MECHANISMS OF THINKING AND THEIR FUNCTIONING IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATION ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article reveals the internal mechanisms of translation activity in the translator’s mind. The stages of translation activity are considered, the speech-thinking actions carried out at each stage are described and explained. The analogy of the perception of speech works with the perception of non-speech objects is traced, while taking into account the specifics of the linguistic sign as a perceived object. The mechanisms of penetration into the meaning of the text, the construction of a semantic image of the source text in the translator’s mind, its embodiment in the translated text are highlighted. The conclusion is made about the predominance of the mechanisms of imaginative thinking in the translation of the text. The results of the study of memory and thinking of students of engineering and art history specialties are presented. The necessity of taking into account the internal psychological and mental mechanisms of the translation process in the practice of teaching this type of activity is substantiated. An attempt is made to organize training reflecting the stages of translation activity in the mind of the subject.