THE NATIONAL-SPECIFIC THE NATIONAL-SPECIFIC REALIA REALIA

IN THE ENGLISH PUBLICISTIC IN THE ENGLISH PUBLICISTIC DISCOURSE AND PECULIAR DISCOURSE AND PECULIAR

WAYS OF THEIR RENDERING BY WAYS OF THEIR RENDERING BY NATIVE LANGUAGE MEANSNATIVE LANGUAGE MEANS

Olena Marchenko ПР-09-зс

CURRENT RELEVANCE OF THE TOPIC

Various realia are observed, not only proper

names;

The interdependence between realia

meanings and ways of translation is specified;

The role of realia in the publicistic discourse is

outlined;

Focus on translation into Ukrainian.

To specify what “realia” are.To distinguish several classifications of realia.To analyze approaches and means of realia rendering into native language.To specify the peculiarities of the publicistic discourse.To select the actual material for investigation.To examine the peculiarities of realia rendering in compliance with their meaning.

Realia are unique and distinctive objects or phenomena of a

particular nation, which embody a mental code, formed by the social, cultural, geographical, political and

historical background, and that cannot be understood by speakers

of other cultures without mastering these aspects of

background knowledge

І. Abstract meaning:

а) Related to culture and religion:

But it is obvious that Beowulf, Grendel and the Dragon

clearly belong to the classification of “myth” ;

b) Historical and Political:

Henry VII ended the dynastic wars known as the Wars

of the Roses, founded the Tudor dynasty and

modernized England's government and legal system;

c) Of everyday use:

The details of the young Lennon's detentions were

discovered by an enterprising teacher in the late 1970s.

ІІ. Concrete meaning:

а) Proper names: anthroponyms and toponyms :

Elton John and John Lennon once hid from pop art

icon Andy Warhol in a New York hotel room because

they feared he would expose them as cocaine fiends;

b) Professions:

Tower of London gets first female Beefeater ;

c) Other (of everyday use, historical and political):

This small scrap quilt is made from the leftovers from

the Country Home quilt.

Metonymy: Leaving aside the fact that only

outside America does "Yankee" mean all

Americans—does the world's most powerful

country really want its representative to be a

Connecticut Yankee (or any other kind) at

Queen Elizabeth's court?

Periphrasis: Nicknamed the "Golden

State," California is the third largest

state in area after Alaska and Texas.

Leprechauns are often described as wizened old men with pots of gold. But there is much more to the Irish folk legend.

Леприкони зазвичай зображуються у вигляді стариків зі зморшкуватим обличчям, які володіють горщиком із золотом. Проте така характеристика – лише частина ірландської народної легенди.

Спустити прапор Великобританії? Шотландія збирається відокремлюватись від Сполученого Королівства.

Informative 26%

Compressive 48%

Cognitive 69%

Accumulative 78%

Nominative 96%

Transcription and Transliteration 61%

Explication 15%Functional analog 14%

Graphical selection 12%Decompression 11%

Partial calques 6%

Semantic neologism 4%

Calques 2%Adaptation 2%

Contextual translation 4%

Generalization 1%