Ways of slang rendering while literary translation

Ostapenko, Svitlana and Остапенко, Світлана Анатоліївна and Остапенко, Светлана Анатольевна (2020) Ways of slang rendering while literary translation. Інтелект, особистість, цивілізація (1 (20)). pp. 40-48. ISSN 2079-4835

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Abstract

The contextual linguistic-stylistic analysis of slangisms testifies to the presence of a large number of slang words in the works of modern English «working» novelists and tendency of democratization of English colloquial language due to nonliterary stylistic expression. The problem of slang translation has always been relevant. Spoken language is constantly changing, and this creates even more difficulties in translation, not to mention the use of new loose words. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the following ways of translation are used to reproduce the slangs of the modern English «working» novel: adequate translation, calque, addition, ommition, concretization, generalization, antonymous translation, compensation, semantic development, free translation. When translating slang units, the time factor should be taken into account, as slang changes as a linguistic feature of generations; hence, a poorly matched match sometimes threatens to turn into an anachronism. The author argues that when translating slang one has to either look for a similar Ukrainian slang that has approximately the same expressiveness, or follow the way of interpretation and explanation of the meaning, ie use a descriptive method of translation.

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