Article · Dialnet · January 1, 2020

Multilingual thesaurus of industryspecific terms as major aids for translators

Ainur Bayekeyeva, Saule Zhaksylykbaevna Tazhibayeva, Aigul Shahееn, Zhainagul Beisenova, G.B. Mamayeva

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This paper discusses the theoretical and methodological issues \nof compiling multilingual thesaurus for conducting industry-specific \ntranslation in the mining industry as one of the key genres of \ntranslation studies that bear difficulties in translating the technical \ndocuments. In market realism of Kazakhstan, industry-specific \ntranslations are one of the most popular types of translation services. It \nis reasonably considered that only a translator with technical \nbackground with the knowledge of the subject field is able to translate \na technical text well, i.e. an industry-specific technical translator who \nunderstands the essence of the matter, the so-called ‘engineering \ncompetent translation’.

Translation Studies and Practiceslinguistics and terminology studiesLexicography and Language Studiesmultilingual thesaurustechnical translationtechnical documentation

Multilingual thesaurus of industryspecific terms as major aids for translators

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