TOURIST TERMINOLOGY SUBJECT FIELD: IDENTIFYING GROUPS OF TOURIST TERMS IN RUSSIAN-ENGLISH TRANSLATION (BASED ON THE ALTAI TOURIST DESTINATION)

Abstract

The article deals with translation studies in tourism discourse and addresses the current interest in broadening and deeper research in cross-cultural communication. The topic under analysis requires a more detailed approach to new aspects of translation for tourism. The author draws a general design of the tourist terminology subject field in the translation perspective and singles out eight groups of tourist terms relevant for the purposes of translation. The article explores pitfalls in translating proper names, culture specific words, tourist terms and collocations from Russian into English based on the vocabulary of the Altai tourist destination. Proceeding from an analysis of the tourist terminology field it is possible to continue the work on the agreed upon common translation strategies and build up a comprehensive translation glossary which will help to provide quality translation and interpretation for local tourism. The results of the analysis can be also used in education for preparing future professionals in translation.