Rendering Subject “It” into Ukrainian

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RENDERRING SUBJECT “IT” INTO UKRAINIAN

Olesia Sidak

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

Abstract

Background: The work is devoted to study of English “it” as ‘dummy’ subject in the professional discourse, and its rendering into Ukrainian language. Syntax, pragmatics, semantics and ge­neral discourse function of dummy subjects are considered. The originality of the research is connected to the fact that the rendering of subject it into Ukrainian professional discourse has not been studied. This shows the relevance of the research in its accordance to the tendencies of modern professional discourse research. This paper is also useful for English and Ukrainian translators.

Purpose: to find out the place of the dummy subject “it” in Ukrainian professional discourse.

Results: Dummy subject it is widely considered by Ukrainian and foreign linguists because of systemic differences in the discussion of impersonal constructions. It is referential and its meaning is understood from the context or intonation.Subject “it” is obligatory for English sentence and can be missed in Ukrainian sentence because of grammar differences of these languages. The word it fulfills the grammatical role of subject for the sentence. The purpose of the work is achieved, its tasks being performed in full.

Discussion: The practical significance of the research is that its results can be used in training courses in language theory, linguistics of text, translation, philological analysis of text. Imperical material of the study can be used in the creation of communicatively-pragmatically oriented manuals designed to improve language proficiency.

Keywords: discourse, pronoun, rendering, translation, subject.

Vitae. Olesia Sidak is a Candidate of Philology, Senior Teacher of Germanic Philology and Translation Department at National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”. Her areas of research interests include cognitive linguistics, comparative linguistics, discourse linguistics.

Correspondence: olesiasidak@gmail.com

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