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

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.

Exploring Computer Science Students’ Skill In Translating Technology and Computer Terminologies

“…The evaluation can be started from the points of equivalence as the concern of translation by seeing their techniques of translation (Kushlyk & Smienova, 2022). The properly chosen technique of translation could guarantee a successful communication but the nonequivalent vocabulary can be a serious challenge in communication (Bobrova et al, 2021).…”

“…Another research concern on students' competence is also found out. It analyzes the translation competence of BA and MA students in different aspects, that is by translating without and with the help of a translation machine (Bobrova et al, 2021;Taghizadeh & Azizi, 2017).…”