas de ma faute!
    (a) (begin journey) partir, se mettre en route
    (b) (begin career) débuter;
    he started out as a cashier il a débuté comme caissier;
    she started out as a Catholic elle était catholique à l'origine;
    he started out in business with his wife's money il s'est lancé dans les affaires avec l'argent de sa femme;
    when she started out there were only a few women lawyers quand elle a commencé sa carrière, il y avait très peu de femmes avocats
    he started out to write a novel au départ il voulait écrire un roman
    recommencer (depuis le début)
    recommencer (depuis le début)
    (a) (establish, found → business, school, political party) créer, fonder; (→ restaurant, shop) ouvrir
    (b) (set in motion → car, motor) faire démarrer; (→ machine) mettre en marche; (→ computer) mettre en route; (→ program) lancer, démarrer
    (a) (guns, music, noise, band) commencer; (wind) se lever;
    the applause started up again les applaudissements ont repris
    (b) (car, motor) démarrer, se mettre en marche; (machine) se mettre en marche; (computer, program) se mettre en route
    (c) (set up business) se lancer, s'installer, s'établir;
    he decided to start up by himself il a décidé de se mettre à son compte
    I've started so I'll finish Le jeu télévisé britannique Mastermind fut diffusé de 1972 à 1997. Les concurrents de ce jeu portant sur la culture générale devaient répondre au plus grand nombre de questions possible en l'espace de deux minutes. Si l'animateur était en train de poser une question lorsque retentissait la sonnerie qui annonçait la fin du temps imparti, il prononçait rituellement ces mots ("j'ai commencé, je vais donc finir") avant de finir de lire la question au concurrent. Aujourd'hui, on utilise cette phrase par allusion au jeu télévisé lorsqu'on est interrompu.

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  • 23 actually

    В наиболее общем виде коммуникативный смысл частицы actually связан обычно с указанием на какой-либо актуальный факт как на факт реальной действительности, часто выступающий как нечто новое, неосознанное, а порой и неожиданное по сравнению с тем, что говорилось ранее, что обычно считается истинным, что думал собеседник. В этой связи функцию указания на действительное положение дел следует, пожалуй, считать базисной, изначальной функцией actually, от которой развились другие ее функции, часто встречающиеся в разговорной речи. В письменном, книжном языке указанная частица употребляется, в основном, именно в базисной функции, и здесь подходящими эквивалентами частицы могут служить русские на самом деле и действительно:

    •... the people who were appointed to top posts never actually applied for them before they were approached (DL: 164)


    ... люди, назначаемые на высшие должности, на самом деле всегда подавали заявления лишь после того, как им предлагали это сделать.


    Функция указания на действительное (в противоположность несуществующему) положение дел встречается, однако, не только в письменном стиле, но и в нейтральном, и в разговорном, где в качестве эквивалентов, в силу своей нейтральности, могут выступать те же, уже указанные выше слова:

    • None of them actually saw the Monster.


    Никто из них на самом деле не видел Лохнесское Чудовище.


    •... it was just like being married, really, and when we actually got married it was a purely social event... (DL: 219)


    ... на самом деле мы жили в точности как муж и жена, а когда мы действительно поженились, это было чисто формальное мероприятие.


    При сопоставлении в одном предложении двух фактов с точки зрения того, какой из них ближе к действительному положению вещей, actually может выполнять эмфатическую функцию и переводиться различными усилительными средствами:

    •... it led to the development of mathematics which were viewed as akin to, if not actually identical with, the workings of the mind of God. (RS: 314)


    ... это привело к развитию математики, поскольку считалось, что математические процессы схожи с процессами, происходящими в уме Творца, а то и полностью совпадают с ними (или даже полностью совпадают с ними).


    Одной из наиболее распространенных разговорных функций actually следует признать функцию привлечения внимания к актуальному для данной ситуации факту. В этом случае значение, приобретаемое частицей, становится близким к значениям русских вводных слов кстати, надо сказать и между прочим:

    • And he did introduce us to two people. The Greek actor he said was going to play the poet. And the director. Another Greek. We all had dinner... actually we liked them both. (F: 341)


    И он действительно познакомил нас с двумя людьми. С актером-греком, который, как он сказал, будет играть роль поэта. И режиссером. Тоже греком. Мы обедали все вместе... между прочим, они оба нам понравились.


    • It's just a technique, actually rather a marvellous one, for helping you get into a part. (F: 292).


    Это просто способ, кстати, очень даже неплохой способ помочь вам вжиться в роль.


    С помощью частицы actually говорящий может не просто привлекать внимание к какому-либо факту, а использовать вводимое частицей высказывание в качестве уточнения, объяснения сказанного выше. В этом случае подходящим эквивалентом частицы может стать русское выражение дело в том, что (или частица вообще-то):

    • - I suppose we both preferred our own company.


    - That's not very complimentary of you.


    - Sorry. I didn't mean to sound offensive. Actually, I was feeling rather dreary, and thought I'd better keep it to myself. (Pr: 126)


    - Мне кажется, мы оба не хотели никого видеть.


    - Это не очень-то вежливо с вашей стороны.


    - Извините. Я не хотел никого обидеть. Дело в том, что я был в довольно дурном настроении и подумал, что мне лучше побыть одному.


    Выступая в функции привлечения внимания к актуальному факту, частица actually может приобретать дополнительные оттенки смысла, а именно выражать противопоставление или поправку по отношению к предыдущему высказыванию. Однако приобретаемый частицей оттенок полемичности носит вежливый и мягкий характер, в связи с чем на роль ее эквивалента хорошо подходят русские частицы вообще и вообще-то (хотя часто возможно использование также и уже упомянутого выражения на самом деле). Рассмотрим ряд примеров:

    • "But I thought he did something rather fine during the resistance." - "Not on your nelly. Actually he did a deal with the Germans." (F: 621)


    "Но мне казалось, что он неплохо проявил себя в период Сопротивления." - "Ничего подобного. Он вообще сотрудничал с немцами."


    В приведенном примере частица вводит факт, вступающий в отношение противопоставленности по отношению к высказыванию первого собеседника: герой не только не участвовал в Сопротивлении, но, напротив, сотрудничал с оккупантами.

    • 'Have you two introduced yourselves?" - "We've met before, actually. In Genoa." (DL: 216)


    "Вы представились друг другу?" - " Вообще-то мы уже встречались раньше. В Генуе."


    • "Have you published much?" -"No, not a lot. Well, nothing, yet, actually. I am still working on my PhD." (DL: 10)


    "У вас много публикаций?" - "Нет, не очень, вообще-то, пока на самом деле ни одной. Я ещё работаю над своей диссертацией."


    В двух последних примерах видно, как с помощью частицы actually говорящий вводит коррекцию либо собственного высказывания, либо высказывания собеседника.
    Особый интерес с точки зрения перевода представляют случаи, когда частица предваряет высказывание, подкрепляющее или усиливающее предыдущее. В этом случае в переводе необходимо отразить дополнительный эмотивный компонент смысла, появляющийся у частицы в таких контекстах, что позволяет сделать русская частица даже:

    • Only one passenger has a hardback book on her lap, and actually seems to be making notes as she reads. (DL: 88)


    Лишь у одной пассажирки на коленях лежит серьезная книга, и, читая, она, похоже, даже делает в ней пометки.


    • 'Would you say you were a strikingly pretty little girl... were you conscious that there was something rather special about you?" - "... the answer is yes, I believe there was. Actually I was painted." (F: 602)


    "Могли бы вы сказать, что были поразительно красивым ребенком... вы осознавали, что в вас есть что-то особенное?" - "... я отвечу да, я думаю, что-то было. Один художник даже писал мой портрет."


    Эмотивный компонент удивления говорящего по поводу какого-либо факта реальной действительности в целом встречается достаточно часто и, в зависимости от контекста, может переводиться другими русскими средствами:

    • Lampton, in the same position, made no attempt to escape, but devoted his attention to his studies, passing his main accountancy examination whilst actually a prisoner. (JB: 149)


    Лэмптон в такой же ситуации не предпринял попытки бежать, а посвятил себя учебе, сдав свой основной экзамен по бухгалтерскому делу, фактически находясь в заключении.


    • "What did he use to do at the orgies?" - "I don't know, darling. Mummy would never be very explicit. Though actually she seems proud of him." (JB: 155)


    "А что он обычно делал во время этих оргий?" - "Не знаю, дорогой. Мама всегда отвечала на этот вопрос уклончиво. Хотя, как ни странно, она, кажется, гордится им."


    Интересно также отметить случаи, когда частица actually употребляется для обозначения перехода от одной темы к другой или возврата к предыдущей или основной теме монолога. В этой функции частица может быть переведена различными функциональными эквивалентами в зависимости от контекста и в соответствии с принципом естественности звучания:

    • "Nothing, old boy. Really. All damned absurd. Actually I was out walking one day. May or June, can't remember." (F: 622)


    "Ничего, старина. Поверь мне. Все чертовски глупо. Ну, короче, вышел я раз прогуляться. Было это в мае или июне, сейчас не помню." (переход к более конкретному рассказу)


    • "Не spoke English?" - "Perfect. Moved round Europe all his life, best society and all that. Well, actually I found one of the twins a shade off. Not my type. (F: 623)


    "Он говорил по-английски?" - "Великолепно. Ездил по Европе всю свою жизнь, лучшее общество и все такое. Да, ну так вот, одна из девиц меня слегка разочаровала. Не в моем вкусе." (переход к основной теме разговора)


    В заключение стоит сказать, что в разговорной речи иногда происходит почти полная десемантизация частицы actually, когда она используется фактически лишь для того, чтобы заполнить паузу или смягчить эффект неприятной для собеседника информации. Следующий пример иллюстрирует подобное употребление:

    • "Well actually then there is only this. We've just advertised it." She handed me a clipping. (F: 22)


    Мы видим, что actually, как и well, не несет в себе никакой информации, кроме чисто прагматической: героиня думает, как лучше преподнести собеседнику то, что ему, скорей всего, не понравится, что может его расстроить. В переводе возможно, наверное, обойтись вообще одним ну (на обе английские частицы), хотя добавление такого десемантизированного слова как, например, собственно (или в общем-то), в данном случае позволяет, на наш взгляд, дополнительно усилить прагматический эффект:

    "Ну, собственно, тогда есть только это. Мы только что подали объявление в газету." Она протянула мне газетную вырезку.


    Очевидно, однако, что перевод десемантизированной частицы будет в каждом конкретном случае сильно зависеть от контекста.

    Английские частицы. Англо-русский словарь > actually

  • 24 work

    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) delo
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) delo
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) delo
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) delo
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) delo
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) delo
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) delati; priganjati k delu
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) delati
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) delovati; upravljati
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) delovati
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) s težavo napredovati
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) postajati bolj in bolj
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) izdelati
    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works
    3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mehanizem
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) dela
    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders
    * * *
    I [wə:k]
    noun
    (telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja); plural stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela; military utrdbe, utrdbena dela; (singular construction) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna; technical mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos; plural religion dobra dela
    in work — zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)
    out of work — brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen
    a work of art — umetniško delo, umetnina
    earth works architecture zemeljska dela
    iron works — talilnica železa, železarna
    out works architecture zunanja dela
    upper works nautical nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo
    wood works — lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti
    to be out of work — biti brez dela, biti brezposeln
    to be at work — delati, delovati, funkcionirati
    it's all in the day's work — to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela
    to give s.o. the works American colloquially ozmerjati, premlatiti koga
    to get ( —ali to set) to work — lotiti se dela, začeti delati
    to make sad work of it figuratively vse uničiti
    to make short ( —ali quick) work of — hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati
    II
    () [wə:k]
    1.
    transitive verb
    delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati; poetically umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo); commerce poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju); slang prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati; mathematics izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga); slang prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti
    to work o.s. to death — ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
    to work o.s. into s.o.'s favourpridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
    to work o.s. into a ragepobesneti
    to work a change — izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
    can you work the screw loose?lahko zrahljate vijak?
    to work a slave to death — do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
    it is a good scheme, but can you work it? — to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
    to work one's passage nautical zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
    to work one's social relations in business — izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno;
    2.
    intransitive verb
    delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati; nautical križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje); figuratively krčevito delati
    I tried but it did not work — poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
    to work loose — zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
    that won't work with me — to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni);

    English-Slovenian dictionary > work

  • 25 Women

       A paradox exists regarding the equality of women in Portuguese society. Although the Constitution of 1976 gave women full equality in rights, and the right to vote had already been granted under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano during the Estado Novo, a gap existed between legal reality and social practice. In many respects, the last 30 years have brought important social and political changes with benefits for women. In addition to the franchise, women won—at least on paper—equal property-owning rights and the right of freedom of movement (getting passports, etc.). The workforce and the electorate afforded a much larger role for women, as more than 45 percent of the labor force and more than 50 percent of the electorate are women. More women than ever attend universities, and they play a larger role in university student bodies. Also, more than ever before, they are represented in the learned professions. In politics, a woman served briefly as prime minister in 1979-80: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. Women are members of government cabinets ("councils"); women are in the judicial system, and, in the late 1980s, some 25 women were elected members of parliament (Assembly of the Republic). Moreover, women are now members of the police and armed forces, and some women, like Olympic marathoner Rosa Mota, are top athletes.
       Portuguese feminists participated in a long struggle for equality in all phases of life. An early such feminist was Ana de Castro Osório (1872-1935), a writer and teacher. Another leader in Portugal's women's movement, in a later generation, was Maria Lamas (18931983). Despite the fact that Portugal lacked a strong women's movement, women did resist the Estado Novo, and some progress occurred during the final phase of the authoritarian regime. In the general elections of 1969, women were granted equal voting rights for the first time. Nevertheless, Portuguese women still lacked many of the rights of their counterparts in other Western European countries. A later generation of feminists, symbolized by the three women writers known as "The Three Marias," made symbolic protests through their sensational writings. In 1972, a book by the three women writers, all born in the late 1930s or early 1940s (Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho da Costa), was seized by the government and the authors were arrested and put on trial for their writings and outspoken views, which included the assertion of women's rights to sexual and reproductive freedom.
       The Revolution of 25 April 1974 overthrew the Estado Novo and established in law, if not fully in actual practice in society, a full range of rights for women. The paradox in Portuguese society was that, despite the fact that sexual equality was legislated "from the top down," a gap remained between what the law said and what happened in society. Despite the relatively new laws and although women now played a larger role in the workforce, women continued to suffer discrimination and exclusion. Strong pressures remained for conformity to old ways, a hardy machismo culture continued, and there was elitism as well as inequality among classes. As the 21st century commenced, women played a more prominent role in society, government, and culture, but the practice of full equality was lacking, and the institutions of the polity, including the judicial and law enforcement systems, did not always carry out the law.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Women

  • 26 De Forest, Lee

    [br]
    b. 26 August 1873 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
    d. 30 June 1961 Hollywood, California, USA
    [br]
    American electrical engineer and inventor principally known for his invention of the Audion, or triode, vacuum tube; also a pioneer of sound in the cinema.
    [br]
    De Forest was born into the family of a Congregational minister that moved to Alabama in 1879 when the father became President of a college for African-Americans; this was a position that led to the family's social ostracism by the white community. By the time he was 13 years old, De Forest was already a keen mechanical inventor, and in 1893, rejecting his father's plan for him to become a clergyman, he entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. Following his first degree, he went on to study the propagation of electromagnetic waves, gaining a PhD in physics in 1899 for his thesis on the "Reflection of Hertzian Waves from the Ends of Parallel Wires", probably the first US thesis in the field of radio.
    He then joined the Western Electric Company in Chicago where he helped develop the infant technology of wireless, working his way up from a modest post in the production area to a position in the experimental laboratory. There, working alone after normal working hours, he developed a detector of electromagnetic waves based on an electrolytic device similar to that already invented by Fleming in England. Recognizing his talents, a number of financial backers enabled him to set up his own business in 1902 under the name of De Forest Wireless Telegraphy Company; he was soon demonstrating wireless telegraphy to interested parties and entering into competition with the American Marconi Company.
    Despite the failure of this company because of fraud by his partners, he continued his experiments; in 1907, by adding a third electrode, a wire mesh, between the anode and cathode of the thermionic diode invented by Fleming in 1904, he was able to produce the amplifying device now known as the triode valve and achieve a sensitivity of radio-signal reception much greater than possible with the passive carborundum and electrolytic detectors hitherto available. Patented under the name Audion, this new vacuum device was soon successfully used for experimental broadcasts of music and speech in New York and Paris. The invention of the Audion has been described as the beginning of the electronic era. Although much development work was required before its full potential was realized, the Audion opened the way to progress in all areas of sound transmission, recording and reproduction. The patent was challenged by Fleming and it was not until 1943 that De Forest's claim was finally recognized.
    Overcoming the near failure of his new company, the De Forest Radio Telephone Company, as well as unsuccessful charges of fraudulent promotion of the Audion, he continued to exploit the potential of his invention. By 1912 he had used transformer-coupling of several Audion stages to achieve high gain at radio frequencies, making long-distance communication a practical proposition, and had applied positive feedback from the Audion output anode to its input grid to realize a stable transmitter oscillator and modulator. These successes led to prolonged patent litigation with Edwin Armstrong and others, and he eventually sold the manufacturing rights, in retrospect often for a pittance.
    During the early 1920s De Forest began a fruitful association with T.W.Case, who for around ten years had been working to perfect a moving-picture sound system. De Forest claimed to have had an interest in sound films as early as 1900, and Case now began to supply him with photoelectric cells and primitive sound cameras. He eventually devised a variable-density sound-on-film system utilizing a glow-discharge modulator, the Photion. By 1926 De Forest's Phonofilm had been successfully demonstrated in over fifty theatres and this system became the basis of Movietone. Though his ideas were on the right lines, the technology was insufficiently developed and it was left to others to produce a system acceptable to the film industry. However, De Forest had played a key role in transforming the nature of the film industry; within a space of five years the production of silent films had all but ceased.
    In the following decade De Forest applied the Audion to the development of medical diathermy. Finally, after spending most of his working life as an independent inventor and entrepreneur, he worked for a time during the Second World War at the Bell Telephone Laboratories on military applications of electronics.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers Medal of Honour 1922. President, Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers 1930. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Edison Medal 1946.
    Bibliography
    1904, "Electrolytic detectors", Electrician 54:94 (describes the electrolytic detector). 1907, US patent no. 841,387 (the Audion).
    1950, Father of Radio, Chicago: WIlcox \& Follett (autobiography).
    De Forest gave his own account of the development of his sound-on-film system in a series of articles: 1923. "The Phonofilm", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 16 (May): 61–75; 1924. "Phonofilm progress", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 20:17–19; 1927, "Recent developments in the Phonofilm", Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 27:64–76; 1941, "Pioneering in talking pictures", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 36 (January): 41–9.
    Further Reading
    G.Carneal, 1930, A Conqueror of Space (biography).
    I.Levine, 1964, Electronics Pioneer, Lee De Forest (biography).
    E.I.Sponable, 1947, "Historical development of sound films", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers 48 (April): 275–303 (an authoritative account of De Forest's sound-film work, by Case's assistant).
    W.R.McLaurin, 1949, Invention and Innovation in the Radio Industry.
    C.F.Booth, 1955, "Fleming and De Forest. An appreciation", in Thermionic Valves 1904– 1954, IEE.
    V.J.Phillips, 1980, Early Radio Detectors, London: Peter Peregrinus.
    KF / JW

    Biographical history of technology > De Forest, Lee

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