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History and problems of teaching the Russian language in China
Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.151-169

Cui Zh.

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- This article discusses the history and some problematic aspects of teaching Russian in China — educational programs in universities, the level and number of teachers, textbooks, and the content of classes. The first three problems with the development of relations between China and Russia are being resolved, but the latter needs special attention.
  
  Keywords: Chinese, Russian, teaching, history, problem
On the issue of thesaurus research in Russian and Chinese linguistics: interpretation of meaning and the role it plays in scientific terminology
Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.133-150

Ju Yu.

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- Chinese research into “thesaurus” (translated into a dictionary of meanings) is scarce, and there are few studies on terminology, semantic relations and practical applications. The purpose of this paper is to explore the terminology and semantic relationship found in semantic dictionaries. Combining the classification criteria of the semantic relations in Russian and Chinese, this paper studies the application of the semantic dictionary in scientific terminology processing, core terminology system construction and language vocabulary teaching. Through the theoretical investigation and specific semantic analysis of the lexical system of the semantic dictionary, the linguistic value of the semantics, its distribution and aggregation characteristics are explored, and its great role in term description is explored.
  
  Keywords: lexicography, thesaurus, semantic relationship
Epistemic adverbs as means of expressing the credibility of the contents (in English language)
Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.110-132

Pavlenko V.G.

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- The interest in the study of the category of epistemic modality is associated with the allocation of their new classification and consideration of the means of their linguistic objectification. Among the little-studied problems are linguistic means of expressing epistemic modality of credibility, actualizing the denotative correlation with parts of speech and receiving an equivalent representation of their lexical meaning. The article deals with the semantic analysis of epistemic adverbs in the framework of logical analysis. The aim of the article is to study the semantics of epistemic adverbs in terms of the realization of the credibility of the contents in English. These lexemes are considered in the contexts of their functioning. The scientific innovativeness of the article is at the heart that this article examines the correlation of epistemic adverbs and verbs of mental activity: know, think, suppose, doubt, etc. The objectives of the study are to describe the classification of epistemic adverbs according to the degree of expression of credibility of the contents; to analyze epistemic adverbs of credibility of the contents in the texts of fiction; to identify the correlation of epistemic adverbs and verbs of mental activity: know, think, suppose, doubt, etc. The contexts where epistemic adverbs function in texts of fiction are identified and described. The article argues that epistemic adverbs have a denotative correlation with mental verbs and receive an equivalent representation of their lexical meaning. The author concludes that according to the contexts of their functioning, their lexical meanings inherent in epistemic verbs, namely mental verbs, are manifested.
  
  Keywords: digital transtarget texts, parallel corpus, epistemological potential, target language, agentivity, Japanese languagelation, PR, abbreviation
Epistemological potential of target texts: a case study of the Russian-Japanese parallel fiction corpus
Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.93-109

Strizhak Ulyana P.

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- This paper discusses the possibility of using a parallel text corpus to study grammatical issues of the target language, and the epistemological value of target texts is argued. Parallel text corpora are more often used in their comparative aspect, even though they have a significant content and epistemological potential for the systematization of linguistic knowledge about the target language as well. This work, carried out as a part of a general study of Japanese agentivity, describes an attempt to research the corpus material to identify recurrent patterns in the target language and to determine the distribution regularities of agentive features in Japanese. This paper was carried out using the material from the author’s parallel Russian-Japanese corpus of fiction texts. The main criterion used to collect this dataset is the markedness of sentences with inanimate subjects, which is imposed by such cognitive and cultural factors as the linguistic and social subject-object hierarchy: human beings, as the highest creatures on the animacy scale, could not be affected by an inanimate subject. The set of grammatically non-identical components of the syntactic structure of the source and target texts identified in the material of the corpus became the starting point for a detailed analysis of the mechanism for distributing syntactic and semantic roles in a Japanese sentence.
  
  Keywords: digital transtarget texts, parallel corpus, epistemological potential, target language, agentivity, Japanese languagelation, PR, abbreviation
Digital translation of abbreviations in the field of public relations
Moscow University Translation Studies Bulletin. 2023. 1. p.80-92

Minyar-Belorucheva A.P. Sergiyenko P.I.

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- his article focuses on various features of digital translation of public relations (PR) abbreviations in a computer-assisted environment. The relevance of this research is determined by the new digital era. Digitalization of professional activity of specialists in various fields of knowledge leads to the creation of new conditions and revision of approaches to professionally-oriented translation. Digital translation plays a special role in information exchange and its dissemination. The aim of this research is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of using digital tools to meet the needs of PR specialists from the standpoint of linguistics. PR abbreviations functioning in the professional PR discourse are taken as material for analysis. The use of digital translation technologies within PR activities enables the improvement of the quality of information collection and processing, its translation, abstracting and dissemination. PR abbreviations acquire a highly specialized meaning within the target language (TL), demanding a particular algorithm for translation into Russian, which is due to the insufficient PR terminology development, especially in terms of translating abbreviations. To achieve the object in view, the method of continuous sampling, the method of comparative analysis and the method of linguistic description have been used. As a result of the investigation, it has been established that together with digital translation gaining momentum, as it makes it possible to transfer a large amount of information into different languages in a short time, a number of issues remain unresolved and need to be researched.
  
  Keywords: digital translation, PR, abbreviation

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