Задание 2. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на разные случаи отступления от прямого порядка слов.

Предложение. Порядок слов в предложении

Задание 1. Переведите и проанализируйте структуру следующих предложений:

1. The subject matter of my article was approved.

2. Nothing seemed to matter very much in the situation.

3. These instruments are not available.

4. The matter is settled.

5. Those statements were similar in their meaning.

6. Viability of the project is a matter of dispute.

7. Age is a matter of mind, if you don’t mind it does not matter.

8. The process cannot be described clearly by means of the model.

9. They object to this point of view.

10. The adequate conditions description is of utmost importance.

Задание 2. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на разные случаи отступления от прямого порядка слов.

а)

1. Perhaps nowhere have been achieved better results as in this field of

science.

2. Nowhere can we see such rapid progress as in radio engineering.

3. Important for the method was the following point.

4. Confirming this possibility is another fact.

5. He was late and so was his friend.

6. Nor should we forget the importance of this word.

7. The Moon having no atmosphere, there can be no wind, neither can there

be any noise, for sound is carried by the air.

8. Hard as it is we must do this work.

9. Late though it was the sun was still in the sky.

10. However cold this winter is, the one of 1941 was still colder.

б)

1. Only recently have we appreciated the potentialities in this field. 2. We failed to estimate the variables, nor do we know how to evaluate the performance of the system. 3. Notable are relatively low sensitivities of that substance. 4. Plotted on the diagram are the curves of production growth versus automation. 5. Closely relating to the problem of memory capacity is the problem of miniaturization. 6. It is the absence rather than the presence of hindrance that is noteworthy. 7. It was this technique that failed to meet the requirement. 8. It was of this problem that they spoke and wrote about. 9. Important as were the decisions, they did not solve the problem confronting them. 10. It is what one does that counts, not what one promises. 11. The ion does have a definite mobility that does not change with time. 12. Out of this work came a substantial body of new technical knowledge. 13. Reporting to him were a technical director, a manufacturing director, and a marketing director. 14. It is precisely this opinion that makes a person defend this approach. 15. Of great interest was the finding that this shift did occur at regular intervals. 16. There is a second approach to the problem that does provide a slight time saving. 17. It was not until the early fifties that monetary policy came to be re-discovered. 18. Faraday was no mathematician, nor was Hamilton much of a physicist. 19. The closer N is to 1 the better does the system meet the formulated task. 20. The figure of merit, useful criterion as it is, must be used with reserve. 21. Valuable as was this pioneer work, interrelation of the results was difficult. 22. Never do bats fail to catch insects. 23. Only then does the action not lead to plan imbalance. 24. Of prime importance is the total response time. 25. It is exactly this composition that will do for our purpose. 26. Their theory, crude though it is, helps to overcome this difficulty. 27. It is from this point that the theory takes off. 28. It is the end that matters.