Some Aspects of Rendering English Scientific and Technical Terminology

Abstract.

SOME ASPECTS OF ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY TRANSLATION

Anna Ageicheva

Department of General Linguistics and Foreign Languages, National University “Yuri Kond­ratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Poltava, Ukraine.

Rozhenko Inesa

Department of Foreign Languages with Latin and Medical Terminology, Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava, Ukraine.

Abstract

Background: The present article focuses on the general overview on the major aspects in technical translation. It considers certain characteristic features of technical language: terminology, including eponyms and multi-word terms, acronyms and abbreviations, affixation, word compounding, the doublet phenomenon, polysemy and synonymy.

Purpose: to describe in general the translation for lay-readers and for professional audiences (expert-expert texts).

Results: Attention is paid to qualifications of technical translators, verification and review. Translation activity is a decisive factor in spreading knowledge, practical experience and new discoveries in the field of medicine and pharmacology. It is also the most important issue in providing healthcare services to foreigners or minorities. Translators of technical texts face a great number of difficulties. They include technical terminology, lexical equivalence of medical texts, readability, quality issues. Technical translation concerns a number of subject areas, including other fields of specialty. Translation is a crucial factor in disseminating knowledge and new discoveries in the technical field globally. Technical translation does not concern a single genre or a homogenous discourse. The translated texts include popularizations, such as textbooks for technical students, popular science book, but also research papers, conference proceedings, case studies, discharge summaries, reports and relatively simple texts: information leaflets, consent forms, brochures.

Discussion: The demand for technical translation is extremely high. Translators of technical texts face a number of challenges, some of which are the subject of research. They include termino­logy, lexical equivalence of texts, readability, quality issues. This article offers a general overview of the major issues in technical translation. Technical translation is considered to be one of the most complicated and is the most expensive in its cost in the practice of translation bureaus not only in Ukraine but throughout the world, and rightly so, it has its own peculiar features and can cause se­rious difficulties for a translator.

Keywords: scientific and technical terminology, grammatic transfornations, language interference, interferent, “translator’s false friend”.

Vitae. Anna Ageicheva is a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Associate Professor of Department of General Linguistics and Foreign Languages at National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”. Her areas of research interests include translations studies, terminological studies, linguocultural studies, English language teaching.

Correspondence: ageicheva@ukr.net

Vitae. Inesa Rozhenko is a Lecturer of Department of Foreign Languages with Latin and Me­dical Terminology at Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy. Her areas of research interests include translations studies, terminological studies, ESP teaching.

Correspondence: euacademy@ukr.net

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