UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH PRAGMATIC IDIOMS CREATED BY THE SPEAKER’S COMMUNICATIVE INTENTIONS IN THE SPEECH ACTS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the Ukrainian translation of English used in the speech acts generated by the speaker’s communicative intentions. These set expressions are used both in oral and written speech and serve for the expression of the speaker’s intentions depending on the communicative situations. In particular, approaches to the definition of the term pragmatic idioms were considered and a matrix of their main features, defined by several scholars, was created. Structural-semantic features of these units were highlighted, namely the classification of according to their structure, parts ofspeech and lexical-semantic groups. In addition, the peculiarities of these units usage in various speech acts such as directives, commissives, assertives, expressives and declaratories were analyzed with the distinction of the contexts specific to each of them. Taking into account these characteristics, the main translation ways quantities of the English into the Ukrainian language were determined. The analysis presented in the form of a diagram displays the presence of distinctive features in the usage of these units in the compared languages. The specifics of the translation is, above all, determined by the cultural peculiarities and c the difference between the grammatical systems of the English and Ukrainian languages. The main provisions and conclusions drawn on the basis of a thorough practical study of the peculiarities of English translation into the Ukrainian language can be used in further researches, scientific works and also serve as basic knowledge for work with these units.