The concept of translation strategy viewed in the light of needstailored theory of translation: a proposal of definition and typology
... target-language text whose textual characteristics differ from those of the source text, the paper distinguishes between two categories of translation: conventional and peculiar. Conventional translation corresponds to translation proper, understood as a complete functional equivalent of the source text. Peculiar translation, by contrast, encompasses various translation variants that cannot be regarded as full functional analogues and therefore diverge from the source text in their formal-structural and/or contextual-conceptual ...
Features of grifonym functioning in English-language fantasy video game texts
The article highlights the results of a study on the cumulative functionality of fantasy character nominations in English-language video games. The relevant term “grifonym” is introduced for these nominations, proposed to denote quasi-anthroponyms of beings with a high degree of fictionality, possessing a one- ...
Teacher training for the formation of functional literacy in primary school: the problem of individualisation
The updated federal state educational standard designates the development of functional literacy as one of the intended outcomes for elementary school. Achieving this educational result is possible by engaging with the student in both the current developmental zone and the zone of proximal development. Such work, which requires ...
Factors influencing the transformation of the functional and spatial structure of St. Petersburg agglomeration in the 2020-s
The aim of this article is to propose and illustrate, through specific examples, a detailed list of factors influencing the transformation of the functional and spatial structure of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration in the period from 2020 to 2024, as analyzed by the authors. In this study, the functional structure of the urban agglomeration refers to its economy, employment structure, and specialization,...
Non sequitur: the discourse marker ‘sledovatel’no’ (therefore) in poetic and judicial discourse
... poetic and judicial discourses. The relevance of the study lies in the insufficient attention paid to the pragmatic dimension of discourse markers in institutional and literary communication. The research aims to identify discourse-specific patterns of functional change in inferential markers operating under opposing communicative orientations: linguistic creativity in poetry and normative regulation in judicial discourse. The data comprise corpora of poetic and judicial texts. The methodology combines ...
