Theory of Lexical Units of Translation in Modern Translation Studies

Аннотация

From the beginning of translation studies to the present, many translation schools, literature on translation studies, and terms and specific terms that directly unearth the secrets of this science have emerged. One such term is “a unit of translation”. This article discusses this term, which has emerged in translation studies. According to the definition given to this term by various translators and translation scholars, a translation unit can be a phoneme, a morpheme, a word, a phrase, and a text. The article discusses the lexical translation unit, and the author presents the opinions and comments expressed by various scholars, translation experts, and linguists on this unit. In addition, examples of lexical translation units are given. Keywords: A unit of translation, equivalence, perevodema, translema, fragment, correspondence. Translation” which showed not only the importance of Introduction: Translation is an “invisible golden bridge” identifying a unit of translation, but also the existence connecting people from different cultures and speaking of many and diverse approaches to tackling this issue. different languages and serves the interests of other people. In other words, new signs of life sprout for the According to Canadian linguists, “We could define the work, gradually serving to create new ideas, a new unit of translation as the smallest segment of the aesthetic reality”[1.16]. In the domain of translation, utterance whose signs are linked in such a way that our country has achieved significant achievements they should not be translated individually.” [2.21]. since independence. For example, many literary Since then, much scientific literature has been masterpieces from English and other languages have published on defining this term, interpreting it, been translated into Uzbek, and Uzbek literary legacy isolating it in context, providing a detailed explanation has been translated into English and other languages. of this concept in linguistics, comparing it with other From the beginning of the science of translation studies units in the language, studying its content, and to the present, many schools of translation, literature, classifying it. The translator perceives the text in a and terms that directly unearth the secrets of this certain sequence and recreates it into the translation science, as well as specific terms, have emerged. One text. In other words, translation is a gradual, “step-by- of such terms is the term “a unit of translation”. step” process. The individual parts that participate in the entire translation process can be called translation