Translation of political literature and terms

     tangible progress n ощутимый прогресс.

     throwdown v 1) свергать (vi); 2) свергать (vt).

     top level forum n высокий форум.

     top priority n высший приоритет.

     top secret adv секретно.

     top-priority a первоочередной.

     topical problem n актуальная проблема.

     topicality of proposals n актуальность предложений.

     treaty assessment n оценка действия договора.

     treaty of unlimited duration n бессрочный договор.

     turn down a resolution v отклонять резолюцию (vi).

     turn out data v выдавать данные (vi).

     turned down a resolution v отклонил резолюцию (vi).

     ultimate truth n истина в последней инстанции.

     ulterior motive n скрытый мотив.

     ultimate reply n решительный ответ.

     unacceptable conditions n неприемлемые условия.

     unacceptable damage n неприемлемый ущерб.

     unacceptable terms n неприемлемые условия.

     unattainable goal n неосуществимая цель.

     unavailing efforts n тщетные усилия.

     unbridled escalation of the arms race n неконтролируемая гонка вооружений.

     unchangeable status quo n неизменный статус – кво.

     uncontrollable situation n неуправляемая ситуация.

     under the agreement adv по соглашению.

     under the conditions of glasnost adv в условиях гласности.

     under the conditions of openness adv в условиях гласности.

     under the conditions of peace adv в условиях мира.

     under the eagis of the United Nations adv под эгидой ООН.

     under the treaty adv согласно договору.

     undermine an agreement v подрывать соглашение (vi).

     undermine stability v подрывать стабильность (vi).

     1. undermining a meeting n подрыв совещания.

     2. undermining a meeting v подрывающий совещание (vi).

     unit veto n всеобщее вето.

     universal annihilation n всеобщее уничтожение.

     unofficial meeting n неофициальная встреча.

     unproductive conference n безрезультатное совещание.

     unswerving supporter n непоколебимый сторонник.

     urgent demand n настоятельное требование.

     urgent problem n неотложная проблема.

     vote for a resolution v голосовать за резолюцию (vi).

     voted-down draft n отклоненный проект.

     1. waging operations n проведение боевых действий.

     2. waging operations v проводящий боевые действия (vi).

     1. wandering away n уклонение.

     2. wandering away v уклоняющийся (vi).

     wanton aggression n ничем не вызванная агрессия.

     wanton interference n ничем не вызванное вмешательство.

     war by proxy n война чужими руками.

     war diplomacy n дипломатия войны.

     war of annihilation n война на уничтожение.

     war of attrition n война на истощение.

     war of liberation n освободительная война.

     war preparedness n готовность к войне.

     war propaganda n пропаганда войны.

     war-time diplomacy n дипломатия военного времени.

     widening of international ties n расширение международных связей.

     won with wide recognition v получил широкое признание (vi).

     working language n рабочий язык. 
 

 

      Conclusion 

     In the given Qualification Paper we have investigated various translation methods of political literature from English into Russian. We tried to give a detailed study of the features of translation of Political literature for it is one of the types of translation that has not been studied in details in our country up to this time.

     Moreover, we’ve studied the translation methods of Political literature and political terms at a deeper level, the types and ways of translation of Political literature; we’ve also considered the function of political literature in everyday life of the humanity.

     The aim of this work was to introduce the translation approach to Political literature so that to make it easy to perceive for those willing to keep up their educational and scientific carrier in the science of translation, it was purposed to broaden their view on translation studies and peculiar features while translating Political literature.

     In this work we’ve completed the following tasks:

• we’ve reviewed all the sources of Political literature
• methods of translation of Political literature have been carefully studied
• the grammatical, lexical, stylistic and phraseological difficulties of translation of political literature were discussed

     The originality of this work is in its creative approach to the study of methods of translation, besides, it contains a detailed review of ways and methods of translation.

     The given Qualification paper contains introduction, two chapters, and samples of translations of political set expressions, conclusion and bibliography list.

     Most translators prefer to think of their work as a profession and would like to see others to treat them like professionals rather than as skilled or semi-skilled workers. But to achieve this, translators need to develop an ability to stand back and reflect on what they do and how they do it. Like doctors and engineers, they have to prove to themselves as well as others that they are in control of what they do; that they do not just translate well because they have ‘flair’ for translation, but rather because, like other professionals, they have made a conscious effort to understand various aspects of their work.

     Unlike medicine and engineering, translation is a very young discipline in academic terms. It is only just starting to feature as a subject of study in its own right, not yet in all but in an increasing number of universities and colleges around the world. Like any young discipline, it needs to draw on the findings and theories of other related disciplines in order to develop and formalize its own methods; but which disciplines it can naturally and fruitfully be related to is still a matter of some controversy. Almost every aspect of life in general and of the interaction between speech communities in particular can be considered relevant to translation, a discipline which has to concern itself with how meaning is generated within and between various groups of people in various cultural settings. This is clearly too big an area to investigate in one go. So, let us just start by saying that, if translation is ever to become a profession in the full sense of the word, translators will need something other than the current mixture of intuition and practice to enable them to reflect on what they do and how they do it. They will need, above all, to acquire a sound knowledge of the raw material with which they work: to understand what language is and how it comes to function for its users.

     In this research work we have completed the following tasks:

• we have reviewed all the sources of Political literature
• we revealed the methods and ways of translation of Political literature
• and we have also investigated grammatical, lexical, phraseological and stylistic difficulties of translation of Political literature.

     In this Qualification paper we have reviewed almost all the grammatical, lexical, stylistic difficulties of translation of Political Literature.

     While reviewing the grammatical changes we considered the following transformations: substitution, omission, transposition and supplementation.

     Substitution is one of the grammatical relations among the parts of the sentences. In substitution, an item (or items) is replaced by another item (or items), ex:

     I like Politics.    And I do. or

     Will the United Stated start the war against Iraq? – No one knows.

     The words like do, one, the same are usually used in substitution.

     Omission, as you know is when an item is replaced by nothing. This is a case of leaving something unsaid which is nevertheless understood. The example is:

     In the World War II the Soviet Union lost over 70 millions of life. And the United States less than 10.

     A hearer will easily infer what happened to the United States during the war.

     Transposition is required when the English sentence contains a large group of nouns with indefinite article and then it is natural that they, being the center of informative message are placed at the end of the sentence. Besides, a short, compared with the noun predicate can not bear the emphatic sense of a large group of nouns.

     A big wave of actions by all sections of workers – skilled and unskilled, men and women, manual and non-manual – for higher wages and equal pay, for shorter hours and a greater say in shaping the environment at work is rising.

     Сейчас  нарастает огромная волна забастовок трудящихся всех категорий – квалифицированных и не квалифицированных, мужчин и женщин, работников физического и умственного труда – за повышение зарплаты, за равную оплату женского труда, за сокращение рабочего дня, за улучшение условий труда.

     Supplementation happens to be very frequent when translating texts on International politics because we do not always have corresponding words for some English or American notions like:

     During the World War II one of the basic changes in the US military bases was the construction of emergency hangars in case of sudden attack.

     Одним из немаловажных перемен  в военных базах  США во время Второй Мировой Войны была разработка конструкции ангаров для срочного вылета в случае внезапной атаки.

     There is no corresponding word in Russian military system for emergency hangar therefore we had to make use of supplementation.

     Thus, we have come to conclusion that the above mentioned changes are necessary while processing a translation of Political literature from English into Russian.

     While discussing the lexical problems of translation we considered lexical-semantic features of both languages and investigated such cases as difference in word volume, word combinability, generally accepted tradition of word usage, we have also considered contextual meaning of words in the process of translation. In addition we investigated the emotional coloring that plays an important role while processing a translation of Political Literature. We have studied the translation of international words and unexpected usage of word combinability that makes the translation task harder.

     A very interesting contextual meaning of exploitation was in the following example:

     Britain’s worldwide exploitation was shaken to the roots by Colonial Liberation Movements.

     The contextual meaning of the word originated metonymically – any colonial system lives on exploitation, which is the basis of colonial power. The corresponding Russian эксплуатация can not be used in this contextual meaning, the contextual surroundings of exploitation (worldwide, shaken to the roots) also prevents it. The only possible variant of translation is by means of metonymic transposition – substitution:

     Колониальное могущество Англии было подорвано (потрясено до основания) национально-освободительным движением во всех колониях.

     The use of words of abstract meaning strongly differs in various languages. Therefore arises the necessity of concrete definition in translating.

     The Saigon regime used every form of pressure and violence to compel a reluctant electorate to go to the polls.

     Сайгонский  режим прибегал ко всем видам давления и насилия, чтобы  заставить упрямых  избирателей принять участие в выборах.

     In the study of stylistic transformation during translation we found, that the repetition is widely used with stylistic purposes in newspaper publicity. In these cases the translator is compelled to apply stylistic changes, make substitution or omission.

     A policy of see no stagnation, hear no stagnation, speak no stagnation has had too long a run for our money.

     Слишком долго мы расплачиваемся за политику полного  игнорирования и замалчивания застоя в нашей экономике.

     The triple repetition of no stagnation has been omitted in translation, though is partially compensated by the use of synonymic pair at a word (stagnation), but neutralization is evident in translation. The neutralization happened when translating the phraseological unit to have (too long) a run for our money.

     Still, studying the difficulties of translation of Political literature we have come to conclusion that the most difficulty to a translator represent set expressions and phraseological units that are widely used in American and English politics. In most cases we do not have corresponding notions in Russian or have some words that do not sufficiently cover the whole meaning of the word in question: for example:

     The Cold War last for more than forty years.

     Холодная  война длилась более сорока лет.

     In this case we used word for word (verbatim) translation for we do not have any words that would convey the sense the Americans put in this expression.

     Therefore a translator, majoring in the translation of Politics should have a good command not only of English itself, but should know the principles of International politics and other Political sciences.

     To wind up this discourse, we would like to remind you, that while our country is rapidly integrating into the International community, the need of highly experienced translators of Political literature will be evident to make the International Events easily accessible to general public. 
 

 

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