SEMIOTIC FACTORS IN THE WORK OF TRANSLATOR (ELEMENTS OF KINESICS)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the consideration of semiotic load of the basic movement of the palms and mimic muscles at different ethnic cultures. Its task is to highlight kinesemes, which are typical for Eastern and Western traditions of nonverbal comunication (here is used data of non-verbal means, related to the movement of hands, palms and eyes) and characterize their communicative semantics as auxiliary means, which need to pay special attention of translators. Observation of Eastern and Western cultures of non-verbal comunication evidences commonality of many kinesemes for these cultural worlds, however semiotic load of equal movements at different cultures often does not coincide and even more demonstrates absolutely opposite comunicative meanings. Properly lingual equivalents of non-verbal means, particularly phraseologisms, sometime are able to confirm all told. Hands (palms) and gaze of the interlocutor are the details, which catch the eye in establishing of visual contact and preliminary evaluation of the counterpart. Consequently ethnic semiotics of both sets of kinesems should be interpreted correctly and on time to provide high-quality translation.