Упражнение 3. Выполните устный перевод с опорой на текст

Two-way Interpreting (Dialogue and Liason Translation) (А.П.Чужакин. Мир перевода -3. 2005, стр. 121- 135)

Interview with Igno van Waesberghe, ABN Amro, The Netherlands

Q: Расскажите об истории банка. Когда он был основан, как развивался?

A: When Benjamin Blijdenstein opened the London branch of his bank in 1858, the Dutch financier could scarcely have dreamed that almost 150 years later it would be the oldest surviving ancestor of any foreign bank in the City (of London). But his financing of the textile trade between Britain, Holland and the East Indies led directly to the presence in London of ABN Amro.

Q: Каково сегодняшнее положение банка?

A: Today ABN Amro is one of the biggest foreign banks in the City and a prominent international universal bank. It owns the old stockbroking firm of Hoare Govctt, asset managers Carrington Pembroke, and the venture capital company Causeway The bank also has a securities joint venture with Rothschild.

Q: А как был создан сам банк ABN Amro?

A: Tracing ABN Amro's ancestry back to Blijdenstein is to reveal a slice of European economic history. ABN was created by the merger in 1964 of DeTwentsche Bank, the name given to Blijdenstcin's bank in the 1860s, and Netherlands Trading Company. ABN used to be near the old Stock Exchange building, a stone's throw from the Bank of England. After the merger with Amro, the combined bank moved to discreet contemporary premises in Moorgate which, complete with interior courtyard, waterfalls and glass-sided lifts, convey an atmosphere of Dutch civility. The bank expects to move.soon into a building still under construction at 250 Bishopsgate, on the edge of Spitalfietds.

Q: Каковы основные сферы деятельности банка? Какие опера­ции он провел в последнее время?

A: The bank has three main lines of business in the City: corporate finance, private banking, and transaction banking. Corporate banking is the mainstay. Perhaps the best known recent corporate finance deal was the involvement with Granada's takeover of Forte (hotels). But among the bank's main areas of concentration are the energy sector (including financing energy trade in the North Sea), media and telecommunica­tions, Pharmaceuticals and chemicals, utilities, and other financial institutions. The private banking is run from Switzerland. ABN Amro's London branch provides the gateway for private banking clients to do business in Britain. Private banking, although small, is growing rapidly and ABN Amro prides itself on being able to offer a truly international service.

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