Complete the following sentences with the words from Exercise 1 in an appropriate form.

1) _____ computer hardware can breathe new life into old PCs but some­times it’s cheaper to buy a new system. 2) If the database is small, there can be single database administrator, who can handle _____. 3) _____ is, generally, the collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information. 4) IT _____ impressive productivity gains in the US retail, retail banking, and semiconductor sectors during the 1990s. 5) It’s also been necessary to tap into investments and retirement funds for cash since the _____. 6) _____ company provides innovative, complete technology solutions for government, private sector business and non-profit associations. 7) Despite the impressive-looking free cash flow, Amazon faces _____. 8) Our company uses only proven and high quality _____ and ITS systems from our partners.

 

Read Text C and: 1) find out if you have heard about all the jobs mentioned in the text; 2) give adequate Russian equivalents to all the jobs.

Text C. IT education and job functions

A team of administrators and other technical staffers deploy and manage the company's IT infrastructure and assets. IT teams depend on a wide range of spe­cialized information and technology skills and knowledge to support equipment, applications and activities. Third-party contractors and IT vendor support per­sonnel augment the IT team. The information technology profession is ex­tremely diverse: IT workers can specialize in fields like software development, application management, hardware – desktop support, server or storage admin­istrator – and network architecture. Many businesses seek IT professionals with mixed or overlapping skill sets.

Common IT careers:

Chief information officer: This person is responsible for IT and computer systems that support the enterprise’s goals.

Chief technology officer: This person sets all technology goals and policies within an organization.

IT director: This person is responsible for the function of all of the business's technology tools and processes. This role is commonly called IT manager or IT leader.

Systems administrator: This person configures, manages, supports and trou­bleshoots a multi-user computing environment. Within an enterprise, this role can be segmented by technology, requiring an administrator or team dedicated to server, desktop, network, virtualization or other components. Application man­ager: This person's role centers on the provisioning and management of a high-value business application, such as Exchange.

Developer: This person or team writes, updates and tests code for programs to meet business objectives internally or facing customers.

Architect: This person examines and changes IT functions to best support the business.

 

Match the words and word combinations from the text above with appropriate Russian equivalents.

technical staffers сторонние наемные работники

infrastructure and assets очень разнообразный

a wide range of отвечать за

third-party contractors технический персонал

extremely diverse несколько частично совпадающих навыков

network architecture цели предприятия

overlapping skill sets устранять проблемы

to be responsible for достигать бизнес-цели

enterprise's goals инфраструктура и активы

to troubleshoot широкий спектр

within an enterprise архитектура сети

to meet business objectives общепринято называться

to be commonly called на предприятии

Now make up your own sentences with these words.

Speaking and Writing

Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1) Would you like to try once a job like those mentioned in Text C? 2) Which very job looks most attractive for you personally? Which one doesn’t? Why? 3) Do you think it is possible to make a good career progress in the IT sphere? What makes you think so?

Be ready to tell your group mates about what you have heard.

Write an essay “The Importance of Information Technology”. Don’t forget to mention if IT is really important for you personally and for the whole mankind. You are also supposed to include some information about the developments in IT.

 

PART II. ЛЕКСИЧЕСКИЕ ТРУДНОСТИ ПЕРЕВОДА

UNIT I. ПРАВИЛО РЯДА

Focus on rule

1. Если после определителя (артикль, местоимение, числительное) су­ществительного стоит несколько слов (обычно существительных в един­ственном числе и без предлога), то этот определитель относится к послед­нему существительному, с которого нужно начинать перевод. Все осталь­ные слова являются его определениями.

These error recovery techniques are well-known. – Эти методы исправ­ления ошибок хорошо известны.

2. Если ряд состоит из трех слов, среднее из которых является прилага­тельным, причастием или герундием, то перевод следует начинать также с последнего слова в строго обратном порядке и соблюдать грамматиче­скую форму среднего слова.

the rock- feeding system (feeding – Participle I) – система, подающая горную породу

a water- cooled conveyor (cooled – Participle II) – конвейер, охлаждае­мый водой

the job scheduling problem (scheduling – Gerund) – проблема планирова­ния (составления графика) работ

3. Если в ряду первым стоит прилагательное, то оно обычно относится к последнему слову.

The important measurement parameters are presented in Table 1. – Эти важные параметры измерения представлены в таблице 1.

Но иногда прилагательное, стоящее первым в ряду, может определять следующее за ним существительное.

The mechanism must perform straight line motion. – Этот механизм должен выполнять движение (какое?) по прямой линии.

Focus on practice