The issue of the information technology and technical terminology translatability from English into Russian: the typology and the nominative density levels

Natalia  Bobrova; Anton  Lebedev; Larisa  Tsybina; Iuliia  Pinkovetskaia

doi:10.46925//rdluz.32.29

Natalia Bobrova Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-2170
Anton Lebedev Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1927-5595
Larisa Tsybina Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6730-5077
Iuliia Pinkovetskaia Department of the Economic Analysis and State Management, Institute of Economics and Business, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8224-9031

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46925//rdluz.32.29

Keywords: : information and computer technologies; scientific and technical vocabulary; non-equivalent vocabulary; terms; peculiarities of translation; nominal density; level of translatability; linguistic and extralinguistic factors

Abstract

The 21st century is characterized by its rapid scientific and technological advancement. Digital and technical inventions have resulted in computer globalization which caused the necessity of adequate translation of different kinds of English-language technical documentation, manuals, software products, etc. The article deals with the recent tendencies in translation and interpretation studies showing increasing interest to the ways English scientific and technical texts are rendered into Russian. The article considers the peculiarities of translating the scientific and technical vocabulary in the information technologies sphere and provides a typology of the English terms. Non-equivalent vocabulary is considered to be the most serious communication challenge. The authors identify the basic typical features of the computer discourse vocabulary, analyze the correlation between its nominal density and translatability level. The findings indicate that the ratio between the nominal density and translatability level of linguistic concepts is inversely proportional. The academic originality of the study involves the classification of technical and computer terms, as well as comparing nominal density and translatability levels. The article focuses on the most applicable English-language computer terms translation techniques, such as calquing, substantiation, generalization, semantic development, descriptive translation, antonymic translation, replacement and transformation of parts of a sentence. Pointing out that both linguistic and extralinguistic factors affect the translation solution choice, the authors believe that the correct approach to the translation process guarantees a successful intercultural communication.

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Natalia Bobrova , Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Professor of Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Anton Lebedev , Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Professor Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Larisa Tsybina , Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Professor Department of the English Language for Professional Communication, Foreign Languages Faculty, N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University, Saransk

Iuliia Pinkovetskaia , Department of the Economic Analysis and State Management, Institute of Economics and Business, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk

Professor of Department of the Economic Analysis and State Management, Institute of Economics and Business, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk

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