SUMMARY TRANSLATION AS A COMPONENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL BILINGUAL COMMUNICATION PROCESS

Abstract

The article deals with the place and role of summary translation in the framework of professional bilingual communication, as well as the principles of the competence-based approach to the information processing. A brief excursion into the history of summarizing is given, the varieties of text compression are presented, the concepts of “translation” and “summary translation” are distinguished, which are different types of speech activity. The authors consider the goals, objectives and practical importance of summary translation as the most difficult and demanded method of text compression, which is key in the context of mastering the language of the profession. Since summary translation is a purposeful activity, the functional approach is fully applicable to it, which explains its consideration through the prism of Skopos theory. Special attention is paid to the algorithm for summarizing the primary text by means of the target language with a description of the stages preceding the creation of the secondary text. The article also focuses on the criteria for the quality of summary translation as a product of the process of summarizing translation.