Unit 4. Proper Names

Exercise 1. Translate the following Ukrainian proper names and surnames into English. Define the way they are rendered (transcribed, transliterated, partly transliterated or partly transcribed, etc.).

a) Амросій, Аркадь, Архип, Богдан, Валентин, Валерій, Василь, Володимир, В’ячеслав, Георгій, Дем’ян, Дорофій, Йосип, Мар’ян, Михайло, Олексій, Охрім, Пантелеймон, Пилип, Тиміш, Филимон, Хома, Юрій, Юхим, Яким.

b) Анастасія, Борислава, Василина, Віра, Галина, Ганна, Євпраксія, Жанна, Зінаїда, Іванна, Катерина, Ксенія, Лариса/Леся, Лепестина, Люба, Людмила, Марися, Надія, Оксана, Онисія, Павлина, Раїса, Соломія, Таїсія, Уляна, Фросина, Юлія, Юхимина, Явдоха, Ярослава,

c) Андрійчук, Архипенко, Богданець, Вирвикишка, Віталієнко, Горпищенко, Григораш, Дем’янчук, Дерипаско,Добридень, Дорожченко, Жлуктенко, Жуйхліб, Іллюк, Кирп’юк, Марущак, Неїжмак, Непийпиво, Нетреба, Нетудихата, Охрім’кж, Ольжич, Павлюченко, Печиборщ, Панібудьласка, Підкуймуха, Підопригора, Реп’ях, Тягнирядно, Убийвовк, Федюнишин, Ховрах,
Цьох, Юрчишин, Янченко.

Exercise 2. Translate sentences, paying special attention to rendering of proper names.

1. John Harris, a Republican, and heir to the Standard Oil fortune, donated to the environmental causes. 2. Linda Pritzker, a Tibetan Buddhist, is heiress to the Pritzker family fortune, the founder of Slimfast. 3. The French Trade Minister said France would urge other EU countries to reject the WTO draft at a meeting of European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. 4. The five richest states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maryland) all voted for Mr. Gore. Mr. Bush won the 14 poorest states, except New Mexico. 5. Mr. Dahlan was arrested 11 times by the Israelis and served five years in Israeli jails, picking up fluent Hebrew in the process. He was expelled from Gaza in 1988 and made his way to Mr. Arafat’s headquarters in Tunis from where he helped direct the first intifada. 6. De Beers recently signed a deal with African Diamonds, a Dublin-based diamond exploration com­pany that also has projects in Sierra Leone, Lesotho and Guinea. 7. Miramax movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was so impressed by the Christian Dior haute-couture show in Paris that he has asked their flamboyant designer John Galliano if he’ll direct one of his films. 8. The US Marines arrived in Somalia last week to orchestrate the evacuation of the last of the UN’s peacekeepers. 9. Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was sacked by his team after the back-up dop­ing sample taken during the race confirmed that he had excessive levels of testosterone in his body. 10. In September 2003, an International Atomic Energy Agency team said it had found traces of weapon-grade uranium in Iran. 11. Research from Boston College’s Centre on Retirement suggests that no more than 10 per cent of those drawing benefits at 62 are genuinely unable to work. 12. All but one member of the commercial alliance is owned by American media giants: Turner is part of the world’s largest media company, Time Warner-AOL, and owns CNN and Cartoon Network. Viacom owns MTV and Nickelodeon, and Discovery and Telewest are also American-owned conglomerates.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences with particular attention to the way the proper and geographical names should be rendered into Ukrainian.

1. A tourist’s heart may leap at sight of the Thames as it cuts through the heart of London because of the spectacle of massed totems such as Parliament, Whitehall, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London that rise majestically near it, and the 15 bridges bearing storybook names and images: Westminster, Waterloo, Blackbriars, London Bridge, and Tower Bridge. But nearly everything worth the price of a snapshot sits on the northern bank. 2. After the death of Charles I in 1649 puritanical attitudes to the visual arts did not favour the development of architecture and the destruction, begun under Henry VIII, was renewed during and after Civil War (1642-1646). Whatever the merits of government under Cromwell it was a sad period for architecture. 3. Another change which affected architecture was the growth of an educated middle class. From Chaucer to Shakespeare, to Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones, to Wren and Newton, to Hume, Gibbon and Robert Adam and on to Soane, Carlyle, Ruskin and Morris, the “middle sort of people” were taking over and amplifying the secular role which had been played by clergy in earlier times when clerics were almost the only people who could read and write.

Exercise 4. Identify the methods of translation of the following holy names, festivities, and remembrance days of the Orthodox Church into Ukrainian. Use the English-Ukrainian dictionaries or part В of this exercise for the purpose.

A. Nativity Vigil, Nativity of Christ, Mother of God, First Martyr Stephan, St. Basil the Great/New Year, Jordan Dinner, Theophany, John the Baptist, Three Hierarchs, Meeting of the Lord, Meat Fare Sunday, All Souls Saturday, Cheese Fare Sunday, Great Fast, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Cross Veneration, Sunday Great Fast, Annunciation, Great Thursday/Friday, Easter Sunday/Monday, Saint Thomas, Ascension, Peter’s Fast, Pentecost, Holy Spirit, Apostles Peter and Paul, Blessed Olha, Patron Saint Day, Saint Volodymyr, Prophet Elijah, Baptism of Ukraine (August 14, 988), Transfiguration, Dormition, Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Cross Elevation, Protection Mother of God, Remembrance Day, Synaxis of Archangel Michael, Autumn Nativity Fast, Entry Mother of God, Apostle Andrew, Saint Nicholas the Thaumaturgist, Conception of Mother of God.

В. Святий Вечір, Різдво Христове, Первомученика Стефана, Пресвята Богородиця, Святого Василя Великого/Новий Рік, Йорданська Вечеря, Богоявлення, Іоан Хреститель, Трьох Святителів, Стрітення Господнє, М’ясопусна Неділя, Поминальна Субота, Сиропусна Неділя, Неділя Православ’я, Великий Піст/Хрестопоклоніння, Благовіщення, Страсний Четвер/П’ятниця, Великодня Неділя, Світлий Понеділок, Провідна Неділя/Проводи, Вознесіння, Петрівка, Трійця/День Св.Трійці, День Св. Духа, Св. апостолів Петра і Павла, Блаженної Ольги, Храмове Свято, Св. Володимира, Пророка Іллі/Спасівка, Хрещення України, Преображення, Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці, Усічення глави Св.Іоана Хрестителя, Воздвиження (Чесного) Хреста, Покрова (Св.Богородиці), Поминки, Собор Архангела Михаїла, Пилипівка, Введення Пресвятої Богородиці, Св. Апостола Андрія Первозванного, Св. Миколая Чудотворця, Зачаття Пресвятої Богородиці.

Exercise 5. Translate words and word combinations applying to politics and diplomacy sphere. Comment on translation methods used while translating.

1. cold war

2. iron curtain

3. civil rights

4. political settlement

5. silent majority

6. developing nations

7. superpower

8. backbencher

9. weapons of mass destruction

10. global warming

11. nuclear umbrella

12. collective security

13. sustainable development

14. arms race

15. military presence

16. strategic partnership

17. partnership for peace

18. neutral and non-aligned countries

Exercise 6. Translate the names of the following English and American trade unions into Ukrainian.

1. ACTW, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers (USA). 2. AUEW, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (USA). 3. AAEE, American Association of Electrical Engineers. 4. AAA, American Automobile Association. 5. ASLEF, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. 6. NUT, National Union of Teachers (Gr. Br.). 7. SE, Scottish Electricals. 8. TGWU, Transport and General Workers Union (Gr. Britain). 9. UPOW, Union of Post Office Workers (Gr. Br.). 10. UMWA, United Mine Workers of America. 11. UAWU, United Auto Workers Union. 12. USWA, United Shoe Workers of America. 13. UTWA, United Textile Workers of America. 14. The AFL – CIO, the American Federation of Labour – the Congress of Industrial Organizations. 15. UPS, United Parcel Service (USA).

Exercise 7. Translate the following names of Ukrainian trade unions into English. Define the method they are to be rendered.

1. Профспілка працівників будівельної промисловості України. 2. Профспілка працівників енергетичної промисловості України. 3. Профспілка працівників гірнично-рудної промисловості України. 4. Профспілка працівників м’ясо-молочної промисловості України. 5. Профспілка працівників машинобудівної промисловості України. 6. Профспілка працівників охорони здоров’я України. 7. Профспілка працівників освіти, вищої школи та наукових установ України. 8. Профспілка працівників суднобудівної промисловості України. 10. Профспілка працівників хімічної промисловості України.

Exercise 8. Translate the names of the following English public bodies into Ukrainian.

a) 1. Amateur Athletic Association. 2. The British Field Sports Society. 3. Royal Geographical Society. 4. New Economic Foundation. 5. Greenpeace. 6. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. 7. Boy Scouts Association. 8. British Association for the Security and Cooperation in Europe. 9. British Institute of Public Opinion (Gullop Poll). 10. British Medical Association. 11. CPDS, Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies (Oxford). 12. IATEFL International Association for Teaching English as a Foreign Language 13. Central Office of Information. 14. Department of Education and Science. 14. Department of Employment. 15. Duke of Humphrey’s Library (Oxford Univ.) 16. Inner London Education Authority. 17. London County Council. 18. London Stock Exchange. 19. (Public) Record Office. 20. Royal Exchange. 21. Royal Mint. 22. Royal National Institute for the Blind/Deaf. 23. Joint Nature Conservation Committee environmental protection (Gr. Br.) 24. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. 25. UN Security Council. 26. CBIE Canadian Bureau for International Education. 27. The Democratic Party. 28. The Republican Party (USA). 29. The Royalist Party. 30. The Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine. 31. The Lovers of Beer Party (Ukraine). 32. The Women AdmirersParty (Ukraine).

Exercise 9. Find Ukrainian equivalents for the English public bodies below and translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

1. There is a broad consensus that the Social Security system needs reform, but little agreement on what should be done, and many of the important organizations in the debate are formulating their strategies. 2. The AFL-CIO, which has focused on Wall Street as an adversary in the campaign ahead, is seeking to protect a financial safety net for low-income workers, as well as to maintain a central role for government in public benefit programmes. 3. Even the AFL-CIO, however, favours investing Social Security money in the stock and bond markets, although it wants the money controlled by the government, and not put in the hands of private investors. 4. The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers’ Association said pilots had been complaining of a loud buzzing in their ears that forced them to quickly change to another frequency to maintain contact with air-traffic control. 5. The strike was called by the Histadrut Trade Union Federation to protest tax increases, budget cuts and privatization plans of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. 6. The meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ended Friday in Copenhagen. 7. The Ukrainian Union of Businessmen became a member of the International Organization of Employers (ЮЕ). 8. Abraham Katz, president of the U.S.Council for International Business and deputy chairman of the ЮЕ executive committee, noted at the meeting that the success of reforms in Ukraine is defined by the level and speed of investments, both domestic and foreign. 9. Residents of the Bukit Gombak public housing estate in the central part of the main island of Singapore have a powerful inducement to end their support for the opposition and vote for the candidate of the governing People’s Action Party. 10. Janice Shields of the U.S.Public Interest Research Group and Chris Privett of the American Society of Travel Agents, blamed airline pricing policies for the wide range of prices, saying “there may be up to 100,000 fare changes a day”. 11. Mr. Rajavi married Maryam, a metallurgical engineer who had been a student leader in Tehran, and together they established the National Liberation Army, the military wing of the National Council of Resistance, a coalition of Iranian opposition groups abroad. 12. The International Monetary Fund’s 2nd European Department mission to Ukraine yesterday conducted meetings with the government officials. 13. The European Union – Ukraine joint committee ended its four-day meeting in Brussels. The Ukrainian delegation was led by Roman Shpek, the head of National Agency for Reconstruction and Development (NARD). 14. 86 percent of the apartments in the high-rise blocks of Bukit Batok are being built and sold at much less than free-market rates by the government’s Housing and Development Board. 15. Vancouver International Airport operated at only 10 per cent capacity Sunday and was struggling to get planes moving Monday. 16. National Railway trains were at a standstill, according to the Canadian Wheat Board, which sends most of its grain by train to the port of Vancouver.

Exercise 10. Translate the following Ukrainian names of enterprises and public bodies into English.

1. виробниче об’єднання «Закарпатліс»; 2. виробниче об’єднання «Донбас-антрацит»; 3. київська фірма побутових послуг «Світанок», 7. виробниче об’єднання «Укрмеблі»; 5. Укргазпром; 6. Укрмашинекспорт; 7. Виробниче об’єднання «Київукркабель»; 8. Фонд державного майна України; 9. творче виробниче об’єднання УТН; 10. Петровський машинобудівний завод (Донецьк); 11. Дніпропетровська фірма «Взуття»; 12. Нікопольський завод молочних продуктів; 13. виробничо-закупівельне підприємство «Хміль» (Житомир); 14. Ґенеральне аґентство з туризму Закарпатської області; 15. державне підприємство Туристичний комплекс «Пролісок»; 16. «Нафтохімік Прикарпаття»; 17. Івано-Франківське спеціалізоване управління механізації будівництва; 18. Білоцерківське виробничо-торгівельне трикотажне підприємство; 19. Ізмаїльська виробничо-комерційна фірма «Істр»; 20. Керченський металургійний комбінат; 21. «Львівоблплодоовоч»; 22. Акціонерне товариство «Глиноземний завод» (Миколаїв); 23. «Львівелектромаш»; 24. «Донецькнафтопродукт»; 25. «Будмаш» (Прилуки); 26. фірма матеріально-технічного забезпечення і збуту продукції «Донецьквугілля»; 27. державне підприємство роздрібної торгівлі «Вишенька» (Донецьк); 28. Українсько-російське спільне підприємство «Донецьковоч»; 29. туристична фірма «Гамалія»; ЗО. фірма по виробництву побутової техніки «Домогосподарка»; Лисичанське КСП; 31. Семенівське с/г товариство «Добробут», 32. КТТУ, Київське трамвайно-тролейбусне управління.

Exercise 11. Suggest all possible ways of approach to translating into Ukrainian the following titles of newspapers, magazines (journals).

1. Contemporary Review (literary-political monthly, Lnd.). 2. Contemporary Life (British farmer’s weekly). 3. Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph (and Morning Post), The Economist (all of conservative orientation). 4. Daily Mirror, Daily Sketch. 5. The Evening News, The Star, Evening Standard (Conservative dailies, Lnd.)., Scotsman (Edingb.), Yorkshire Post, Financial Times (Conservative), The Times (Lnd.). 6. Punch (satirical and humorous weekly), 8. The Guardian International. 9. Mainichi Shimbun (Japan). 10. Hong Kong Standard. 11. Korea Times (South Korea). 12. Ottawa Citizen (Canada). 13. Australia News. 14. USA Today. 15. Kyiv Post (Ukraine).

Exercise 12. Translate the names of London hotels, hostels, inns and accomodation campuses into Ukrainian.

Model: Central House hotel ‒ сімейний готель «Сентрал гаус»

Acton Grange guest house ‒ пансіон «Ектон Ґрендж»

1. Lincoln House hotel, Glynne Court hotel, Duke of Leicester (hotel), Royal Adelpphi hotel, Olympic House hotel, Atlantic Hostel, Prince William hotel; 2. Hyde Park Rooms hotel, The Victoria inn, Green Court hotel, Half Moon hotel; 3. Pearl hotel, Fife Kings guest house, Forest View hotel, Sleeping Beauty motel, Elm Hotel, Fountain House hotel, High Trees Gatwick guest house; 4. Wembley Park hotel, International students house, Oxford Street Youth hostel; 5. University of Westminster (hotel), Cartwright University halls, Allen Hall summer hostel, International student residence, Hotel Saint Simeon, Holland House youth hostel, Hampstead Heath Youth hostel; 6. King’s College London Hamstead campus, Ralf West Hall of residence.

Exercise 13. Translate the following names of Ukrainian hotels, halls of residence, and guest houses into English.

1. Готель «Золотий колос», готель «Київ»/»Україна», готель «Дніпро»/»Славутич», готель «Київська Русь»/»Турист», готель «Братислава»/»Мир» (всі київські), готель Київського державного технічного університету будівництва й архітектури, готель Академії праці й соціальних відносин. 2. Будинок відпочинку «Берегове» (Закарпаття), пансіонат «Перемога» (Ворзель), будинок відпочинку «Будівельник» (Саки, Крим), будинок відпочинку «Водоспад» (Яремче, Закарпаття). 3. Пансіонат «Колос» (Пуща Водиця), пансіонат «Водник», пансіонат «Кооператор» (Закарпаття), пансіонат «Маяк» (Київський політехнічний інститут), пансіонат «Верховина» (Закарпаття), пансіонат «Аркадія» (Одеса), пансіонат «Джерело» (Пуща Озерна).

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