FEATURES OF THE TRANSFER OF THE AUTHOR’S NEOLOGISMS IN A SCIENCE FICTION TEXT (BASED ON WILLIAM GIBSON’S NOVEL “COUNT ZERO”)

Abstract

The article analyzes a problem of translation of author’s neologisms functioning in the space of a science fiction text of the cyberpunk genre. A characteristic of the author’s neology by W. Gibson is given, models of author’s word formation are systematized, methods of interlanguage translation of author’s neologisms are determined. The research material consists of 30 author’s neologisms selected from the original from the original text of the novel “Count Zero” by W. Gibson and the translation by A. Komarinets. As a result of the typological analysis, the most frequently used models of word formation are highlighted: the use of single-component neologisms and the creation of phrases of different types. The nominative function is decisive in the purpose of the neologism. The analysis of translation techniques in the frequency aspect shows that A. Komarinets uses these techniques: translation adaptation, transcription, and calculus. The combination of techniques and literal translation are involved much less often, a single translation was performed by creating a neologism by the translator himself.