VolodymyrRainchuk
Khmelnytskyi National University,Khmelnytskyi
Scientific supervisor: Dmytroshkin D.E.
TRANSLATION OF BLENDED WORDS IN AMERICAN SPORTS TERMINOLOGY
The relevance of the study of blendings is constan treplenishment of blendings in American sports terminology. The presence of constantly replenishing lexical items makes it necessary to study this phenomenon, as well as to suggest possible ways of translating blendings of this type.
The source of material for the study was news publications of English-language magazines and websites.
Regarding the translation of such blended units, there are no special translation methods. Therefore, the following approaches are suggested:
- Transliteration
- Creation of blended unit in language translated
- Transcoding (+explication)
- Full translation preserving blended form of the original word
- Calque
- Descriptive translation
According to the structural component, sports blendings may be divided into:
- Shortened form of team name blended together
Chisox – Чисокс (Чикаго УайтСокс)
BoSox – БоСокс (Бостон Ред Сокс)
Suggested way of translation is transliteration
- Blending of two stems to denote sport notions
Flutz (flip+lutz) – Флуц
Flexbone (flexible + bone) – Флексбоун
Suggested way of translation is transliteration
- Blending of two stems to denote new notion which is the combination of two meanings
Racino (racing + casino) – Казидром (казино + іподром)
Fantabulous (fantastic + fabulous) – Казкостичний (казковий + фантастичний)
Suggested way of translation is creation of blended words in Ukrainian language reproducing lexemes according to a similar word-formation model
- Blending of proper name and noun stem creating pun of words
Steen–ger(AlexSteen + stinger) – Стін-гер (Влучний кидок Алекса Стіна)
Suggested way of translation is transcoding (+explication)
- Blending of proper name and noun stem
Ilya–naire (IlyaKovalchuk + millionaire) – Ільянер (Ілля Ковальчук + мільйонер)
Pen–sational (Penguins + sensational) – Пенсаційний (Пенгвінс + сенсаційний)
Suggested way of translation is full translation preserving blended forms of the original words
Kawhi–light (KawhiLeonard + highlight) – Кавайнатор (Кавай + термінатор)
Suggested way of translation is change of image + reproducing lexemes according to a similar word-formation model
- Proper name + adjective
Bryz–tastic (Bryzgalov + fantastic) – Бризтичний/Ільястичний (Бризгалов + фантастичний)
Suggested way of translation is creation of blended words in Ukrainian language reproducing lexemes according to a similar word-formation model
- Blending of two adjectival stems referring to some in-play episode
Dangolicious (dangle + delicious)- солодкий фінт/смачний ігровий момент
Suggested way of translation is explication
- Pun based on pattern similarity
Nash–ty (Nash + nasty) – Відмінна гра Неша
S–Teddy (steady + Teddy) – Впевнена гра ТеддіПурсела
Hoss-pitality (Hossa + hospitality) – потужна гра Маріана Хосси
Im-pakk-able (Pekka + impeccable) – бездоганна гра Пекка Ріне
Lund–touchable (Lundquivst + untouchable) – Лундквіст тримає ворота на замку
Suggested way of translation is descriptive translation
To conclude, most blendings in American sports terminology have only situational characteristics and therefore are not fixed in dictionaries. Feature of blendings is their dependence on context. It is almost always impossible to make adequate definition out of context. Blends, like most composites, not inherent polysemy, which contributes to their widespread use inareas of terminology. Was suggested the most productive ways of their translation.
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