AN OVERVIEW OF SPECIALISED LANGUAGE RESEARCH FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
AN OVERVIEW OF SPECIALISED LANGUAGE RESEARCH FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
Author(s): Theodora FlautSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Lexis, Language acquisition, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: specialised languages; branches of science; multi-disciplinarity; English; translation;
Summary/Abstract: Specialised languages are used to help disseminate information and news pertaining to the respective fields, both nationally and abroad. In order to achieve this, it genuinely helps to have the results translated into a foreign language and English is most frequently used to this end. If, however, the person who wishes to translate the information in question is a competent user of English but lacks the necessary specialised knowledge, the result is not always going to be the desired one. In order to illustrate this, we are going to select a number of Romanian words: corp (corpus in Latin), formulă, întreg, operaţie, virus, etc. The words corp, formulă and întreg are employed, with a variety of meanings, in certain branches of science including astronomy, physics, mathematics; the word operaţie is frequently encountered in medicine and mathematics, the word virus is extremely prevalent in medicine and computer science.
Journal: Revista Română de Studii Eurasiatice
- Issue Year: 18/2022
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 139-146
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English