Functioning of non-equivalent terms in English and analyzing their translation into Russian (on the material of American economic journals)

Ambartsumyan Ekaterina Meruzhanovna

The relevance of the topic of research in the article is due to the expansion of economic cooperation between Russian and American companies and the growing volume of communication and interaction in this professional sphere. The article discusses the peculiarities of the functioning and translation of non-equivalent terms in English, in specialized economic texts on the material of American magazines. Analysis of the translation of non-equivalent terms discussed in the article confirms that they reflect the professionally oriented knowledge of native speakers and linguocultural factors. The purpose of the study is to study the process of functioning of non-equivalent terms in English and analyzing their translation into Russian (on the material of American economic journals). The article was prepared on the basis of generalizing theoretical and practical provisions of domestic studies in this direction. The article discusses in detail the key methods and receptions of transferring the Russian language of non-equivalent terms in English, which are found in the materials of American economic journals. With the refinement of optimal techniques for the transfer of non-equivalent economic terms in the American version of the English language, the corresponding patterns are indicated. It was revealed and established that the main cause of non-equivalence is the differences in the realities of practical professional reality leading to the absence in the language of translation of certain concepts in a foreign language. The results of the study in the article make it possible to talk about the importance of continuously studying the process of functioning of non-equivalent specialized terms in the American version of the English language and analyzing their translation into Russian on the material of modern specialized sources in the field of professional activities.

Keywords:non-equivalent terms, linguocultural functions, English, translation analysis, Russian, US economic realities.