THE ENGLISH TENSES LAB
with Alexander Gasinski
by WhatsApp & the site
Tel. 8 915 130 8560
ВЕРНУТЬСЯ В МЕНЮ ЗАДАНИЙ (TASKS):
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
TASK 8:
Please translate (= render) the following (stuff) into English paying much attention to the correct (= proper) usage of the English tenses.
Текст Екатерины Шмидт
(ученицы нашей школы)
ЧАСТЬ ПЕРВАЯ
(Всего четыре части)
Было время, когда я мечтал о работе, которая будет оплачиваться ровно так же, с каким трудом я её выполняю. К слову, я творческий человек, и это не совсем
то же самое, что быть адвокатом, доктором или юристом. В России многие творческие профессии до сих пор оцениваются не по достоинству. Когда я понял, что на
деньги за любимую работу мне не выжить, пришлось найти другую и работать там, где платят достойно.
ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ СЛЕДУЕТ...
TEACHER'S TRANSLATION VERSIONS:
There was a time when I dreamed about a job that would pay me equally for the efforts I applied for it.
= There was a moment as I dreamed of a job that would fully pay for (all) my energy I gave to it.
I'm a person of art, by the way, and it is not the same as being a barrister, doctor or a lawyer.
= Actually, I'm a creative personality, which is not as being a barrister, doctor or a lawyer.
There are many art professions in Russia that are not valued according to merit.
= A lot of professions of art in Russia are underestimated.
Once I understood that the money I earned for my favourite work was not enough for surviving,
= As soon as I realised that the money I got for my favourite job was little (in order) to survive,
I had to find another one that paid decently.
= I was forced to seek another work that paid worthily.
TO BE CONTINUED...
ПОЛЕЗНЫЕ СИНОНИМЫ СЛОВ И ВЫРАЖЕНИЙ:
творческий человек: a creative person = a person of art = an art person = a creative thinker = a creative personality
как только я понял: the moment I understood = once I got aware of/that = the instant I realised = as soon as I came to awareness
платить достойно: to pay decently = to pay worthily = to pay handsomely
Перейти на ЗАДАНИЕ=TASK 9:
Быстро найти пословицу, поговорку или разговорный сленг по начальной букве: