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Los gerentes de empresas inmobiliarias en crisis en París, Londres o Nueva York se pondrán verdes de la envidia pues en Moscú el sector inmobiliario de oficinas se encuentra en pleno auge y los locales alquilados a 700 u 800 dólares el metro cuadrado al año --entre los más caros del mundo después de Hong Kong y Tokio-- son muy demandados en un mercado dominado por la penuria, la incertidumbre jurídica y la ley del más rico.

The managers of in-crisis real estate companies in Paris, London, or New York will turn green with envy given that the office real estate sector in Moscow is expanding rapidly, and premises rented at 700 to 800 dollars a square meter for the year--among the most expensive in the world after Hong Kong and Tokyo--are very much in demand in a market dominated by poverty, legal uncertainty, and the law of the richest.

Managers of real estate businesses in crisis in Paris, London or New York will be green with envy. In Moscow the office real estate sector is in full bloom and locations which rent for seven or eight hundred dollars per square meter a year--among the highest in the world, after Hong Kong and Tokyo--are very much in demand in a market dominated by shortages, legal uncertainties and the law of the jungle.

Real estate business managers under pressure in Paris, London or New York will be green with envy that in Moscow the office space real estate sector is in full boom and spaces are renting for 700 or 800 dollars per square meter per year -- among the most expensive in the world behind Hong Kong and Tokyo -- that are very much in demand in a market dominated by shortage, judicial uncertainty, and the law of the wealthy.

[STATE1 -- BE ENVIOUS

[EXPERIENCER -- OBJECT1]
[REASON/MOTIVE -- STATE3 & STATE4]]

[OBJECT1 -- MANAGERS

[NUMBER PLURAL]
[PATIENT OBJECT5]
[LOCATION OBJECT2 OBJECT3 OBJECT4]]

[OBJECT2 -- PARIS]

[OBJECT3 -- LONDON]

[OBJECT4 -- NEW YORK]

[OBJECT5 -- REAL ESTATE COMPANY

[NUMBER PLURAL]
[STATUS STATE2]]

[STATE2 -- IN CRISIS]

[STATE3 -- GROWING

[LOCATION -- OBJECT6]
[EXPERIENCER -- OBJECT7]

[OBJECT6 -- MOSCOW]

[OBJECT7 -- OFFICE REAL ESTATE SECTOR]

[STATE4 -- BE IN DEMAND

[PATIENT -- OBJECT8]
[LOCATION -- OBJECT9]

[OBJECT8 -- OFFICES

[PATIENT-OF -- STATE5]
[PATIENT-OF -- STATE7]]

[OBJECT9 -- MARKET

[PATIENT-OF STATE6]]

[STATE5 -- RENT

[PATIENT -- OBJECT9]
[AMOUNT -- OBJECT13 OR OBJECT14]]

[STATE6 -- DOMINATE

[AGENT -- OBJECT10 OBJECT11 OBJECT12]
[PATIENT -- OBJECT 9]

[STATE7 -- BE EXPENSIVE

[DEGREE -- SUPERLATIVE]
[PATIENT -- OBJECT8]
[LOCATION -- OBJECT15]
[RANK -- RELATION1]]

[RELATION1 -- AFTER

[OBJECT -- OBJECT16 OBJECT17]]

[OBJECT10 -- SHORTAGES]

[OBJECT11 -- LEGAL UNCERTAINTY]

[OBJECT12 -- MONEY MAKES RIGHT]

[OBJECT13 -- DOLLARS

[NUMBER -- 700]
[AREA -- SQUARE METER]
[TIME -- YEAR]]

[OBJECT14 -- DOLLARS

[NUMBER -- 800]
[AREA -- SQUARE METER]
[TIME -- YEAR]]

[OBJECT15 -- WORLD]

[OBJECT16 -- HONG KONG]

[OBJECT17 -- TOKYO]

"green with envy" --> envious [non-literal language]

"in crisis" / "en crisis" / "under pressure" --> attachment (managers, businesses)

"en pleno auge" (Collins gives "zenith/peak" as literal; "boom" as commercial sense / "in full bloom" / "expanding rapidly"

"locations" / "premises" / "locales" --> inference from previous line

"poverty" / "shortages" / "penuria"

"law of the jungle" / "law of the richest" / "law of the wealthy" / "ley del mas rico" --> ley del mas fuerte = "might makes right" / ley del selva = "law of the jungle"

"700 or 800 dollars per square meter per year" --> by making dollars the head, it seems we are forced to separate the two and fill out both forms -- i.e., ellipsis removal

Version 3, Fri 21 May 2004 12:52:53 [Helmreich] - created Fri 21 May 2004 12:36:24 [Helmreich]