Методика обучения переводу деловой документации в языковом вузе

In CeBIT you can get an instant snapshot of the industry both from a business and a technological perspective. Which is why top executives and IT managers at nearly every major corporation doing business in Europe can be found in Hanover this week.

b) What two fairs is this article about?

c) Have you ever heard of these fairs?

d) Has your company ever participated in these fairs?

e) Have you got any idea what the abbreviation "IT" means?

f) What cities are these fairs held in?

g) Which fair is larger? 

25. What in your opinion is more important to you or unimportant and useless at all:

a) Once you have said something, you cannot take it back.

b) Making a phone call is an easy way to solve a problem if у have no time to write a letter.

c) Keeping written records is helpful for future reference 
 

d) If you make a mistake when you are writing a letter, you can correct it before sending it off.

e) If you want to show another person your feelings, never write a letter.

f) If you speak to someone face to face, it is much easier to be honest.

g) If someone owes you money, it is no use phoning him up.

26. Write an advertisement for a car, according to the example bellow. Make up questions for aech piece of information. For example: What sort of car is it?

27. Match the verbs and the phrases, appropriate for them:

 

28. Learn the structure of a follow-up letter. Translate it and answer the following questions:

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a) What is the usual term of business in Carson Inc.?

b) How long has the invoice been outstanding?

c) What is Mr Lacoste asking for? 

29. Translate the following expressions. Do you know any other English proverbs or expressions concerning money and economy?

a) An accountant is a man hired to explain to you that you didn't make the money you did. (Anonymous)

b) A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it. (Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman, scientist, and philosopher)

c) Public money is like holy water. Everyone helps himself. (Italian proverb)

d) Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes. (Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian statesman)

e) It makes no difference whether you think you can, or you think you can't. Уоu will. (Henry Ford (1863-1947), U.S. automobile manufacturer). 

30. Find out what numbers in the first column are enumerated in the second. What numbers are missed?

1. invoice No. 305/19G

2. a gross profit of 17.5%

3. 31 March 1994

4. the list price is £61,558

5. profit before interest and tax of £1,753,000

6. an annual rate of interest of 23.7%

7. a handling charge of 1 1/2 %

8. total interest charges of £4.22 

a. four pounds twenty two

b. seventeen point five per cent

c. twenty three point seven per cent

d. sixty one thousand five hundred and fifty eight

e. one million seven hundred and fifty three thousand

f. seventeen hundred and ninety-five

g. six hundred and fifty three million

h. the thirty first of March nineteen ninety-four 
 
 
 
 

 

31. The first example of an inquiry-letter contains some useful expressions for you. Answer the second inquiry-letter:

Inquiry # 1 (extract from telex)

SEND YOUR CATALOGUE AND CHARGE МУ AMEX # 667589980 EXPIRY DATE AUGUST 15, 19 -, REGARDS HANSON, JOHNSON OIL, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

YOUR REPLY (by telex): Thank you for your inquiry. We are sending you our catalogue. We have debited your American Express card $50 us. The $50 will be discounted from your purchase. Please get in touch with me (name) if you have any queries. 

Inquiry # 2 (extract from letter)

Please quote you best DDP (direct delivery price) and shipping date for 10 screen protectors, as advertised in High Life magazine. As far as we know there are no restrictions on importing these into Japan.

Your reply: 

32. Imagine that you have a telephone call from your business partner. Answer the following questions:

a) Have you received our shipment of tyres?

b) When did they arrive?

c) Are all the things you ordered included?

d) Did you get the invoice too?

e) Have you paid the invoice for the last shipment yet?

f) But why haven't I got the record of the payment?

g) Does the amount of the invoice correspond to what ordered?

h) Is it necessary for us to give you a credit note to cover the difference?

i) Will you be paying the new invoice immediately? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

j) Can you send the cheque before the end of the month? Otherwise our accounts department is considering changing the conditions of payment. 

33. Translate the following text into Russian. If you are aware of any contemporary economic problems, state some changes that have been taking place in the world trade during the last decade. 

Foreign Trade 

In the realm of foreign commerce, the US led the world in the value of imports in 1986, and was second only to the Federal Republic of Germany in the value of exports. Exports of domestic merchandise, raw materials, agricultural and industrial products, and military goods amounted in 1985 to nearly $207 billion. One rapidly growing export category was computers, which rose from $1.2 billion in 1970 to $13.8 in 1985, grain exports rose from $2.6 to $11.25 in 1985.

From the value of combined exports and imports, the largest proportion of US foreign trade is with the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Canada is the nation's single best customer and supplier.

The UK, the world's fourth-largest trading nation, is highly dependent on foreign trade. It must export almost all its copper, ferrous metals, lead, zinc, rubber, and raw cotton. Its exports, about 67 % of which are manufactured goods, account for more than 30 % of GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Principal trade partners in 1986 were as follows: FRG, US, France. 

34. Translate the following dialogue in a bank: 

- Я могу получить  наличные по дорожному чеку?

- Да, конечно.  Ваш паспорт, пожалуйста.

- Вот он.

- Спасибо, все  в порядке. Сколько денег Вы хотите получить?

- 250 фунтов, а  еще 50 разменять на доллары.  Каков курс обмена?

- 0,605, вполне  выгодный. Получите, пожалуйста, Ваши  фунты, а также 30 долларов и  25 центов.

- Спасибо. Где  мне поставить свою подпись? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

35. Translate into Russian an extract from the contract concerning the license on import and export of the equipment. Answer the questions bellow.

The Seller will take care of, and bear all the expenses connected with obtaining the necessary licence for exporting the goods under the present Contract from the Port of Origin to the Ukraine.

Not later than a month from the effective date of the Contract, the Sailer is to advise the Buyer if the export licence has been granted or is not required.

If the Seller is unable to obtain the export licence and the Buyer is unable to obtain the import licence wiyhin the time stipulated above, or the export/import licence is revoked by the appropriate authorities of the Seller's/Buyer's country before the deliveries are completed, the Seller/Buyer will have the right to cancel the Contract wholly or partially.

a) Who is supposed to obtain the export/import licence?

b) What right will the parties exercise if the appropriate authorities revoke the import/export licence? 

36. Translate into English the following phrases:

Предмет контракта и общая сумма контракта; быть неотъемлемой частью контракта; сопровождение  и пуск оборудования; запасные части  оборудования; товары, поставляемые согласно настоящему контракту; место назначения указано в коносаменте; грузотправитель и грузополучатель; товары должны быть отправлены (to be shipped) из порта с первым же судном дном (by the first vessel available); срок поставки и дата поставки; товары должны быть поставлены в течение шести месяцев с момента оплаты; поставка про изводится на условиях CIF Одесса; Продавец гарантирует, что поставляемое оборудование удовлетворяет требованиям (to meet the requits) приложения 5; нести ответственность перед Покупателем; выполнять контрактные обязательства. 

37. В приведенном  ниже диалоге поставьте  глаголы в правильную  форму 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Mr Hunt, the manager of a small company (to produce) bathroom showers (to speak) to

his very important customer, Mr Benedetto, the manager of a hotel.

Mr Benedetto: Well, I (to give) one last chance. Look at this order again. No more mistakes. You last (to deliver) the showers which I even (not to order).

Mr Hunt: Oh, do forgive me. We never (not to repeat) that.

Mr Benedetto: I (to hope) so. But remember. I would (to like) to stress that I must (to get) this order by Thursday next week. It (to be) very important. I cannot (to accept) any other delivery time.

Mr Hunt: Sure, sir. We (to send) it in time. We always (to deliver) your orders in time,

.... we?

Mr Benedetto: No, you .... Once I (to receive) an order with a delay of two months. Besides,

packing should be excellent. Mr Hunt: Certainly. I guess you (to agree) that this (to be) one thing we always (to do)

before.

Mr Benedetto: But twice my surname (to write) Bereditto by your people.

Mr Hunt: Oh, I (to be) so sorry. This time I myself (to write) your name clearly.

Mr Benedetto: One last thing, (to call) me on Tuesday and (to inform) about the state of the order.

Mr Hunt: Right, I (to phone) you myself. The goods will definitely (to come) to right

address and at the time you (to need) them ...

38. Translate the following phrases in Russian into English, and make up a dialogue:

He:   Good afternoon, Mr Ivanov. We've written to you several times detailing our

complaint, but haven't received your reply yet. Уоu: (Попросите у него прощения, скажите, что Вы внимательно изучили его

жалобу, но не успели еще  написать ответ, поскольку  были очень заняты в

последнее время).

Не:   We are in a very awkward position now. We haven't received the shipment which was supposed to arrive two weeks ago. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Уоu: (Выразите сожаление и скажите, что задержка произошла не по Вашей вине. Назовите причину задержки, которая, по Вашему мнению, является достаточно уважительной).

Не:   When will the shipment be ready for dispatch?

Уоu: (Скажите, что товар будет отправлен не позднее пятницы).

Не:   If we don't receive the shipment by the end of next week, we'll cancel the order.

Уоu: (Еще раз извинитесь, заверьте его, что на этот раз задержки не

случится). 

39. Read an extract from the article and answer the questions bellow. 

According to industry sources, Acer, Elitegroup, and Mitac were among the earliest Taiwan companies to test the В 5 version of the Pentium which is now said to be distributed as the replacement for the flawed 60/66MHz Pentiums. While Intel last month fanned out fury over its initial announcement to replace the flawed chips on a case-by-case basis, its new "no-question-asked" replacement policy is still under fire.

The most asked question concerning Intel's new replacement policy is "when". In fact, our company late last month was still waiting for the retailer who sold us five flawed 66MHz Pentiums to obtain the necessary replacement from Intel's local distributor. In the meantime, the Pentium systems have been retired from the desktop publishig and art department whose members had been growing bald all the hairtearing incidents in which their artwork and page-makeups came out in pages of printed rubbish. Our accounting department also had a Pentium, but since all accounts were checked by abacus, our accountants were more fortunate.