THE RENDERING OF ANTHROPONYMS IN BUSINESS AND POLITICAL TEXTS FROM ENGLISH INTO LITHUANIAN
Ligita Judickaitė-Pašvenskienė, Daina Šegždaitė
Pages: 38-44
Published: 22 Oct 2024
DOI: 10.62991/LIS1996391628
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Abstract: The phenomenon of naming a person has existed from time immemorial, with ancient philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotle already being interested in the origin and meaning of human names. In terms of translation, anthroponyms are sometimes considered as untranslatable linguistic elements or, rather, elements which do not need to be translated, as they can cross the boundaries of different languages in their authentic forms. Yet, in reality, the situation is quite different, as names can have literal meaning and serve as character defining elements in literary texts while differences of languages create problems even when rendering anthroponyms with no semantic meaning in non-fictional texts. This paper focuses on the translation of personal proper nouns from English into Lithuanian in business-related and political discourse and aims to find out the dominant translation tendencies. The scope of the study is 100 anthroponyms. The renderings are analysed and subdivided according to the following name translation procedures: transference, substitution, translation, modification.
Keywords: anthroponyms, translation, business discourse, political discourse, naming
Cite this article: Ligita Judickaitė-Pašvenskienė, Daina Šegždaitė. THE RENDERING OF ANTHROPONYMS IN BUSINESS AND POLITICAL TEXTS FROM ENGLISH INTO LITHUANIAN. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Language, Individual & Society 18, 38-44 (2024). https://doi.org/10.62991/LIS1996391628
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