Lexical strategies

LEXICAL STRATEGIES

Plan:

LEXICAL STRATEGIES 1
Plan: 1
Introduction 2
1. A lexical approach. Teaching lexical chunks 4
2. Lexical problems of translation 21
3. The concept of lexical transformations 24
Conclusions 26
Bibliography 28

Introduction 2
1. A lexical approach. Teaching lexical chunks 4
2. Lexical problems of translation 21
3. The concept of lexical transformations 24
Conclusions 26
Bibliography 28

Introduction

The theme of this course paper is the vocabulary of any language is so large and heterogeneous that not any translator, not even the native speaker can know all the words and distinguishes all their meanings. A vague knowledge of the text, the deep meaning hidden under the surface structure obliges the translator to be in constant contact with dictionaries, because they do translators in estimate service in understanding the text more clearly.
The right choice of the word for a complete transformation of the meaning of the word in the text is one of the complicated objectives in the translation process. The difficulty of this task is conditioned by the complex nature of the word and its versatile and semantic value. The word as a lexical unit in English and Russian languages don’t always coincide. Too often one word may correspond a composite word or a whole word combination of English. For example: “карусель – merry-go-round” or may happen vice-versa. Another example: “to stare – пристально смотреть”.
So the aim of this course paper is to investigate lexical translation transformations. Consequently, the tasks of this research are:
- to study the translation process and approaches to translation;
- to explore lexical problems of translation;
- to investigate the reasons for lexical transformations;
- to give definitions to lexical transformations and provide examples.