RENDERING UKRAINIAN HISTORICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE OLD RUS' PERIOD INTO ENGLISH
Vol.8, Issue 2, 2022, pp. 183-202 Full text
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.22.2.2
Web of Science: 000898974300002
Authors:
1 Marina Vozna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-9387
2 Liudmyla Slavova https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-1801
Affiliation:
1,2 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine 02aaqv166
CRediT authorship contribution statement
Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Validation, Formal Analysis: M.V. (lead);
Supervision, Project Administration, Writing - review and editing, Methodology: L.S. (lead),
Visualization, Data Curation, Investigation: M.V, L.S. (equal)
Abstract
The article presents a study that focuses on approaches to rendering Ukrainian historical terminology related to the Old Rus' period into English selected en masse from Ukrainian and English academic texts on history, with a special focus on culture-specific terminology. Historical terms for translation purposes are categorised into non-culture-specific historical terminology reflecting universal concepts of historical science, and culture-specific historical terminology. The purpose of the article is to determine specific methods for Ukrainian-English translation of historical terminology of the Old Rus' period. The paper discusses approaches and methods used by English-speaking academics to secondary term formation, taking place when rendering concepts denoting Ukrainian original culture-specific terminology into English. Different groups of historical terms are described with a special focus on onomastic terminology. It is demonstrated that the historical context should be taken into account for the correct designation of a historical concept. Non-culture-specific historical terminology is predominantly rendered by existing equivalents, which were formed through phonological adaptation and/or calque translation. The most appropriate technique for rendering culture-specific Ukrainian historical terminology is shown to be combined renomination, the method that uses both a transcription and a description of a historical concept.
Keywords: historical terminology, translation techniques, culture-specific historical terms, secondary term formation, historical concept, onomastic terminology
Article history:
Submitted: 16 May 2022;
Reviewed: 30 October 2022;
Accepted: 05 November 2022;
Published: 20 December 2022
Citation (APA):
Vozna, M. & Slavova, L. (2022). Rendering Ukrainian Historical Terminology of the Old Rus' Period into English. English Studies at NBU, 8(2), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.22.2.2
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