Идиомы в английской деловой речи и проблемы их перевода
В современном деловом дискурсе бизнес-идиомы представляют собой сложное явление для переводчиков. В нашем исследовании бизнес-идиомы рассматриваются с точки зрения перевода, поскольку главная цель переводчика – не только передать значение идиомы, понятное для аудитории, но и сохранить культурные особенности данной идиомы. Успех переводчика зависит от его умения разбираться в тонкостях различных языков и культур, а также применять правильные стратегии при переводе идиом. Наша цель – показать важность деловых идиом в английском деловой речи, проанализировать их с точки зрения перевода, предложить возможные проблемы, которые могут возникнуть в процессе перевода, и, проанализировав различные подходы к переводу идиом, предложить наиболее эффективные способы и стратегии для решения этих проблем. При анализе идиоматических выражений, используемых в английской деловой речи, мы применили метод сравнения. Далее, исследуя идеи об идиомах и переводе идиом Моны Бейкер, мы выбрали ее учение и стратегии перевода и применили их в нашем анализе.
Наша работа состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, ссылок, списка источников и приложения. В первой главе мы сосредоточились на изучении понятия идиоматических выражений, их типов и характеристик, их существенной связи с культурой, а также трудностей, связанных с переводом идиом. При этом мы рассматривали различные методы перевода идиом и выделили один подход, который в дальнейшем применили в нашем анализе. Во второй главе представлены идиоматические выражения, используемые в английской деловой речи, отобранные из различных достоверных источников и из статьи “2007-2008 Financial Crisis in Review” (“Обзор финансового кризиса 2007-2008 годов”), и их анализ.
The importance of the research lies in the fact that in today’s business discourses and hectic globalized market and in the sphere of business in general, business idioms are a challenge. In our research business idioms are observed from the perspective of translations. Consequently, not only should a translator convey the meaning of an idiomatic expression that is understandable to the audience, but also they should maintain culturally-driven characteristics of a given idiom. The success of a translator depends on the skills to relate to different cultures and languages and to apply the right methods in order to translate idioms appropriately. The study is not only useful for translators in the business sphere but also for people whose job has a direct connection with languages or language learners who wish to improve their understanding of a language and idioms in particular.
The aim of the research is to prove the importance of business idioms in the English business discourse, analyze them from the perspective of translation, describe possible problems that can appear during the translation process and by analyzing different approaches to translating idioms, provide the most effective ways and strategies to cope with those problems.
While analyzing idiomatic expressions used in the English business discourse and selected by random sampling we have applied comparative approach. Afterwards, observing different ways of translating idioms from one language into another suggested by various linguists we have focused on the methodology introduced by Mona Baker, which we present later in our research, and apply in the analysis of idioms introduced in the practical part of our work.
The paper consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, references, a list of sources and an appendix. In the first chapter we mainly concentrate upon the study of the notion of idiomatic expressions, the types and characteristics, as well as their substantial connection with culture. We discuss the phenomenon of idiomaticity in the English business discourse and difficulties connected with the translation of idioms. Meanwhile, we examine different methods of idiom translation and single out one approach which we further apply in our analysis. In the second chapter, we single out idioms used in the English business discourse and idiomatic expressions selected form the article called “2007-2008 Financial Crisis in Review”. We give their definition, Russian translation, the frequency of usage, which type of idioms they refer to and possible challenges in terms of translation, also make a comparison between the original idiom and the idiom or expression in the target language, discuss what we preserve and lose after an idiom is translated into Russian.
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