Peculiarities of Translating Technical Terms from English into Ukrainian (on the material of Oil and Gas Terminology)

Abstract.

PECULIARITIES OF TECHNICAL TERMS TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH INTO UKRAINIAN (ON THE MATERIAL OF OIL AND GAS TERMINOLOGY)

Svitlana Manhura

Germanic Philology and Translation Department, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Poltava, Ukraine.

Yana Rudenko

Germanic Philology and Translation Department, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Poltava, Ukraine.

Abstract

Background: The paper considers examples of words and phrases that have the same meaning in general language, but change it in a narrow sense, especially in combination with other words. The peculiarities of English terms translation of oil and gas industry are considered. Any professional translator is faced with the need to translate special terms. In order to make the most accurate translation, it is necessary to know the specifics of terms translation.

Purpose: to highlight some aspects of the functioning of vocabulary in the context of oil and gas terminology translation.

Results: The examples in the paper show how important a high level of professionalism is for a technical translator, how important it is to study a special literature and reference materials that are constantly updated to accurately translate technical terms from English.

Discussion: The difficulties of terms translation are mentioned in the article, explaining how to overcome them, should help the translator in achieving accuracy, adequacy of translation. For these purposes it is also necessary to pay attention to the main methods of translation, to know the specifics of the industry.

Keywords: terminology, oil and gas industry, translator, language, translation, knowledge, features.

Vitae. Svitlana Manhura is a Lecturer of Germanic Philology and Translation Department at National University “Yuri Kondratyk Poltava Polytechnic”. Her areas of research interests include cross-cultural communication and linguistics, translation studies.

Correspondence: svetmangura@gmail.com

Vitae. Yana Rudenko is a Master’s student of Germanic Philology and Translation Department at National University “Yuri Kondratyk Poltava Polytechnic”. Her areas of research interests include linguistics and translation studies.

Correspondence: yana.rudenko@oa.edu.ua

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