Abstract
Abstract. Introduction. The knowledge actualization in the process of English lexical competence in translation formation proves to be an obligatory phase to prepare the students to master the translators’ strategies, techniques and abilities necessary to become professional translators, which lays the solid background for the effective world integration of Ukraine. The formation of English lexical competence according to Practical Course of Translation in the third year of study requires the corresponding methodology in teaching translators’ development. Thus, the present research is due to serve the essential theoretical and practical application for the methodology of teaching future translators to translate the lexical units from the source language (English) into the target one (Ukrainian). Purpose. The purpose of this research is defining the theoretical fundamentals of knowledge as an integral component of translator’s competence and creating the set of exercises aimed at the formation of English lexical competence in translation. Methods. The author explores and analyses modern methodological approaches of defining the components of the translator’s competence, grounds the necessity of the knowledge actualization at the English lexical competence in translation formation. The author also provides a set of exercises on the knowledge actualization targeted at the practical application at the education process. Results. In the article the notion of “knowledge” as a component of the translator’s competence in general and the English lexical competence in translation in particular are studied, the phase of future translators’ knowledge actualization during the process of the formation of the English lexical competence in translation is described in details, examples are provided.
Highlights
The knowledge actualization in the process of English lexical competence in translation formation proves to be an obligatory phase to prepare the students to master the translators’ strategies, techniques and abilities necessary to become professional translators, which lays the solid background for the effective world integration of Ukraine
Task: What do you know about the units of international lexicon? Fill in the gaps in the text about the internationalism definition
Task: You are asked to translate an article including a number of internationalisms, both genuine and pseudo
Summary
Task: What do you know about the units of international lexicon? Мета: актуалізувати теоретичні знання студентів про способи перекладу інтернаціоналізмів. Field of the Internationalisms bank, Mathematics, social and political terminology comprising audit constitution, the most commonly used political, starter, president, party economic, philosophical, historical, barter, motor, battery, linguistic, sociological units of lexicon. Example: bank – social and political terminology comprising the most commonly used political, economic, philosophical, historical, linguistic, sociological units of lexicon. Note: Pseudo internationalisms (translator’s false friends) – words/word combinations that have identical orthographic form but quite different lexical meaning. Task: You are asked to translate an article including a number of internationalisms, both genuine and pseudo. Task: Read two articles in Ukrainian and English covering the same cultural issue and find the same and distinct features in the structural layout of the material. Be sure to write out the equivalents to use in your translation task given in the translation practice
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