TERM SPHERE “SUST AINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL AREAS”: ABOUT THE DECISIONS ON ENGLISH-RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF ITS UNITS

Abstract

The scientific paper discusses the problem of Russian-English translation of terminology in the field of “Sustainable Development of Natural Areas” (hereinafter SD). It proposes assessing of the translation quality, as the primary form of interlingual mediation, by means of adequacy – a research concept accepted by translation theorists and practitioners in Russia and abroad. The key thesis is following: while specialists assess a translation as adequate, the relationship between the original and the translated text is based on a systemic correspondence of situation types based on their communicative identity. Furthermore, the basis for establishing the equivalence of the linguistic means used to create an adequate translation is functional, not formal. Achieving adequacy of translation from Russian to English determines the effectiveness of communication between representatives of Russian and English scientific worldviews involved in solving the problems of SD of natural areas. The framework for this research area, in turn, is the eponymous terminology in Russian and English. The work, based on the author’s methodology of comparative and translation analysis, examines translator’s decisions which he or she makes during translating. Among these, are translation methods and techniques, as well as translation transformations.