Практика перевода. Андросова М.А. - 37 стр.

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clad gentleman in the executive’s office, Charlie goes in as crazy the tempo. Wrench
in hand, and obsessed by the need to fasten all the bolts tight, he goes after anything
that looks like a bolt. And this to the consternation of several ladies adorned with
large buttons in delicately strategic spots.
There are many delicious, yet profoundly pertinent moments, like his natural
desire to snatch a moment’s respite from the belt and steal a smoke in the men’s
room. The televised image of the scowling man in the front office flashes on the wall
with a command to drop that cigarette and get back to work. Remember this film was
made in the mid-Thirties, the use of television as a tyrannical spy awaited full
comment for nearly thirty years in the current best seller by Vance Packard.
He is caught up in a demonstration of the jobless and is mistaken for a
“Communist leader” by the police. Again the clubs descend, again there is jail, and he
makes acid comment of contrast between his life behind bars and the roaring hunger
outside.
There is the dream of the good life he describes to the discouraged and lovely
waif whom he aspired to help. It is that of a rose-covered cottage with fruit-trees
growing outside the kitchen. He can pluck an orange from the window, milk a
convenient and congenial cow for the breakfast coffee, all is clean and brilliantly
cheerful in this imaginary homestead where his lunch is packed with éclat and
abundance. The security of love and ample food reigns over his household. A dream.
Whatever the vicissitudes and thwarted aspirations, this underdog is
indomitable. There is that ultimate fade-out that can be translated as corny as he and
the little lady finally proceed up the road into the dawning sun. The scene can be
interpreted otherwise. Though there is no safe harbor, they have eluded the cops, and
survived the clap of despair, and they go anew and undaunted.
It is a tale worth telling, worth hearing, and seeing. Certainly it is one of the best
products of the Thirties, or for that matter, of modern times, certainly the finest in
cinema.
To the cavemen at the helm of society, Chaplin is of course a dangerous man.
Thus they exiled the finest artist of our age, made him go through the paces as
Voltaire did who had to flee the Paris of his time; or Zola after his “J’accuse”, or
Brecht after the critics” came to power who reach for their gun when they hear that
damnable word.
Text 6. CONGRESS – WHAT IS IT?
D.C.Coyle
The United States Congress differs from a parliament chiefly in the fact that it
does not contain the executive. The President and his Cabinet are not members of the
House, as the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are in England. The Congress cannot
peremptorily ask a question of the President except in an impeachment proceeding;
and if it refuses to pass an Administration bill, there is no “crisis”. The President in
that case does not resign; nor does he dissolve Congress and force a new election.

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