Vocabulary Exercises
Ex. 1. Explain the meaning of the following Latin words and expressions, which often occur in the language of law.
ad hoc | in flagrante delicto |
ad interim | in pari materia |
bona fide | in re |
de juro | modus operandi |
de facto | modus vivendi |
de benne esse | persona non grata |
error facti defence | quid pro quo |
judicial dictum | res judicata |
gratis dictum |
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habeas corpus |
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Ex. 2. Match the name of the branch of civil law in the left column with the explanation in the right column.
1. Intellectual property law | a) Responding to the cases of conflict between people involving bodily harm, damage to a person’s property, etc. |
2. Law property | b) Regulating of banking and debt recovery issues |
3. Law of torts | c) Regulation of human relationships and dealings (including marriage, divorce, adoption) |
4. Human rights law | d) Regulation of industrial and workplace relations |
5. Family law | e) Applies to government planning, social security and other decisions made by government |
6. Labour law | f) Applies to the rights, relations and conduct of individuals and businesses involved in trade |
7. Constitutional law | g) Responds to cases such as war crimes, crimes against humanity such as genocide |
8. Administrative law | h) Administers property purchases and sales |
9. Commercial law | i) Related to patents, trademarks and copyrights |
10. Insolvency litigation | j) Related to the interpretation of laws and rights contained in the Constitution. |
Ex. 3. Study the following definitions and give the corresponding term choosing from the box below.
1. A group of judges who resolve people’s disputes and determine whether people who are changed with crimes are guilty. …
2. The branch of government that writes laws, and votes on whether they will be approved. …
3. Legal theory, which studies what law is. …
4. People and groups that are not part of government that try to protect freedom of speech and other individual rights. …
5. A person who has been certified by the government to provide legal advice on any matter pertaining to law. …
6. The governing centre of political authority. …
7. A system of rules that people are supposed to follow in a society or a country. …
jurisprudence |
| civil society | judiciary |
the executive |
| legislature | lawyer |
law |
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Ex. 4. Fill in the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
Yandex.RTB R-A-252273-3- Раздел I. Особенности перевода специальных текстов
- §1. Содержательный анализ текста
- §2. Особенности официально-делового перевода
- §3. Особенности научно-технического перевода
- §4. Грамматические и лексические особенности англоязычных текстов
- Практические задания
- § 5. Термины и терминология
- Понятие термина
- 5.2. Морфологическое строение терминов
- Практические задания
- 5.3. Термины-словосочетания
- Вопросы и задания для повторения
- 5.4. Структурно-семантические особенности терминов-словосочетаний
- Вопросы и задания для повторения
- 5.5. Перевод терминов-словосочетаний
- Практические задания
- 5.6. Формирование и состав терминологии
- 5.6.1. Аффиксация Суффиксация
- Префиксация
- 5.6.2. Конверсия
- 5.6.3. Словосложение
- 5.6.4. Аббревиация
- 5.6.5. Семантическая деривация
- 5.6.6. Заимствование терминов из других языков
- Практические задания
- Ключи к заданиям
- Text 2 Engine Valve Train and Ignition Systems
- Engine Valve Train and Ignition Systems
- Text 3 Engine Lubrication, Fuel, Exhaust and Electrical System
- Engine Lubrication, Fuel, Exhaust and Electrical Systems
- Exercises
- 1. Give the Russian terms and then the English equivalents of the following definitions. Choose from the list of the English and Russian terms given below.
- 1. Choose the correct prepositions. Translate the text into Russian.
- Complete the following text using words given in the box. Translate the text into Russian.
- Arrange the instructions about changing a flat tire in the correct order and translate the text. The first number is given for you.
- The following text offers you some good advice you should follow while traveling. Read the text and translate it into Russian.
- Give English equivalents of the following technical terms.
- 7. Translate the text into English.
- Текст 1
- Общее устройство и работа автомобильного двигателя
- Типы двигателей внутреннего сгорания
- Текст 2
- Текст 3
- Unit III. Law Word List
- Legal systems
- Text 2 Roman Law
- Text 3 Branches of Law
- Text 4 Law and Culture Word List
- Vocabulary Exercises
- Codification of Law
- Текст 1
- Текст 2
- Текст 3
- Unit IV. Environmental Problems Text 1 Pollution
- Air pollution
- Text 2 Global Warming
- Text 3 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol Word List
- Marrakesh Accords
- Copenhagen Сlimate Тalks
- Exercises
- 1. Give the Russian terms and then the English equivalents of the following definitions. Choose from the list of the English terms.
- Give Russian and English equivalents to the following definitions. Choose from the list of the English terms given below.
- 3. Translate into English the terms given in brackets.
- 4. Decipher and translate into Russian the following terms.
- 5. Translate the Russian terms into English and the English terms into Russian:
- 6. Complete the following texts using words given in the box. Translate the text into Russian orally.
- 7. Translate the texts into English. Text 1 Изменения климата: что это такое?
- Text 2 Международные соглашения в области изменения климата. Киотский протокол и его механизмы
- Text 3 Кислотные дожди, их причина и вредное влияние
- Blood vessels
- Arteries
- Blood and blood vessels Blood
- Erythrocytes
- Leukocytes
- Platelets
- Blood Types
- Blood vessels
- Arterial system
- Venous system
- The Heart
- The Heart
- Blood Flow Through the Heart
- The Heartbeat
- Blood Pressure
- Text 3 Cardiovascular Diseases and Pathology
- Exercises
- 1. Look at the diagram and translate all the terms into Russian.
- 2. Give the Russian terms and then the English equivalents of the following definitions. Choose from the list of the English terms given below.
- 4. Complete the following text using words given in the box. Translate the text into Russian orally.
- 6. Match the definitions and the terms and translate them into Russian.
- 7. Decipher the following terms and translate them into Russian.
- 8. Match the following terms and write the appropriate letter to the left of each number. Translate the terms into Russian.
- 9. Translate into Russian.
- 10. Translate the texts into English. Текст 1 Система кровообращения
- Текст 2 Инфаркт миокарда
- Симптомы инфаркта миокарда
- Отсутствие симптомов
- Текст 3 Ишемическая (коронарная) болезнь сердца
- Приложение Text 1 The Modern Day Car: a Sophisticated High Tech Gadget
- Text 2 The 21st Century Automobile
- Text 3 The Extraction of Crude Oil and Natural Gas
- Text 4 Luminous Flames and Non-Luminous Flames
- Text 5 Fuel Production
- Text 6 Fuel Production and Other Requirements
- Text 7 Fighting For the Planet
- Text 8 More Silicon, Less Carbon
- Text 9 Want to Drive Green?
- Text 10 Copenhagen Conference
- Text 11 The Strength of Europe
- Text 12 Judicial Systems
- Text 13 Derivation of Judicial Power
- Text 14 Common Law Countries
- Civil Law Countries
- Text 16
- International Law
- Text 17 Headache
- Text 18 Palliative Care and Pain Managemet
- Text 19 Community-Acquired Pneumonia Definition & Pathogenesis
- Text 20 Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Практикум по письменному переводу научных и технических текстов