Challenges in translating economic texts from English into Russian

MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

DIANA ASCI

CHALLENGES IN TRANSLATING ECONOMIC TEXTS FROM ENGLISH INTO RUSSIAN 

Translation and Interpretation. The English Language and The German Language.

Course Paper

Author:                        _________________   Diana Asci, EG204TRr

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Research Adviser:     __________________   Gabriela Saganean, PhD, Associate Professor

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CHIŞINĂU-2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction        3

I. Linguistic Characteristics of Economic Language        5

1.1 Specialized Text: Basic Notions…………………        5

1.2 Linguistic Peculiarities of Economic Texts        8

1.2.1 Formation of Economic Terms and Their Semantic Relations        9

1.3 Grammar of Economic Language        12

1.4 Peculiarities of Translating Specialised/Economic Texts        14

1.4.1 Translation Techniques of Terms/Word combinations/Sentences        16

Conclusions        20

II. A Contrastive Study of Economic Texts in English and Russian        22

2.1 Description of the Domain        22

2.2 A Contrastive Analysis of Economic Language in English and Russian from a Translation Perspective        23

2.2.1 Translating Economic Language from English into Russian         25

Conclusions        31

General Conclusions        32

Bibliography        34

Introduction

This course paper was written with the purpose of determining the characteristics of economic texts and identifying the difficulties of translating economic texts from English into Russian. This type of translation is quite difficult and has its own peculiarities.

The complexity of the translation is that to translate this type of text is not enough just to know the terminology that is used in this area. In addition to this, the translator must know more about the economy, be aware of the issues and news around it, find out more about its development and other things. If they do not, the translator's work will not be great enough.

It is worth noting that the globalization of the world economy is now a reality. Almost all countries in the world are part of a larger network. Events in the markets of the West undoubtedly affect the exchanges in the East, and conversely.

Therefore, people who occupy a particular position in the economy need to communicate with each other for business reasons. Although English is the language of global communication, the language spoken and documented in many countries, the translation is still very much needed. This is especially so for non-English-speaking countries.

For people who are doing business in the field of economics, it is very important to have the opportunity to turn to a good translator and get good quality translation of documents or any other papers. Moreover, to the services of an translation-interpreter also often apply, because without this it is impossible to imagine negotiations between representatives of different countries who do not speak the same language .

Economy is eternal, and that is why this type of translation will always be relevant and in demand.

The object of research in this course paper are texts in the field of economics and finance, based on which have been identified features of the translation.

The subject of the study is the terminology taken from these texts. It has been analyzed on the manifestation of their features in the process of translation.

Relevance of the work lies in the fact that translation in the field of economics in our time is in high demand. World leaders communicate with each other and that is why this work can help to understand better the difficulties and peculiarities of translation in this field.

The aim of the study is to identify the features of economic texts, determine how these features can be translated, identify the difficulties in translation and solutions to obtain the best possible translation, because economic texts are the means of communication for people involved in this field.

The purpose of the study are:

• To identify the features of the specialized texts, to determine their types, to review the vocabulary which is characteristic to them.
• To determine the grammatical features of the specialized texts.
• To clarify the peculiarities of the English economic language in comparison with Russian.
• Analyze lexical vocabulary of the given field, define its peculiarities and characteristic features.
• Determine the difficulties of terminology translation and find ways to translate them. (giving the example of how to translate terms - i. e. techniques).

The material of the study are the English texts of economic issues of a foreign company AES and articles from the weekly newspaper The Economist, published in Britain.

Research methodology: the work was performed by a complex method on the basis of the semantic and comparative analysis of the text.