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Equivalent-lacking words signify notions lacking in the target language and culture. They are sometimes called ...
untranslatable words
From which language was the word realia derived...
(derived from Latin realis, pl. realia), or culturally loaded words.
Reasons for using equivalent-lacking words can be various: one of them is...
extralinguistic: lack of a similar thing in the target culture;
TYPES OF CULTURE-BOUND WORDS are ...
• unique culture-bound words: вытрезвитель, • analogues: drug-store – аптека, дедовщина – hazing; • similar words with different functions: cuckoo’s call
According to the semantic fields, culture-bound words are classified into: ...
toponyms, anthroponyms,zoonyms,• social terms ,• military terms ,education terms ,tradition and customs terms
Examples for history terms
civil war, War of Independence, Великая Отечественная война
Examples for neologisms
junk food, internet
WAYS OF TRANSLATING CULTURE-BOUND WORDS are ...
transcription, transliteration and calque translation
Secretary of State
Министр иностранных дел.
George Gordon Byron (translate it)
Джордж Гордон Байрон
Waterloo Bridge – мост Ватерлоо, Salt Lake City – город Солт-Лэйк-Сити.
Half-calques
Financial News
Файнэншл Ньюз
