PECULIARITIES OF MEDICAL TEXTS TRANSLATION ON THE BASES OF POPULAR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION BROCHURES

Abstract

The article analyzes a concept of a brochure, its differences from a leaflet, booklet and flyer. Purposes of creating medical brochures, which are now widely used, have been studied. Structures involved in the development of these brochures are identified. Needs for their translation into different languages, as well as the reasons for the need for translation, are noted. The general features of medical texts are revealed. An analysis of medical brochures in English and their translations in Russian was carried out. As a result, their characteristic features were identified. Translation difficulties related to the features of medical brochures are presented. Transformations in the translation of medical brochure texts from English into Russian have been studied. The most commonly used methods for translating vocabulary typical of medical brochures, as well as complex syntactic structures, are described. In addition, the difficulties that arise at the stage of editing medical brochures are identified.