2024. 4 - номер ВМУ Серия 22 Теория перевода

Axiology of Translation: a Humanitarian Perspective

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.7-46

Kostikova O.I.

746

Translation is a response to the social need for interlingual communication in the context of linguistic discomfort caused by multilingualism, cultural differences and, as a consequence, situations of mutual misunderstanding. It is a tool for establishing a dialogue of cultures in the era of globalization, characterized by the intensification of multidirectional contacts, the outcome of which is ambiguous. The profession of interpreter is currently subject to serious mutations: the active development of communication technologies and widespread digitalisation, opening up broad prospects for the development and use of artificial intelligence, call into question the future demand for services provided by bilinguals and polyglots with natural human intelligence. The systemic study of the formation and functioning of value dominants in the public consciousness with regard to translation activity in the context of the transdisciplinary paradigm of translation science presupposes an approach based on axiological methodology. Appeal to the experience of predecessors makes it possible to establish the inseparable connection of translation activity with the whole life of society, the place and role of translation in the development of cultures. Appealing to the theory of values as a conceptual basis of the research is productive for revealing the cultural creative function of translation, the comprehension of which is relevant in times of socio-cultural mutations caused by the development of digitalisation and signalling the danger of humanitarian crisis.

Keywords: translation axiology, evaluation, value constants, translation, value, digitalisation, translation studies, transdisciplinarity

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-7-46

On philosophy of translation in modern domestic translatology

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.47-74

Mishkurov E. N.

720

The paper deals with a philosophical picture of modern domestic translation studies presented for the first time systematically. It is noted that for various reasons both philosophy in all its branches and domestic translatology do not have the status of independent sciences. At the same time, philosophers are currently interested in the phenomenon of “translation”, because of some objective-subjective existential reasons for native speakers’ discursive-ludic behavior. The following problems are consistently presented in eleven sections of the work: the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of linguistics and translation as its integral part; philosophical and translation views of such Soviet/Russian scholars as: S.L. Fokin, N.S. Avtonomova, A.V. Smirnov, E.S. Teitelbaum, M.E. Ryabova, K.A. Pavlov-Pinus, E.N. Shulga, V.V. Mironov and others; discursive-ludic and cognitive-hermeneutic doctrine of translation; typological classification of discourses including “translation studies discourse”, “translator’s discourse” and “translated discourse”, as well as the functioning of a hybrid theoretical-methodological and didactic “academic discourse”. The emergence of an obligatory philosophical component in the corpus of modern university teaching aids on the theory and practice of translation is emphasized. An important practical part of the paper includes S.L. Fokin’s in-depth analysis of the Edmond Jabès’s “Book of Hospitality” translation from French into Russian made by A. Davydov who had a derogatory and dismissive attitude towards his native Russian language. The main conclusion of the study is the maxima that the philosophical-intellectual way of thinking is the basis for discursive-ludic, cognitive-hermeneutic, as well as linguacultural, ethnopsycholinguistic and other actively developing domestic scientific-methodological approaches to the problems of translation studies. Such approaches contribute greatly to the creation of optimal conditions for the translators’ training at the current stage of human society’s development.

Keywords: Russian philosophical and translation thought; translation function of “pure meaning”; discursive-ludic and cognitive-hermeneutic doctrine of translation; translation cognitive-hermeneutic methodological standard; “translation studies discourse”, “translator’s discourse” and “translated discourse”; hybrid theoretical-methodological and didactic academic discourse

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-47-74

For the benefit and glory of Russia (from the history of translation in the history of Moscow University)

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.75-107

Garbovskiy N. K.

661

Articles and materials devoted to various aspects of the 270-year history of Moscow University contain references to the translation activities of its professors and teachers, students and graduates. However, references alone are not enough to understand the strategies and principles of translation, the nature and reasons for certain translation decisions, the challenges of Moscow University translators of a social, ideological and linguistic nature in different historical periods. Scientific analysis of translation practice in the initial period of the history of Moscow University from its foundation to the beginning of the 19th century not only shows how, thanks to translation, foreign experience was mastered and scientific knowledge was expanded, domestic literature was formed, the Russian language of science was improved, and the scientific and educational system was built, but also gives an idea of how the methodology of translation was developed, how translation strategies reflected not only linguistic, but also social, aesthetic and other factors influencing translation decisions. In the glorious galaxy of those who turned their efforts to the “most praiseworthy cause” of translation in an effort to achieve the patriotic goal of enlightening Russia, one of the key figures is Lomonosov’s student, the first Russian professor at Moscow University, N.N. Popovsky.

Keywords: history of translation, Moscow University, the 18th century, N.N. Popovsky, translation activities at Moscow University

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-75-107

Eighteen years since the first edition of the Lomonosov translation studies journal: retrospective and future opportunities

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.108-120

Gu J. Liu Ji.

599

This article is based on a systematic analysis of the articles published in the “Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 22. Teoriya Perevoda” (Moscow University Gerald. Series 22. Translation Theory) from 2007 to 2024, aiming to explore the developmental trajectory of this journal in the field of translation studies and reveal the evolutionary patterns of its section organization and content characteristics. Through quantitative and qualitative research methods, in conjunction with the historical background and academic trends in Russian and global translation studies, it summarizes the scholarly contributions and features of this journal over seventeen years and puts forward forward-looking suggestions for its future development. The article asserts that the aforementioned journal plays a significant role in advancing research in translation theory and promoting cross-cultural communication. It advocates for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration and international cooperation to broaden research perspectives, in order to address the new challenges and opportunities in the field of translation studies.

Keywords: Moscow University Gerald. Series 22. Translation Th eory; seventeenth anniversary; patterns; characteristics; prospects

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-108-120

Fonvisin in the history of translation and Lomonosov Moscow State Uiniversity

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.121-136

Esakova M.N. Koltsova Yu. N.

756

Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin — a famous satirical writer of the 18th century. In the article, we tried to characterize Fonvizin as a translator, to trace the stages of his life and creative path associated with both studying at the gymnasium at Moscow University and studying at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow University, which the writer attended for a short time. In this article, we also tell about the writer’s teachers and mentors, professors of Moscow University, who had the greatest influence on Fonvizin’s personality.

Keywords: D. Fonvizin, Moscow State University, translator, satirical writer

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-121-136

Simultaneous interpreting and Lomonosov Moscow State University: the role and place of the University in the development of science and practice

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.137-164

Zigmantovich D.S.

682

The paper deals with the study of Lomonosov Moscow State University’s contribution to conducting research and facilitating various discoveries that influenced and facilitated simultaneous interpreting research and the development of its praxis in the USSR and Russia alike. Represented by its graduates, postgraduates, teachers, associate professors and professors, Lomonosov Moscow State University made a significant contribution to the development of the theory, praxis, methodology and didactics of simultaneous interpreting. The paper reveals how the scientific research of Soviet psychologists, linguists and psycholinguists working at different times at Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as the practical and scientific activities and educational initiatives of Russian translators and lecturers, contributed and continue to contribute to the scientific progress. The author consistently ex amines the key works and studies of scientists and specialists directly related to Lomonosov Moscow State University, that were used by Soviet and Russian scientists in studying this complex type of cognitive and communicative activity. As a result, the author identifies three groups of researchers who, in one way or another, were connected with the life of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the Soviet times and who entered the history of both their scientific field and translation theory.

Keywords: simultaneous interpreting, interpreting theory, interpreting praxis, interpreting didactics, interpreting history, psycholinguistics, psychology, linguistics, translation studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-137-164

Proposition as knowledge structure and understanding of professional discourse and terminological nomination

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.165-189

Manerko L. A.

797

One of the ways of cognitive modelling of professional discourse and terminological nomination is revealed in this article — it includes the construal of the propositional structure representing knowledge. At first, the history of the notion appearance of proposition is traced back to the period of Antiquity. After that, we can find the contribution of some scholars to the evolution of this notion becoming a three-partial formula suitable for the study in different spheres of knowledge, especially in reflecting the surrounding reality in logics, psychology and linguistics. The central element of the propositional structure is the verb uniting two arguments.

The aim of this article is to show how the proposition as a structure of knowledge is able to uncover text semantics and the semantics of a nominative unit. The most important aspect of this analysis comprises propositional analysis within the framework of the cognitive-communicative paradigm of linguistic knowledge, particularly the study of special discourse and terminological nomination. The propositional analysis is capable of revealing the conceptual underpinning of the propositional structure based on a special text and terminological nomination.

Initially, proposition was used to analyze some text stretches, then as the main element of frame analysis revealing not only the subject knowledge, but also emotional and temporal pragmatic characteristics influencing the text development, later associating it with the construal of semantic sets and at last becoming part and parcel of cognitive-onomasiological modelling.

English texts referring to scientific speech and complex units like compound words and word combinations are becoming the research material in the article. The author concludes that the propositional structure representing knowledge is one of the major constituents of cognitive modelling in the semantic sphere of nominative units in terminological domains of knowledge. Besides that this analysis has great potential in the search of basic concepts of professional discourse. All these spheres of application of propositional analysis are proved very useful in cognitive-communicative terminological science.

Keywords: propositional structure representing knowledge, cognitive linguistics, professional (special) discourse, terminological nomination, predicate — a linking element, argument, concept, semantic nets, the English language

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-165-189

Novelty and continuity (Theory of translation: a textbook. 4th edition revised and expanded). Moscow: Moscow University Publishing House, 2023) (a classical university textbook)

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.190-195

Khukhuni Georgy T.

730

The review is dedicated to the 4th edition of the N. Garbovsky`s book “Theory of Translation”. It won well-deserved recognition as one of the best works in the sphere of translation studies. Different aspects of translatology found in this book thorough and detailed consideration. It is underlined, that this work makes an equal contribution both in educational and scientific literature.

Keywords: translation, history, theory, translatology, scientific, educational

DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU2074-6636-22-2024-17-4-190-195

II All-russian foreign languages teachers forum

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.196-199

Leonenkova E. D. Borisov, A.M.

687

Keywords: Chronicles of Scientific Life, forum

II Contest of theatrical projects in foreign languages for pupils “Translation theatre”

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.200-201

Leonenkova E. D. Borisov, A.M.

747

Keywords: Chronicles of Scientific Life, festival

Index of the articles and material published in the journal “Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 22. Teoriya perevoda” in 2024

Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2024. № 4. p.202-205

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