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Putin will finish the second of two terms as President in 2008. Under his leadership, Russia has re-emerged as a significant wor

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问题     Putin will finish the second of two terms as President in 2008. Under his leadership, Russia has re-emerged as a significant world power.【F1】I have friends who predict that Vladimir Putin will find his new position as Russian prime minister a comedown after eight years as President. I doubt it. Putin is more likely to define his job than be defined by it. After our first meetings, in 1999 and 2000, I described him in my journal as "shrewd, confident, hard-working, patriotic, and ingratiating." In the years since, he has become more confident and—to Westerners— decidedly less ingratiating.
    Born in Leningrad(today’s St. Petersburg)Putin is the son of a sailor and a factory worker. From 1976 to 1990, Putin served in the foreign intelligence branch of the notorious Soviet spy agency. For many of those years, he was stationed in Germany. In 1998, Putin was tapped to run the FSB(successor to the KGB)by then Russian President Boris Yeltsin.【F2】When Yeltsin resigned shortly before the end of his second term, Putin was chosen to serve as acting President, putting him in an ideal position to win the office in the election that followed.
    【F3】Some believe Putin’s KGB background explains everything, but his allegiance to the KGB is in turn explained by his intense nationalism—which accounts for his popularity in Russia. Timing matters in history, and Putin has had the benefit of high oil prices and the contrast with his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin.【F4】His vision of Russia is that of a great power in the old-fashioned European sense. Such powers have spheres of influence and subjugate lesser powers. At home, they celebrate national traditions and prize collective glory, not individual freedom.
    Tolstoy described the 19th century count Mikhail Speransky as a " rigorous-minded man of immense intelligence, who through his energy...had come to power and used it solely for the good of Russia." What one found disconcerting, though, " was Speransky’s cold, mirror-like gaze, which let no one penetrate to his soul. " It is possible to love the idea of a nation without caring too much for its citizens.
    【F5】It is unlikely that Putin, 55, will wear out his welcome at home anytime soon, as he has nearly done with many democracies abroad. In the meantime, he will remain an irritant to NATO, a source of division within Europe and yet another reason for the West to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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答案当叶利钦的第二个总统任期届满之前辞职之际，普京被选为代理总统，从而使普京在接下来的总统选举中处于极为有利的位置。
解析 该句为包含时间状语从句的主从复合句。首先要确定将putting…短语作结果状语，翻译时另作为一个单句翻译；其次，在putting…短语中要注意词语的增译和省译。根据上文，election在本句明显指的是总统选举，翻译时要体现出来，不能只译为“选举”，而to win the office在翻译时和前文意思重复，可省译。
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